Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Cameroon, 1985

Cameroon
1985
Total fertility rate: 6.56
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1985  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Cameroon was 6.56 children per woman in 1985 — 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, 435,841 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.56
Births
435,841
Births per 1,000 people
44.6
Mean age of mothers
28.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
19.5%
Net reproduction rate
2.53
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.6
Population
9,761,730
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
10-1417.91.4%10,776
15-19173.313.2%84,907
20-24289.822.1%114,789
25-29282.221.5%93,236
30-34243.918.6%66,347
35-39176.713.5%40,307
40-4498.97.5%20,429
45-4926.22.0%4,798
50-541.60.1%248