Fertility & birth rates in Bahamas and Cameroon

Fertility rate in Bahamas vs Cameroon chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in the Bahamas was 1.37 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 the Bahamas 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
	Bahamas	Cameroon
1960	5.09	5.73
1961	5.16	5.73
1962	5.13	5.73
1963	5.06	5.73
1964	4.97	5.74
1965	4.88	5.8
1966	4.79	5.85
1967	4.69	5.95
1968	4.56	6.04
1969	4.38	6.14
1970	4.21	6.2
1971	4.06	6.26
1972	3.89	6.29
1973	3.73	6.33
1974	3.57	6.36
1975	3.42	6.4
1976	3.3	6.45
1977	3.17	6.51
1978	3.05	6.55
1979	2.94	6.58
1980	2.84	6.61
1981	2.77	6.61
1982	2.71	6.59
1983	2.65	6.58
1984	2.59	6.56
1985	2.55	6.56
1986	2.53	6.57
1987	2.52	6.54
1988	2.52	6.48
1989	2.52	6.41
1990	2.52	6.36
1991	2.51	6.32
1992	2.71	6.26
1993	2.61	6.16
1994	2.47	6.04
1995	2.42	5.92
1996	2.35	5.8
1997	2.29	5.71
1998	2.23	5.66
1999	2.13	5.6
2000	2.06	5.51
2001	2.02	5.44
2002	1.98	5.44
2003	1.97	5.43
2004	1.98	5.44
2005	2.01	5.42
2006	2.02	5.37
2007	2.04	5.34
2008	2	5.29
2009	2.01	5.24
2010	1.84	5.15
2011	1.79	5.05
2012	1.76	4.98
2013	1.74	4.91
2014	1.69	4.84
2015	1.57	4.84
2016	1.5	4.84
2017	1.42	4.8
2018	1.4	4.74
2019	1.4	4.65
2020	1.39	4.56
2021	1.38	4.47
2022	1.38	4.4
2023	1.37	4.32
2024	1.37	4.26
2025	1.36	4.19
2026	1.36	4.12
2027	1.35	4.05
2028	1.35	4
2029	1.35	3.93
2030	1.35	3.88
2031	1.36	3.81
2032	1.36	3.76
2033	1.36	3.7
2034	1.37	3.65
2035	1.37	3.58
2036	1.37	3.55
2037	1.38	3.5
2038	1.38	3.44
2039	1.38	3.4
2040	1.39	3.35
2041	1.39	3.31
2042	1.39	3.25
2043	1.39	3.21
2044	1.4	3.17
2045	1.4	3.13
2046	1.4	3.09
2047	1.4	3.06
2048	1.41	3.02
2049	1.41	2.99
2050	1.41	2.96

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Bahamas	Cameroon
1960	41.1%	39.5%
1961	41%	39.9%
1962	40.9%	40.2%
1963	40.8%	40.4%
1964	40.7%	40.7%
1965	40.7%	40.9%
1966	40.6%	41.1%
1967	40.6%	41.3%
1968	40.4%	41.6%
1969	40.3%	41.8%
1970	40.1%	42%
1971	40%	42.3%
1972	39.9%	42.5%
1973	39.7%	42.8%
1974	39.4%	43%
1975	39%	43.2%
1976	38.4%	43.5%
1977	37.8%	43.8%
1978	37%	44.1%
1979	36.1%	44.4%
1980	35.3%	44.5%
1981	34.4%	44.6%
1982	33.6%	45%
1983	32.8%	45.6%
1984	32%	45.7%
1985	31.2%	45.8%
1986	30.6%	45.9%
1987	30%	46%
1988	29.5%	46.1%
1989	29.2%	46.1%
1990	28.9%	46.2%
1991	28.7%	46.2%
1992	28.6%	46.2%
1993	28.6%	46.1%
1994	28.6%	46%
1995	28.5%	45.9%
1996	28.5%	45.7%
1997	28.4%	45.5%
1998	28.2%	45.3%
1999	28.1%	45.1%
2000	27.8%	44.9%
2001	27.5%	44.7%
2002	27.2%	44.5%
2003	26.8%	44.3%
2004	26.3%	44.2%
2005	25.9%	44.1%
2006	25.4%	44%
2007	24.9%	43.9%
2008	24.3%	43.8%
2009	23.8%	43.8%
2010	23.3%	43.7%
2011	22.8%	43.7%
2012	22.4%	43.6%
2013	22%	43.5%
2014	21.6%	43.4%
2015	21.3%	43.2%
2016	20.9%	43%
2017	20.6%	43%
2018	20.2%	42.9%
2019	19.8%	42.7%
2020	19.5%	42.5%
2021	19.1%	42.3%
2022	18.8%	42.1%
2023	18.3%	41.8%
2024	17.9%	41.4%
2025	17.5%	41.1%
2026	17.2%	40.8%
2027	16.9%	40.5%
2028	16.7%	40.1%
2029	16.4%	39.8%
2030	16.2%	39.5%
2031	16%	39.1%
2032	15.9%	38.7%
2033	15.8%	38.3%
2034	15.7%	37.9%
2035	15.6%	37.5%
2036	15.5%	37.2%
2037	15.4%	36.8%
2038	15.3%	36.5%
2039	15.3%	36.2%
2040	15.2%	35.9%
2041	15.1%	35.6%
2042	15%	35.3%
2043	14.9%	35%
2044	14.9%	34.7%
2045	14.8%	34.4%
2046	14.7%	34.1%
2047	14.7%	33.8%
2048	14.6%	33.5%
2049	14.5%	33.2%
2050	14.4%	32.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 17.9% of the population in the Bahamas and 41.4% in Cameroon in 2024, compared to 28.9% and 46.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of the Bahamas and Cameroon compared.

