Fertility & birth rates in Angola and Cameroon

Fertility rate in Angola vs Cameroon chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Angola was 5.12 children per woman in 2023, compared to 4.32 in Cameroon in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Angola vs Cameroon population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Angola	Cameroon
1960	6.71	5.73
1961	6.79	5.73
1962	6.87	5.73
1963	6.95	5.73
1964	7.04	5.74
1965	7.12	5.8
1966	7.19	5.85
1967	7.27	5.95
1968	7.33	6.04
1969	7.39	6.14
1970	7.43	6.2
1971	7.47	6.26
1972	7.49	6.29
1973	7.5	6.33
1974	7.5	6.36
1975	7.49	6.4
1976	7.49	6.45
1977	7.48	6.51
1978	7.47	6.55
1979	7.46	6.58
1980	7.46	6.61
1981	7.46	6.61
1982	7.46	6.59
1983	7.46	6.58
1984	7.46	6.56
1985	7.45	6.56
1986	7.44	6.57
1987	7.41	6.54
1988	7.37	6.48
1989	7.33	6.41
1990	7.27	6.36
1991	7.21	6.32
1992	7.14	6.26
1993	7.07	6.16
1994	6.99	6.04
1995	6.92	5.92
1996	6.85	5.8
1997	6.79	5.71
1998	6.73	5.66
1999	6.68	5.6
2000	6.64	5.51
2001	6.6	5.44
2002	6.57	5.44
2003	6.53	5.43
2004	6.5	5.44
2005	6.46	5.42
2006	6.42	5.37
2007	6.37	5.34
2008	6.32	5.29
2009	6.26	5.24
2010	6.19	5.15
2011	6.12	5.05
2012	6.04	4.98
2013	5.95	4.91
2014	5.86	4.84
2015	5.77	4.84
2016	5.69	4.84
2017	5.6	4.8
2018	5.52	4.74
2019	5.44	4.65
2020	5.37	4.56
2021	5.3	4.47
2022	5.21	4.4
2023	5.12	4.32
2024	5.05	4.26
2025	4.95	4.19
2026	4.89	4.12
2027	4.81	4.05
2028	4.74	4
2029	4.66	3.93
2030	4.56	3.88
2031	4.48	3.81
2032	4.39	3.76
2033	4.31	3.7
2034	4.24	3.65
2035	4.16	3.58
2036	4.09	3.55
2037	3.99	3.5
2038	3.94	3.44
2039	3.86	3.4
2040	3.8	3.35
2041	3.73	3.31
2042	3.66	3.25
2043	3.59	3.21
2044	3.53	3.17
2045	3.48	3.13
2046	3.43	3.09
2047	3.38	3.06
2048	3.33	3.02
2049	3.29	2.99
2050	3.24	2.96

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Angola	Cameroon
1960	41.3%	39.5%
1961	41.6%	39.9%
1962	42.1%	40.2%
1963	42.5%	40.4%
1964	43.1%	40.7%
1965	43.7%	40.9%
1966	44.2%	41.1%
1967	44.7%	41.3%
1968	45.1%	41.6%
1969	45.5%	41.8%
1970	45.9%	42%
1971	46.3%	42.3%
1972	46.3%	42.5%
1973	46.1%	42.8%
1974	45.9%	43%
1975	45.6%	43.2%
1976	45.5%	43.5%
1977	45.2%	43.8%
1978	45%	44.1%
1979	44.8%	44.4%
1980	44.7%	44.5%
1981	44.5%	44.6%
1982	44.4%	45%
1983	44.4%	45.6%
1984	44.3%	45.7%
1985	44.3%	45.8%
1986	44.5%	45.9%
1987	44.6%	46%
1988	44.8%	46.1%
1989	45%	46.1%
1990	45.2%	46.2%
1991	45.4%	46.2%
1992	45.5%	46.2%
1993	45.7%	46.1%
1994	45.8%	46%
1995	45.9%	45.9%
1996	45.9%	45.7%
1997	45.8%	45.5%
1998	45.8%	45.3%
1999	45.7%	45.1%
2000	45.6%	44.9%
2001	45.5%	44.7%
2002	45.4%	44.5%
2003	45.3%	44.3%
2004	45.3%	44.2%
2005	45.2%	44.1%
2006	45.1%	44%
2007	45.1%	43.9%
2008	45.1%	43.8%
2009	45.1%	43.8%
2010	45.1%	43.7%
2011	45.1%	43.7%
2012	45.2%	43.6%
2013	45.2%	43.5%
2014	45.2%	43.4%
2015	45.3%	43.2%
2016	45.3%	43%
2017	45.3%	43%
2018	45.2%	42.9%
2019	45.1%	42.7%
2020	45%	42.5%
2021	44.9%	42.3%
2022	44.8%	42.1%
2023	44.6%	41.8%
2024	44.4%	41.4%
2025	44.1%	41.1%
2026	43.8%	40.8%
2027	43.5%	40.5%
2028	43.2%	40.1%
2029	42.9%	39.8%
2030	42.6%	39.5%
2031	42.3%	39.1%
2032	41.9%	38.7%
2033	41.6%	38.3%
2034	41.3%	37.9%
2035	41%	37.5%
2036	40.6%	37.2%
2037	40.3%	36.8%
2038	40%	36.5%
2039	39.6%	36.2%
2040	39.3%	35.9%
2041	39%	35.6%
2042	38.7%	35.3%
2043	38.3%	35%
2044	38%	34.7%
2045	37.6%	34.4%
2046	37.3%	34.1%
2047	36.9%	33.8%
2048	36.6%	33.5%
2049	36.3%	33.2%
2050	35.9%	32.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 44.4% of the population in Angola and 41.4% in Cameroon in 2024, compared to 45.2% and 46.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Angola and Cameroon compared.

