Benin vs Cameroon: Fertility rate, total
Benin
4.48 births per woman
in 2024
Cameroon
4.26 births per woman
in 2024
Benin rank
14th
Cameroon rank
17th
Fertility rate, total over time
- Benin
- Cameroon
How they compare
Benin currently reports 4.48 births per woman against 4.26 births per woman in Cameroon, a difference of 0.22 births per woman.
That makes Benin's figure about 1.1 times Cameroon's.
Across all 65 years both countries report, Benin has been ahead every year.
Benin ranks 14th and Cameroon ranks 17th of 217 countries.
Benin has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Benin | Cameroon | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6.55 births per woman | 5.84 births per woman | 0.7019 births per woman | Benin |
| 1970s | 6.82 births per woman | 6.39 births per woman | 0.4234 births per woman | Benin |
| 1980s | 6.97 births per woman | 6.55 births per woman | 0.4221 births per woman | Benin |
| 1990s | 6.39 births per woman | 5.98 births per woman | 0.4116 births per woman | Benin |
| 2000s | 5.71 births per woman | 5.39 births per woman | 0.3169 births per woman | Benin |
| 2010s | 5.28 births per woman | 4.88 births per woman | 0.3946 births per woman | Benin |
| 2020s | 4.63 births per woman | 4.4 births per woman | 0.2334 births per woman | Benin |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fertility rate, total, Benin or Cameroon?
- Benin, at 4.48 births per woman against 4.26 births per woman in Cameroon as of 2024.
- What is the difference in fertility rate, total between Benin and Cameroon?
- 0.22 births per woman, with Benin ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Benin and Cameroon?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Benin and Cameroon rank globally for fertility rate, total?
- Benin ranks 14th and Cameroon ranks 17th of 217 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division, published as Fertility rate, total (births per woman). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Total fertility rate represents the number of children that would be born to a woman if she were to live to the end of her childbearing years and bear children in accordance with age-specific fertility rates of the specified year.