Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Cameroon, 2054

Cameroon
2054
Total fertility rate: 2.84
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2054  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Cameroon is projected at 2.84 children per woman in 2054 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (137 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.5 years old. In total, 1,251,214 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.84
Births
1,251,214
Births per 1,000 people
22.9
Mean age of mothers
28.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.7%
Net reproduction rate
1.34
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.9
Population
54,670,862
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%3,526
15-1965.711.6%170,937
20-24125.822.1%303,635
25-29136.624.1%305,276
30-34127.122.4%263,178
35-3982.714.6%157,512
40-4425.24.4%41,831
45-493.60.6%5,203
50-540.10.0%118