Fertility & birth rates in Azerbaijan and Cameroon

Fertility rate in Azerbaijan vs Cameroon chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Azerbaijan was 1.55 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.

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The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Azerbaijan	Cameroon
1960	5.88	5.73
1961	5.94	5.73
1962	5.96	5.73
1963	5.95	5.73
1964	5.89	5.74
1965	5.79	5.8
1966	5.66	5.85
1967	5.38	5.95
1968	5.22	6.04
1969	5.07	6.14
1970	4.91	6.2
1971	4.77	6.26
1972	4.62	6.29
1973	4.45	6.33
1974	4.33	6.36
1975	4.18	6.4
1976	4.02	6.45
1977	3.87	6.51
1978	3.73	6.55
1979	3.61	6.58
1980	3.5	6.61
1981	3.41	6.61
1982	3.34	6.59
1983	3.29	6.58
1984	3.26	6.56
1985	2.91	6.56
1986	2.9	6.57
1987	2.9	6.54
1988	2.8	6.48
1989	2.8	6.41
1990	2.74	6.36
1991	2.87	6.32
1992	2.74	6.26
1993	2.7	6.16
1994	2.52	6.04
1995	2.29	5.92
1996	2.06	5.8
1997	2.07	5.71
1998	2	5.66
1999	2.07	5.6
2000	2	5.51
2001	1.8	5.44
2002	1.8	5.44
2003	1.9	5.43
2004	2.05	5.44
2005	2	5.42
2006	1.97	5.37
2007	1.97	5.34
2008	1.9	5.29
2009	1.82	5.24
2010	1.92	5.15
2011	1.96	5.05
2012	2	4.98
2013	1.98	4.91
2014	1.97	4.84
2015	1.94	4.84
2016	1.9	4.84
2017	1.75	4.8
2018	1.73	4.74
2019	1.81	4.65
2020	1.7	4.56
2021	1.52	4.47
2022	1.67	4.4
2023	1.55	4.32
2024	1.55	4.26
2025	1.54	4.19
2026	1.54	4.12
2027	1.54	4.05
2028	1.54	4
2029	1.54	3.93
2030	1.54	3.88
2031	1.53	3.81
2032	1.53	3.76
2033	1.53	3.7
2034	1.53	3.65
2035	1.53	3.58
2036	1.53	3.55
2037	1.53	3.5
2038	1.53	3.44
2039	1.52	3.4
2040	1.52	3.35
2041	1.52	3.31
2042	1.52	3.25
2043	1.52	3.21
2044	1.52	3.17
2045	1.52	3.13
2046	1.52	3.09
2047	1.52	3.06
2048	1.52	3.02
2049	1.52	2.99
2050	1.52	2.96

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Azerbaijan	Cameroon
1960	40.4%	39.5%
1961	42%	39.9%
1962	43.3%	40.2%
1963	44.2%	40.4%
1964	44.9%	40.7%
1965	45.3%	40.9%
1966	45.6%	41.1%
1967	45.7%	41.3%
1968	45.6%	41.6%
1969	45.3%	41.8%
1970	44.9%	42%
1971	44.3%	42.3%
1972	43.6%	42.5%
1973	42.7%	42.8%
1974	41.7%	43%
1975	40.6%	43.2%
1976	39.4%	43.5%
1977	38.1%	43.8%
1978	36.7%	44.1%
1979	35.6%	44.4%
1980	35%	44.5%
1981	34.4%	44.6%
1982	34%	45%
1983	33.8%	45.6%
1984	33.5%	45.7%
1985	33.4%	45.8%
1986	33.2%	45.9%
1987	33.1%	46%
1988	33.2%	46.1%
1989	33.5%	46.1%
1990	33.8%	46.2%
1991	34%	46.2%
1992	34.1%	46.2%
1993	34%	46.1%
1994	33.9%	46%
1995	33.6%	45.9%
1996	33.2%	45.7%
1997	32.8%	45.5%
1998	32.2%	45.3%
1999	31.4%	45.1%
2000	30.3%	44.9%
2001	29.2%	44.7%
2002	28.1%	44.5%
2003	27%	44.3%
2004	26%	44.2%
2005	25.1%	44.1%
2006	24.4%	44%
2007	23.8%	43.9%
2008	23.2%	43.8%
2009	22.7%	43.8%
2010	22.3%	43.7%
2011	22.2%	43.7%
2012	22.3%	43.6%
2013	22.7%	43.5%
2014	23.1%	43.4%
2015	23.5%	43.2%
2016	23.8%	43%
2017	23.9%	43%
2018	23.8%	42.9%
2019	23.5%	42.7%
2020	23.4%	42.5%
2021	23.1%	42.3%
2022	22.8%	42.1%
2023	22.3%	41.8%
2024	21.8%	41.4%
2025	21.2%	41.1%
2026	20.6%	40.8%
2027	20%	40.5%
2028	19.4%	40.1%
2029	18.9%	39.8%
2030	18.3%	39.5%
2031	17.9%	39.1%
2032	17.6%	38.7%
2033	17.5%	38.3%
2034	17.3%	37.9%
2035	17%	37.5%
2036	16.9%	37.2%
2037	16.8%	36.8%
2038	16.8%	36.5%
2039	16.8%	36.2%
2040	16.8%	35.9%
2041	16.8%	35.6%
2042	16.9%	35.3%
2043	16.9%	35%
2044	16.9%	34.7%
2045	16.8%	34.4%
2046	16.8%	34.1%
2047	16.8%	33.8%
2048	16.7%	33.5%
2049	16.6%	33.2%
2050	16.5%	32.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 21.8% of the population in Azerbaijan and 41.4% in Cameroon in 2024, compared to 33.8% and 46.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Azerbaijan and Cameroon compared.

