Fertility in Cameroon, 2020

Cameroon
2020
Total fertility rate: 4.56
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2020 1990, 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 4.56 children per woman in 2020 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (216 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.4 years old. In total, 928,861 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.56
Births
928,861
Births per 1,000 people
35.4
Mean age of mothers
28.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.6%
Net reproduction rate
2.00
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.1
Population
26,210,558
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%7,166
15-19112.112.3%154,431
20-24205.922.6%241,592
25-29215.823.7%225,469
30-34189.820.8%172,073
35-39125.713.8%94,552
40-4448.15.3%28,956
45-499.41.0%4,480
50-540.40.0%142