Fertility in Cameroon, 2030

Cameroon
2030
Total fertility rate: 3.88
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2030 2000, 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   2030  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Cameroon is projected at 3.88 children per woman in 2030 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (184 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.4 years old. In total, 1,038,634 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
3.88
Births
1,038,634
Births per 1,000 people
30.8
Mean age of mothers
28.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.7%
Net reproduction rate
1.76
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.9
Population
33,777,190
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
10-143.30.4%6,719
15-1996.412.4%173,285
20-24175.522.6%278,641
25-29183.523.7%245,646
30-34163.321.0%186,361
35-39107.613.9%108,908
40-4438.95.0%33,904
45-497.00.9%5,023
50-540.30.0%147