Natural population change in Bahamas vs Cameroon by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.29% in the Bahamas 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
	Bahamas	Cameroon
1960	3,351	77,948
1961	3,577	82,471
1962	3,748	116,232
1963	3,901	119,784
1964	4,037	123,469
1965	4,193	129,428
1966	4,339	135,927
1967	4,502	144,370
1968	4,622	153,080
1969	4,688	162,603
1970	4,726	170,713
1971	4,690	179,317
1972	4,583	186,521
1973	4,467	193,997
1974	4,352	200,693
1975	4,249	206,986
1976	4,167	214,916
1977	4,069	222,785
1978	3,987	229,958
1979	3,899	238,875
1980	3,845	247,808
1981	3,851	262,076
1982	3,863	274,652
1983	3,888	276,112
1984	3,892	284,110
1985	3,918	296,317
1986	3,998	308,188
1987	4,090	320,134
1988	4,198	328,168
1989	4,323	334,649
1990	4,432	342,901
1991	4,498	350,493
1992	5,064	356,072
1993	4,877	360,785
1994	4,558	364,390
1995	4,434	367,532
1996	4,265	370,355
1997	4,107	377,138
1998	3,949	388,432
1999	3,688	401,969
2000	3,487	411,633
2001	3,377	422,511
2002	3,249	439,544
2003	3,181	459,422
2004	3,165	478,880
2005	3,220	496,547
2006	3,205	511,366
2007	3,243	526,949
2008	3,134	542,919
2009	3,163	557,841
2010	2,662	569,921
2011	2,558	580,607
2012	2,485	594,029
2013	2,432	606,072
2014	2,259	619,243
2015	1,840	649,190
2016	1,569	677,051
2017	1,289	696,496
2018	1,173	706,188
2019	740	714,681
2020	631	716,361
2021	-93	713,806
2022	947	734,893
2023	854	754,486

Maternal mortality chart: Bahamas vs Cameroon

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 76 deaths per 100,000 live births in the Bahamas, compared to 258 deaths in Cameroon.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Bahamas	Cameroon
1985	70	572
1986	68	579
1987	66	557
1988	66	559
1989	65	564
1990	65	570
1991	67	584
1992	67	595
1993	66	606
1994	64	628
1995	63	641
1996	62	648
1997	59	652
1998	57	666
1999	54	672
2000	51	678
2001	48	672
2002	46	658
2003	57	645
2004	69	633
2005	70	629
2006	74	615
2007	78	605
2008	80	592
2009	84	579
2010	79	562
2011	74	541
2012	71	500
2013	74	469
2014	78	440
2015	83	417
2016	77	393
2017	79	372
2018	82	354
2019	82	336
2020	84	316
2021	174	342
2022	80	276
2023	76	258

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.27% in the Bahamas 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
	Bahamas	Cameroon
1960	-	28%
1961	-	27.4%
1962	-	26.9%
1963	-	26.4%
1964	-	26%
1965	-	25.4%
1966	-	24.7%
1967	-	24%
1968	2.94%	23.1%
1969	2.99%	22.2%
1970	3.03%	21.3%
1971	3.07%	20.6%
1972	3.1%	20%
1973	3.13%	19.6%
1974	3.14%	19.3%
1975	3.13%	19.2%
1976	3.1%	19%
1977	3.07%	18.9%
1978	3.03%	18.7%
1979	2.99%	18.3%
1980	2.95%	17.9%
1981	2.91%	17.4%
1982	2.88%	16.8%
1983	2.84%	16.2%
1984	2.81%	15.5%
1985	2.78%	14.9%
1986	2.73%	14.4%
1987	2.65%	14%
1988	2.55%	13.8%
1989	2.45%	13.6%
1990	2.34%	13.7%
1991	2.23%	13.8%
1992	2.12%	14%
1993	2.03%	14.3%
1994	1.93%	14.5%
1995	1.84%	14.7%
1996	1.76%	14.8%
1997	1.69%	14.9%
1998	1.65%	14.8%
1999	1.62%	14.7%
2000	1.62%	14.4%
2001	1.63%	14.1%
2002	1.65%	13.8%
2003	1.67%	13.5%
2004	1.69%	13.1%
2005	1.69%	12.8%
2006	1.68%	12.5%
2007	1.65%	12.1%
2008	1.62%	11.8%
2009	1.58%	11.4%
2010	1.54%	11%
2011	1.5%	10.6%
2012	1.47%	10.2%
2013	1.44%	9.73%
2014	1.42%	9.31%
2015	1.39%	8.9%
2016	1.38%	8.56%
2017	1.36%	8.25%
2018	1.35%	7.97%
2019	2.35%	7.72%
2020	1.33%	7.46%
2021	1.31%	7.21%
2022	1.29%	6.95%
2023	1.27%	6.72%