Fertility & birth rates in Cameroon and Fiji

Fertility rate in Cameroon vs Fiji chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Cameroon was 4.32 children per woman in 2023, compared to 2.28 in Fiji in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Cameroon vs Fiji population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Cameroon	Fiji
1960	5.73	6.36
1961	5.73	6.28
1962	5.73	6.2
1963	5.73	6.09
1964	5.74	5.96
1965	5.8	5.76
1966	5.85	5.55
1967	5.95	5.33
1968	6.04	5.11
1969	6.14	4.91
1970	6.2	4.71
1971	6.26	4.51
1972	6.29	4.32
1973	6.33	4.16
1974	6.36	4.07
1975	6.4	4.1
1976	6.45	4.12
1977	6.51	4.11
1978	6.55	4.1
1979	6.58	4.08
1980	6.61	4.04
1981	6.61	3.99
1982	6.59	3.94
1983	6.58	3.88
1984	6.56	3.8
1985	6.56	3.66
1986	6.57	3.54
1987	6.54	3.48
1988	6.48	3.43
1989	6.41	3.4
1990	6.36	3.39
1991	6.32	3.37
1992	6.26	3.33
1993	6.16	3.29
1994	6.04	3.26
1995	5.92	3.25
1996	5.8	3.25
1997	5.71	3.19
1998	5.66	3.12
1999	5.6	3.05
2000	5.51	2.99
2001	5.44	2.97
2002	5.44	2.97
2003	5.43	2.96
2004	5.44	2.94
2005	5.42	2.92
2006	5.37	2.91
2007	5.34	2.87
2008	5.29	2.82
2009	5.24	2.76
2010	5.15	2.7
2011	5.05	2.63
2012	4.98	2.61
2013	4.91	2.6
2014	4.84	2.59
2015	4.84	2.57
2016	4.84	2.52
2017	4.8	2.46
2018	4.74	2.42
2019	4.65	2.38
2020	4.56	2.36
2021	4.47	2.33
2022	4.4	2.31
2023	4.32	2.28
2024	4.26	2.27
2025	4.19	2.25
2026	4.12	2.23
2027	4.05	2.21
2028	4	2.2
2029	3.93	2.18
2030	3.88	2.16
2031	3.81	2.15
2032	3.76	2.13
2033	3.7	2.12
2034	3.65	2.1
2035	3.58	2.09
2036	3.55	2.07
2037	3.5	2.06
2038	3.44	2.05
2039	3.4	2.04
2040	3.35	2.03
2041	3.31	2.01
2042	3.25	2.01
2043	3.21	1.99
2044	3.17	1.98
2045	3.13	1.97
2046	3.09	1.96
2047	3.06	1.95
2048	3.02	1.94
2049	2.99	1.94
2050	2.96	1.93

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Cameroon	Fiji
1960	39.5%	46.4%
1961	39.9%	46.5%
1962	40.2%	46.5%
1963	40.4%	46.5%
1964	40.7%	46.4%
1965	40.9%	46.4%
1966	41.1%	46.3%
1967	41.3%	46.1%
1968	41.6%	45.9%
1969	41.8%	45.6%
1970	42%	45.2%
1971	42.3%	44.7%
1972	42.5%	44.2%
1973	42.8%	43.5%
1974	43%	42.8%
1975	43.2%	42.2%
1976	43.5%	41.5%
1977	43.8%	40.9%
1978	44.1%	40.4%
1979	44.4%	40%
1980	44.5%	39.6%
1981	44.6%	39.3%
1982	45%	39.1%
1983	45.6%	39%
1984	45.7%	38.9%
1985	45.8%	38.9%
1986	45.9%	38.8%
1987	46%	38.7%
1988	46.1%	38.7%
1989	46.1%	38.7%
1990	46.2%	38.7%
1991	46.2%	38.5%
1992	46.2%	38.2%
1993	46.1%	37.9%
1994	46%	37.5%
1995	45.9%	37.1%
1996	45.7%	36.6%
1997	45.5%	36.1%
1998	45.3%	35.5%
1999	45.1%	34.9%
2000	44.9%	34.3%
2001	44.7%	33.8%
2002	44.5%	33.4%
2003	44.3%	33%
2004	44.2%	32.6%
2005	44.1%	32.2%
2006	44%	31.9%
2007	43.9%	31.6%
2008	43.8%	31.3%
2009	43.8%	31%
2010	43.7%	30.8%
2011	43.7%	30.5%
2012	43.6%	30.2%
2013	43.5%	30%
2014	43.4%	29.8%
2015	43.2%	29.6%
2016	43%	29.5%
2017	43%	29.2%
2018	42.9%	28.9%
2019	42.7%	28.6%
2020	42.5%	28.3%
2021	42.3%	28%
2022	42.1%	27.7%
2023	41.8%	27.4%
2024	41.4%	27.1%
2025	41.1%	26.8%
2026	40.8%	26.6%
2027	40.5%	26.3%
2028	40.1%	26%
2029	39.8%	25.7%
2030	39.5%	25.4%
2031	39.1%	25%
2032	38.7%	24.7%
2033	38.3%	24.5%
2034	37.9%	24.2%
2035	37.5%	24%
2036	37.2%	23.8%
2037	36.8%	23.6%
2038	36.5%	23.5%
2039	36.2%	23.3%
2040	35.9%	23.2%
2041	35.6%	23%
2042	35.3%	22.9%
2043	35%	22.7%
2044	34.7%	22.6%
2045	34.4%	22.4%
2046	34.1%	22.3%
2047	33.8%	22.1%
2048	33.5%	21.9%
2049	33.2%	21.8%
2050	32.9%	21.6%

Children aged 0-14 make up 41.4% of the population in Cameroon and 27.1% in Fiji in 2024, compared to 46.2% and 38.7% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Cameroon and Fiji compared.

