Fertility & birth rates in Cameroon and Haiti

Fertility rate in Cameroon vs Haiti 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 2.66 in Haiti in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Cameroon vs Haiti 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	Haiti
1960	5.73	6.18
1961	5.73	6.18
1962	5.73	6.18
1963	5.73	6.17
1964	5.74	6.16
1965	5.8	6.13
1966	5.85	6.09
1967	5.95	6.05
1968	6.04	6.01
1969	6.14	5.96
1970	6.2	5.91
1971	6.26	5.88
1972	6.29	5.85
1973	6.33	5.81
1974	6.36	5.78
1975	6.4	5.75
1976	6.45	5.71
1977	6.51	5.67
1978	6.55	5.64
1979	6.58	5.59
1980	6.61	5.56
1981	6.61	5.53
1982	6.59	5.53
1983	6.58	5.51
1984	6.56	5.51
1985	6.56	5.5
1986	6.57	5.48
1987	6.54	5.47
1988	6.48	5.47
1989	6.41	5.44
1990	6.36	5.41
1991	6.32	5.32
1992	6.26	5.21
1993	6.16	5.1
1994	6.04	4.99
1995	5.92	4.88
1996	5.8	4.78
1997	5.71	4.67
1998	5.66	4.56
1999	5.6	4.45
2000	5.51	4.39
2001	5.44	4.25
2002	5.44	4.13
2003	5.43	4.05
2004	5.44	3.94
2005	5.42	3.84
2006	5.37	3.76
2007	5.34	3.69
2008	5.29	3.62
2009	5.24	3.57
2010	5.15	3.5
2011	5.05	3.43
2012	4.98	3.32
2013	4.91	3.22
2014	4.84	3.16
2015	4.84	3.11
2016	4.84	3.05
2017	4.8	2.99
2018	4.74	2.92
2019	4.65	2.86
2020	4.56	2.8
2021	4.47	2.75
2022	4.4	2.7
2023	4.32	2.66
2024	4.26	2.63
2025	4.19	2.59
2026	4.12	2.55
2027	4.05	2.52
2028	4	2.49
2029	3.93	2.46
2030	3.88	2.43
2031	3.81	2.41
2032	3.76	2.38
2033	3.7	2.35
2034	3.65	2.33
2035	3.58	2.3
2036	3.55	2.28
2037	3.5	2.26
2038	3.44	2.25
2039	3.4	2.23
2040	3.35	2.21
2041	3.31	2.19
2042	3.25	2.18
2043	3.21	2.16
2044	3.17	2.14
2045	3.13	2.13
2046	3.09	2.11
2047	3.06	2.1
2048	3.02	2.09
2049	2.99	2.07
2050	2.96	2.06

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Cameroon	Haiti
1960	39.5%	40.6%
1961	39.9%	40.7%
1962	40.2%	40.8%
1963	40.4%	40.8%
1964	40.7%	40.9%
1965	40.9%	40.9%
1966	41.1%	40.9%
1967	41.3%	41%
1968	41.6%	41%
1969	41.8%	41%
1970	42%	40.9%
1971	42.3%	40.9%
1972	42.5%	40.9%
1973	42.8%	40.9%
1974	43%	40.9%
1975	43.2%	41%
1976	43.5%	41%
1977	43.8%	41.1%
1978	44.1%	41.1%
1979	44.4%	41.1%
1980	44.5%	41.2%
1981	44.6%	41.2%
1982	45%	41.3%
1983	45.6%	41.4%
1984	45.7%	41.4%
1985	45.8%	41.5%
1986	45.9%	41.6%
1987	46%	41.7%
1988	46.1%	41.8%
1989	46.1%	41.8%
1990	46.2%	41.9%
1991	46.2%	41.9%
1992	46.2%	41.9%
1993	46.1%	41.8%
1994	46%	41.7%
1995	45.9%	41.6%
1996	45.7%	41.4%
1997	45.5%	41.2%
1998	45.3%	41%
1999	45.1%	40.7%
2000	44.9%	40.4%
2001	44.7%	40.1%
2002	44.5%	39.7%
2003	44.3%	39.3%
2004	44.2%	38.9%
2005	44.1%	38.4%
2006	44%	37.9%
2007	43.9%	37.5%
2008	43.8%	37.1%
2009	43.8%	36.6%
2010	43.7%	36.2%
2011	43.7%	35.9%
2012	43.6%	35.5%
2013	43.5%	35.1%
2014	43.4%	34.7%
2015	43.2%	34.3%
2016	43%	33.9%
2017	43%	33.6%
2018	42.9%	33.3%
2019	42.7%	32.9%
2020	42.5%	32.6%
2021	42.3%	32.3%
2022	42.1%	31.9%
2023	41.8%	31.6%
2024	41.4%	31.2%
2025	41.1%	30.8%
2026	40.8%	30.4%
2027	40.5%	30%
2028	40.1%	29.6%
2029	39.8%	29.2%
2030	39.5%	28.8%
2031	39.1%	28.5%
2032	38.7%	28.1%
2033	38.3%	27.8%
2034	37.9%	27.4%
2035	37.5%	27.1%
2036	37.2%	26.8%
2037	36.8%	26.5%
2038	36.5%	26.3%
2039	36.2%	26%
2040	35.9%	25.7%
2041	35.6%	25.5%
2042	35.3%	25.2%
2043	35%	25%
2044	34.7%	24.8%
2045	34.4%	24.5%
2046	34.1%	24.3%
2047	33.8%	24.1%
2048	33.5%	23.8%
2049	33.2%	23.6%
2050	32.9%	23.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 41.4% of the population in Cameroon and 31.2% in Haiti in 2024, compared to 46.2% and 41.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Cameroon and Haiti compared.

