Fertility in Cameroon, 2013

Cameroon
2013
Total fertility rate: 4.91
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2013 1983, 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 4.91 children per woman in 2013 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (228 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.4 years old. In total, 814,923 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.91
Births
814,923
Births per 1,000 people
38.1
Mean age of mothers
28.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.9%
Net reproduction rate
2.06
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.9
Population
21,402,376
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
10-146.60.7%8,567
15-19121.812.4%137,381
20-24222.322.6%223,470
25-29228.423.2%195,885
30-34203.020.6%144,277
35-39135.113.7%76,699
40-4453.55.4%24,338
45-4911.81.2%4,149
50-540.60.1%156