Natural population change in Cameroon vs Fiji by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.78% in Cameroon and +1.03% in Fiji. 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
	Cameroon	Fiji
1960	77,948	13,313
1961	82,471	13,653
1962	116,232	14,429
1963	119,784	14,774
1964	123,469	14,979
1965	129,428	15,166
1966	135,927	15,111
1967	144,370	14,861
1968	153,080	14,831
1969	162,603	14,669
1970	170,713	14,538
1971	179,317	14,313
1972	186,521	13,905
1973	193,997	13,383
1974	200,693	13,557
1975	206,986	14,272
1976	214,916	14,933
1977	222,785	15,532
1978	229,958	16,196
1979	238,875	16,450
1980	247,808	16,907
1981	262,076	17,282
1982	274,652	17,681
1983	276,112	18,237
1984	284,110	18,499
1985	296,317	18,469
1986	308,188	18,024
1987	320,134	17,987
1988	328,168	18,063
1989	334,649	18,007
1990	342,901	17,748
1991	350,493	17,617
1992	356,072	17,170
1993	360,785	16,751
1994	364,390	16,424
1995	367,532	16,273
1996	370,355	16,163
1997	377,138	15,750
1998	388,432	15,464
1999	401,969	15,229
2000	411,633	14,724
2001	422,511	14,720
2002	439,544	14,468
2003	459,422	14,527
2004	478,880	14,526
2005	496,547	14,503
2006	511,366	14,555
2007	526,949	14,349
2008	542,919	14,000
2009	557,841	13,540
2010	569,921	13,227
2011	580,607	12,657
2012	594,029	11,716
2013	606,072	11,972
2014	619,243	11,680
2015	649,190	11,213
2016	677,051	10,807
2017	696,496	10,413
2018	706,188	9,779
2019	714,681	9,271
2020	716,361	8,730
2021	713,806	6,777
2022	734,893	8,223
2023	754,486	8,078

Maternal mortality chart: Cameroon vs Fiji

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 258 deaths per 100,000 live births in Cameroon, compared to 30 deaths in Fiji.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Cameroon	Fiji
1985	572	78
1986	579	76
1987	557	74
1988	559	71
1989	564	70
1990	570	70
1991	584	67
1992	595	64
1993	606	62
1994	628	58
1995	641	55
1996	648	53
1997	652	51
1998	666	49
1999	672	46
2000	678	47
2001	672	46
2002	658	48
2003	645	47
2004	633	46
2005	629	44
2006	615	43
2007	605	43
2008	592	42
2009	579	41
2010	562	40
2011	541	39
2012	500	42
2013	469	40
2014	440	38
2015	417	37
2016	393	38
2017	372	34
2018	354	35
2019	336	34
2020	316	34
2021	342	68
2022	276	32
2023	258	30

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 6.72% in Cameroon and 2.91% in Fiji. 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
	Cameroon	Fiji
1960	28%	7.89%
1961	27.4%	7.53%
1962	26.9%	7.21%
1963	26.4%	6.9%
1964	26%	6.61%
1965	25.4%	6.35%
1966	24.7%	6.14%
1967	24%	5.97%
1968	23.1%	5.84%
1969	22.2%	5.75%
1970	21.3%	5.69%
1971	20.6%	5.66%
1972	20%	5.63%
1973	19.6%	5.59%
1974	19.3%	5.52%
1975	19.2%	5.41%
1976	19%	5.27%
1977	18.9%	5.1%
1978	18.7%	4.9%
1979	18.3%	4.68%
1980	17.9%	4.46%
1981	17.4%	4.24%
1982	16.8%	4.03%
1983	16.2%	3.84%
1984	15.5%	3.67%
1985	14.9%	3.51%
1986	14.4%	3.37%
1987	14%	3.24%
1988	13.8%	3.12%
1989	13.6%	3%
1990	13.7%	2.89%
1991	13.8%	2.78%
1992	14%	2.68%
1993	14.3%	2.6%
1994	14.5%	2.52%
1995	14.7%	2.45%
1996	14.8%	2.39%
1997	14.9%	2.35%
1998	14.8%	2.31%
1999	14.7%	2.28%
2000	14.4%	2.27%
2001	14.1%	2.26%
2002	13.8%	2.27%
2003	13.5%	2.28%
2004	13.1%	2.31%
2005	12.8%	2.33%
2006	12.5%	2.35%
2007	12.1%	2.35%
2008	11.8%	2.32%
2009	11.4%	2.28%
2010	11%	2.22%
2011	10.6%	2.16%
2012	10.2%	2.1%
2013	9.73%	2.07%
2014	9.31%	2.06%
2015	8.9%	2.09%
2016	8.56%	2.16%
2017	8.25%	2.27%
2018	7.97%	2.41%
2019	7.72%	2.57%
2020	7.46%	2.72%
2021	7.21%	2.83%
2022	6.95%	2.89%
2023	6.72%	2.91%