Cameroon vs Uganda: Fertility rate, total
Cameroon
4.26 births per woman
in 2024
Uganda
4.17 births per woman
in 2024
Cameroon rank
17th
Uganda rank
19th
Fertility rate, total over time
- Cameroon
- Uganda
How they compare
Cameroon currently reports 4.26 births per woman against 4.17 births per woman in Uganda, a difference of 0.09 births per woman.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Uganda ahead.
Cameroon ranks 17th and Uganda ranks 19th of 217 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Cameroon averaged higher in 1 and Uganda in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cameroon | Uganda | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5.84 births per woman | 7.02 births per woman | 1.18 births per woman | Uganda |
| 1970s | 6.39 births per woman | 7.18 births per woman | 0.7865 births per woman | Uganda |
| 1980s | 6.55 births per woman | 7.08 births per woman | 0.5296 births per woman | Uganda |
| 1990s | 5.98 births per woman | 6.89 births per woman | 0.9059 births per woman | Uganda |
| 2000s | 5.39 births per woman | 6.52 births per woman | 1.12 births per woman | Uganda |
| 2010s | 4.88 births per woman | 5.36 births per woman | 0.475 births per woman | Uganda |
| 2020s | 4.4 births per woman | 4.39 births per woman | 0.0076 births per woman | Cameroon |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fertility rate, total, Cameroon or Uganda?
- Cameroon, at 4.26 births per woman against 4.17 births per woman in Uganda as of 2024.
- What is the difference in fertility rate, total between Cameroon and Uganda?
- 0.09 births per woman, with Cameroon ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Uganda?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Cameroon and Uganda rank globally for fertility rate, total?
- Cameroon ranks 17th and Uganda ranks 19th 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.