Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Cameroon, 2002

Cameroon
2002
Total fertility rate: 5.43
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2002  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Cameroon was 5.43 children per woman in 2002 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (255 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.5 years old. In total, 641,602 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.43
Births
641,602
Births per 1,000 people
40.8
Mean age of mothers
28.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
18.7%
Net reproduction rate
2.13
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.8
Population
15,725,528
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%10,360
15-19136.812.6%120,270
20-24245.422.6%180,266
25-29254.523.4%151,065
30-34209.919.3%100,242
35-39145.313.4%54,237
40-4467.36.2%20,594
45-4917.51.6%4,372
50-541.00.1%197