Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Cameroon, 2027

Cameroon
2027
Total fertility rate: 4.05
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2027  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Cameroon is projected at 4.05 children per woman in 2027 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (192 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.4 years old. In total, 1,002,767 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
4.05
Births
1,002,767
Births per 1,000 people
31.9
Mean age of mothers
28.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
17.0%
Net reproduction rate
1.82
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.9
Population
31,410,384
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
10-143.70.5%7,017
15-19100.812.4%170,477
20-24183.322.6%266,530
25-29191.823.7%234,045
30-34169.620.9%181,195
35-39112.113.8%105,668
40-4441.55.1%32,722
45-497.81.0%4,961
50-540.30.0%149