Cameroon vs Sudan: Fertility rate, total

Cameroon
4.26 births per woman
in 2024
Sudan
4.26 births per woman
in 2024
Cameroon rank
17th
Sudan rank
16th

Fertility rate, total over time

  • Cameroon
  • Sudan
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How they compare

Sudan currently reports 4.26 births per woman against 4.26 births per woman in Cameroon, a difference of 0 births per woman.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Sudan ahead.

Cameroon ranks 17th and Sudan ranks 16th of 217 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Cameroon averaged higher in 3 and Sudan in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Cameroon Sudan Difference Ahead
1960s 5.84 births per woman 6.81 births per woman 0.9682 births per woman Sudan
1970s 6.39 births per woman 6.87 births per woman 0.4753 births per woman Sudan
1980s 6.55 births per woman 6.33 births per woman 0.2258 births per woman Cameroon
1990s 5.98 births per woman 5.87 births per woman 0.1162 births per woman Cameroon
2000s 5.39 births per woman 5.4 births per woman 0.0096 births per woman Sudan
2010s 4.88 births per woman 4.89 births per woman 0.0107 births per woman Sudan
2020s 4.4 births per woman 4.39 births per woman 0.007 births per woman Cameroon

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher fertility rate, total, Cameroon or Sudan?
Sudan, at 4.26 births per woman against 4.26 births per woman in Cameroon as of 2024.
What is the difference in fertility rate, total between Cameroon and Sudan?
0 births per woman, with Sudan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Sudan?
65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Cameroon and Sudan rank globally for fertility rate, total?
Cameroon ranks 17th and Sudan ranks 16th 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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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
265 places, 17,193 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.