Fertility & birth rates in Cameroon and Libya

Fertility rate in Cameroon vs Libya 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 2.36 in Libya in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Cameroon vs Libya 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	Libya
1960	5.73	7.51
1961	5.73	7.56
1962	5.73	7.61
1963	5.73	7.69
1964	5.74	7.75
1965	5.8	7.82
1966	5.85	7.89
1967	5.95	7.93
1968	6.04	7.97
1969	6.14	8.01
1970	6.2	8.05
1971	6.26	8.1
1972	6.29	8.07
1973	6.33	8.05
1974	6.36	8.02
1975	6.4	7.98
1976	6.45	7.93
1977	6.51	7.87
1978	6.55	7.79
1979	6.58	7.68
1980	6.61	7.54
1981	6.61	7.37
1982	6.59	7.16
1983	6.58	6.91
1984	6.56	6.62
1985	6.56	6.33
1986	6.57	6.02
1987	6.54	5.72
1988	6.48	5.41
1989	6.41	5.09
1990	6.36	4.78
1991	6.32	4.46
1992	6.26	4.16
1993	6.16	3.88
1994	6.04	3.65
1995	5.92	3.44
1996	5.8	3.26
1997	5.71	3.13
1998	5.66	3.04
1999	5.6	2.97
2000	5.51	2.91
2001	5.44	2.87
2002	5.44	2.83
2003	5.43	2.8
2004	5.44	2.77
2005	5.42	2.77
2006	5.37	2.7
2007	5.34	2.65
2008	5.29	2.6
2009	5.24	2.56
2010	5.15	2.6
2011	5.05	2.65
2012	4.98	2.68
2013	4.91	2.72
2014	4.84	2.75
2015	4.84	2.71
2016	4.84	2.67
2017	4.8	2.63
2018	4.74	2.58
2019	4.65	2.54
2020	4.56	2.51
2021	4.47	2.46
2022	4.4	2.4
2023	4.32	2.36
2024	4.26	2.3
2025	4.19	2.25
2026	4.12	2.21
2027	4.05	2.18
2028	4	2.14
2029	3.93	2.11
2030	3.88	2.08
2031	3.81	2.06
2032	3.76	2.03
2033	3.7	2.01
2034	3.65	1.99
2035	3.58	1.97
2036	3.55	1.95
2037	3.5	1.94
2038	3.44	1.92
2039	3.4	1.91
2040	3.35	1.9
2041	3.31	1.89
2042	3.25	1.88
2043	3.21	1.87
2044	3.17	1.86
2045	3.13	1.85
2046	3.09	1.84
2047	3.06	1.83
2048	3.02	1.83
2049	2.99	1.82
2050	2.96	1.82

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Cameroon	Libya
1960	39.5%	43.6%
1961	39.9%	44.2%
1962	40.2%	44.8%
1963	40.4%	45.5%
1964	40.7%	46.1%
1965	40.9%	47%
1966	41.1%	48.4%
1967	41.3%	49.5%
1968	41.6%	50.3%
1969	41.8%	50.7%
1970	42%	50.9%
1971	42.3%	50.9%
1972	42.5%	50.9%
1973	42.8%	50.2%
1974	43%	49.3%
1975	43.2%	48.9%
1976	43.5%	48.6%
1977	43.8%	48.2%
1978	44.1%	48%
1979	44.4%	47.9%
1980	44.5%	47.7%
1981	44.6%	47.5%
1982	45%	47.3%
1983	45.6%	46.8%
1984	45.7%	46.1%
1985	45.8%	45.5%
1986	45.9%	44.8%
1987	46%	44.1%
1988	46.1%	43.4%
1989	46.1%	42.6%
1990	46.2%	41.7%
1991	46.2%	40.7%
1992	46.2%	39.7%
1993	46.1%	38.6%
1994	46%	37.4%
1995	45.9%	36.3%
1996	45.7%	35.2%
1997	45.5%	34.2%
1998	45.3%	33.3%
1999	45.1%	32.5%
2000	44.9%	32%
2001	44.7%	31.7%
2002	44.5%	31.5%
2003	44.3%	31.3%
2004	44.2%	31.2%
2005	44.1%	31.1%
2006	44%	30.9%
2007	43.9%	30.6%
2008	43.8%	30.3%
2009	43.8%	30.1%
2010	43.7%	29.9%
2011	43.7%	30.7%
2012	43.6%	31.5%
2013	43.5%	31.3%
2014	43.4%	31.1%
2015	43.2%	31%
2016	43%	30.9%
2017	43%	30.6%
2018	42.9%	30.3%
2019	42.7%	29.9%
2020	42.5%	29.5%
2021	42.3%	29%
2022	42.1%	28.5%
2023	41.8%	28%
2024	41.4%	27.4%
2025	41.1%	26.8%
2026	40.8%	26.2%
2027	40.5%	25.6%
2028	40.1%	25.1%
2029	39.8%	24.5%
2030	39.5%	23.9%
2031	39.1%	23.4%
2032	38.7%	23%
2033	38.3%	22.5%
2034	37.9%	22.1%
2035	37.5%	21.8%
2036	37.2%	21.5%
2037	36.8%	21.3%
2038	36.5%	21%
2039	36.2%	20.9%
2040	35.9%	20.7%
2041	35.6%	20.6%
2042	35.3%	20.5%
2043	35%	20.4%
2044	34.7%	20.3%
2045	34.4%	20.2%
2046	34.1%	20.1%
2047	33.8%	20%
2048	33.5%	19.9%
2049	33.2%	19.8%
2050	32.9%	19.6%

Children aged 0-14 make up 41.4% of the population in Cameroon and 27.4% in Libya in 2024, compared to 46.2% and 41.7% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Cameroon and Libya compared.

