Cameroon vs Guinea-Bissau: Children per woman that survived childhood vs. those that died in childhood
Cameroon
0.2723 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Guinea-Bissau
0.2741 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Cameroon rank
18th
Guinea-Bissau rank
16th
Children per woman that survived childhood vs. those that died in childhood over time
- Cameroon
- Guinea-Bissau
How they compare
Guinea-Bissau currently reports 0.2741 under-five deaths per woman against 0.2723 under-five deaths per woman in Cameroon, a difference of 0.0018 under-five deaths per woman.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 72 shared years of data; in 1953 it was Cameroon ahead.
Cameroon ranks 18th and Guinea-Bissau ranks 16th of 200 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Cameroon averaged higher in 3 and Guinea-Bissau in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cameroon | Guinea-Bissau | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 1.78 under-five deaths per woman | 1.69 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0861 under-five deaths per woman | Cameroon |
| 1960s | 1.51 under-five deaths per woman | 1.69 under-five deaths per woman | 0.1801 under-five deaths per woman | Guinea-Bissau |
| 1970s | 1.25 under-five deaths per woman | 1.65 under-five deaths per woman | 0.4049 under-five deaths per woman | Guinea-Bissau |
| 1980s | 1.02 under-five deaths per woman | 1.62 under-five deaths per woman | 0.6 under-five deaths per woman | Guinea-Bissau |
| 1990s | 0.8666 under-five deaths per woman | 1.25 under-five deaths per woman | 0.3883 under-five deaths per woman | Guinea-Bissau |
| 2000s | 0.6973 under-five deaths per woman | 0.8132 under-five deaths per woman | 0.1158 under-five deaths per woman | Guinea-Bissau |
| 2010s | 0.4475 under-five deaths per woman | 0.4471 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0004 under-five deaths per woman | Cameroon |
| 2020s | 0.3033 under-five deaths per woman | 0.2953 under-five deaths per woman | 0.008 under-five deaths per woman | Cameroon |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher children per woman that survived childhood vs. those that died in childhood, Cameroon or Guinea-Bissau?
- Guinea-Bissau, at 0.2741 under-five deaths per woman against 0.2723 under-five deaths per woman in Cameroon as of 2024.
- What is the difference in children per woman that survived childhood vs. those that died in childhood between Cameroon and Guinea-Bissau?
- 0.0018 under-five deaths per woman, with Guinea-Bissau ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Guinea-Bissau?
- 72 years are reported by both, from 1953 to 2024.
- How do Cameroon and Guinea-Bissau rank globally for children per woman that survived childhood vs. those that died in childhood?
- Cameroon ranks 18th and Guinea-Bissau ranks 16th of 200 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Children per woman that survived childhood vs. those that died in childhood. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Fertility rate (average number of children per woman) multiplied by the under-five mortality rate (probability of dying before age five).