Fertility & birth rates in Cameroon and South Sudan

Fertility rate in Cameroon vs South Sudan 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 3.86 in South Sudan in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Cameroon vs South Sudan 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	South Sudan
1960	5.73	7.16
1961	5.73	7.18
1962	5.73	7.2
1963	5.73	7.2
1964	5.74	7.22
1965	5.8	7.22
1966	5.85	7.25
1967	5.95	7.26
1968	6.04	7.26
1969	6.14	7.28
1970	6.2	7.29
1971	6.26	7.3
1972	6.29	7.31
1973	6.33	7.31
1974	6.36	7.31
1975	6.4	7.33
1976	6.45	7.33
1977	6.51	7.33
1978	6.55	7.33
1979	6.58	7.32
1980	6.61	7.33
1981	6.61	7.33
1982	6.59	7.34
1983	6.58	7.34
1984	6.56	7.35
1985	6.56	7.36
1986	6.57	7.38
1987	6.54	7.39
1988	6.48	7.38
1989	6.41	7.37
1990	6.36	7.38
1991	6.32	7.38
1992	6.26	7.37
1993	6.16	7.36
1994	6.04	7.35
1995	5.92	7.34
1996	5.8	7.32
1997	5.71	7.2
1998	5.66	7.08
1999	5.6	6.94
2000	5.51	6.8
2001	5.44	6.65
2002	5.44	6.52
2003	5.43	6.35
2004	5.44	6.19
2005	5.42	6.02
2006	5.37	5.85
2007	5.34	5.7
2008	5.29	5.57
2009	5.24	5.45
2010	5.15	5.32
2011	5.05	5.19
2012	4.98	5.06
2013	4.91	4.94
2014	4.84	4.82
2015	4.84	4.7
2016	4.84	4.58
2017	4.8	4.48
2018	4.74	4.37
2019	4.65	4.26
2020	4.56	4.16
2021	4.47	4.05
2022	4.4	3.96
2023	4.32	3.86
2024	4.26	3.79
2025	4.19	3.71
2026	4.12	3.63
2027	4.05	3.56
2028	4	3.49
2029	3.93	3.43
2030	3.88	3.37
2031	3.81	3.31
2032	3.76	3.26
2033	3.7	3.2
2034	3.65	3.15
2035	3.58	3.1
2036	3.55	3.06
2037	3.5	3.01
2038	3.44	2.96
2039	3.4	2.92
2040	3.35	2.88
2041	3.31	2.84
2042	3.25	2.8
2043	3.21	2.76
2044	3.17	2.73
2045	3.13	2.69
2046	3.09	2.66
2047	3.06	2.63
2048	3.02	2.6
2049	2.99	2.58
2050	2.96	2.55

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Cameroon	South Sudan
1960	39.5%	42.5%
1961	39.9%	42.6%
1962	40.2%	42.6%
1963	40.4%	42.8%
1964	40.7%	43%
1965	40.9%	43.3%
1966	41.1%	43.5%
1967	41.3%	43.8%
1968	41.6%	44%
1969	41.8%	44.3%
1970	42%	44.5%
1971	42.3%	44.7%
1972	42.5%	44.8%
1973	42.8%	45%
1974	43%	45.1%
1975	43.2%	45.2%
1976	43.5%	45.3%
1977	43.8%	45.4%
1978	44.1%	45.5%
1979	44.4%	45.7%
1980	44.5%	45.8%
1981	44.6%	46%
1982	45%	46.2%
1983	45.6%	46.3%
1984	45.7%	46.5%
1985	45.8%	46.6%
1986	45.9%	46.7%
1987	46%	46.9%
1988	46.1%	46.2%
1989	46.1%	45.4%
1990	46.2%	45.4%
1991	46.2%	45.5%
1992	46.2%	45.6%
1993	46.1%	45.7%
1994	46%	45.8%
1995	45.9%	45.8%
1996	45.7%	46%
1997	45.5%	46%
1998	45.3%	45.8%
1999	45.1%	45.6%
2000	44.9%	45.5%
2001	44.7%	45.5%
2002	44.5%	45.7%
2003	44.3%	45.9%
2004	44.2%	45.8%
2005	44.1%	45.3%
2006	44%	44.8%
2007	43.9%	44.3%
2008	43.8%	43.8%
2009	43.8%	43.4%
2010	43.7%	42.8%
2011	43.7%	42.2%
2012	43.6%	41.9%
2013	43.5%	41.9%
2014	43.4%	42.5%
2015	43.2%	43.1%
2016	43%	43.7%
2017	43%	45%
2018	42.9%	44.9%
2019	42.7%	43.6%
2020	42.5%	42.4%
2021	42.3%	41.6%
2022	42.1%	40.9%
2023	41.8%	39.9%
2024	41.4%	38.9%
2025	41.1%	38%
2026	40.8%	37.1%
2027	40.5%	36.2%
2028	40.1%	35.5%
2029	39.8%	35%
2030	39.5%	34.7%
2031	39.1%	34.5%
2032	38.7%	34.4%
2033	38.3%	34.3%
2034	37.9%	34.3%
2035	37.5%	34.2%
2036	37.2%	34.1%
2037	36.8%	34%
2038	36.5%	33.8%
2039	36.2%	33.7%
2040	35.9%	33.4%
2041	35.6%	33.2%
2042	35.3%	32.9%
2043	35%	32.5%
2044	34.7%	32.2%
2045	34.4%	31.8%
2046	34.1%	31.4%
2047	33.8%	31%
2048	33.5%	30.5%
2049	33.2%	30.1%
2050	32.9%	29.7%

Children aged 0-14 make up 41.4% of the population in Cameroon and 38.9% in South Sudan in 2024, compared to 46.2% and 45.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Cameroon and South Sudan compared.

