Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Cameroon, 2028

Cameroon
2028
Total fertility rate: 4.00
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2028  +1 +5

Country

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z

The total fertility rate of Cameroon is projected at 4.00 children per woman in 2028 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (189 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.4 years old. In total, 1,017,054 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
4.00
Births
1,017,054
Births per 1,000 people
31.6
Mean age of mothers
28.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.9%
Net reproduction rate
1.81
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.9
Population
32,190,668
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
10-143.50.4%6,884
15-1999.712.4%172,125
20-24181.122.6%271,646
25-29189.423.6%238,017
30-34167.821.0%182,834
35-39110.813.8%107,143
40-4440.85.1%33,244
45-497.50.9%5,013
50-540.30.0%149