Fertility & birth rates in Cameroon and Guinea

Fertility rate in Cameroon vs Guinea 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 4.22 in Guinea in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Cameroon vs Guinea 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	Guinea
1960	5.73	6.11
1961	5.73	6.13
1962	5.73	6.14
1963	5.73	6.15
1964	5.74	6.17
1965	5.8	6.18
1966	5.85	6.19
1967	5.95	6.2
1968	6.04	6.21
1969	6.14	6.23
1970	6.2	6.24
1971	6.26	6.26
1972	6.29	6.28
1973	6.33	6.31
1974	6.36	6.34
1975	6.4	6.37
1976	6.45	6.4
1977	6.51	6.43
1978	6.55	6.44
1979	6.58	6.45
1980	6.61	6.46
1981	6.61	6.46
1982	6.59	6.49
1983	6.58	6.49
1984	6.56	6.51
1985	6.56	6.53
1986	6.57	6.55
1987	6.54	6.57
1988	6.48	6.56
1989	6.41	6.55
1990	6.36	6.52
1991	6.32	6.48
1992	6.26	6.45
1993	6.16	6.41
1994	6.04	6.36
1995	5.92	6.29
1996	5.8	6.21
1997	5.71	6.12
1998	5.66	6.05
1999	5.6	5.99
2000	5.51	5.92
2001	5.44	5.83
2002	5.44	5.78
2003	5.43	5.74
2004	5.44	5.73
2005	5.42	5.73
2006	5.37	5.7
2007	5.34	5.66
2008	5.29	5.6
2009	5.24	5.53
2010	5.15	5.44
2011	5.05	5.34
2012	4.98	5.23
2013	4.91	5.15
2014	4.84	5.07
2015	4.84	5
2016	4.84	4.92
2017	4.8	4.79
2018	4.74	4.67
2019	4.65	4.58
2020	4.56	4.49
2021	4.47	4.4
2022	4.4	4.3
2023	4.32	4.22
2024	4.26	4.13
2025	4.19	4.04
2026	4.12	3.96
2027	4.05	3.89
2028	4	3.81
2029	3.93	3.73
2030	3.88	3.66
2031	3.81	3.59
2032	3.76	3.52
2033	3.7	3.45
2034	3.65	3.38
2035	3.58	3.32
2036	3.55	3.27
2037	3.5	3.21
2038	3.44	3.16
2039	3.4	3.12
2040	3.35	3.07
2041	3.31	3.02
2042	3.25	2.98
2043	3.21	2.94
2044	3.17	2.9
2045	3.13	2.86
2046	3.09	2.82
2047	3.06	2.79
2048	3.02	2.75
2049	2.99	2.73
2050	2.96	2.7

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Cameroon	Guinea
1960	39.5%	39.6%
1961	39.9%	39.7%
1962	40.2%	39.9%
1963	40.4%	39.9%
1964	40.7%	40%
1965	40.9%	40.1%
1966	41.1%	40.2%
1967	41.3%	40.2%
1968	41.6%	40.3%
1969	41.8%	40.3%
1970	42%	40.4%
1971	42.3%	40.5%
1972	42.5%	40.7%
1973	42.8%	40.9%
1974	43%	41.1%
1975	43.2%	41.3%
1976	43.5%	41.5%
1977	43.8%	41.8%
1978	44.1%	42%
1979	44.4%	42.2%
1980	44.5%	42.4%
1981	44.6%	42.6%
1982	45%	42.7%
1983	45.6%	42.8%
1984	45.7%	42.9%
1985	45.8%	43%
1986	45.9%	43%
1987	46%	43.1%
1988	46.1%	43.1%
1989	46.1%	43.2%
1990	46.2%	43.3%
1991	46.2%	43.4%
1992	46.2%	43.5%
1993	46.1%	43.6%
1994	46%	43.7%
1995	45.9%	43.8%
1996	45.7%	43.9%
1997	45.5%	44.2%
1998	45.3%	44.5%
1999	45.1%	44.7%
2000	44.9%	44.9%
2001	44.7%	45.3%
2002	44.5%	45.5%
2003	44.3%	45.4%
2004	44.2%	45.3%
2005	44.1%	45.3%
2006	44%	45.3%
2007	43.9%	45.1%
2008	43.8%	44.9%
2009	43.8%	44.7%
2010	43.7%	44.5%
2011	43.7%	44.2%
2012	43.6%	44%
2013	43.5%	43.8%
2014	43.4%	43.5%
2015	43.2%	43.3%
2016	43%	43.1%
2017	43%	42.9%
2018	42.9%	42.6%
2019	42.7%	42.4%
2020	42.5%	42.1%
2021	42.3%	41.9%
2022	42.1%	41.6%
2023	41.8%	41.2%
2024	41.4%	40.9%
2025	41.1%	40.5%
2026	40.8%	40.2%
2027	40.5%	39.8%
2028	40.1%	39.5%
2029	39.8%	39.1%
2030	39.5%	38.7%
2031	39.1%	38.3%
2032	38.7%	37.9%
2033	38.3%	37.5%
2034	37.9%	37%
2035	37.5%	36.6%
2036	37.2%	36.2%
2037	36.8%	35.7%
2038	36.5%	35.3%
2039	36.2%	34.9%
2040	35.9%	34.5%
2041	35.6%	34.1%
2042	35.3%	33.7%
2043	35%	33.3%
2044	34.7%	32.9%
2045	34.4%	32.5%
2046	34.1%	32.2%
2047	33.8%	31.8%
2048	33.5%	31.5%
2049	33.2%	31.2%
2050	32.9%	30.8%

Children aged 0-14 make up 41.4% of the population in Cameroon and 40.9% in Guinea in 2024, compared to 46.2% and 43.3% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Cameroon and Guinea compared.

