Fertility & birth rates in Cameroon and Senegal

Fertility rate in Cameroon vs Senegal 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 3.82 in Senegal in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Cameroon vs Senegal 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	Senegal
1960	5.73	7
1961	5.73	7.04
1962	5.73	7.08
1963	5.73	7.12
1964	5.74	7.16
1965	5.8	7.19
1966	5.85	7.22
1967	5.95	7.24
1968	6.04	7.25
1969	6.14	7.26
1970	6.2	7.26
1971	6.26	7.26
1972	6.29	7.26
1973	6.33	7.26
1974	6.36	7.25
1975	6.4	7.25
1976	6.45	7.26
1977	6.51	7.27
1978	6.55	7.28
1979	6.58	7.29
1980	6.61	7.29
1981	6.61	7.28
1982	6.59	7.25
1983	6.58	7.19
1984	6.56	7.11
1985	6.56	7.01
1986	6.57	6.9
1987	6.54	6.79
1988	6.48	6.58
1989	6.41	6.48
1990	6.36	6.4
1991	6.32	6.27
1992	6.26	6.15
1993	6.16	6.05
1994	6.04	5.92
1995	5.92	5.82
1996	5.8	5.72
1997	5.71	5.64
1998	5.66	5.58
1999	5.6	5.57
2000	5.51	5.5
2001	5.44	5.4
2002	5.44	5.3
2003	5.43	5.25
2004	5.44	5.19
2005	5.42	5.13
2006	5.37	5.06
2007	5.34	5.02
2008	5.29	5.02
2009	5.24	5.03
2010	5.15	5.06
2011	5.05	5.1
2012	4.98	5.13
2013	4.91	5.05
2014	4.84	4.88
2015	4.84	4.75
2016	4.84	4.65
2017	4.8	4.49
2018	4.74	4.29
2019	4.65	4.1
2020	4.56	4
2021	4.47	3.94
2022	4.4	3.86
2023	4.32	3.82
2024	4.26	3.76
2025	4.19	3.71
2026	4.12	3.66
2027	4.05	3.61
2028	4	3.57
2029	3.93	3.53
2030	3.88	3.49
2031	3.81	3.44
2032	3.76	3.4
2033	3.7	3.35
2034	3.65	3.32
2035	3.58	3.28
2036	3.55	3.24
2037	3.5	3.22
2038	3.44	3.17
2039	3.4	3.15
2040	3.35	3.11
2041	3.31	3.08
2042	3.25	3.05
2043	3.21	3.02
2044	3.17	2.99
2045	3.13	2.96
2046	3.09	2.93
2047	3.06	2.9
2048	3.02	2.87
2049	2.99	2.85
2050	2.96	2.82

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Cameroon	Senegal
1960	39.5%	44.2%
1961	39.9%	44.3%
1962	40.2%	44.3%
1963	40.4%	44.3%
1964	40.7%	44.3%
1965	40.9%	44.3%
1966	41.1%	44.3%
1967	41.3%	44.3%
1968	41.6%	44.2%
1969	41.8%	44.2%
1970	42%	44.2%
1971	42.3%	44.2%
1972	42.5%	44.2%
1973	42.8%	44.3%
1974	43%	44.4%
1975	43.2%	44.6%
1976	43.5%	44.8%
1977	43.8%	45.2%
1978	44.1%	45.6%
1979	44.4%	46%
1980	44.5%	46.4%
1981	44.6%	46.7%
1982	45%	46.9%
1983	45.6%	47.1%
1984	45.7%	47.2%
1985	45.8%	47.3%
1986	45.9%	47.3%
1987	46%	47.2%
1988	46.1%	47%
1989	46.1%	46.9%
1990	46.2%	46.6%
1991	46.2%	46.4%
1992	46.2%	46.1%
1993	46.1%	45.8%
1994	46%	45.4%
1995	45.9%	45.1%
1996	45.7%	44.9%
1997	45.5%	44.6%
1998	45.3%	44.4%
1999	45.1%	44.2%
2000	44.9%	43.9%
2001	44.7%	43.7%
2002	44.5%	43.5%
2003	44.3%	43.2%
2004	44.2%	43.1%
2005	44.1%	42.9%
2006	44%	42.8%
2007	43.9%	42.7%
2008	43.8%	42.7%
2009	43.8%	42.7%
2010	43.7%	42.7%
2011	43.7%	42.7%
2012	43.6%	42.7%
2013	43.5%	42.7%
2014	43.4%	42.6%
2015	43.2%	42.4%
2016	43%	42.1%
2017	43%	41.8%
2018	42.9%	41.3%
2019	42.7%	40.9%
2020	42.5%	40.3%
2021	42.3%	39.8%
2022	42.1%	39.2%
2023	41.8%	38.6%
2024	41.4%	38.2%
2025	41.1%	37.7%
2026	40.8%	37.3%
2027	40.5%	36.9%
2028	40.1%	36.6%
2029	39.8%	36.2%
2030	39.5%	35.9%
2031	39.1%	35.6%
2032	38.7%	35.4%
2033	38.3%	35.1%
2034	37.9%	34.9%
2035	37.5%	34.6%
2036	37.2%	34.4%
2037	36.8%	34.1%
2038	36.5%	33.9%
2039	36.2%	33.5%
2040	35.9%	33.2%
2041	35.6%	32.9%
2042	35.3%	32.6%
2043	35%	32.2%
2044	34.7%	31.9%
2045	34.4%	31.5%
2046	34.1%	31.2%
2047	33.8%	30.8%
2048	33.5%	30.5%
2049	33.2%	30.2%
2050	32.9%	29.8%

Children aged 0-14 make up 41.4% of the population in Cameroon and 38.2% in Senegal in 2024, compared to 46.2% and 46.6% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Cameroon and Senegal compared.

