Cameroon vs Lower middle income: Birth rate, crude

Cameroon
33.34 per 1,000 people
in 2024
Lower middle income
21.08 per 1,000 people
in 2024
Cameroon rank
15th
Lower middle income rank
18th

Birth rate, crude over time

  • Cameroon
  • Lower middle income
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How they compare

Cameroon currently reports 33.34 per 1,000 people against 21.08 per 1,000 people in Lower middle income, a difference of 12.26 per 1,000 people.

That makes Cameroon's figure about 1.6 times Lower middle income's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Lower middle income ahead.

Cameroon ranks 15th and Lower middle income ranks 18th of 218 countries.

Cameroon has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Cameroon Lower middle income Difference Ahead
1960s 43.91 per 1,000 people 43.59 per 1,000 people 0.3261 per 1,000 people Cameroon
1970s 45.21 per 1,000 people 40.98 per 1,000 people 4.22 per 1,000 people Cameroon
1980s 44.91 per 1,000 people 38.15 per 1,000 people 6.76 per 1,000 people Cameroon
1990s 42.11 per 1,000 people 32.87 per 1,000 people 9.24 per 1,000 people Cameroon
2000s 40.91 per 1,000 people 28.44 per 1,000 people 12.46 per 1,000 people Cameroon
2010s 37.94 per 1,000 people 24.35 per 1,000 people 13.59 per 1,000 people Cameroon
2020s 34.31 per 1,000 people 21.49 per 1,000 people 12.82 per 1,000 people Cameroon

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher birth rate, crude, Cameroon or Lower middle income?
Cameroon, at 33.34 per 1,000 people against 21.08 per 1,000 people in Lower middle income as of 2024.
What is the difference in birth rate, crude between Cameroon and Lower middle income?
12.26 per 1,000 people, with Cameroon ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Lower middle income?
65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Cameroon and Lower middle income rank globally for birth rate, crude?
Cameroon ranks 15th and Lower middle income ranks 18th of 218 countries.
Where does this data come from?
World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division, published as Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people)
Unit
per 1,000 people
Source
World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
266 places, 17,260 data points, 1960–2024
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Crude birth rate indicates the number of live births occurring during the year, per 1,000 population estimated at midyear. Subtracting the crude death rate from the crude birth rate provides the rate of natural increase, which is equal to the rate of population change in the absence of migration.