Fertility & birth rates in Bahrain and Cameroon

Fertility rate in Bahrain vs Cameroon chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Bahrain was 1.82 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 Bahrain 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
	Bahrain	Cameroon
1960	7.26	5.73
1961	7.23	5.73
1962	7.19	5.73
1963	7.14	5.73
1964	7.09	5.74
1965	7.03	5.8
1966	6.94	5.85
1967	6.84	5.95
1968	6.71	6.04
1969	6.57	6.14
1970	6.43	6.2
1971	6.28	6.26
1972	6.14	6.29
1973	5.97	6.33
1974	5.79	6.36
1975	5.62	6.4
1976	5.45	6.45
1977	5.29	6.51
1978	5.12	6.55
1979	4.94	6.58
1980	4.76	6.61
1981	4.6	6.61
1982	4.51	6.59
1983	4.41	6.58
1984	4.3	6.56
1985	4.28	6.56
1986	4.25	6.57
1987	4.13	6.54
1988	4.04	6.48
1989	3.96	6.41
1990	3.82	6.36
1991	3.63	6.32
1992	3.55	6.26
1993	3.46	6.16
1994	3.29	6.04
1995	3.13	5.92
1996	2.99	5.8
1997	2.92	5.71
1998	2.89	5.66
1999	2.9	5.6
2000	2.8	5.51
2001	2.65	5.44
2002	2.7	5.44
2003	2.78	5.43
2004	2.77	5.44
2005	2.67	5.42
2006	2.46	5.37
2007	2.28	5.34
2008	2.15	5.29
2009	2.05	5.24
2010	1.99	5.15
2011	2.03	5.05
2012	2.11	4.98
2013	2.17	4.91
2014	2.15	4.84
2015	2.11	4.84
2016	2.04	4.84
2017	1.98	4.8
2018	1.91	4.74
2019	1.84	4.65
2020	1.86	4.56
2021	1.85	4.47
2022	1.84	4.4
2023	1.82	4.32
2024	1.8	4.26
2025	1.78	4.19
2026	1.77	4.12
2027	1.75	4.05
2028	1.74	4
2029	1.74	3.93
2030	1.73	3.88
2031	1.72	3.81
2032	1.72	3.76
2033	1.71	3.7
2034	1.71	3.65
2035	1.7	3.58
2036	1.7	3.55
2037	1.69	3.5
2038	1.69	3.44
2039	1.69	3.4
2040	1.68	3.35
2041	1.68	3.31
2042	1.68	3.25
2043	1.68	3.21
2044	1.68	3.17
2045	1.67	3.13
2046	1.67	3.09
2047	1.67	3.06
2048	1.67	3.02
2049	1.66	2.99
2050	1.66	2.96

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Bahrain	Cameroon
1960	42.7%	39.5%
1961	42.9%	39.9%
1962	43.2%	40.2%
1963	43.6%	40.4%
1964	44.1%	40.7%
1965	44.7%	40.9%
1966	45.3%	41.1%
1967	45.9%	41.3%
1968	46.1%	41.6%
1969	45.8%	41.8%
1970	45.3%	42%
1971	44.4%	42.3%
1972	43.4%	42.5%
1973	42.2%	42.8%
1974	41%	43%
1975	39.8%	43.2%
1976	38.7%	43.5%
1977	37.7%	43.8%
1978	36.8%	44.1%
1979	36%	44.4%
1980	35.3%	44.5%
1981	34.8%	44.6%
1982	34.4%	45%
1983	34%	45.6%
1984	33.7%	45.7%
1985	33.4%	45.8%
1986	33.3%	45.9%
1987	33.3%	46%
1988	33.3%	46.1%
1989	33.4%	46.1%
1990	33.6%	46.2%
1991	33.6%	46.2%
1992	33.5%	46.2%
1993	33.1%	46.1%
1994	32.6%	46%
1995	32.2%	45.9%
1996	31.7%	45.7%
1997	31.2%	45.5%
1998	30.7%	45.3%
1999	30.2%	45.1%
2000	29.8%	44.9%
2001	28.9%	44.7%
2002	27.6%	44.5%
2003	26.2%	44.3%
2004	24.9%	44.2%
2005	23.7%	44.1%
2006	22.8%	44%
2007	22%	43.9%
2008	21.3%	43.8%
2009	20.6%	43.8%
2010	20.4%	43.7%
2011	20.4%	43.7%
2012	19.9%	43.6%
2013	19.8%	43.5%
2014	20.3%	43.4%
2015	20.5%	43.2%
2016	20.1%	43%
2017	19.8%	43%
2018	19.8%	42.9%
2019	20.1%	42.7%
2020	19.9%	42.5%
2021	19.3%	42.3%
2022	19.1%	42.1%
2023	19%	41.8%
2024	18.7%	41.4%
2025	18.4%	41.1%
2026	18.2%	40.8%
2027	17.9%	40.5%
2028	17.7%	40.1%
2029	17.6%	39.8%
2030	17.4%	39.5%
2031	17.3%	39.1%
2032	17.2%	38.7%
2033	17.1%	38.3%
2034	17.1%	37.9%
2035	17.1%	37.5%
2036	17.2%	37.2%
2037	17.3%	36.8%
2038	17.3%	36.5%
2039	17.3%	36.2%
2040	17.3%	35.9%
2041	17.3%	35.6%
2042	17.3%	35.3%
2043	17.3%	35%
2044	17.3%	34.7%
2045	17.3%	34.4%
2046	17.3%	34.1%
2047	17.3%	33.8%
2048	17.2%	33.5%
2049	17.2%	33.2%
2050	17.1%	32.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 18.7% of the population in Bahrain and 41.4% in Cameroon in 2024, compared to 33.6% and 46.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Bahrain and Cameroon compared.

