Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Cameroon, 2053

Cameroon
2053
Total fertility rate: 2.87
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2053  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Cameroon is projected at 2.87 children per woman in 2053 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (138 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.5 years old. In total, 1,246,829 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.87
Births
1,246,829
Births per 1,000 people
23.2
Mean age of mothers
28.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.8%
Net reproduction rate
1.36
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.8
Population
53,780,179
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
10-141.30.2%3,622
15-1966.711.6%171,678
20-24127.422.2%303,650
25-29137.924.0%304,004
30-34128.022.3%261,913
35-3983.514.5%155,064
40-4425.64.5%41,607
45-493.70.6%5,172
50-540.10.0%117