Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Cameroon, 1978

Cameroon
1978
Total fertility rate: 6.54
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-5 -1   1978  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Cameroon was 6.54 children per woman in 1978 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (292 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.6 years old. In total, 364,115 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.54
Births
364,115
Births per 1,000 people
45.4
Mean age of mothers
28.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
19.3%
Net reproduction rate
2.38
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.8
Population
8,011,921
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
10-1416.31.2%7,583
15-19180.413.8%70,454
20-24291.622.3%95,295
25-29282.921.6%75,588
30-34231.917.7%54,802
35-39174.813.4%36,856
40-4499.77.6%18,666
45-4928.62.2%4,632
50-541.70.1%238