Fertility in Cameroon, 2022

Cameroon
2022
Total fertility rate: 4.40
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2022 1992, 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 4.40 children per woman in 2022 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (208 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.4 years old. In total, 946,933 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.40
Births
946,933
Births per 1,000 people
34.3
Mean age of mothers
28.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.9%
Net reproduction rate
1.94
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.0
Population
27,632,771
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%7,577
15-19108.312.3%159,763
20-24198.622.6%245,806
25-29208.223.7%225,543
30-34183.120.8%175,399
35-39121.313.8%97,588
40-4446.55.3%30,444
45-499.01.0%4,666
50-540.40.0%150