Fertility in Cameroon, 2055

Cameroon
2055
Total fertility rate: 2.81
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2055  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Cameroon is projected at 2.81 children per woman in 2055 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (135 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.6 years old. In total, 1,256,822 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.81
Births
1,256,822
Births per 1,000 people
22.6
Mean age of mothers
28.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.6%
Net reproduction rate
1.33
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.8
Population
55,557,082
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
10-141.20.2%3,430
15-1964.711.5%170,396
20-24124.322.1%303,960
25-29135.424.1%306,884
30-34126.322.5%265,034
35-3981.914.6%159,502
40-4424.94.4%42,265
45-493.50.6%5,231
50-540.10.0%118