Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Cameroon, 1966

Cameroon
1966
Total fertility rate: 5.85
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1966  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Cameroon was 5.85 children per woman in 1966 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (262 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.4 years old. In total, 255,011 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.85
Births
255,011
Births per 1,000 people
43.7
Mean age of mothers
28.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
18.8%
Net reproduction rate
1.90
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.0
Population
5,837,295
The net reproduction rate counts only daughters who survive to their mothers' age: below 1, each generation of women is smaller than the one before.
Mother's ageBirths per 1,000 womenShare of total fertilityBirths
10-1416.21.4%5,259
15-19176.615.1%47,945
20-24262.422.4%65,211
25-29242.320.7%53,913
30-34205.017.5%40,204
35-39145.912.5%24,962
40-4490.37.7%13,454
45-4930.02.6%3,851
50-541.90.2%209