Fertility in Cameroon, 2023

Cameroon
2023
Total fertility rate: 4.32
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2023 1993, 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 4.32 children per woman in 2023 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (205 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.4 years old. In total, 957,392 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.32
Births
957,392
Births per 1,000 people
33.7
Mean age of mothers
28.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
17.0%
Net reproduction rate
1.92
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.0
Population
28,372,687
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
10-144.50.5%7,773
15-19106.712.3%162,464
20-24195.222.6%249,078
25-29204.623.7%226,058
30-34179.920.8%176,720
35-39119.313.8%99,226
40-4445.75.3%31,141
45-498.91.0%4,776
50-540.40.0%154