Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Cameroon, 1986

Cameroon
1986
Total fertility rate: 6.57
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1986  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Cameroon was 6.57 children per woman in 1986 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (293 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.6 years old. In total, 450,568 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.57
Births
450,568
Births per 1,000 people
44.8
Mean age of mothers
28.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
19.5%
Net reproduction rate
2.54
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.6
Population
10,060,342
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
10-1417.31.3%10,805
15-19172.113.1%87,983
20-24292.622.3%119,711
25-29283.221.6%96,489
30-34246.018.7%69,165
35-39176.313.4%40,872
40-4497.27.4%20,418
45-4926.22.0%4,869
50-541.60.1%257