Fertility & birth rates in Cameroon and Italy

Fertility rate in Cameroon vs Italy 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 1.2 in Italy in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Cameroon vs Italy 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	Italy
1960	5.73	2.4
1961	5.73	2.44
1962	5.73	2.46
1963	5.73	2.51
1964	5.74	2.66
1965	5.8	2.6
1966	5.85	2.58
1967	5.95	2.5
1968	6.04	2.46
1969	6.14	2.47
1970	6.2	2.38
1971	6.26	2.4
1972	6.29	2.35
1973	6.33	2.3
1974	6.36	2.28
1975	6.4	2.17
1976	6.45	2.04
1977	6.51	1.93
1978	6.55	1.84
1979	6.58	1.73
1980	6.61	1.64
1981	6.61	1.58
1982	6.59	1.56
1983	6.58	1.51
1984	6.56	1.46
1985	6.56	1.42
1986	6.57	1.35
1987	6.54	1.33
1988	6.48	1.36
1989	6.41	1.33
1990	6.36	1.33
1991	6.32	1.3
1992	6.26	1.3
1993	6.16	1.25
1994	6.04	1.21
1995	5.92	1.19
1996	5.8	1.2
1997	5.71	1.22
1998	5.66	1.22
1999	5.6	1.23
2000	5.51	1.26
2001	5.44	1.25
2002	5.44	1.27
2003	5.43	1.29
2004	5.44	1.34
2005	5.42	1.33
2006	5.37	1.37
2007	5.34	1.39
2008	5.29	1.44
2009	5.24	1.44
2010	5.15	1.44
2011	5.05	1.42
2012	4.98	1.42
2013	4.91	1.39
2014	4.84	1.38
2015	4.84	1.36
2016	4.84	1.36
2017	4.8	1.34
2018	4.74	1.31
2019	4.65	1.27
2020	4.56	1.24
2021	4.47	1.25
2022	4.4	1.24
2023	4.32	1.2
2024	4.26	1.21
2025	4.19	1.22
2026	4.12	1.22
2027	4.05	1.23
2028	4	1.24
2029	3.93	1.24
2030	3.88	1.25
2031	3.81	1.26
2032	3.76	1.26
2033	3.7	1.27
2034	3.65	1.28
2035	3.58	1.28
2036	3.55	1.29
2037	3.5	1.29
2038	3.44	1.3
2039	3.4	1.3
2040	3.35	1.31
2041	3.31	1.31
2042	3.25	1.31
2043	3.21	1.32
2044	3.17	1.32
2045	3.13	1.33
2046	3.09	1.33
2047	3.06	1.34
2048	3.02	1.34
2049	2.99	1.35
2050	2.96	1.35

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Cameroon	Italy
1960	39.5%	25%
1961	39.9%	25%
1962	40.2%	24.7%
1963	40.4%	24.5%
1964	40.7%	24.5%
1965	40.9%	24.5%
1966	41.1%	24.5%
1967	41.3%	24.6%
1968	41.6%	24.6%
1969	41.8%	24.7%
1970	42%	24.7%
1971	42.3%	24.6%
1972	42.5%	24.6%
1973	42.8%	24.6%
1974	43%	24.5%
1975	43.2%	24.3%
1976	43.5%	24.1%
1977	43.8%	23.7%
1978	44.1%	23.4%
1979	44.4%	22.8%
1980	44.5%	22.3%
1981	44.6%	21.6%
1982	45%	21.1%
1983	45.6%	20.5%
1984	45.7%	19.9%
1985	45.8%	19.3%
1986	45.9%	18.7%
1987	46%	18.1%
1988	46.1%	17.5%
1989	46.1%	17%
1990	46.2%	16.5%
1991	46.2%	15.8%
1992	46.2%	15.2%
1993	46.1%	15%
1994	46%	14.8%
1995	45.9%	14.6%
1996	45.7%	14.5%
1997	45.5%	14.4%
1998	45.3%	14.3%
1999	45.1%	14.3%
2000	44.9%	14.3%
2001	44.7%	14.2%
2002	44.5%	14.2%
2003	44.3%	14.2%
2004	44.2%	14.2%
2005	44.1%	14.1%
2006	44%	14.1%
2007	43.9%	14%
2008	43.8%	14%
2009	43.8%	14%
2010	43.7%	14%
2011	43.7%	14%
2012	43.6%	14%
2013	43.5%	13.9%
2014	43.4%	13.8%
2015	43.2%	13.7%
2016	43%	13.6%
2017	43%	13.4%
2018	42.9%	13.2%
2019	42.7%	13%
2020	42.5%	12.8%
2021	42.3%	12.6%
2022	42.1%	12.4%
2023	41.8%	12.1%
2024	41.4%	11.9%
2025	41.1%	11.7%
2026	40.8%	11.4%
2027	40.5%	11.2%
2028	40.1%	11%
2029	39.8%	10.9%
2030	39.5%	10.7%
2031	39.1%	10.6%
2032	38.7%	10.5%
2033	38.3%	10.4%
2034	37.9%	10.3%
2035	37.5%	10.3%
2036	37.2%	10.3%
2037	36.8%	10.3%
2038	36.5%	10.3%
2039	36.2%	10.4%
2040	35.9%	10.4%
2041	35.6%	10.5%
2042	35.3%	10.5%
2043	35%	10.6%
2044	34.7%	10.7%
2045	34.4%	10.7%
2046	34.1%	10.8%
2047	33.8%	10.8%
2048	33.5%	10.9%
2049	33.2%	10.9%
2050	32.9%	10.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 41.4% of the population in Cameroon and 11.9% in Italy in 2024, compared to 46.2% and 16.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Cameroon and Italy compared.