Natural population change in Angola vs Cameroon by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +3.2% in Angola and +2.78% in Cameroon. The chart below illustrates the comparison of the absolute yearly changes resulting from births and deaths.

Table

Year	Population change due to births and deaths
	Angola	Cameroon
1960	128,489	77,948
1961	127,085	82,471
1962	130,405	116,232
1963	133,580	119,784
1964	136,824	123,469
1965	139,850	129,428
1966	142,844	135,927
1967	145,936	144,370
1968	148,744	153,080
1969	151,349	162,603
1970	153,706	170,713
1971	154,990	179,317
1972	159,339	186,521
1973	166,926	193,997
1974	174,858	200,693
1975	178,409	206,986
1976	184,430	214,916
1977	192,847	222,785
1978	202,655	229,958
1979	212,942	238,875
1980	224,031	247,808
1981	236,340	262,076
1982	248,932	274,652
1983	254,860	276,112
1984	269,506	284,110
1985	283,633	296,317
1986	297,320	308,188
1987	291,683	320,134
1988	307,331	328,168
1989	318,602	334,649
1990	328,596	342,901
1991	354,778	350,493
1992	346,125	356,072
1993	354,529	360,785
1994	376,280	364,390
1995	406,610	367,532
1996	418,526	370,355
1997	430,723	377,138
1998	428,722	388,432
1999	446,188	401,969
2000	465,975	411,633
2001	488,432	422,511
2002	512,813	439,544
2003	556,111	459,422
2004	585,950	478,880
2005	617,934	496,547
2006	647,814	511,366
2007	682,742	526,949
2008	716,519	542,919
2009	750,290	557,841
2010	782,310	569,921
2011	813,495	580,607
2012	845,130	594,029
2013	876,208	606,072
2014	905,106	619,243
2015	930,277	649,190
2016	954,491	677,051
2017	979,700	696,496
2018	1,005,547	706,188
2019	1,030,776	714,681
2020	1,053,677	716,361
2021	1,072,267	713,806
2022	1,104,864	734,893
2023	1,126,862	754,486

Maternal mortality chart: Angola vs Cameroon

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 183 deaths per 100,000 live births in Angola, compared to 258 deaths in Cameroon.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Angola	Cameroon
1985	877	572
1986	864	579
1987	920	557
1988	895	559
1989	884	564
1990	876	570
1991	826	584
1992	877	595
1993	855	606
1994	812	628
1995	772	641
1996	747	648
1997	717	652
1998	723	666
1999	687	672
2000	659	678
2001	629	672
2002	602	658
2003	538	645
2004	499	633
2005	462	629
2006	437	615
2007	401	605
2008	372	592
2009	348	579
2010	321	562
2011	301	541
2012	278	500
2013	267	469
2014	262	440
2015	249	417
2016	236	393
2017	220	372
2018	208	354
2019	202	336
2020	195	316
2021	211	342
2022	185	276
2023	183	258

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 6.4% in Angola and 6.72% in Cameroon. Below is the historical data on under-five mortality rates.

Table

Year	Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
	Angola	Cameroon
1960	-	28%
1961	-	27.4%
1962	-	26.9%
1963	-	26.4%
1964	-	26%
1965	-	25.4%
1966	-	24.7%
1967	-	24%
1968	-	23.1%
1969	-	22.2%
1970	-	21.3%
1971	-	20.6%
1972	-	20%
1973	-	19.6%
1974	-	19.3%
1975	-	19.2%
1976	-	19%
1977	-	18.9%
1978	-	18.7%
1979	-	18.3%
1980	23.8%	17.9%
1981	23.5%	17.4%
1982	23.3%	16.8%
1983	23%	16.2%
1984	22.8%	15.5%
1985	22.6%	14.9%
1986	22.5%	14.4%
1987	22.4%	14%
1988	22.3%	13.8%
1989	22.3%	13.6%
1990	22.3%	13.7%
1991	22.3%	13.8%
1992	22.2%	14%
1993	22.2%	14.3%
1994	22.2%	14.5%
1995	22.1%	14.7%
1996	21.9%	14.8%
1997	21.6%	14.9%
1998	21.3%	14.8%
1999	20.8%	14.7%
2000	20.3%	14.4%
2001	19.7%	14.1%
2002	19%	13.8%
2003	18.2%	13.5%
2004	17.4%	13.1%
2005	16.5%	12.8%
2006	15.6%	12.5%
2007	14.6%	12.1%
2008	13.7%	11.8%
2009	12.8%	11.4%
2010	12%	11%
2011	11.2%	10.6%
2012	10.5%	10.2%
2013	9.83%	9.73%
2014	9.28%	9.31%
2015	8.82%	8.9%
2016	8.41%	8.56%
2017	8.05%	8.25%
2018	7.73%	7.97%
2019	7.44%	7.72%
2020	7.16%	7.46%
2021	6.9%	7.21%
2022	6.64%	6.95%
2023	6.4%	6.72%