Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Cameroon, 2003

Cameroon
2003
Total fertility rate: 5.43
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2003  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Cameroon was 5.43 children per woman in 2003 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (251 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.5 years old. In total, 663,763 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.43
Births
663,763
Births per 1,000 people
41.1
Mean age of mothers
28.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
18.6%
Net reproduction rate
2.14
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.8
Population
16,160,340
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
10-1411.11.0%11,574
15-19136.512.6%123,421
20-24245.922.6%187,150
25-29251.423.1%154,463
30-34211.219.4%104,855
35-39145.913.4%56,509
40-4467.96.2%21,365
45-4916.41.5%4,241
50-540.90.1%186