Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Cameroon, 1969

Cameroon
1969
Total fertility rate: 6.14
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-5 -1   1969  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Cameroon was 6.14 children per woman in 1969 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (279 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.6 years old. In total, 281,318 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.14
Births
281,318
Births per 1,000 people
44.8
Mean age of mothers
28.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
18.1%
Net reproduction rate
2.08
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.1
Population
6,283,462
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
10-1415.61.3%5,560
15-19171.714.0%50,923
20-24278.922.7%71,622
25-29262.021.3%60,795
30-34212.617.3%44,183
35-39159.713.0%28,925
40-4494.77.7%14,913
45-4930.62.5%4,171
50-541.90.2%225