Fertility in Cameroon, 1980

Cameroon
1980
Total fertility rate: 6.61
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1980 1950, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
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The total fertility rate of Cameroon was 6.61 children per woman in 1980 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (291 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.7 years old. In total, 386,028 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.61
Births
386,028
Births per 1,000 people
45.4
Mean age of mothers
28.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
19.0%
Net reproduction rate
2.43
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.8
Population
8,512,219
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
10-1417.71.3%8,875
15-19177.513.4%73,338
20-24291.022.0%101,077
25-29289.421.9%82,811
30-34235.017.8%56,360
35-39178.213.5%38,718
40-44102.97.8%19,904
45-4928.02.1%4,704
50-541.70.1%242