Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Cameroon, 2006

Cameroon
2006
Total fertility rate: 5.37
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2006  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Cameroon was 5.37 children per woman in 2006 — 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, 721,591 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.37
Births
721,591
Births per 1,000 people
41.1
Mean age of mothers
28.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
17.9%
Net reproduction rate
2.15
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.6
Population
17,550,407
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
10-1410.71.0%11,807
15-19132.012.3%129,359
20-24239.922.3%199,559
25-29254.923.7%173,701
30-34215.720.1%118,553
35-39142.213.2%62,214
40-4463.95.9%21,897
45-4915.31.4%4,306
50-540.80.1%193