Natural population change in Cameroon vs Guinea by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.78% in Cameroon and +2.6% in Guinea. 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	Guinea
1960	77,948	61,848
1961	82,471	63,766
1962	116,232	65,672
1963	119,784	67,690
1964	123,469	69,848
1965	129,428	72,134
1966	135,927	74,748
1967	144,370	77,251
1968	153,080	79,892
1969	162,603	82,799
1970	170,713	85,418
1971	179,317	88,358
1972	186,521	91,147
1973	193,997	93,764
1974	200,693	96,315
1975	206,986	99,267
1976	214,916	102,449
1977	222,785	105,990
1978	229,958	109,415
1979	238,875	113,141
1980	247,808	117,186
1981	262,076	121,223
1982	274,652	126,831
1983	276,112	130,629
1984	284,110	136,640
1985	296,317	142,313
1986	308,188	148,137
1987	320,134	154,178
1988	328,168	159,566
1989	334,649	164,707
1990	342,901	169,926
1991	350,493	181,299
1992	356,072	189,682
1993	360,785	195,612
1994	364,390	201,439
1995	367,532	205,644
1996	370,355	214,896
1997	377,138	220,373
1998	388,432	219,385
1999	401,969	223,968
2000	411,633	227,081
2001	422,511	227,642
2002	439,544	229,022
2003	459,422	234,774
2004	478,880	242,075
2005	496,547	251,209
2006	511,366	258,518
2007	526,949	266,070
2008	542,919	274,327
2009	557,841	281,920
2010	569,921	288,512
2011	580,607	293,318
2012	594,029	298,094
2013	606,072	304,430
2014	619,243	309,539
2015	649,190	316,604
2016	677,051	324,608
2017	696,496	328,542
2018	706,188	332,585
2019	714,681	338,984
2020	716,361	342,289
2021	713,806	345,121
2022	734,893	352,517
2023	754,486	356,147

Maternal mortality chart: Cameroon vs Guinea

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 494 deaths in Guinea.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Cameroon	Guinea
1985	572	1,248
1986	579	1,234
1987	557	1,218
1988	559	1,202
1989	564	1,188
1990	570	1,162
1991	584	1,143
1992	595	1,124
1993	606	1,094
1994	628	1,081
1995	641	1,042
1996	648	1,010
1997	652	994
1998	666	971
1999	672	960
2000	678	951
2001	672	946
2002	658	916
2003	645	892
2004	633	869
2005	629	843
2006	615	825
2007	605	802
2008	592	772
2009	579	766
2010	562	750
2011	541	728
2012	500	703
2013	469	682
2014	440	664
2015	417	642
2016	393	606
2017	372	582
2018	354	560
2019	336	548
2020	316	528
2021	342	533
2022	276	500
2023	258	494

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 6.72% in Cameroon and 9.5% in Guinea. 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	Guinea
1960	28%	35%
1961	27.4%	34.7%
1962	26.9%	34.4%
1963	26.4%	34.2%
1964	26%	33.9%
1965	25.4%	33.6%
1966	24.7%	33.4%
1967	24%	33.1%
1968	23.1%	32.8%
1969	22.2%	32.5%
1970	21.3%	32.2%
1971	20.6%	31.9%
1972	20%	31.6%
1973	19.6%	31.3%
1974	19.3%	30.9%
1975	19.2%	30.6%
1976	19%	30.1%
1977	18.9%	29.7%
1978	18.7%	29.2%
1979	18.3%	28.7%
1980	17.9%	28.2%
1981	17.4%	27.7%
1982	16.8%	27.2%
1983	16.2%	26.7%
1984	15.5%	26.2%
1985	14.9%	25.8%
1986	14.4%	25.3%
1987	14%	24.8%
1988	13.8%	24.4%
1989	13.6%	23.9%
1990	13.7%	23.3%
1991	13.8%	22.7%
1992	14%	22.1%
1993	14.3%	21.4%
1994	14.5%	20.7%
1995	14.7%	20%
1996	14.8%	19.3%
1997	14.9%	18.6%
1998	14.8%	17.9%
1999	14.7%	17.2%
2000	14.4%	16.5%
2001	14.1%	15.9%
2002	13.8%	15.2%
2003	13.5%	14.6%
2004	13.1%	14.1%
2005	12.8%	13.7%
2006	12.5%	13.3%
2007	12.1%	12.9%
2008	11.8%	12.7%
2009	11.4%	12.4%
2010	11%	12.2%
2011	10.6%	12%
2012	10.2%	11.8%
2013	9.73%	11.7%
2014	9.31%	11.6%
2015	8.9%	11.4%
2016	8.56%	11.2%
2017	8.25%	11%
2018	7.97%	10.8%
2019	7.72%	10.6%
2020	7.46%	10.3%
2021	7.21%	10.1%
2022	6.95%	9.78%
2023	6.72%	9.5%