Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Cameroon, 1971

Cameroon
1971
Total fertility rate: 6.26
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1971  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Cameroon was 6.26 children per woman in 1971 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (282 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.5 years old. In total, 298,612 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.26
Births
298,612
Births per 1,000 people
45.1
Mean age of mothers
28.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
18.7%
Net reproduction rate
2.18
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.0
Population
6,624,408
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
10-1416.31.3%6,156
15-19176.314.1%55,934
20-24281.922.5%74,508
25-29271.721.7%65,345
30-34211.316.9%45,347
35-39165.613.2%31,203
40-4495.57.6%15,624
45-4930.12.4%4,272
50-541.90.1%226