Natural population change in Cameroon vs Haiti by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.78% in Cameroon and +1.58% in Haiti. 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	Haiti
1960	77,948	85,368
1961	82,471	87,563
1962	116,232	89,683
1963	119,784	86,394
1964	123,469	93,987
1965	129,428	95,754
1966	135,927	96,973
1967	144,370	99,266
1968	153,080	101,300
1969	162,603	103,133
1970	170,713	105,208
1971	179,317	107,968
1972	186,521	110,709
1973	193,997	113,223
1974	200,693	115,941
1975	206,986	118,508
1976	214,916	120,992
1977	222,785	123,520
1978	229,958	125,885
1979	238,875	128,206
1980	247,808	130,773
1981	262,076	133,695
1982	274,652	137,214
1983	276,112	140,422
1984	284,110	144,211
1985	296,317	148,364
1986	308,188	152,288
1987	320,134	156,468
1988	328,168	160,750
1989	334,649	163,947
1990	342,901	167,420
1991	350,493	167,919
1992	356,072	168,980
1993	360,785	169,240
1994	364,390	169,260
1995	367,532	171,852
1996	370,355	173,351
1997	377,138	174,962
1998	388,432	175,687
1999	401,969	177,421
2000	411,633	180,677
2001	422,511	178,741
2002	439,544	178,126
2003	459,422	179,543
2004	478,880	174,071
2005	496,547	180,618
2006	511,366	182,866
2007	526,949	184,223
2008	542,919	185,364
2009	557,841	187,804
2010	569,921	95,965
2011	580,607	184,695
2012	594,029	183,702
2013	606,072	181,457
2014	619,243	182,009
2015	649,190	182,063
2016	677,051	180,902
2017	696,496	180,310
2018	706,188	178,632
2019	714,681	176,550
2020	716,361	169,264
2021	713,806	158,994
2022	734,893	164,214
2023	754,486	167,381

Maternal mortality chart: Cameroon vs Haiti

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 328 deaths in Haiti.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Cameroon	Haiti
1985	572	991
1986	579	975
1987	557	952
1988	559	929
1989	564	900
1990	570	874
1991	584	831
1992	595	793
1993	606	747
1994	628	710
1995	641	638
1996	648	588
1997	652	551
1998	666	511
1999	672	464
2000	678	440
2001	672	428
2002	658	410
2003	645	385
2004	633	427
2005	629	355
2006	615	368
2007	605	383
2008	592	394
2009	579	397
2010	562	398
2011	541	409
2012	500	385
2013	469	380
2014	440	373
2015	417	364
2016	393	356
2017	372	351
2018	354	358
2019	336	351
2020	316	346
2021	342	385
2022	276	331
2023	258	328

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 6.72% in Cameroon and 5.51% in Haiti. 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	Haiti
1960	28%	29.2%
1961	27.4%	28.8%
1962	26.9%	28.3%
1963	26.4%	27.9%
1964	26%	27.4%
1965	25.4%	27%
1966	24.7%	26.5%
1967	24%	26%
1968	23.1%	25.5%
1969	22.2%	25%
1970	21.3%	24.5%
1971	20.6%	23.9%
1972	20%	23.4%
1973	19.6%	22.8%
1974	19.3%	22.3%
1975	19.2%	21.7%
1976	19%	21.2%
1977	18.9%	20.6%
1978	18.7%	20.1%
1979	18.3%	19.6%
1980	17.9%	19.1%
1981	17.4%	18.6%
1982	16.8%	18.1%
1983	16.2%	17.6%
1984	15.5%	17.1%
1985	14.9%	16.6%
1986	14.4%	16.2%
1987	14%	15.8%
1988	13.8%	15.3%
1989	13.6%	14.9%
1990	13.7%	14.5%
1991	13.8%	14.1%
1992	14%	13.7%
1993	14.3%	13.2%
1994	14.5%	12.8%
1995	14.7%	12.4%
1996	14.8%	12%
1997	14.9%	11.5%
1998	14.8%	11.1%
1999	14.7%	10.7%
2000	14.4%	10.4%
2001	14.1%	10%
2002	13.8%	9.68%
2003	13.5%	9.4%
2004	13.1%	9.14%
2005	12.8%	8.91%
2006	12.5%	8.69%
2007	12.1%	8.49%
2008	11.8%	8.29%
2009	11.4%	8.11%
2010	11%	13.7%
2011	10.6%	7.74%
2012	10.2%	7.56%
2013	9.73%	7.38%
2014	9.31%	7.19%
2015	8.9%	6.99%
2016	8.56%	6.79%
2017	8.25%	6.61%
2018	7.97%	6.42%
2019	7.72%	6.23%
2020	7.46%	6.04%
2021	7.21%	5.85%
2022	6.95%	5.69%
2023	6.72%	5.51%