Fertility in Cameroon, 2009

Cameroon
2009
Total fertility rate: 5.24
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2009 1979, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
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The total fertility rate of Cameroon was 5.24 children per woman in 2009 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (248 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.5 years old. In total, 771,425 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.24
Births
771,425
Births per 1,000 people
40.4
Mean age of mothers
28.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
17.4%
Net reproduction rate
2.14
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.6
Population
19,113,974
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
10-148.50.8%9,864
15-19127.912.2%133,861
20-24233.922.3%212,092
25-29248.123.6%187,924
30-34213.520.3%130,154
35-39141.913.5%69,748
40-4461.05.8%23,381
45-4913.81.3%4,225
50-540.70.1%175