Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Cameroon, 1982

Cameroon
1982
Total fertility rate: 6.59
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1982  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Cameroon was 6.59 children per woman in 1982 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (290 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.6 years old. In total, 416,501 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.59
Births
416,501
Births per 1,000 people
46.1
Mean age of mothers
28.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
18.6%
Net reproduction rate
2.47
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.7
Population
9,028,678
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
10-1419.01.4%10,327
15-19173.913.2%77,353
20-24290.322.0%110,030
25-29288.421.9%91,068
30-34239.818.2%61,640
35-39177.613.5%40,792
40-44100.17.6%20,234
45-4927.22.1%4,810
50-541.70.1%250