Fertility & birth rates in Cameroon and Morocco

Fertility rate in Cameroon vs Morocco 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 2.23 in Morocco in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Cameroon vs Morocco 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	Morocco
1960	5.73	6.89
1961	5.73	6.97
1962	5.73	7.05
1963	5.73	7.01
1964	5.74	6.97
1965	5.8	6.93
1966	5.85	6.89
1967	5.95	6.85
1968	6.04	6.79
1969	6.14	6.73
1970	6.2	6.68
1971	6.26	6.62
1972	6.29	6.55
1973	6.33	6.48
1974	6.36	6.4
1975	6.4	6.3
1976	6.45	6.18
1977	6.51	6.04
1978	6.55	5.91
1979	6.58	5.85
1980	6.61	5.78
1981	6.61	5.71
1982	6.59	5.6
1983	6.58	5.41
1984	6.56	5.2
1985	6.56	4.99
1986	6.57	4.77
1987	6.54	4.58
1988	6.48	4.39
1989	6.41	4.22
1990	6.36	4.06
1991	6.32	3.95
1992	6.26	3.76
1993	6.16	3.55
1994	6.04	3.41
1995	5.92	3.3
1996	5.8	3.23
1997	5.71	3.15
1998	5.66	3.04
1999	5.6	2.88
2000	5.51	2.77
2001	5.44	2.69
2002	5.44	2.62
2003	5.43	2.61
2004	5.44	2.61
2005	5.42	2.61
2006	5.37	2.61
2007	5.34	2.62
2008	5.29	2.61
2009	5.24	2.62
2010	5.15	2.63
2011	5.05	2.6
2012	4.98	2.54
2013	4.91	2.48
2014	4.84	2.42
2015	4.84	2.41
2016	4.84	2.4
2017	4.8	2.38
2018	4.74	2.35
2019	4.65	2.34
2020	4.56	2.32
2021	4.47	2.29
2022	4.4	2.26
2023	4.32	2.23
2024	4.26	2.21
2025	4.19	2.18
2026	4.12	2.16
2027	4.05	2.14
2028	4	2.12
2029	3.93	2.1
2030	3.88	2.08
2031	3.81	2.06
2032	3.76	2.05
2033	3.7	2.03
2034	3.65	2.02
2035	3.58	2
2036	3.55	1.99
2037	3.5	1.98
2038	3.44	1.96
2039	3.4	1.95
2040	3.35	1.94
2041	3.31	1.93
2042	3.25	1.92
2043	3.21	1.91
2044	3.17	1.9
2045	3.13	1.89
2046	3.09	1.89
2047	3.06	1.88
2048	3.02	1.88
2049	2.99	1.87
2050	2.96	1.86

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Cameroon	Morocco
1960	39.5%	44.9%
1961	39.9%	45.4%
1962	40.2%	45.9%
1963	40.4%	46.3%
1964	40.7%	46.5%
1965	40.9%	46.6%
1966	41.1%	46.8%
1967	41.3%	46.8%
1968	41.6%	46.9%
1969	41.8%	46.8%
1970	42%	46.7%
1971	42.3%	46.6%
1972	42.5%	46.4%
1973	42.8%	46.3%
1974	43%	46.1%
1975	43.2%	45.8%
1976	43.5%	45.6%
1977	43.8%	45.3%
1978	44.1%	44.9%
1979	44.4%	44.6%
1980	44.5%	44.3%
1981	44.6%	44%
1982	45%	43.7%
1983	45.6%	43.4%
1984	45.7%	43.1%
1985	45.8%	42.7%
1986	45.9%	42.3%
1987	46%	41.8%
1988	46.1%	41.3%
1989	46.1%	40.8%
1990	46.2%	40.2%
1991	46.2%	39.6%
1992	46.2%	39%
1993	46.1%	38.4%
1994	46%	37.7%
1995	45.9%	37%
1996	45.7%	36.4%
1997	45.5%	35.8%
1998	45.3%	35.2%
1999	45.1%	34.6%
2000	44.9%	34%
2001	44.7%	33.5%
2002	44.5%	32.9%
2003	44.3%	32.4%
2004	44.2%	31.8%
2005	44.1%	31.2%
2006	44%	30.7%
2007	43.9%	30.2%
2008	43.8%	29.8%
2009	43.8%	29.5%
2010	43.7%	29.2%
2011	43.7%	29%
2012	43.6%	28.7%
2013	43.5%	28.5%
2014	43.4%	28.3%
2015	43.2%	28.1%
2016	43%	27.8%
2017	43%	27.6%
2018	42.9%	27.4%
2019	42.7%	27.2%
2020	42.5%	27%
2021	42.3%	26.7%
2022	42.1%	26.4%
2023	41.8%	26%
2024	41.4%	25.6%
2025	41.1%	25.2%
2026	40.8%	24.8%
2027	40.5%	24.3%
2028	40.1%	23.9%
2029	39.8%	23.6%
2030	39.5%	23.2%
2031	39.1%	22.9%
2032	38.7%	22.5%
2033	38.3%	22.2%
2034	37.9%	21.9%
2035	37.5%	21.6%
2036	37.2%	21.3%
2037	36.8%	21.1%
2038	36.5%	20.8%
2039	36.2%	20.6%
2040	35.9%	20.4%
2041	35.6%	20.2%
2042	35.3%	20.1%
2043	35%	19.9%
2044	34.7%	19.7%
2045	34.4%	19.6%
2046	34.1%	19.4%
2047	33.8%	19.3%
2048	33.5%	19.1%
2049	33.2%	19%
2050	32.9%	18.8%

Children aged 0-14 make up 41.4% of the population in Cameroon and 25.6% in Morocco in 2024, compared to 46.2% and 40.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Cameroon and Morocco compared.