Natural population change in Cameroon vs Libya by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.78% in Cameroon and +1.43% in Libya. 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	Libya
1960	77,948	38,391
1961	82,471	42,167
1962	116,232	46,252
1963	119,784	50,421
1964	123,469	55,227
1965	129,428	59,134
1966	135,927	60,394
1967	144,370	61,889
1968	153,080	63,971
1969	162,603	66,782
1970	170,713	70,488
1971	179,317	74,934
1972	186,521	77,864
1973	193,997	81,256
1974	200,693	89,337
1975	206,986	94,862
1976	214,916	101,146
1977	222,785	107,769
1978	229,958	114,669
1979	238,875	121,469
1980	247,808	128,034
1981	262,076	130,233
1982	274,652	133,511
1983	276,112	122,183
1984	284,110	110,028
1985	296,317	110,194
1986	308,188	109,325
1987	320,134	107,761
1988	328,168	105,469
1989	334,649	102,823
1990	342,901	99,898
1991	350,493	96,582
1992	356,072	93,568
1993	360,785	90,553
1994	364,390	88,765
1995	367,532	87,661
1996	370,355	86,945
1997	377,138	86,899
1998	388,432	87,613
1999	401,969	88,743
2000	411,633	89,814
2001	422,511	93,370
2002	439,544	97,598
2003	459,422	102,144
2004	478,880	107,144
2005	496,547	112,823
2006	511,366	115,645
2007	526,949	116,704
2008	542,919	117,481
2009	557,841	118,102
2010	569,921	122,926
2011	580,607	121,016
2012	594,029	108,855
2013	606,072	110,772
2014	619,243	110,420
2015	649,190	108,096
2016	677,051	105,265
2017	696,496	103,891
2018	706,188	101,619
2019	714,681	97,842
2020	716,361	92,950
2021	713,806	88,005
2022	734,893	91,951
2023	754,486	75,760

Maternal mortality chart: Cameroon vs Libya

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 59 deaths in Libya.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Cameroon	Libya
1985	572	86
1986	579	82
1987	557	77
1988	559	74
1989	564	70
1990	570	67
1991	584	64
1992	595	61
1993	606	60
1994	628	59
1995	641	59
1996	648	61
1997	652	64
1998	666	67
1999	672	69
2000	678	71
2001	672	71
2002	658	69
2003	645	68
2004	633	67
2005	629	66
2006	615	66
2007	605	67
2008	592	68
2009	579	70
2010	562	71
2011	541	81
2012	500	74
2013	469	75
2014	440	77
2015	417	76
2016	393	74
2017	372	69
2018	354	66
2019	336	65
2020	316	71
2021	342	98
2022	276	60
2023	258	59

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 6.72% in Cameroon and 3.08% in Libya. 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	Libya
1960	28%	27.7%
1961	27.4%	26%
1962	26.9%	24.3%
1963	26.4%	22.7%
1964	26%	21.2%
1965	25.4%	19.7%
1966	24.7%	18.3%
1967	24%	17%
1968	23.1%	15.8%
1969	22.2%	14.7%
1970	21.3%	13.6%
1971	20.6%	12.6%
1972	20%	11.7%
1973	19.6%	10.9%
1974	19.3%	10.2%
1975	19.2%	9.5%
1976	19%	8.91%
1977	18.9%	8.39%
1978	18.7%	7.92%
1979	18.3%	7.5%
1980	17.9%	7.11%
1981	17.4%	6.76%
1982	16.8%	6.42%
1983	16.2%	6.1%
1984	15.5%	5.79%
1985	14.9%	5.5%
1986	14.4%	5.21%
1987	14%	4.94%
1988	13.8%	4.67%
1989	13.6%	4.42%
1990	13.7%	4.19%
1991	13.8%	3.98%
1992	14%	3.78%
1993	14.3%	3.61%
1994	14.5%	3.46%
1995	14.7%	3.32%
1996	14.8%	3.2%
1997	14.9%	3.09%
1998	14.8%	2.99%
1999	14.7%	2.9%
2000	14.4%	2.81%
2001	14.1%	2.73%
2002	13.8%	2.65%
2003	13.5%	2.55%
2004	13.1%	2.44%
2005	12.8%	2.31%
2006	12.5%	2.17%
2007	12.1%	2.02%
2008	11.8%	1.88%
2009	11.4%	1.76%
2010	11%	1.66%
2011	10.6%	1.96%
2012	10.2%	1.51%
2013	9.73%	1.45%
2014	9.31%	1.39%
2015	8.9%	1.33%
2016	8.56%	1.28%
2017	8.25%	1.24%
2018	7.97%	1.19%
2019	7.72%	1.16%
2020	7.46%	1.12%
2021	7.21%	1.08%
2022	6.95%	1.05%
2023	6.72%	3.08%