Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Cameroon, 1968

Cameroon
1968
Total fertility rate: 6.04
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-5 -1   1968  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Cameroon was 6.04 children per woman in 1968 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (274 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.5 years old. In total, 271,876 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.04
Births
271,876
Births per 1,000 people
44.4
Mean age of mothers
28.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
18.0%
Net reproduction rate
2.02
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.1
Population
6,125,863
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
10-1416.51.4%5,683
15-19171.114.2%48,935
20-24274.222.7%69,896
25-29254.321.1%58,117
30-34210.817.5%43,010
35-39155.012.8%27,536
40-4493.27.7%14,410
45-4930.42.5%4,068
50-541.90.2%221