Fertility & birth rates in Argentina and Cameroon

Fertility rate in Argentina vs Cameroon chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Argentina was 1.5 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 Argentina 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
	Argentina	Cameroon
1960	3.14	5.73
1961	3.12	5.73
1962	3.13	5.73
1963	3.11	5.73
1964	3.08	5.74
1965	3.01	5.8
1966	2.97	5.85
1967	2.98	5.95
1968	3.01	6.04
1969	3.05	6.14
1970	3.09	6.2
1971	3.11	6.26
1972	3.14	6.29
1973	3.17	6.33
1974	3.22	6.36
1975	3.27	6.4
1976	3.32	6.45
1977	3.36	6.51
1978	3.36	6.55
1979	3.34	6.58
1980	3.3	6.61
1981	3.25	6.61
1982	3.2	6.59
1983	3.15	6.58
1984	3.12	6.56
1985	3.07	6.56
1986	3.05	6.57
1987	3.04	6.54
1988	3.05	6.48
1989	3.02	6.41
1990	3.03	6.36
1991	3.01	6.32
1992	2.99	6.26
1993	2.97	6.16
1994	2.94	6.04
1995	2.86	5.92
1996	2.78	5.8
1997	2.71	5.71
1998	2.66	5.66
1999	2.64	5.6
2000	2.59	5.51
2001	2.53	5.44
2002	2.49	5.44
2003	2.45	5.43
2004	2.43	5.44
2005	2.43	5.42
2006	2.4	5.37
2007	2.37	5.34
2008	2.43	5.29
2009	2.4	5.24
2010	2.41	5.15
2011	2.39	5.05
2012	2.3	4.98
2013	2.34	4.91
2014	2.39	4.84
2015	2.35	4.84
2016	2.24	4.84
2017	2.17	4.8
2018	2.07	4.74
2019	1.88	4.65
2020	1.6	4.56
2021	1.59	4.47
2022	1.48	4.4
2023	1.5	4.32
2024	1.5	4.26
2025	1.5	4.19
2026	1.51	4.12
2027	1.51	4.05
2028	1.51	4
2029	1.51	3.93
2030	1.51	3.88
2031	1.51	3.81
2032	1.52	3.76
2033	1.52	3.7
2034	1.52	3.65
2035	1.52	3.58
2036	1.52	3.55
2037	1.52	3.5
2038	1.52	3.44
2039	1.52	3.4
2040	1.52	3.35
2041	1.52	3.31
2042	1.52	3.25
2043	1.53	3.21
2044	1.53	3.17
2045	1.53	3.13
2046	1.53	3.09
2047	1.53	3.06
2048	1.53	3.02
2049	1.53	2.99
2050	1.54	2.96

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Argentina	Cameroon
1960	31.2%	39.5%
1961	31.1%	39.9%
1962	31%	40.2%
1963	30.8%	40.4%
1964	30.6%	40.7%
1965	30.5%	40.9%
1966	30.2%	41.1%
1967	30%	41.3%
1968	29.8%	41.6%
1969	29.7%	41.8%
1970	29.6%	42%
1971	29.5%	42.3%
1972	29.5%	42.5%
1973	29.5%	42.8%
1974	29.6%	43%
1975	29.7%	43.2%
1976	29.8%	43.5%
1977	29.9%	43.8%
1978	30.1%	44.1%
1979	30.3%	44.4%
1980	30.5%	44.5%
1981	30.6%	44.6%
1982	30.8%	45%
1983	30.9%	45.6%
1984	31%	45.7%
1985	31%	45.8%
1986	30.9%	45.9%
1987	30.9%	46%
1988	30.7%	46.1%
1989	30.6%	46.1%
1990	30.4%	46.2%
1991	30.3%	46.2%
1992	30%	46.2%
1993	29.8%	46.1%
1994	29.6%	46%
1995	29.3%	45.9%
1996	29.1%	45.7%
1997	28.8%	45.5%
1998	28.6%	45.3%
1999	28.4%	45.1%
2000	28.2%	44.9%
2001	27.9%	44.7%
2002	27.7%	44.5%
2003	27.5%	44.3%
2004	27.2%	44.2%
2005	26.9%	44.1%
2006	26.7%	44%
2007	26.4%	43.9%
2008	26.1%	43.8%
2009	25.9%	43.8%
2010	25.7%	43.7%
2011	25.5%	43.7%
2012	25.3%	43.6%
2013	25.2%	43.5%
2014	25%	43.4%
2015	24.9%	43.2%
2016	24.7%	43%
2017	24.6%	43%
2018	24.4%	42.9%
2019	24.1%	42.7%
2020	23.7%	42.5%
2021	23.2%	42.3%
2022	22.8%	42.1%
2023	22.2%	41.8%
2024	21.6%	41.4%
2025	21%	41.1%
2026	20.4%	40.8%
2027	19.9%	40.5%
2028	19.3%	40.1%
2029	18.7%	39.8%
2030	18.1%	39.5%
2031	17.6%	39.1%
2032	17.1%	38.7%
2033	16.7%	38.3%
2034	16.4%	37.9%
2035	16.2%	37.5%
2036	16.2%	37.2%
2037	16.1%	36.8%
2038	16.2%	36.5%
2039	16.2%	36.2%
2040	16.2%	35.9%
2041	16.1%	35.6%
2042	16.1%	35.3%
2043	16.1%	35%
2044	16%	34.7%
2045	16%	34.4%
2046	15.9%	34.1%
2047	15.8%	33.8%
2048	15.7%	33.5%
2049	15.6%	33.2%
2050	15.5%	32.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 21.6% of the population in Argentina and 41.4% in Cameroon in 2024, compared to 30.4% and 46.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Argentina and Cameroon compared.

