Fertility & birth rates in Belize and Cameroon

Fertility rate in Belize vs Cameroon chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Belize was 2.01 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 Belize 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
	Belize	Cameroon
1960	6.5	5.73
1961	6.48	5.73
1962	6.46	5.73
1963	6.44	5.73
1964	6.42	5.74
1965	6.4	5.8
1966	6.38	5.85
1967	6.36	5.95
1968	6.34	6.04
1969	6.32	6.14
1970	6.3	6.2
1971	6.29	6.26
1972	6.28	6.29
1973	6.29	6.33
1974	6.29	6.36
1975	6.28	6.4
1976	6.25	6.45
1977	6.2	6.51
1978	6.11	6.55
1979	5.99	6.58
1980	5.85	6.61
1981	5.68	6.61
1982	5.5	6.59
1983	5.31	6.58
1984	5.12	6.56
1985	5	6.56
1986	4.94	6.57
1987	4.88	6.54
1988	4.87	6.48
1989	4.86	6.41
1990	4.8	6.36
1991	4.6	6.32
1992	4.43	6.26
1993	4.21	6.16
1994	3.97	6.04
1995	3.88	5.92
1996	3.76	5.8
1997	3.74	5.71
1998	3.75	5.66
1999	3.73	5.6
2000	3.63	5.51
2001	3.53	5.44
2002	3.43	5.44
2003	3.34	5.43
2004	3.25	5.44
2005	3.17	5.42
2006	3.02	5.37
2007	2.89	5.34
2008	2.78	5.29
2009	2.66	5.24
2010	2.55	5.15
2011	2.53	5.05
2012	2.51	4.98
2013	2.5	4.91
2014	2.47	4.84
2015	2.43	4.84
2016	2.4	4.84
2017	2.37	4.8
2018	2.34	4.74
2019	2.14	4.65
2020	2.04	4.56
2021	1.84	4.47
2022	1.95	4.4
2023	2.01	4.32
2024	2.02	4.26
2025	2.01	4.19
2026	1.99	4.12
2027	1.98	4.05
2028	1.96	4
2029	1.94	3.93
2030	1.93	3.88
2031	1.92	3.81
2032	1.91	3.76
2033	1.9	3.7
2034	1.89	3.65
2035	1.88	3.58
2036	1.86	3.55
2037	1.85	3.5
2038	1.85	3.44
2039	1.84	3.4
2040	1.83	3.35
2041	1.82	3.31
2042	1.82	3.25
2043	1.81	3.21
2044	1.81	3.17
2045	1.8	3.13
2046	1.8	3.09
2047	1.79	3.06
2048	1.79	3.02
2049	1.78	2.99
2050	1.78	2.96

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Belize	Cameroon
1960	44.9%	39.5%
1961	45.4%	39.9%
1962	46%	40.2%
1963	46.6%	40.4%
1964	47.2%	40.7%
1965	47.8%	40.9%
1966	48.3%	41.1%
1967	48.8%	41.3%
1968	49.2%	41.6%
1969	49.4%	41.8%
1970	49.2%	42%
1971	48.7%	42.3%
1972	48.2%	42.5%
1973	47.7%	42.8%
1974	47.2%	43%
1975	46.7%	43.2%
1976	46.2%	43.5%
1977	45.7%	43.8%
1978	45.3%	44.1%
1979	44.9%	44.4%
1980	44.6%	44.5%
1981	44.4%	44.6%
1982	44.4%	45%
1983	44.4%	45.6%
1984	44.5%	45.7%
1985	44.7%	45.8%
1986	44.8%	45.9%
1987	44.7%	46%
1988	44.6%	46.1%
1989	44.5%	46.1%
1990	44.3%	46.2%
1991	44.1%	46.2%
1992	43.8%	46.2%
1993	43.5%	46.1%
1994	43.2%	46%
1995	42.7%	45.9%
1996	42.1%	45.7%
1997	41.5%	45.5%
1998	40.9%	45.3%
1999	40.4%	45.1%
2000	39.9%	44.9%
2001	39.5%	44.7%
2002	39.1%	44.5%
2003	38.7%	44.3%
2004	38.3%	44.2%
2005	37.9%	44.1%
2006	37.5%	44%
2007	37.1%	43.9%
2008	36.7%	43.8%
2009	36.2%	43.8%
2010	35.5%	43.7%
2011	34.7%	43.7%
2012	34%	43.6%
2013	33.3%	43.5%
2014	32.5%	43.4%
2015	31.8%	43.2%
2016	31.1%	43%
2017	30.4%	43%
2018	29.9%	42.9%
2019	29.4%	42.7%
2020	28.9%	42.5%
2021	28.3%	42.3%
2022	27.6%	42.1%
2023	27%	41.8%
2024	26.6%	41.4%
2025	26.3%	41.1%
2026	26%	40.8%
2027	25.7%	40.5%
2028	25.4%	40.1%
2029	25%	39.8%
2030	24.6%	39.5%
2031	24.2%	39.1%
2032	23.8%	38.7%
2033	23.4%	38.3%
2034	23%	37.9%
2035	22.7%	37.5%
2036	22.5%	37.2%
2037	22.2%	36.8%
2038	21.9%	36.5%
2039	21.6%	36.2%
2040	21.2%	35.9%
2041	20.9%	35.6%
2042	20.5%	35.3%
2043	20.2%	35%
2044	19.8%	34.7%
2045	19.5%	34.4%
2046	19.2%	34.1%
2047	18.9%	33.8%
2048	18.7%	33.5%
2049	18.4%	33.2%
2050	18.2%	32.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 26.6% of the population in Belize and 41.4% in Cameroon in 2024, compared to 44.3% and 46.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Belize and Cameroon compared.

