Fertility in Cameroon, 2026

Cameroon
2026
Total fertility rate: 4.12
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2026 1996, 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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-5 -1   2026  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Cameroon is projected at 4.12 children per woman in 2026 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (195 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.4 years old. In total, 991,664 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
4.12
Births
991,664
Births per 1,000 people
32.4
Mean age of mothers
28.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
17.0%
Net reproduction rate
1.85
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.9
Population
30,640,817
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
10-143.90.5%7,204
15-19102.212.4%168,973
20-24186.222.6%261,975
25-29194.923.7%231,384
30-34172.120.9%180,457
35-39113.813.8%104,338
40-4442.45.1%32,282
45-498.01.0%4,900
50-540.30.0%149