Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Cameroon, 2014

Cameroon
2014
Total fertility rate: 4.84
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2014  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Cameroon was 4.84 children per woman in 2014 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (226 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.4 years old. In total, 828,313 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.84
Births
828,313
Births per 1,000 people
37.5
Mean age of mothers
28.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.8%
Net reproduction rate
2.05
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.0
Population
22,059,893
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
10-146.00.6%8,004
15-19120.312.4%138,843
20-24220.022.7%226,119
25-29225.723.3%199,732
30-34201.520.8%148,319
35-39132.813.7%78,279
40-4452.35.4%24,751
45-4911.21.2%4,118
50-540.50.1%147