Natural population change in Belize vs Cameroon by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.45% in Belize 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
	Belize	Cameroon
1960	2,903	77,948
1961	2,657	82,471
1962	2,961	116,232
1963	2,983	119,784
1964	3,010	123,469
1965	3,045	129,428
1966	3,092	135,927
1967	3,158	144,370
1968	3,240	153,080
1969	3,346	162,603
1970	3,486	170,713
1971	3,651	179,317
1972	3,814	186,521
1973	3,974	193,997
1974	4,136	200,693
1975	4,294	206,986
1976	4,484	214,916
1977	4,659	222,785
1978	4,804	229,958
1979	4,929	238,875
1980	5,029	247,808
1981	5,132	262,076
1982	5,155	274,652
1983	5,161	276,112
1984	5,128	284,110
1985	5,155	296,317
1986	5,238	308,188
1987	5,328	320,134
1988	5,465	328,168
1989	5,629	334,649
1990	5,728	342,901
1991	5,656	350,493
1992	5,562	356,072
1993	5,436	360,785
1994	5,283	364,390
1995	5,339	367,532
1996	5,339	370,355
1997	5,494	377,138
1998	5,733	388,432
1999	5,914	401,969
2000	5,934	411,633
2001	5,915	422,511
2002	5,967	439,544
2003	5,968	459,422
2004	5,997	478,880
2005	6,030	496,547
2006	5,874	511,366
2007	5,728	526,949
2008	5,643	542,919
2009	5,506	557,841
2010	5,381	569,921
2011	5,509	580,607
2012	5,628	594,029
2013	5,767	606,072
2014	5,864	619,243
2015	5,899	649,190
2016	5,931	677,051
2017	6,042	696,496
2018	6,112	706,188
2019	5,516	714,681
2020	4,993	716,361
2021	4,186	713,806
2022	4,825	734,893
2023	5,386	754,486

Maternal mortality chart: Belize vs Cameroon

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 67 deaths per 100,000 live births in Belize, compared to 258 deaths in Cameroon.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Belize	Cameroon
1985	98	572
1986	87	579
1987	83	557
1988	82	559
1989	80	564
1990	77	570
1991	75	584
1992	74	595
1993	73	606
1994	72	628
1995	73	641
1996	74	648
1997	77	652
1998	79	666
1999	77	672
2000	78	678
2001	76	672
2002	68	658
2003	67	645
2004	63	633
2005	60	629
2006	55	615
2007	52	605
2008	48	592
2009	45	579
2010	41	562
2011	39	541
2012	40	500
2013	41	469
2014	44	440
2015	47	417
2016	51	393
2017	56	372
2018	60	354
2019	61	336
2020	88	316
2021	157	342
2022	110	276
2023	67	258

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.27% in Belize 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
	Belize	Cameroon
1960	-	28%
1961	-	27.4%
1962	-	26.9%
1963	-	26.4%
1964	-	26%
1965	-	25.4%
1966	-	24.7%
1967	11.3%	24%
1968	10.8%	23.1%
1969	10.3%	22.2%
1970	9.89%	21.3%
1971	9.48%	20.6%
1972	9.08%	20%
1973	8.69%	19.6%
1974	8.33%	19.3%
1975	8%	19.2%
1976	7.67%	19%
1977	7.38%	18.9%
1978	7.09%	18.7%
1979	6.81%	18.3%
1980	6.55%	17.9%
1981	6.3%	17.4%
1982	6.04%	16.8%
1983	5.78%	16.2%
1984	5.52%	15.5%
1985	5.25%	14.9%
1986	4.98%	14.4%
1987	4.71%	14%
1988	4.44%	13.8%
1989	4.18%	13.6%
1990	3.93%	13.7%
1991	3.69%	13.8%
1992	3.48%	14%
1993	3.3%	14.3%
1994	3.13%	14.5%
1995	2.99%	14.7%
1996	2.86%	14.8%
1997	2.74%	14.9%
1998	2.64%	14.8%
1999	2.54%	14.7%
2000	2.45%	14.4%
2001	2.36%	14.1%
2002	2.28%	13.8%
2003	2.21%	13.5%
2004	2.15%	13.1%
2005	2.1%	12.8%
2006	2.06%	12.5%
2007	2.01%	12.1%
2008	1.97%	11.8%
2009	1.93%	11.4%
2010	1.88%	11%
2011	1.83%	10.6%
2012	1.77%	10.2%
2013	1.7%	9.73%
2014	1.63%	9.31%
2015	1.56%	8.9%
2016	1.5%	8.56%
2017	1.44%	8.25%
2018	1.39%	7.97%
2019	1.35%	7.72%
2020	1.32%	7.46%
2021	1.3%	7.21%
2022	1.28%	6.95%
2023	1.27%	6.72%