Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Cameroon, 1998

Cameroon
1998
Total fertility rate: 5.66
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1998  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Cameroon was 5.66 children per woman in 1998 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (260 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.7 years old. In total, 579,842 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.66
Births
579,842
Births per 1,000 people
41.0
Mean age of mothers
28.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
18.9%
Net reproduction rate
2.18
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.8
Population
14,144,860
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
10-1411.51.0%10,590
15-19139.712.4%109,390
20-24249.522.1%159,356
25-29259.723.0%134,804
30-34218.319.3%88,819
35-39154.713.7%51,310
40-4476.06.7%20,740
45-4920.91.8%4,600
50-541.20.1%224