Fertility in Cameroon, 2010

Cameroon
2010
Total fertility rate: 5.15
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2010 1980, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2010  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Cameroon was 5.15 children per woman in 2010 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (242 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.5 years old. In total, 783,507 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.15
Births
783,507
Births per 1,000 people
39.8
Mean age of mothers
28.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
17.4%
Net reproduction rate
2.12
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.7
Population
19,668,066
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
10-148.30.8%9,901
15-19127.512.3%136,145
20-24230.422.3%215,034
25-29241.823.4%189,106
30-34211.220.4%133,569
35-39140.713.6%71,686
40-4459.35.7%23,755
45-4913.11.3%4,144
50-540.70.1%169