Natural population change in Azerbaijan vs Cameroon by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.79% in Azerbaijan 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
	Azerbaijan	Cameroon
1960	127,982	77,948
1961	133,870	82,471
1962	135,928	116,232
1963	136,762	119,784
1964	134,971	123,469
1965	131,114	129,428
1966	126,678	135,927
1967	118,988	144,370
1968	115,379	153,080
1969	111,387	162,603
1970	108,976	170,713
1971	106,948	179,317
1972	105,009	186,521
1973	103,208	193,997
1974	103,872	200,693
1975	103,472	206,986
1976	103,370	214,916
1977	102,304	222,785
1978	102,831	229,958
1979	104,864	238,875
1980	110,279	247,808
1981	121,400	262,076
1982	117,615	274,652
1983	125,966	276,112
1984	130,043	284,110
1985	132,068	296,317
1986	141,499	308,188
1987	138,195	320,134
1988	136,702	328,168
1989	141,531	334,649
1990	142,069	342,901
1991	147,607	350,493
1992	133,615	356,072
1993	123,664	360,785
1994	107,112	364,390
1995	93,755	367,532
1996	80,735	370,355
1997	84,653	377,138
1998	77,548	388,432
1999	71,047	401,969
2000	70,023	411,633
2001	64,890	422,511
2002	63,741	439,544
2003	64,226	459,422
2004	81,403	478,880
2005	89,793	496,547
2006	96,724	511,366
2007	97,827	526,949
2008	99,903	542,919
2009	99,315	557,841
2010	112,274	569,921
2011	122,002	580,607
2012	119,915	594,029
2013	117,710	606,072
2014	115,374	619,243
2015	110,967	649,190
2016	102,457	677,051
2017	86,715	696,496
2018	81,506	706,188
2019	85,207	714,681
2020	50,466	716,361
2021	35,483	713,806
2022	61,865	734,893
2023	52,800	754,486

Maternal mortality chart: Azerbaijan vs Cameroon

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 18 deaths per 100,000 live births in Azerbaijan, compared to 258 deaths in Cameroon.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Azerbaijan	Cameroon
1985	45	572
1986	48	579
1987	45	557
1988	45	559
1989	43	564
1990	41	570
1991	43	584
1992	56	595
1993	54	606
1994	58	628
1995	64	641
1996	58	648
1997	59	652
1998	54	666
1999	51	672
2000	46	678
2001	45	672
2002	40	658
2003	41	645
2004	40	633
2005	40	629
2006	33	615
2007	33	605
2008	30	592
2009	29	579
2010	28	562
2011	27	541
2012	28	500
2013	24	469
2014	23	440
2015	21	417
2016	22	393
2017	22	372
2018	21	354
2019	21	336
2020	21	316
2021	55	342
2022	32	276
2023	18	258

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.86% in Azerbaijan 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
	Azerbaijan	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	-	17.9%
1981	-	17.4%
1982	10.9%	16.8%
1983	10.7%	16.2%
1984	10.4%	15.5%
1985	10.2%	14.9%
1986	9.96%	14.4%
1987	9.77%	14%
1988	9.62%	13.8%
1989	9.52%	13.6%
1990	9.48%	13.7%
1991	9.5%	13.8%
1992	9.52%	14%
1993	9.52%	14.3%
1994	9.47%	14.5%
1995	9.34%	14.7%
1996	9.1%	14.8%
1997	8.78%	14.9%
1998	8.37%	14.8%
1999	7.91%	14.7%
2000	7.4%	14.4%
2001	6.9%	14.1%
2002	6.41%	13.8%
2003	5.96%	13.5%
2004	5.55%	13.1%
2005	5.18%	12.8%
2006	4.85%	12.5%
2007	4.55%	12.1%
2008	4.27%	11.8%
2009	4.01%	11.4%
2010	3.77%	11%
2011	3.54%	10.6%
2012	3.32%	10.2%
2013	3.12%	9.73%
2014	2.95%	9.31%
2015	2.78%	8.9%
2016	2.63%	8.56%
2017	2.49%	8.25%
2018	2.36%	7.97%
2019	2.24%	7.72%
2020	2.13%	7.46%
2021	2.04%	7.21%
2022	1.94%	6.95%
2023	1.86%	6.72%