Cameroon vs Low & middle income: Fertility rate, total

Cameroon
4.26 births per woman
in 2024
Low & middle income
2.33 births per woman
in 2024
Cameroon rank
17th
Low & middle income rank
19th

Fertility rate, total over time

  • Cameroon
  • Low & middle income
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How they compare

Cameroon currently reports 4.26 births per woman against 2.33 births per woman in Low & middle income, a difference of 1.93 births per woman.

That makes Cameroon's figure about 1.8 times Low & middle income's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Cameroon ahead.

Cameroon ranks 17th and Low & middle income ranks 19th of 218 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Cameroon averaged higher in 6 and Low & middle income in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Cameroon Low & middle income Difference Ahead
1960s 5.84 births per woman 5.94 births per woman 0.0954 births per woman Low & middle income
1970s 6.39 births per woman 5.02 births per woman 1.37 births per woman Cameroon
1980s 6.55 births per woman 4.1 births per woman 2.45 births per woman Cameroon
1990s 5.98 births per woman 3.27 births per woman 2.71 births per woman Cameroon
2000s 5.39 births per woman 2.87 births per woman 2.52 births per woman Cameroon
2010s 4.88 births per woman 2.66 births per woman 2.22 births per woman Cameroon
2020s 4.4 births per woman 2.36 births per woman 2.04 births per woman Cameroon

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher fertility rate, total, Cameroon or Low & middle income?
Cameroon, at 4.26 births per woman against 2.33 births per woman in Low & middle income as of 2024.
What is the difference in fertility rate, total between Cameroon and Low & middle income?
1.93 births per woman, with Cameroon ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Low & middle income?
65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Cameroon and Low & middle income rank globally for fertility rate, total?
Cameroon ranks 17th and Low & middle income ranks 19th 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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About this data

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.