Fertility & birth rates in Bhutan and Cameroon

Fertility rate in Bhutan vs Cameroon chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Bhutan was 1.46 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 Bhutan 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
	Bhutan	Cameroon
1960	6.7	5.73
1961	6.7	5.73
1962	6.69	5.73
1963	6.69	5.73
1964	6.68	5.74
1965	6.68	5.8
1966	6.67	5.85
1967	6.67	5.95
1968	6.66	6.04
1969	6.66	6.14
1970	6.65	6.2
1971	6.64	6.26
1972	6.64	6.29
1973	6.63	6.33
1974	6.62	6.36
1975	6.62	6.4
1976	6.62	6.45
1977	6.61	6.51
1978	6.58	6.55
1979	6.55	6.58
1980	6.51	6.61
1981	6.46	6.61
1982	6.4	6.59
1983	6.34	6.58
1984	6.26	6.56
1985	6.18	6.56
1986	6.1	6.57
1987	6	6.54
1988	5.88	6.48
1989	5.76	6.41
1990	5.6	6.36
1991	5.45	6.32
1992	5.27	6.26
1993	5.07	6.16
1994	4.87	6.04
1995	4.62	5.92
1996	4.37	5.8
1997	4.09	5.71
1998	3.85	5.66
1999	3.61	5.6
2000	3.38	5.51
2001	3.19	5.44
2002	3.01	5.44
2003	2.87	5.43
2004	2.78	5.44
2005	2.73	5.42
2006	2.66	5.37
2007	2.59	5.34
2008	2.48	5.29
2009	2.36	5.24
2010	2.25	5.15
2011	2.15	5.05
2012	2.07	4.98
2013	2	4.91
2014	1.92	4.84
2015	1.84	4.84
2016	1.74	4.84
2017	1.62	4.8
2018	1.52	4.74
2019	1.45	4.65
2020	1.5	4.56
2021	1.49	4.47
2022	1.48	4.4
2023	1.46	4.32
2024	1.45	4.26
2025	1.44	4.19
2026	1.43	4.12
2027	1.42	4.05
2028	1.42	4
2029	1.42	3.93
2030	1.42	3.88
2031	1.42	3.81
2032	1.42	3.76
2033	1.42	3.7
2034	1.42	3.65
2035	1.42	3.58
2036	1.43	3.55
2037	1.43	3.5
2038	1.43	3.44
2039	1.43	3.4
2040	1.43	3.35
2041	1.44	3.31
2042	1.44	3.25
2043	1.44	3.21
2044	1.44	3.17
2045	1.44	3.13
2046	1.45	3.09
2047	1.45	3.06
2048	1.45	3.02
2049	1.46	2.99
2050	1.46	2.96

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Bhutan	Cameroon
1960	42.3%	39.5%
1961	42.1%	39.9%
1962	41.9%	40.2%
1963	41.8%	40.4%
1964	41.8%	40.7%
1965	41.7%	40.9%
1966	41.7%	41.1%
1967	41.7%	41.3%
1968	41.8%	41.6%
1969	41.8%	41.8%
1970	41.8%	42%
1971	41.9%	42.3%
1972	42%	42.5%
1973	42.1%	42.8%
1974	42.2%	43%
1975	42.3%	43.2%
1976	42.4%	43.5%
1977	42.5%	43.8%
1978	42.6%	44.1%
1979	42.7%	44.4%
1980	42.8%	44.5%
1981	42.9%	44.6%
1982	43%	45%
1983	43.1%	45.6%
1984	43.1%	45.7%
1985	43.1%	45.8%
1986	43.1%	45.9%
1987	43.1%	46%
1988	43%	46.1%
1989	43%	46.1%
1990	42.9%	46.2%
1991	42.8%	46.2%
1992	42.6%	46.2%
1993	42.4%	46.1%
1994	42.1%	46%
1995	41.7%	45.9%
1996	41.3%	45.7%
1997	40.7%	45.5%
1998	40.1%	45.3%
1999	39.4%	45.1%
2000	38.6%	44.9%
2001	37.7%	44.7%
2002	36.6%	44.5%
2003	35.5%	44.3%
2004	34.3%	44.2%
2005	33.2%	44.1%
2006	32.4%	44%
2007	31.6%	43.9%
2008	30.8%	43.8%
2009	30.1%	43.8%
2010	29.4%	43.7%
2011	28.8%	43.7%
2012	28.3%	43.6%
2013	27.8%	43.5%
2014	27.4%	43.4%
2015	27%	43.2%
2016	26.5%	43%
2017	25.8%	43%
2018	25%	42.9%
2019	24.2%	42.7%
2020	23.4%	42.5%
2021	22.7%	42.3%
2022	22%	42.1%
2023	21.5%	41.8%
2024	20.9%	41.4%
2025	20.4%	41.1%
2026	19.8%	40.8%
2027	19.3%	40.5%
2028	18.7%	40.1%
2029	18.3%	39.8%
2030	17.9%	39.5%
2031	17.6%	39.1%
2032	17.4%	38.7%
2033	17.2%	38.3%
2034	17.1%	37.9%
2035	17%	37.5%
2036	16.9%	37.2%
2037	16.8%	36.8%
2038	16.6%	36.5%
2039	16.5%	36.2%
2040	16.3%	35.9%
2041	16.2%	35.6%
2042	16%	35.3%
2043	15.9%	35%
2044	15.7%	34.7%
2045	15.6%	34.4%
2046	15.4%	34.1%
2047	15.2%	33.8%
2048	15%	33.5%
2049	14.8%	33.2%
2050	14.6%	32.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 20.9% of the population in Bhutan and 41.4% in Cameroon in 2024, compared to 42.9% and 46.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Bhutan and Cameroon compared.

