Fertility & birth rates in Cameroon and Madagascar

Fertility rate in Cameroon vs Madagascar 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 3.97 in Madagascar in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Cameroon vs Madagascar 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	Madagascar
1960	5.73	7.34
1961	5.73	7.3
1962	5.73	7.26
1963	5.73	7.21
1964	5.74	7.19
1965	5.8	7.17
1966	5.85	7.16
1967	5.95	7.14
1968	6.04	7.13
1969	6.14	7.12
1970	6.2	7.1
1971	6.26	7.07
1972	6.29	7.04
1973	6.33	7.01
1974	6.36	6.99
1975	6.4	6.97
1976	6.45	6.95
1977	6.51	6.93
1978	6.55	6.9
1979	6.58	6.87
1980	6.61	6.84
1981	6.61	6.77
1982	6.59	6.7
1983	6.58	6.63
1984	6.56	6.55
1985	6.56	6.46
1986	6.57	6.34
1987	6.54	6.24
1988	6.48	6.18
1989	6.41	6.15
1990	6.36	6.14
1991	6.32	6.12
1992	6.26	6.08
1993	6.16	6.06
1994	6.04	6.04
1995	5.92	6.04
1996	5.8	6.03
1997	5.71	6.02
1998	5.66	5.99
1999	5.6	5.84
2000	5.51	5.67
2001	5.44	5.53
2002	5.44	5.41
2003	5.43	5.33
2004	5.44	5.26
2005	5.42	5.2
2006	5.37	5.13
2007	5.34	5.08
2008	5.29	5.04
2009	5.24	5
2010	5.15	4.9
2011	5.05	4.74
2012	4.98	4.61
2013	4.91	4.53
2014	4.84	4.42
2015	4.84	4.34
2016	4.84	4.29
2017	4.8	4.26
2018	4.74	4.25
2019	4.65	4.22
2020	4.56	4.17
2021	4.47	4.1
2022	4.4	4.04
2023	4.32	3.97
2024	4.26	3.91
2025	4.19	3.84
2026	4.12	3.78
2027	4.05	3.72
2028	4	3.66
2029	3.93	3.61
2030	3.88	3.56
2031	3.81	3.51
2032	3.76	3.46
2033	3.7	3.41
2034	3.65	3.36
2035	3.58	3.32
2036	3.55	3.28
2037	3.5	3.24
2038	3.44	3.2
2039	3.4	3.16
2040	3.35	3.12
2041	3.31	3.09
2042	3.25	3.05
2043	3.21	3.02
2044	3.17	2.99
2045	3.13	2.95
2046	3.09	2.92
2047	3.06	2.9
2048	3.02	2.87
2049	2.99	2.84
2050	2.96	2.82

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Cameroon	Madagascar
1960	39.5%	45.2%
1961	39.9%	45.8%
1962	40.2%	46.3%
1963	40.4%	46.7%
1964	40.7%	46.8%
1965	40.9%	46.7%
1966	41.1%	46.6%
1967	41.3%	46.5%
1968	41.6%	46.5%
1969	41.8%	46.4%
1970	42%	46.4%
1971	42.3%	46.4%
1972	42.5%	46.4%
1973	42.8%	46.4%
1974	43%	46.5%
1975	43.2%	46.5%
1976	43.5%	46.6%
1977	43.8%	46.7%
1978	44.1%	46.8%
1979	44.4%	46.9%
1980	44.5%	47%
1981	44.6%	47.1%
1982	45%	47.1%
1983	45.6%	47%
1984	45.7%	46.9%
1985	45.8%	46.8%
1986	45.9%	46.7%
1987	46%	46.5%
1988	46.1%	46.3%
1989	46.1%	46.1%
1990	46.2%	45.9%
1991	46.2%	45.7%
1992	46.2%	45.6%
1993	46.1%	45.5%
1994	46%	45.4%
1995	45.9%	45.3%
1996	45.7%	45.3%
1997	45.5%	45.3%
1998	45.3%	45.4%
1999	45.1%	45.4%
2000	44.9%	45.4%
2001	44.7%	45.4%
2002	44.5%	45.4%
2003	44.3%	45.4%
2004	44.2%	45.3%
2005	44.1%	45.2%
2006	44%	45%
2007	43.9%	44.8%
2008	43.8%	44.6%
2009	43.8%	44.3%
2010	43.7%	44%
2011	43.7%	43.7%
2012	43.6%	43.3%
2013	43.5%	42.8%
2014	43.4%	42.4%
2015	43.2%	42%
2016	43%	41.6%
2017	43%	41.2%
2018	42.9%	40.9%
2019	42.7%	40.7%
2020	42.5%	40.4%
2021	42.3%	40.1%
2022	42.1%	39.9%
2023	41.8%	39.6%
2024	41.4%	39.3%
2025	41.1%	38.9%
2026	40.8%	38.6%
2027	40.5%	38.4%
2028	40.1%	38.1%
2029	39.8%	37.8%
2030	39.5%	37.6%
2031	39.1%	37.3%
2032	38.7%	37%
2033	38.3%	36.7%
2034	37.9%	36.4%
2035	37.5%	36%
2036	37.2%	35.7%
2037	36.8%	35.3%
2038	36.5%	35%
2039	36.2%	34.6%
2040	35.9%	34.3%
2041	35.6%	34%
2042	35.3%	33.6%
2043	35%	33.3%
2044	34.7%	33%
2045	34.4%	32.7%
2046	34.1%	32.4%
2047	33.8%	32.1%
2048	33.5%	31.8%
2049	33.2%	31.6%
2050	32.9%	31.3%

Children aged 0-14 make up 41.4% of the population in Cameroon and 39.3% in Madagascar in 2024, compared to 46.2% and 45.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Cameroon and Madagascar compared.

