Fertility & birth rates in Cameroon and Mali

Fertility rate in Cameroon vs Mali 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 5.61 in Mali in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Cameroon vs Mali 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	Mali
1960	5.73	7.02
1961	5.73	7.03
1962	5.73	7.04
1963	5.73	7.05
1964	5.74	7.06
1965	5.8	7.08
1966	5.85	7.11
1967	5.95	7.14
1968	6.04	7.16
1969	6.14	7.18
1970	6.2	7.18
1971	6.26	7.2
1972	6.29	7.22
1973	6.33	7.22
1974	6.36	7.23
1975	6.4	7.25
1976	6.45	7.27
1977	6.51	7.3
1978	6.55	7.32
1979	6.58	7.35
1980	6.61	7.37
1981	6.61	7.37
1982	6.59	7.32
1983	6.58	7.28
1984	6.56	7.26
1985	6.56	7.26
1986	6.57	7.31
1987	6.54	7.31
1988	6.48	7.32
1989	6.41	7.33
1990	6.36	7.31
1991	6.32	7.28
1992	6.26	7.24
1993	6.16	7.18
1994	6.04	7.12
1995	5.92	7.05
1996	5.8	7.01
1997	5.71	6.97
1998	5.66	6.94
1999	5.6	6.91
2000	5.51	6.89
2001	5.44	6.85
2002	5.44	6.82
2003	5.43	6.78
2004	5.44	6.74
2005	5.42	6.71
2006	5.37	6.68
2007	5.34	6.65
2008	5.29	6.62
2009	5.24	6.59
2010	5.15	6.58
2011	5.05	6.55
2012	4.98	6.52
2013	4.91	6.49
2014	4.84	6.44
2015	4.84	6.39
2016	4.84	6.32
2017	4.8	6.25
2018	4.74	6.12
2019	4.65	5.89
2020	4.56	5.85
2021	4.47	5.78
2022	4.4	5.69
2023	4.32	5.61
2024	4.26	5.51
2025	4.19	5.42
2026	4.12	5.33
2027	4.05	5.24
2028	4	5.15
2029	3.93	5.07
2030	3.88	4.96
2031	3.81	4.88
2032	3.76	4.78
2033	3.7	4.7
2034	3.65	4.6
2035	3.58	4.49
2036	3.55	4.41
2037	3.5	4.32
2038	3.44	4.24
2039	3.4	4.14
2040	3.35	4.05
2041	3.31	3.97
2042	3.25	3.89
2043	3.21	3.82
2044	3.17	3.75
2045	3.13	3.69
2046	3.09	3.62
2047	3.06	3.55
2048	3.02	3.49
2049	2.99	3.42
2050	2.96	3.37

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Cameroon	Mali
1960	39.5%	40.3%
1961	39.9%	40.4%
1962	40.2%	40.4%
1963	40.4%	40.5%
1964	40.7%	40.6%
1965	40.9%	40.7%
1966	41.1%	40.8%
1967	41.3%	40.9%
1968	41.6%	41%
1969	41.8%	41.2%
1970	42%	41.3%
1971	42.3%	41.5%
1972	42.5%	41.7%
1973	42.8%	41.9%
1974	43%	42.1%
1975	43.2%	42.4%
1976	43.5%	42.7%
1977	43.8%	43%
1978	44.1%	43.2%
1979	44.4%	43.6%
1980	44.5%	43.9%
1981	44.6%	44.2%
1982	45%	44.5%
1983	45.6%	44.7%
1984	45.7%	45%
1985	45.8%	45.3%
1986	45.9%	45.7%
1987	46%	46%
1988	46.1%	46.4%
1989	46.1%	46.7%
1990	46.2%	46.8%
1991	46.2%	47%
1992	46.2%	47.1%
1993	46.1%	47.1%
1994	46%	47.1%
1995	45.9%	47.1%
1996	45.7%	47%
1997	45.5%	47%
1998	45.3%	46.8%
1999	45.1%	46.7%
2000	44.9%	46.6%
2001	44.7%	46.5%
2002	44.5%	46.4%
2003	44.3%	46.4%
2004	44.2%	46.4%
2005	44.1%	46.4%
2006	44%	46.5%
2007	43.9%	46.6%
2008	43.8%	46.8%
2009	43.8%	46.9%
2010	43.7%	47.1%
2011	43.7%	47.3%
2012	43.6%	47.6%
2013	43.5%	47.9%
2014	43.4%	48%
2015	43.2%	48%
2016	43%	48%
2017	43%	47.9%
2018	42.9%	47.8%
2019	42.7%	47.6%
2020	42.5%	47.3%
2021	42.3%	47%
2022	42.1%	46.8%
2023	41.8%	46.5%
2024	41.4%	46.1%
2025	41.1%	45.8%
2026	40.8%	45.4%
2027	40.5%	45.1%
2028	40.1%	44.7%
2029	39.8%	44.4%
2030	39.5%	44%
2031	39.1%	43.7%
2032	38.7%	43.4%
2033	38.3%	43%
2034	37.9%	42.7%
2035	37.5%	42.4%
2036	37.2%	42.1%
2037	36.8%	41.8%
2038	36.5%	41.5%
2039	36.2%	41.1%
2040	35.9%	40.8%
2041	35.6%	40.4%
2042	35.3%	40%
2043	35%	39.6%
2044	34.7%	39.2%
2045	34.4%	38.8%
2046	34.1%	38.4%
2047	33.8%	38%
2048	33.5%	37.6%
2049	33.2%	37.1%
2050	32.9%	36.7%

Children aged 0-14 make up 41.4% of the population in Cameroon and 46.1% in Mali in 2024, compared to 46.2% and 46.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Cameroon and Mali compared.

