Fertility in Cameroon, 2019

Cameroon
2019
Total fertility rate: 4.65
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2019 1989, 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 4.65 children per woman in 2019 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (220 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.4 years old. In total, 922,896 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.65
Births
922,896
Births per 1,000 people
36.2
Mean age of mothers
28.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.6%
Net reproduction rate
2.03
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.1
Population
25,506,095
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
10-144.40.5%6,954
15-19114.612.3%152,827
20-24210.222.6%241,016
25-29220.323.7%225,485
30-34193.920.8%170,363
35-39128.413.8%93,313
40-4449.15.3%28,397
45-499.61.0%4,403
50-540.40.0%138