Fertility in Cameroon, 2029

Cameroon
2029
Total fertility rate: 3.93
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2029 1999, 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

Year

-5 -1   2029  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Cameroon is projected at 3.93 children per woman in 2029 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (186 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.4 years old. In total, 1,026,451 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
3.93
Births
1,026,451
Births per 1,000 people
31.1
Mean age of mothers
28.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.8%
Net reproduction rate
1.78
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.9
Population
32,979,282
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
10-143.40.4%6,781
15-1998.012.4%172,541
20-24178.022.6%275,039
25-29186.223.7%241,273
30-34165.321.0%184,138
35-39109.013.9%107,966
40-4439.85.1%33,557
45-497.30.9%5,010
50-540.30.0%148