Natural population change in Cameroon vs Morocco by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.78% in Cameroon and +1.25% in Morocco. 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	Morocco
1960	77,948	323,499
1961	82,471	348,650
1962	116,232	363,843
1963	119,784	369,250
1964	123,469	375,835
1965	129,428	383,989
1966	135,927	391,881
1967	144,370	400,594
1968	153,080	407,437
1969	162,603	414,931
1970	170,713	426,015
1971	179,317	435,104
1972	186,521	446,449
1973	193,997	455,699
1974	200,693	464,147
1975	206,986	474,631
1976	214,916	482,130
1977	222,785	489,173
1978	229,958	498,834
1979	238,875	515,554
1980	247,808	534,448
1981	262,076	552,936
1982	274,652	564,904
1983	276,112	566,301
1984	284,110	564,159
1985	296,317	560,810
1986	308,188	558,105
1987	320,134	553,005
1988	328,168	545,800
1989	334,649	538,996
1990	342,901	535,506
1991	350,493	539,850
1992	356,072	525,680
1993	360,785	507,707
1994	364,390	501,426
1995	367,532	496,573
1996	370,355	501,499
1997	377,138	500,807
1998	388,432	492,604
1999	401,969	473,071
2000	411,633	461,341
2001	422,511	452,621
2002	439,544	446,147
2003	459,422	452,650
2004	478,880	461,756
2005	496,547	474,285
2006	511,366	483,200
2007	526,949	493,526
2008	542,919	499,766
2009	557,841	509,386
2010	569,921	515,804
2011	580,607	513,305
2012	594,029	504,698
2013	606,072	492,284
2014	619,243	481,295
2015	649,190	477,654
2016	677,051	474,637
2017	696,496	471,011
2018	706,188	464,375
2019	714,681	457,307
2020	716,361	415,999
2021	713,806	407,829
2022	734,893	427,903
2023	754,486	417,213

Maternal mortality chart: Cameroon vs Morocco

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 70 deaths in Morocco.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Cameroon	Morocco
1985	572	752
1986	579	697
1987	557	650
1988	559	602
1989	564	559
1990	570	522
1991	584	490
1992	595	458
1993	606	428
1994	628	401
1995	641	378
1996	648	354
1997	652	333
1998	666	313
1999	672	291
2000	678	271
2001	672	254
2002	658	238
2003	645	224
2004	633	213
2005	629	196
2006	615	182
2007	605	169
2008	592	158
2009	579	148
2010	562	140
2011	541	130
2012	500	121
2013	469	113
2014	440	106
2015	417	100
2016	393	94
2017	372	88
2018	354	83
2019	336	79
2020	316	81
2021	342	92
2022	276	71
2023	258	70

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 6.72% in Cameroon and 1.66% in Morocco. 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	Morocco
1960	28%	24.4%
1961	27.4%	23.9%
1962	26.9%	23.4%
1963	26.4%	22.9%
1964	26%	22.3%
1965	25.4%	21.8%
1966	24.7%	21.2%
1967	24%	20.6%
1968	23.1%	20.1%
1969	22.2%	19.6%
1970	21.3%	19.1%
1971	20.6%	18.7%
1972	20%	18.3%
1973	19.6%	17.8%
1974	19.3%	17.4%
1975	19.2%	16.8%
1976	19%	16.2%
1977	18.9%	15.6%
1978	18.7%	14.9%
1979	18.3%	14.2%
1980	17.9%	13.5%
1981	17.4%	12.8%
1982	16.8%	12.1%
1983	16.2%	11.5%
1984	15.5%	10.9%
1985	14.9%	10.3%
1986	14.4%	9.79%
1987	14%	9.3%
1988	13.8%	8.86%
1989	13.6%	8.45%
1990	13.7%	8.08%
1991	13.8%	7.73%
1992	14%	7.4%
1993	14.3%	7.09%
1994	14.5%	6.78%
1995	14.7%	6.49%
1996	14.8%	6.21%
1997	14.9%	5.94%
1998	14.8%	5.69%
1999	14.7%	5.45%
2000	14.4%	5.22%
2001	14.1%	5.01%
2002	13.8%	4.79%
2003	13.5%	4.57%
2004	13.1%	4.36%
2005	12.8%	4.13%
2006	12.5%	3.91%
2007	12.1%	3.7%
2008	11.8%	3.49%
2009	11.4%	3.29%
2010	11%	3.11%
2011	10.6%	2.93%
2012	10.2%	2.77%
2013	9.73%	2.62%
2014	9.31%	2.47%
2015	8.9%	2.34%
2016	8.56%	2.22%
2017	8.25%	2.11%
2018	7.97%	2.02%
2019	7.72%	1.94%
2020	7.46%	1.86%
2021	7.21%	1.79%
2022	6.95%	1.72%
2023	6.72%	1.66%