Natural population change in Bhutan vs Cameroon by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.74% in Bhutan 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
	Bhutan	Cameroon
1960	4,888	77,948
1961	5,081	82,471
1962	5,297	116,232
1963	5,551	119,784
1964	5,818	123,469
1965	6,109	129,428
1966	6,418	135,927
1967	6,744	144,370
1968	7,085	153,080
1969	7,435	162,603
1970	7,791	170,713
1971	8,161	179,317
1972	8,549	186,521
1973	8,939	193,997
1974	9,324	200,693
1975	9,775	206,986
1976	10,228	214,916
1977	10,679	222,785
1978	11,133	229,958
1979	11,583	238,875
1980	12,016	247,808
1981	12,444	262,076
1982	12,872	274,652
1983	13,284	276,112
1984	13,688	284,110
1985	14,061	296,317
1986	14,516	308,188
1987	14,887	320,134
1988	15,212	328,168
1989	15,516	334,649
1990	15,704	342,901
1991	15,801	350,493
1992	15,594	356,072
1993	13,915	360,785
1994	13,536	364,390
1995	12,938	367,532
1996	12,153	370,355
1997	11,668	377,138
1998	11,320	388,432
1999	10,940	401,969
2000	10,142	411,633
2001	9,904	422,511
2002	9,464	439,544
2003	9,132	459,422
2004	9,056	478,880
2005	9,102	496,547
2006	9,197	511,366
2007	9,322	526,949
2008	9,200	542,919
2009	8,913	557,841
2010	8,598	569,921
2011	8,282	580,607
2012	7,967	594,029
2013	7,689	606,072
2014	7,290	619,243
2015	6,762	649,190
2016	6,164	677,051
2017	5,367	696,496
2018	4,909	706,188
2019	4,643	714,681
2020	5,142	716,361
2021	5,162	713,806
2022	5,204	734,893
2023	5,153	754,486

Maternal mortality chart: Bhutan vs Cameroon

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 47 deaths per 100,000 live births in Bhutan, compared to 258 deaths in Cameroon.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Bhutan	Cameroon
1985	969	572
1986	911	579
1987	857	557
1988	798	559
1989	747	564
1990	704	570
1991	671	584
1992	656	595
1993	578	606
1994	544	628
1995	498	641
1996	450	648
1997	415	652
1998	378	666
1999	346	672
2000	324	678
2001	286	672
2002	257	658
2003	229	645
2004	207	633
2005	186	629
2006	167	615
2007	149	605
2008	133	592
2009	121	579
2010	107	562
2011	96	541
2012	86	500
2013	79	469
2014	73	440
2015	68	417
2016	63	393
2017	58	372
2018	55	354
2019	52	336
2020	51	316
2021	50	342
2022	49	276
2023	47	258

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.31% in Bhutan 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
	Bhutan	Cameroon
1960	-	28%
1961	-	27.4%
1962	-	26.9%
1963	-	26.4%
1964	-	26%
1965	-	25.4%
1966	-	24.7%
1967	-	24%
1968	27.4%	23.1%
1969	26.7%	22.2%
1970	26.2%	21.3%
1971	25.5%	20.6%
1972	24.9%	20%
1973	24.3%	19.6%
1974	23.6%	19.3%
1975	22.9%	19.2%
1976	22.3%	19%
1977	21.6%	18.9%
1978	20.9%	18.7%
1979	20.2%	18.3%
1980	19.5%	17.9%
1981	18.7%	17.4%
1982	18%	16.8%
1983	17.3%	16.2%
1984	16.6%	15.5%
1985	15.9%	14.9%
1986	15.3%	14.4%
1987	14.6%	14%
1988	14%	13.8%
1989	13.4%	13.6%
1990	12.8%	13.7%
1991	12.3%	13.8%
1992	11.8%	14%
1993	11.3%	14.3%
1994	10.8%	14.5%
1995	10.3%	14.7%
1996	9.75%	14.8%
1997	9.26%	14.9%
1998	8.77%	14.8%
1999	8.3%	14.7%
2000	7.85%	14.4%
2001	7.4%	14.1%
2002	6.96%	13.8%
2003	6.54%	13.5%
2004	6.12%	13.1%
2005	5.71%	12.8%
2006	5.32%	12.5%
2007	4.96%	12.1%
2008	4.62%	11.8%
2009	4.31%	11.4%
2010	4.03%	11%
2011	3.77%	10.6%
2012	3.56%	10.2%
2013	3.38%	9.73%
2014	3.22%	9.31%
2015	3.08%	8.9%
2016	2.96%	8.56%
2017	2.85%	8.25%
2018	2.74%	7.97%
2019	2.65%	7.72%
2020	2.55%	7.46%
2021	2.47%	7.21%
2022	2.39%	6.95%
2023	2.31%	6.72%