Fertility in Cameroon, 1990

Cameroon
1990
Total fertility rate: 6.36
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1990 1960, 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 6.36 children per woman in 1990 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (282 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.8 years old. In total, 494,558 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.36
Births
494,558
Births per 1,000 people
43.6
Mean age of mothers
28.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
19.1%
Net reproduction rate
2.50
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.4
Population
11,331,821
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
10-1414.61.1%10,416
15-19159.412.5%94,588
20-24281.822.2%134,596
25-29277.521.8%106,278
30-34242.819.1%77,274
35-39175.813.8%45,916
40-4493.37.3%20,344
45-4924.92.0%4,893
50-541.50.1%251