Natural population change in Argentina vs Cameroon by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.63% in Argentina 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
	Argentina	Cameroon
1960	315,943	77,948
1961	317,816	82,471
1962	316,952	116,232
1963	317,041	119,784
1964	311,020	123,469
1965	304,734	129,428
1966	303,981	135,927
1967	308,904	144,370
1968	312,440	153,080
1969	319,108	162,603
1970	339,096	170,713
1971	344,889	179,317
1972	357,835	186,521
1973	370,856	193,997
1974	388,107	200,693
1975	409,561	206,986
1976	422,330	214,916
1977	441,647	222,785
1978	448,413	229,958
1979	449,952	238,875
1980	443,732	247,808
1981	442,501	262,076
1982	431,926	274,652
1983	426,145	276,112
1984	423,279	284,110
1985	428,866	296,317
1986	436,760	308,188
1987	443,404	320,134
1988	455,701	328,168
1989	460,991	334,649
1990	466,640	342,901
1991	474,960	350,493
1992	473,226	356,072
1993	474,791	360,785
1994	481,958	364,390
1995	469,658	367,532
1996	458,199	370,355
1997	450,930	377,138
1998	440,184	388,432
1999	444,038	401,969
2000	437,562	411,633
2001	430,579	422,511
2002	424,825	439,544
2003	410,141	459,422
2004	417,970	478,880
2005	428,247	496,547
2006	424,591	511,366
2007	402,889	526,949
2008	442,442	542,919
2009	439,271	557,841
2010	441,335	569,921
2011	448,730	580,607
2012	411,540	594,029
2013	421,694	606,072
2014	450,462	619,243
2015	444,161	649,190
2016	391,767	677,051
2017	375,260	696,496
2018	346,031	706,188
2019	280,005	714,681
2020	151,347	716,361
2021	88,677	713,806
2022	96,673	734,893
2023	154,648	754,486

Maternal mortality chart: Argentina vs Cameroon

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 33 deaths per 100,000 live births in Argentina, compared to 258 deaths in Cameroon.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Argentina	Cameroon
1985	80	572
1986	76	579
1987	73	557
1988	70	559
1989	68	564
1990	68	570
1991	67	584
1992	65	595
1993	62	606
1994	62	628
1995	60	641
1996	59	648
1997	60	652
1998	57	666
1999	57	672
2000	58	678
2001	60	672
2002	59	658
2003	61	645
2004	58	633
2005	57	629
2006	60	615
2007	62	605
2008	59	592
2009	62	579
2010	55	562
2011	48	541
2012	49	500
2013	47	469
2014	43	440
2015	39	417
2016	40	393
2017	38	372
2018	38	354
2019	36	336
2020	40	316
2021	76	342
2022	39	276
2023	33	258

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.96% in Argentina 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
	Argentina	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	7.25%	22.2%
1970	7.17%	21.3%
1971	7.08%	20.6%
1972	6.97%	20%
1973	6.82%	19.6%
1974	6.61%	19.3%
1975	6.33%	19.2%
1976	5.98%	19%
1977	5.56%	18.9%
1978	5.12%	18.7%
1979	4.68%	18.3%
1980	4.28%	17.9%
1981	3.94%	17.4%
1982	3.65%	16.8%
1983	3.41%	16.2%
1984	3.21%	15.5%
1985	3.06%	14.9%
1986	2.96%	14.4%
1987	2.91%	14%
1988	2.9%	13.8%
1989	2.89%	13.6%
1990	2.88%	13.7%
1991	2.84%	13.8%
1992	2.76%	14%
1993	2.66%	14.3%
1994	2.54%	14.5%
1995	2.42%	14.7%
1996	2.31%	14.8%
1997	2.19%	14.9%
1998	2.09%	14.8%
1999	2.01%	14.7%
2000	1.94%	14.4%
2001	1.88%	14.1%
2002	1.83%	13.8%
2003	1.78%	13.5%
2004	1.73%	13.1%
2005	1.67%	12.8%
2006	1.62%	12.5%
2007	1.58%	12.1%
2008	1.54%	11.8%
2009	1.49%	11.4%
2010	1.44%	11%
2011	1.39%	10.6%
2012	1.33%	10.2%
2013	1.27%	9.73%
2014	1.22%	9.31%
2015	1.17%	8.9%
2016	1.14%	8.56%
2017	1.1%	8.25%
2018	1.07%	7.97%
2019	1.05%	7.72%
2020	1.03%	7.46%
2021	1%	7.21%
2022	0.98%	6.95%
2023	0.96%	6.72%