Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Cameroon, 2012

Cameroon
2012
Total fertility rate: 4.98
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2012  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Cameroon was 4.98 children per woman in 2012 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (232 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.4 years old. In total, 804,318 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.98
Births
804,318
Births per 1,000 people
38.7
Mean age of mothers
28.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
17.1%
Net reproduction rate
2.08
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.9
Population
20,809,529
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
10-147.30.7%9,243
15-19124.612.5%137,886
20-24224.722.5%220,701
25-29231.923.2%192,818
30-34205.420.6%140,537
35-39136.913.7%74,933
40-4454.75.5%23,862
45-4912.41.2%4,176
50-540.60.1%164