Natural population change in Cameroon vs Madagascar by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.78% in Cameroon and +2.57% in Madagascar. 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	Madagascar
1960	77,948	133,684
1961	82,471	136,578
1962	116,232	139,412
1963	119,784	142,666
1964	123,469	146,894
1965	129,428	152,362
1966	135,927	159,483
1967	144,370	167,287
1968	153,080	175,869
1969	162,603	184,562
1970	170,713	194,889
1971	179,317	204,617
1972	186,521	213,138
1973	193,997	221,768
1974	200,693	230,233
1975	206,986	238,774
1976	214,916	247,026
1977	222,785	255,399
1978	229,958	263,684
1979	238,875	270,752
1980	247,808	275,287
1981	262,076	277,535
1982	274,652	284,733
1983	276,112	290,085
1984	284,110	296,892
1985	296,317	304,199
1986	308,188	307,074
1987	320,134	317,621
1988	328,168	330,510
1989	334,649	344,279
1990	342,901	360,621
1991	350,493	375,040
1992	356,072	388,430
1993	360,785	408,801
1994	364,390	428,169
1995	367,532	450,259
1996	370,355	471,453
1997	377,138	490,905
1998	388,432	508,408
1999	401,969	516,976
2000	411,633	520,860
2001	422,511	529,656
2002	439,544	535,518
2003	459,422	544,903
2004	478,880	556,319
2005	496,547	568,143
2006	511,366	581,489
2007	526,949	597,772
2008	542,919	615,580
2009	557,841	634,008
2010	569,921	641,543
2011	580,607	640,577
2012	594,029	644,255
2013	606,072	654,230
2014	619,243	660,837
2015	649,190	668,977
2016	677,051	682,801
2017	696,496	699,498
2018	706,188	719,267
2019	714,681	735,853
2020	716,361	736,607
2021	713,806	741,416
2022	734,893	753,931
2023	754,486	766,391

Maternal mortality chart: Cameroon vs Madagascar

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 445 deaths in Madagascar.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Cameroon	Madagascar
1985	572	751
1986	579	730
1987	557	702
1988	559	687
1989	564	684
1990	570	692
1991	584	691
1992	595	699
1993	606	688
1994	628	688
1995	641	684
1996	648	680
1997	652	676
1998	666	663
1999	672	647
2000	678	638
2001	672	611
2002	658	593
2003	645	571
2004	633	555
2005	629	540
2006	615	528
2007	605	522
2008	592	510
2009	579	507
2010	562	500
2011	541	492
2012	500	487
2013	469	481
2014	440	477
2015	417	474
2016	393	470
2017	372	469
2018	354	466
2019	336	462
2020	316	447
2021	342	467
2022	276	439
2023	258	445

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 6.72% in Cameroon and 6.48% in Madagascar. 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	Madagascar
1960	28%	-
1961	27.4%	-
1962	26.9%	-
1963	26.4%	-
1964	26%	-
1965	25.4%	-
1966	24.7%	-
1967	24%	-
1968	23.1%	14.6%
1969	22.2%	14.7%
1970	21.3%	14.9%
1971	20.6%	15.1%
1972	20%	15.3%
1973	19.6%	15.6%
1974	19.3%	15.8%
1975	19.2%	16.1%
1976	19%	16.3%
1977	18.9%	16.5%
1978	18.7%	16.7%
1979	18.3%	16.9%
1980	17.9%	17.1%
1981	17.4%	17.4%
1982	16.8%	17.6%
1983	16.2%	17.8%
1984	15.5%	17.8%
1985	14.9%	17.7%
1986	14.4%	17.5%
1987	14%	17.1%
1988	13.8%	16.6%
1989	13.6%	16.1%
1990	13.7%	15.6%
1991	13.8%	15%
1992	14%	14.5%
1993	14.3%	14%
1994	14.5%	13.5%
1995	14.7%	13.1%
1996	14.8%	12.6%
1997	14.9%	12%
1998	14.8%	11.5%
1999	14.7%	11%
2000	14.4%	10.5%
2001	14.1%	10%
2002	13.8%	9.6%
2003	13.5%	9.2%
2004	13.1%	8.82%
2005	12.8%	8.46%
2006	12.5%	8.12%
2007	12.1%	7.81%
2008	11.8%	7.53%
2009	11.4%	7.28%
2010	11%	7.07%
2011	10.6%	6.9%
2012	10.2%	6.77%
2013	9.73%	6.69%
2014	9.31%	6.62%
2015	8.9%	6.58%
2016	8.56%	6.57%
2017	8.25%	6.57%
2018	7.97%	6.58%
2019	7.72%	6.61%
2020	7.46%	6.63%
2021	7.21%	6.62%
2022	6.95%	6.57%
2023	6.72%	6.48%