Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Cameroon, 1983

Cameroon
1983
Total fertility rate: 6.58
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1983  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Cameroon was 6.58 children per woman in 1983 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (289 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.5 years old. In total, 415,703 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.58
Births
415,703
Births per 1,000 people
45.1
Mean age of mothers
28.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
19.7%
Net reproduction rate
2.49
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.7
Population
9,215,397
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
10-1419.31.5%10,883
15-19180.913.8%81,876
20-24289.122.0%108,759
25-29283.221.6%88,717
30-34239.518.2%61,257
35-39175.313.4%39,601
40-4497.77.4%19,647
45-4926.52.0%4,720
50-541.60.1%243