Fertility & birth rates in Cameroon and Guyana

Fertility rate in Cameroon vs Guyana 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 2.41 in Guyana in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Cameroon vs Guyana 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	Guyana
1960	5.73	6.33
1961	5.73	6.34
1962	5.73	6.33
1963	5.73	6.31
1964	5.74	6.23
1965	5.8	6.14
1966	5.85	6.02
1967	5.95	5.89
1968	6.04	5.75
1969	6.14	5.58
1970	6.2	5.41
1971	6.26	5.26
1972	6.29	5.08
1973	6.33	4.87
1974	6.36	4.64
1975	6.4	4.45
1976	6.45	4.28
1977	6.51	4.12
1978	6.55	3.97
1979	6.58	3.86
1980	6.61	3.77
1981	6.61	3.72
1982	6.59	3.68
1983	6.58	3.64
1984	6.56	3.54
1985	6.56	3.47
1986	6.57	3.38
1987	6.54	3.31
1988	6.48	3.23
1989	6.41	3.19
1990	6.36	3.18
1991	6.32	3.18
1992	6.26	3.19
1993	6.16	3.2
1994	6.04	3.23
1995	5.92	3.24
1996	5.8	3.23
1997	5.71	3.22
1998	5.66	3.18
1999	5.6	3.13
2000	5.51	3.06
2001	5.44	2.96
2002	5.44	2.84
2003	5.43	2.75
2004	5.44	2.68
2005	5.42	2.65
2006	5.37	2.66
2007	5.34	2.68
2008	5.29	2.7
2009	5.24	2.69
2010	5.15	2.68
2011	5.05	2.69
2012	4.98	2.7
2013	4.91	2.71
2014	4.84	2.7
2015	4.84	2.67
2016	4.84	2.63
2017	4.8	2.59
2018	4.74	2.55
2019	4.65	2.52
2020	4.56	2.49
2021	4.47	2.46
2022	4.4	2.44
2023	4.32	2.41
2024	4.26	2.39
2025	4.19	2.37
2026	4.12	2.35
2027	4.05	2.32
2028	4	2.3
2029	3.93	2.28
2030	3.88	2.26
2031	3.81	2.23
2032	3.76	2.21
2033	3.7	2.2
2034	3.65	2.18
2035	3.58	2.16
2036	3.55	2.15
2037	3.5	2.13
2038	3.44	2.12
2039	3.4	2.11
2040	3.35	2.1
2041	3.31	2.09
2042	3.25	2.07
2043	3.21	2.06
2044	3.17	2.05
2045	3.13	2.03
2046	3.09	2.02
2047	3.06	2.01
2048	3.02	2
2049	2.99	1.98
2050	2.96	1.98

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Cameroon	Guyana
1960	39.5%	46.8%
1961	39.9%	47%
1962	40.2%	47.4%
1963	40.4%	47.6%
1964	40.7%	47.7%
1965	40.9%	47.8%
1966	41.1%	47.7%
1967	41.3%	47.5%
1968	41.6%	47.3%
1969	41.8%	46.9%
1970	42%	46.6%
1971	42.3%	46.3%
1972	42.5%	46%
1973	42.8%	45.7%
1974	43%	45.3%
1975	43.2%	44.9%
1976	43.5%	44.4%
1977	43.8%	43.9%
1978	44.1%	43.4%
1979	44.4%	42.9%
1980	44.5%	42.5%
1981	44.6%	41.9%
1982	45%	41.2%
1983	45.6%	40.5%
1984	45.7%	39.9%
1985	45.8%	39.2%
1986	45.9%	38.6%
1987	46%	38%
1988	46.1%	37.5%
1989	46.1%	37.2%
1990	46.2%	36.9%
1991	46.2%	36.7%
1992	46.2%	36.5%
1993	46.1%	36.4%
1994	46%	36.4%
1995	45.9%	36.4%
1996	45.7%	36.4%
1997	45.5%	36.5%
1998	45.3%	36.6%
1999	45.1%	36.6%
2000	44.9%	36.6%
2001	44.7%	36.5%
2002	44.5%	36.4%
2003	44.3%	36.1%
2004	44.2%	35.8%
2005	44.1%	35.3%
2006	44%	34.7%
2007	43.9%	34.1%
2008	43.8%	33.5%
2009	43.8%	32.9%
2010	43.7%	32.2%
2011	43.7%	31.6%
2012	43.6%	31.1%
2013	43.5%	30.8%
2014	43.4%	30.5%
2015	43.2%	30.3%
2016	43%	30.1%
2017	43%	30%
2018	42.9%	29.5%
2019	42.7%	29.3%
2020	42.5%	29.5%
2021	42.3%	29.4%
2022	42.1%	29.4%
2023	41.8%	29.3%
2024	41.4%	29.2%
2025	41.1%	28.9%
2026	40.8%	28.7%
2027	40.5%	28.4%
2028	40.1%	28.1%
2029	39.8%	27.8%
2030	39.5%	27.4%
2031	39.1%	27%
2032	38.7%	26.7%
2033	38.3%	26.3%
2034	37.9%	26%
2035	37.5%	25.6%
2036	37.2%	25.2%
2037	36.8%	24.9%
2038	36.5%	24.6%
2039	36.2%	24.3%
2040	35.9%	24.1%
2041	35.6%	23.9%
2042	35.3%	23.6%
2043	35%	23.4%
2044	34.7%	23.3%
2045	34.4%	23.1%
2046	34.1%	22.9%
2047	33.8%	22.7%
2048	33.5%	22.6%
2049	33.2%	22.4%
2050	32.9%	22.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 41.4% of the population in Cameroon and 29.2% in Guyana in 2024, compared to 46.2% and 36.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Cameroon and Guyana compared.

