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Life expectancy at age 15 in Cameroon

Cameroon: Life expectancy at age 15 was 78.31 years in 2100. ▲ Rising

Latest (2100)
78.31 years
Change on year
up 0.2%
World rank
199th
of 236 countries
All-time high
78.31 years
in 2100
All-time low
50.87 years
in 1960
Years of data
151
1950–2100

Life expectancy at age 15 in Cameroon, 1950–2100

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Source: Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in years.

Analysis

The most recent figure for life expectancy at age 15 in Cameroon is 78.31 years, measured in 2100. That is the highest value across all 151 years on record.

That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 1.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, life expectancy at age 15 in Cameroon peaked at 78.31 years in 2100 and was at its lowest, 50.87 years, in 1960.

Cameroon ranks 199th of 236 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 151 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1950s 58.7 years 57.11 years 60.05 years 10
1960s 59.91 years 50.87 years 63.18 years 10
1970s 63.81 years 63.5 years 63.99 years 10
1980s 64.32 years 63.73 years 64.72 years 10
1990s 64.15 years 63.76 years 64.61 years 10
2000s 64.34 years 63.81 years 64.95 years 10
2010s 66.45 years 65.19 years 67.7 years 10
2020s 68.82 years 66.66 years 69.88 years 10
2030s 70.58 years 70.02 years 71.11 years 10
2040s 71.7 years 71.21 years 72.19 years 10
2050s 72.77 years 72.29 years 73.24 years 10
2060s 73.85 years 73.35 years 74.36 years 10
2070s 75.06 years 74.49 years 75.62 years 10
2080s 76.3 years 75.74 years 76.88 years 10
2090s 77.6 years 77.01 years 78.18 years 10
2100s 78.31 years 78.31 years 78.31 years 1

Countries ranked near Cameroon

  1. 196 Zambia 78.49 years compare
  2. 197 Congo 78.49 years compare
  3. 198 Ghana 78.33 years compare
  4. 200 Zimbabwe 78.24 years compare
  5. 201 Afghanistan 78.21 years compare
  6. 202 Namibia 78.2 years compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is life expectancy at age 15 in Cameroon?
Life expectancy at age 15 in Cameroon was 78.31 years in 2100, according to Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
What is the highest life expectancy at age 15 recorded in Cameroon?
The highest recorded value was 78.31 years in 2100.
What is the lowest life expectancy at age 15 recorded in Cameroon?
The lowest recorded value was 50.87 years in 1960.
How does Cameroon rank for life expectancy at age 15?
Cameroon ranks 199th out of 236 countries with data for 2100.
Is life expectancy at age 15 rising or falling in Cameroon?
Over the last ten years it is up 1.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Cameroon data come from?
The figures come from Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Life expectancy at age 15. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator
Life expectancy at age 15
Unit
years
Source
Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
236 places, 36,894 data points, 1751–2100
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The total period life expectancy at age 15, in a given year.