Natural population change in Cameroon vs Mali by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.78% in Cameroon and +3.25% in Mali. 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	Mali
1960	77,948	88,802
1961	82,471	91,115
1962	116,232	93,101
1963	119,784	95,055
1964	123,469	97,166
1965	129,428	100,451
1966	135,927	103,684
1967	144,370	107,650
1968	153,080	111,403
1969	162,603	114,361
1970	170,713	118,952
1971	179,317	123,591
1972	186,521	129,687
1973	193,997	135,801
1974	200,693	142,448
1975	206,986	150,222
1976	214,916	157,778
1977	222,785	165,071
1978	229,958	172,652
1979	238,875	182,449
1980	247,808	190,560
1981	262,076	198,227
1982	274,652	204,892
1983	276,112	211,795
1984	284,110	218,078
1985	296,317	224,734
1986	308,188	233,799
1987	320,134	238,871
1988	328,168	245,682
1989	334,649	249,929
1990	342,901	252,308
1991	350,493	261,656
1992	356,072	267,605
1993	360,785	274,480
1994	364,390	282,356
1995	367,532	285,598
1996	370,355	293,953
1997	377,138	308,429
1998	388,432	323,940
1999	401,969	343,705
2000	411,633	359,159
2001	422,511	376,472
2002	439,544	396,732
2003	459,422	417,766
2004	478,880	439,717
2005	496,547	460,964
2006	511,366	477,665
2007	526,949	495,800
2008	542,919	514,665
2009	557,841	533,730
2010	569,921	554,447
2011	580,607	570,899
2012	594,029	588,748
2013	606,072	597,887
2014	619,243	614,419
2015	649,190	630,006
2016	677,051	645,652
2017	696,496	661,973
2018	706,188	670,723
2019	714,681	667,110
2020	716,361	683,053
2021	713,806	703,674
2022	734,893	726,465
2023	754,486	746,398

Maternal mortality chart: Cameroon vs Mali

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 367 deaths in Mali.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Cameroon	Mali
1985	572	1,217
1986	579	1,184
1987	557	1,142
1988	559	1,128
1989	564	1,106
1990	570	1,087
1991	584	1,063
1992	595	1,024
1993	606	988
1994	628	935
1995	641	895
1996	648	875
1997	652	820
1998	666	781
1999	672	749
2000	678	741
2001	672	694
2002	658	649
2003	645	616
2004	633	592
2005	629	577
2006	615	568
2007	605	574
2008	592	573
2009	579	565
2010	562	558
2011	541	553
2012	500	549
2013	469	525
2014	440	507
2015	417	490
2016	393	472
2017	372	453
2018	354	434
2019	336	416
2020	316	405
2021	342	415
2022	276	381
2023	258	367

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 6.72% in Cameroon and 9.13% in Mali. 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	Mali
1960	28%	-
1961	27.4%	-
1962	26.9%	-
1963	26.4%	42.6%
1964	26%	41.9%
1965	25.4%	41.2%
1966	24.7%	40.5%
1967	24%	39.8%
1968	23.1%	39.2%
1969	22.2%	38.6%
1970	21.3%	38%
1971	20.6%	37.3%
1972	20%	36.7%
1973	19.6%	36%
1974	19.3%	35.2%
1975	19.2%	34.4%
1976	19%	33.6%
1977	18.9%	32.7%
1978	18.7%	31.8%
1979	18.3%	31%
1980	17.9%	30.2%
1981	17.4%	29.3%
1982	16.8%	28.5%
1983	16.2%	27.7%
1984	15.5%	26.9%
1985	14.9%	26.1%
1986	14.4%	25.4%
1987	14%	24.8%
1988	13.8%	24.2%
1989	13.6%	23.6%
1990	13.7%	23.1%
1991	13.8%	22.7%
1992	14%	22.3%
1993	14.3%	21.9%
1994	14.5%	21.5%
1995	14.7%	21.2%
1996	14.8%	20.8%
1997	14.9%	20.4%
1998	14.8%	19.9%
1999	14.7%	19.4%
2000	14.4%	18.8%
2001	14.1%	18.2%
2002	13.8%	17.5%
2003	13.5%	16.9%
2004	13.1%	16.3%
2005	12.8%	15.7%
2006	12.5%	15.2%
2007	12.1%	14.7%
2008	11.8%	14.3%
2009	11.4%	13.8%
2010	11%	13.4%
2011	10.6%	13%
2012	10.2%	12.6%
2013	9.73%	12.2%
2014	9.31%	11.9%
2015	8.9%	11.6%
2016	8.56%	11.2%
2017	8.25%	10.9%
2018	7.97%	10.6%
2019	7.72%	10.3%
2020	7.46%	10%
2021	7.21%	9.69%
2022	6.95%	9.4%
2023	6.72%	9.13%