Fertility in Cameroon, 2040

Cameroon
2040
Total fertility rate: 3.35
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2040 2010, 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   2040  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Cameroon is projected at 3.35 children per woman in 2040 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (159 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.4 years old. In total, 1,152,820 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
3.35
Births
1,152,820
Births per 1,000 people
27.3
Mean age of mothers
28.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.5%
Net reproduction rate
1.55
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.9
Population
42,208,003
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
10-142.20.3%5,088
15-1982.312.3%178,508
20-24151.222.5%303,072
25-29159.223.7%278,268
30-34144.221.5%223,415
35-3994.914.1%124,151
40-4431.74.7%35,194
45-495.10.8%4,989
50-540.20.0%136