Fertility in Cameroon, 2001

Cameroon
2001
Total fertility rate: 5.44
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2001  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Cameroon was 5.44 children per woman in 2001 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (256 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.4 years old. In total, 622,620 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.44
Births
622,620
Births per 1,000 people
40.7
Mean age of mothers
28.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
19.0%
Net reproduction rate
2.12
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.8
Population
15,309,490
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
10-1410.20.9%10,134
15-19138.412.7%118,467
20-24247.422.7%175,168
25-29256.323.5%147,212
30-34207.719.1%95,381
35-39143.513.2%51,840
40-4466.46.1%19,751
45-4918.41.7%4,461
50-541.00.1%206