Natural population change in Cameroon vs Italy by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.78% in Cameroon and -0.38% in Italy. 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	Italy
1960	77,948	426,697
1961	82,471	459,880
1962	116,232	427,387
1963	119,784	440,767
1964	123,469	527,089
1965	129,428	474,222
1966	135,927	488,427
1967	144,370	439,074
1968	153,080	399,268
1969	162,603	390,827
1970	170,713	376,753
1971	179,317	383,922
1972	186,521	364,355
1973	193,997	328,508
1974	200,693	336,176
1975	206,986	271,660
1976	214,916	228,445
1977	222,785	190,248
1978	229,958	168,465
1979	238,875	129,531
1980	247,808	84,650
1981	262,076	73,452
1982	274,652	79,161
1983	276,112	33,939
1984	284,110	50,919
1985	296,317	28,297
1986	308,188	11,319
1987	320,134	16,980
1988	328,168	33,977
1989	334,649	28,336
1990	342,901	22,688
1991	350,493	11,352
1992	356,072	22,718
1993	360,785	0
1994	364,390	-17,053
1995	367,532	-34,107
1996	370,355	-22,744
1997	377,138	-22,756
1998	388,432	-39,835
1999	401,969	-22,766
2000	411,633	-17,082
2001	422,511	-11,396
2002	439,544	-22,836
2003	459,422	-40,179
2004	478,880	11,566
2005	496,547	-17,450
2006	511,366	0
2007	526,949	-5,876
2008	542,919	-11,842
2009	557,841	-17,866
2010	569,921	-23,928
2011	580,607	-48,021
2012	594,029	-78,248
2013	606,072	-90,468
2014	619,243	-96,513
2015	649,190	-162,620
2016	677,051	-138,265
2017	696,496	-192,007
2018	706,188	-192,475
2019	714,681	-215,025
2020	716,361	-338,801
2021	713,806	-301,579
2022	734,893	-318,674
2023	754,486	-283,168

Maternal mortality chart: Cameroon vs Italy

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 6 deaths in Italy.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Cameroon	Italy
1985	572	22
1986	579	22
1987	557	21
1988	559	20
1989	564	19
1990	570	18
1991	584	18
1992	595	17
1993	606	16
1994	628	15
1995	641	15
1996	648	14
1997	652	13
1998	666	12
1999	672	11
2000	678	11
2001	672	10
2002	658	10
2003	645	8
2004	633	8
2005	629	8
2006	615	7
2007	605	7
2008	592	7
2009	579	8
2010	562	8
2011	541	8
2012	500	8
2013	469	8
2014	440	8
2015	417	8
2016	393	8
2017	372	8
2018	354	7
2019	336	7
2020	316	8
2021	342	7
2022	276	10
2023	258	6

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 6.72% in Cameroon and 0.28% in Italy. 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	Italy
1960	28%	5.19%
1961	27.4%	4.98%
1962	26.9%	4.76%
1963	26.4%	4.53%
1964	26%	4.31%
1965	25.4%	4.11%
1966	24.7%	3.93%
1967	24%	3.78%
1968	23.1%	3.64%
1969	22.2%	3.51%
1970	21.3%	3.36%
1971	20.6%	3.18%
1972	20%	2.98%
1973	19.6%	2.76%
1974	19.3%	2.53%
1975	19.2%	2.31%
1976	19%	2.11%
1977	18.9%	1.95%
1978	18.7%	1.82%
1979	18.3%	1.7%
1980	17.9%	1.61%
1981	17.4%	1.52%
1982	16.8%	1.43%
1983	16.2%	1.35%
1984	15.5%	1.27%
1985	14.9%	1.2%
1986	14.4%	1.14%
1987	14%	1.08%
1988	13.8%	1.04%
1989	13.6%	1%
1990	13.7%	0.97%
1991	13.8%	0.93%
1992	14%	0.89%
1993	14.3%	0.85%
1994	14.5%	0.8%
1995	14.7%	0.75%
1996	14.8%	0.7%
1997	14.9%	0.66%
1998	14.8%	0.62%
1999	14.7%	0.59%
2000	14.4%	0.56%
2001	14.1%	0.53%
2002	13.8%	0.51%
2003	13.5%	0.48%
2004	13.1%	0.46%
2005	12.8%	0.45%
2006	12.5%	0.43%
2007	12.1%	0.42%
2008	11.8%	0.41%
2009	11.4%	0.41%
2010	11%	0.4%
2011	10.6%	0.39%
2012	10.2%	0.38%
2013	9.73%	0.37%
2014	9.31%	0.36%
2015	8.9%	0.35%
2016	8.56%	0.34%
2017	8.25%	0.33%
2018	7.97%	0.32%
2019	7.72%	0.31%
2020	7.46%	0.3%
2021	7.21%	0.29%
2022	6.95%	0.28%
2023	6.72%	0.28%