Natural population change in Cameroon vs Guyana by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.78% in Cameroon and +1.36% in Guyana. 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	Guyana
1960	77,948	17,867
1961	82,471	18,092
1962	116,232	18,344
1963	119,784	18,606
1964	123,469	18,729
1965	129,428	18,791
1966	135,927	18,862
1967	144,370	18,933
1968	153,080	19,035
1969	162,603	19,133
1970	170,713	19,233
1971	179,317	19,273
1972	186,521	19,219
1973	193,997	18,991
1974	200,693	18,589
1975	206,986	18,317
1976	214,916	18,083
1977	222,785	17,805
1978	229,958	17,539
1979	238,875	17,402
1980	247,808	17,298
1981	262,076	17,471
1982	274,652	17,644
1983	276,112	17,753
1984	284,110	17,466
1985	296,317	17,292
1986	308,188	16,940
1987	320,134	16,600
1988	328,168	16,189
1989	334,649	15,947
1990	342,901	15,917
1991	350,493	15,896
1992	356,072	15,990
1993	360,785	16,099
1994	364,390	16,185
1995	367,532	15,991
1996	370,355	15,768
1997	377,138	15,568
1998	388,432	15,292
1999	401,969	14,763
2000	411,633	14,128
2001	422,511	13,307
2002	439,544	12,218
2003	459,422	11,344
2004	478,880	10,767
2005	496,547	10,455
2006	511,366	10,525
2007	526,949	10,741
2008	542,919	10,792
2009	557,841	10,758
2010	569,921	10,652
2011	580,607	10,713
2012	594,029	10,633
2013	606,072	10,887
2014	619,243	11,143
2015	649,190	11,199
2016	677,051	11,168
2017	696,496	11,108
2018	706,188	10,946
2019	714,681	11,665
2020	716,361	10,307
2021	713,806	8,125
2022	734,893	11,042
2023	754,486	10,716

Maternal mortality chart: Cameroon vs Guyana

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 75 deaths in Guyana.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Cameroon	Guyana
1985	572	241
1986	579	238
1987	557	234
1988	559	230
1989	564	227
1990	570	224
1991	584	219
1992	595	208
1993	606	205
1994	628	204
1995	641	207
1996	648	202
1997	652	195
1998	666	184
1999	672	178
2000	678	171
2001	672	163
2002	658	164
2003	645	164
2004	633	162
2005	629	166
2006	615	167
2007	605	158
2008	592	153
2009	579	146
2010	562	141
2011	541	135
2012	500	133
2013	469	128
2014	440	121
2015	417	117
2016	393	114
2017	372	110
2018	354	105
2019	336	107
2020	316	109
2021	342	189
2022	276	83
2023	258	75

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 6.72% in Cameroon and 2.57% in Guyana. 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	Guyana
1960	28%	9.19%
1961	27.4%	8.81%
1962	26.9%	8.49%
1963	26.4%	8.21%
1964	26%	7.99%
1965	25.4%	7.8%
1966	24.7%	7.66%
1967	24%	7.56%
1968	23.1%	7.48%
1969	22.2%	7.43%
1970	21.3%	7.39%
1971	20.6%	7.37%
1972	20%	7.35%
1973	19.6%	7.33%
1974	19.3%	7.31%
1975	19.2%	7.27%
1976	19%	7.24%
1977	18.9%	7.19%
1978	18.7%	7.14%
1979	18.3%	7.08%
1980	17.9%	7.02%
1981	17.4%	6.96%
1982	16.8%	6.89%
1983	16.2%	6.82%
1984	15.5%	6.74%
1985	14.9%	6.66%
1986	14.4%	6.57%
1987	14%	6.47%
1988	13.8%	6.35%
1989	13.6%	6.22%
1990	13.7%	6.08%
1991	13.8%	5.92%
1992	14%	5.77%
1993	14.3%	5.6%
1994	14.5%	5.45%
1995	14.7%	5.3%
1996	14.8%	5.16%
1997	14.9%	5.02%
1998	14.8%	4.89%
1999	14.7%	4.77%
2000	14.4%	4.65%
2001	14.1%	4.53%
2002	13.8%	4.42%
2003	13.5%	4.32%
2004	13.1%	4.23%
2005	12.8%	4.14%
2006	12.5%	4.05%
2007	12.1%	3.97%
2008	11.8%	3.89%
2009	11.4%	3.81%
2010	11%	3.73%
2011	10.6%	3.65%
2012	10.2%	3.58%
2013	9.73%	3.49%
2014	9.31%	3.4%
2015	8.9%	3.31%
2016	8.56%	3.21%
2017	8.25%	3.11%
2018	7.97%	3.02%
2019	7.72%	2.93%
2020	7.46%	2.84%
2021	7.21%	2.75%
2022	6.95%	2.66%
2023	6.72%	2.57%