Natural population change in Bahrain vs Cameroon by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.16% in Bahrain 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
	Bahrain	Cameroon
1960	5,513	77,948
1961	5,882	82,471
1962	6,232	116,232
1963	6,557	119,784
1964	6,873	123,469
1965	7,148	129,428
1966	7,342	135,927
1967	7,492	144,370
1968	7,584	153,080
1969	7,277	162,603
1970	6,973	170,713
1971	6,650	179,317
1972	6,763	186,521
1973	7,012	193,997
1974	7,265	200,693
1975	7,535	206,986
1976	7,818	214,916
1977	8,093	222,785
1978	8,358	229,958
1979	8,587	238,875
1980	8,802	247,808
1981	9,020	262,076
1982	9,396	274,652
1983	9,821	276,112
1984	10,269	284,110
1985	10,924	296,317
1986	11,455	308,188
1987	11,709	320,134
1988	11,995	328,168
1989	12,293	334,649
1990	12,337	342,901
1991	11,491	350,493
1992	11,577	356,072
1993	11,521	360,785
1994	11,133	364,390
1995	10,824	367,532
1996	10,607	370,355
1997	10,739	377,138
1998	10,970	388,432
1999	11,397	401,969
2000	11,339	411,633
2001	10,948	422,511
2002	11,875	439,544
2003	13,243	459,422
2004	14,454	478,880
2005	15,196	496,547
2006	15,248	511,366
2007	15,393	526,949
2008	15,541	542,919
2009	15,795	557,841
2010	16,474	569,921
2011	15,990	580,607
2012	16,219	594,029
2013	17,044	606,072
2014	17,826	619,243
2015	18,193	649,190
2016	17,996	677,051
2017	18,140	696,496
2018	17,445	706,188
2019	16,639	714,681
2020	15,056	716,361
2021	15,401	713,806
2022	17,058	734,893
2023	16,356	754,486

Maternal mortality chart: Bahrain vs Cameroon

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 17 deaths per 100,000 live births in Bahrain, compared to 258 deaths in Cameroon.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Bahrain	Cameroon
1985	37	572
1986	37	579
1987	36	557
1988	36	559
1989	35	564
1990	35	570
1991	34	584
1992	34	595
1993	33	606
1994	33	628
1995	31	641
1996	30	648
1997	28	652
1998	27	666
1999	26	672
2000	25	678
2001	24	672
2002	23	658
2003	22	645
2004	21	633
2005	20	629
2006	20	615
2007	19	605
2008	19	592
2009	18	579
2010	18	562
2011	18	541
2012	17	500
2013	17	469
2014	16	440
2015	16	417
2016	17	393
2017	17	372
2018	16	354
2019	17	336
2020	7	316
2021	10	342
2022	5	276
2023	17	258

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.86% in Bahrain 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
	Bahrain	Cameroon
1960	19.8%	28%
1961	18.2%	27.4%
1962	16.6%	26.9%
1963	15.2%	26.4%
1964	13.9%	26%
1965	12.7%	25.4%
1966	11.5%	24.7%
1967	10.5%	24%
1968	9.5%	23.1%
1969	8.6%	22.2%
1970	7.79%	21.3%
1971	7.05%	20.6%
1972	6.38%	20%
1973	5.8%	19.6%
1974	5.29%	19.3%
1975	4.84%	19.2%
1976	4.45%	19%
1977	4.11%	18.9%
1978	3.81%	18.7%
1979	3.54%	18.3%
1980	3.3%	17.9%
1981	3.09%	17.4%
1982	2.91%	16.8%
1983	2.76%	16.2%
1984	2.63%	15.5%
1985	2.52%	14.9%
1986	2.44%	14.4%
1987	2.38%	14%
1988	2.34%	13.8%
1989	2.32%	13.6%
1990	2.31%	13.7%
1991	2.27%	13.8%
1992	2.21%	14%
1993	2.1%	14.3%
1994	1.97%	14.5%
1995	1.82%	14.7%
1996	1.66%	14.8%
1997	1.52%	14.9%
1998	1.41%	14.8%
1999	1.32%	14.7%
2000	1.25%	14.4%
2001	1.2%	14.1%
2002	1.16%	13.8%
2003	1.13%	13.5%
2004	1.1%	13.1%
2005	1.06%	12.8%
2006	1.03%	12.5%
2007	0.98%	12.1%
2008	0.94%	11.8%
2009	0.9%	11.4%
2010	0.86%	11%
2011	0.83%	10.6%
2012	0.81%	10.2%
2013	0.79%	9.73%
2014	0.78%	9.31%
2015	0.77%	8.9%
2016	0.76%	8.56%
2017	0.77%	8.25%
2018	0.77%	7.97%
2019	0.78%	7.72%
2020	0.8%	7.46%
2021	0.82%	7.21%
2022	0.84%	6.95%
2023	0.86%	6.72%