Fertility in Cameroon, 2015

Cameroon
2015
Total fertility rate: 4.84
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2015 1985, 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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The total fertility rate of Cameroon was 4.84 children per woman in 2015 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (227 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.4 years old. In total, 858,607 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.84
Births
858,607
Births per 1,000 people
37.7
Mean age of mothers
28.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.6%
Net reproduction rate
2.06
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.0
Population
22,763,414
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
10-145.30.5%7,343
15-19119.712.4%142,242
20-24219.522.6%232,676
25-29226.823.4%209,127
30-34201.620.8%154,941
35-39133.313.7%82,325
40-4451.95.4%25,664
45-4910.81.1%4,149
50-540.50.0%140