Natural population change in Cameroon vs South Sudan by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.78% in Cameroon and +1.65% in South Sudan. 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	South Sudan
1960	77,948	42,945
1961	82,471	45,186
1962	116,232	47,406
1963	119,784	46,333
1964	123,469	64,786
1965	129,428	51,682
1966	135,927	38,523
1967	144,370	41,357
1968	153,080	44,213
1969	162,603	42,015
1970	170,713	44,776
1971	179,317	72,308
1972	186,521	74,803
1973	193,997	94,765
1974	200,693	97,181
1975	206,986	99,882
1976	214,916	102,346
1977	222,785	104,886
1978	229,958	107,352
1979	238,875	109,540
1980	247,808	112,307
1981	262,076	115,163
1982	274,652	118,641
1983	276,112	104,107
1984	284,110	90,970
1985	296,317	95,342
1986	308,188	99,502
1987	320,134	5,756
1988	328,168	-125,447
1989	334,649	83,735
1990	342,901	82,900
1991	350,493	87,873
1992	356,072	28,874
1993	360,785	32,779
1994	364,390	165,407
1995	367,532	110,417
1996	370,355	116,728
1997	377,138	121,454
1998	388,432	-12,157
1999	401,969	180,721
2000	411,633	196,055
2001	422,511	204,108
2002	439,544	212,014
2003	459,422	225,822
2004	478,880	231,877
2005	496,547	239,272
2006	511,366	246,706
2007	526,949	256,546
2008	542,919	268,268
2009	557,841	278,859
2010	569,921	287,409
2011	580,607	303,181
2012	594,029	312,974
2013	606,072	315,983
2014	619,243	227,611
2015	649,190	148,542
2016	677,051	110,553
2017	696,496	72,193
2018	706,188	168,497
2019	714,681	209,708
2020	716,361	212,332
2021	713,806	213,567
2022	734,893	211,166
2023	754,486	217,966

Maternal mortality chart: Cameroon vs South Sudan

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 692 deaths in South Sudan.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Cameroon	South Sudan
1985	572	3,845
1986	579	3,720
1987	557	8,045
1988	559	5,535
1989	564	5,103
1990	570	4,877
1991	584	4,764
1992	595	7,597
1993	606	7,537
1994	628	1,666
1995	641	4,430
1996	648	4,357
1997	652	4,172
1998	666	7,514
1999	672	2,048
2000	678	1,658
2001	672	1,580
2002	658	1,521
2003	645	1,199
2004	633	1,150
2005	629	1,074
2006	615	1,005
2007	605	933
2008	592	858
2009	579	823
2010	562	776
2011	541	770
2012	500	755
2013	469	771
2014	440	1,216
2015	417	1,436
2016	393	1,629
2017	372	1,662
2018	354	913
2019	336	745
2020	316	729
2021	342	749
2022	276	704
2023	258	692

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 6.72% in Cameroon and 9.87% in South Sudan. 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	South Sudan
1960	28%	35.5%
1961	27.4%	35.2%
1962	26.9%	34.9%
1963	26.4%	34.6%
1964	26%	34.3%
1965	25.4%	34%
1966	24.7%	33.6%
1967	24%	33.3%
1968	23.1%	32.9%
1969	22.2%	32.6%
1970	21.3%	32.3%
1971	20.6%	31.9%
1972	20%	31.6%
1973	19.6%	31.3%
1974	19.3%	30.9%
1975	19.2%	30.6%
1976	19%	30.2%
1977	18.9%	29.9%
1978	18.7%	29.5%
1979	18.3%	29.2%
1980	17.9%	28.9%
1981	17.4%	28.5%
1982	16.8%	28.2%
1983	16.2%	27.8%
1984	15.5%	27.5%
1985	14.9%	27.1%
1986	14.4%	26.7%
1987	14%	36%
1988	13.8%	76.7%
1989	13.6%	30.7%
1990	13.7%	30.3%
1991	13.8%	29.7%
1992	14%	33.8%
1993	14.3%	33.1%
1994	14.5%	23%
1995	14.7%	27%
1996	14.8%	26.1%
1997	14.9%	25.2%
1998	14.8%	42.6%
1999	14.7%	19.2%
2000	14.4%	18.3%
2001	14.1%	17.4%
2002	13.8%	16.5%
2003	13.5%	15.7%
2004	13.1%	14.8%
2005	12.8%	14.1%
2006	12.5%	13.4%
2007	12.1%	12.7%
2008	11.8%	12.1%
2009	11.4%	11.5%
2010	11%	10.9%
2011	10.6%	10.5%
2012	10.2%	10.1%
2013	9.73%	9.92%
2014	9.31%	18.2%
2015	8.9%	23.7%
2016	8.56%	26.4%
2017	8.25%	27.8%
2018	7.97%	13.2%
2019	7.72%	9.87%
2020	7.46%	9.87%
2021	7.21%	9.87%
2022	6.95%	9.87%
2023	6.72%	9.87%