Natural population change in Cameroon vs Senegal by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.78% in Cameroon and +2.55% in Senegal. 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	Senegal
1960	77,948	84,735
1961	82,471	87,322
1962	116,232	89,937
1963	119,784	92,264
1964	123,469	94,797
1965	129,428	97,912
1966	135,927	101,359
1967	144,370	104,824
1968	153,080	108,240
1969	162,603	112,393
1970	170,713	117,264
1971	179,317	122,511
1972	186,521	128,024
1973	193,997	133,834
1974	200,693	139,974
1975	206,986	147,311
1976	214,916	154,776
1977	222,785	161,636
1978	229,958	167,744
1979	238,875	173,425
1980	247,808	179,707
1981	262,076	185,917
1982	274,652	191,309
1983	276,112	197,673
1984	284,110	203,125
1985	296,317	208,218
1986	308,188	212,887
1987	320,134	218,522
1988	328,168	221,772
1989	334,649	227,797
1990	342,901	234,155
1991	350,493	237,713
1992	356,072	241,482
1993	360,785	245,742
1994	364,390	249,115
1995	367,532	252,552
1996	370,355	255,418
1997	377,138	261,200
1998	388,432	267,404
1999	401,969	277,944
2000	411,633	283,946
2001	422,511	289,690
2002	439,544	298,842
2003	459,422	308,856
2004	478,880	317,286
2005	496,547	323,908
2006	511,366	331,364
2007	526,949	339,963
2008	542,919	351,661
2009	557,841	362,238
2010	569,921	372,934
2011	580,607	387,290
2012	594,029	402,243
2013	606,072	406,582
2014	619,243	405,019
2015	649,190	407,008
2016	677,051	411,480
2017	696,496	410,366
2018	706,188	405,454
2019	714,681	399,436
2020	716,361	400,910
2021	713,806	403,019
2022	734,893	415,507
2023	754,486	431,006

Maternal mortality chart: Cameroon vs Senegal

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 237 deaths in Senegal.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Cameroon	Senegal
1985	572	899
1986	579	820
1987	557	760
1988	559	709
1989	564	662
1990	570	640
1991	584	616
1992	595	598
1993	606	589
1994	628	579
1995	641	586
1996	648	601
1997	652	599
1998	666	605
1999	672	602
2000	678	581
2001	672	560
2002	658	531
2003	645	520
2004	633	501
2005	629	488
2006	615	462
2007	605	457
2008	592	463
2009	579	441
2010	562	436
2011	541	415
2012	500	405
2013	469	385
2014	440	373
2015	417	357
2016	393	345
2017	372	325
2018	354	305
2019	336	286
2020	316	252
2021	342	263
2022	276	228
2023	258	237

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 6.72% in Cameroon and 3.85% in Senegal. 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	Senegal
1960	28%	29.3%
1961	27.4%	29.4%
1962	26.9%	29.5%
1963	26.4%	29.6%
1964	26%	29.7%
1965	25.4%	29.7%
1966	24.7%	29.7%
1967	24%	29.6%
1968	23.1%	29.4%
1969	22.2%	29.2%
1970	21.3%	28.8%
1971	20.6%	28.4%
1972	20%	27.8%
1973	19.6%	27%
1974	19.3%	26.2%
1975	19.2%	25.3%
1976	19%	24.2%
1977	18.9%	23.1%
1978	18.7%	22.1%
1979	18.3%	21.2%
1980	17.9%	20.4%
1981	17.4%	19.7%
1982	16.8%	19.1%
1983	16.2%	18.5%
1984	15.5%	17.9%
1985	14.9%	17.1%
1986	14.4%	16.3%
1987	14%	15.4%
1988	13.8%	14.7%
1989	13.6%	14.1%
1990	13.7%	13.7%
1991	13.8%	13.6%
1992	14%	13.5%
1993	14.3%	13.6%
1994	14.5%	13.7%
1995	14.7%	13.8%
1996	14.8%	13.8%
1997	14.9%	13.9%
1998	14.8%	13.7%
1999	14.7%	13.4%
2000	14.4%	12.9%
2001	14.1%	12.2%
2002	13.8%	11.4%
2003	13.5%	10.5%
2004	13.1%	9.59%
2005	12.8%	8.8%
2006	12.5%	8.11%
2007	12.1%	7.52%
2008	11.8%	7.03%
2009	11.4%	6.63%
2010	11%	6.3%
2011	10.6%	6.01%
2012	10.2%	5.77%
2013	9.73%	5.57%
2014	9.31%	5.39%
2015	8.9%	5.24%
2016	8.56%	5.11%
2017	8.25%	4.97%
2018	7.97%	4.82%
2019	7.72%	4.65%
2020	7.46%	4.46%
2021	7.21%	4.25%
2022	6.95%	4.04%
2023	6.72%	3.85%