Cameroon vs Côte d'Ivoire: Fertility rate, total

Cameroon
4.26 births per woman
in 2024
Côte d'Ivoire
4.23 births per woman
in 2024
Cameroon rank
17th
Côte d'Ivoire rank
18th

Fertility rate, total over time

  • Cameroon
  • Côte d'Ivoire
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How they compare

Cameroon currently reports 4.26 births per woman against 4.23 births per woman in Côte d'Ivoire, a difference of 0.03 births per woman.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Côte d'Ivoire ahead.

Cameroon ranks 17th and Côte d'Ivoire ranks 18th of 218 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Cameroon averaged higher in 1 and Côte d'Ivoire in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade Cameroon Côte d'Ivoire Difference Ahead
1960s 5.84 births per woman 7.82 births per woman 1.97 births per woman Côte d'Ivoire
1970s 6.39 births per woman 7.86 births per woman 1.47 births per woman Côte d'Ivoire
1980s 6.55 births per woman 7.28 births per woman 0.7227 births per woman Côte d'Ivoire
1990s 5.98 births per woman 6.17 births per woman 0.1861 births per woman Côte d'Ivoire
2000s 5.39 births per woman 5.53 births per woman 0.1335 births per woman Côte d'Ivoire
2010s 4.88 births per woman 4.97 births per woman 0.0836 births per woman Côte d'Ivoire
2020s 4.4 births per woman 4.35 births per woman 0.0542 births per woman Cameroon

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher fertility rate, total, Cameroon or Côte d'Ivoire?
Cameroon, at 4.26 births per woman against 4.23 births per woman in Côte d'Ivoire as of 2024.
What is the difference in fertility rate, total between Cameroon and Côte d'Ivoire?
0.03 births per woman, with Cameroon ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Côte d'Ivoire?
65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Cameroon and Côte d'Ivoire rank globally for fertility rate, total?
Cameroon ranks 17th and Côte d'Ivoire ranks 18th of 218 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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Indicator
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
Unit
births per woman
Source
World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
266 places, 17,258 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed

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.