Fertility in Cameroon, 2050

Cameroon
2050
Total fertility rate: 2.96
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2050 2020, 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   2050  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Cameroon is projected at 2.96 children per woman in 2050 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (142 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.5 years old. In total, 1,228,280 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.96
Births
1,228,280
Births per 1,000 people
24.0
Mean age of mothers
28.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
14.1%
Net reproduction rate
1.39
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.9
Population
51,096,317
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
10-141.50.2%3,906
15-1969.911.8%173,176
20-24132.022.3%302,533
25-29141.723.9%299,741
30-34130.822.1%256,859
35-3985.314.4%146,340
40-4426.84.5%40,576
45-494.00.7%5,027
50-540.10.0%119