Fertility in Cameroon, 2016

Cameroon
2016
Total fertility rate: 4.84
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2016 1986, 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 2016 — 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, 885,986 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.84
Births
885,986
Births per 1,000 people
37.8
Mean age of mothers
28.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.4%
Net reproduction rate
2.08
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.1
Population
23,454,161
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
10-144.70.5%6,787
15-19119.412.3%145,739
20-24219.322.6%237,690
25-29228.123.5%217,371
30-34201.920.8%161,109
35-39133.913.8%86,431
40-4451.65.3%26,535
45-4910.41.1%4,191
50-540.40.0%134