Fertility & birth rates in Cameroon and Tanzania

Fertility rate in Cameroon vs Tanzania 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 4.61 in Tanzania in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Cameroon vs Tanzania 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	Tanzania
1960	5.73	6.54
1961	5.73	6.56
1962	5.73	6.61
1963	5.73	6.65
1964	5.74	6.68
1965	5.8	6.73
1966	5.85	6.8
1967	5.95	6.86
1968	6.04	6.9
1969	6.14	6.95
1970	6.2	7
1971	6.26	7.04
1972	6.29	7.05
1973	6.33	7.06
1974	6.36	7.12
1975	6.4	7.1
1976	6.45	7.09
1977	6.51	7.07
1978	6.55	7.06
1979	6.58	7.04
1980	6.61	6.99
1981	6.61	6.93
1982	6.59	6.87
1983	6.58	6.81
1984	6.56	6.72
1985	6.56	6.6
1986	6.57	6.49
1987	6.54	6.41
1988	6.48	6.38
1989	6.41	6.3
1990	6.36	6.2
1991	6.32	6.14
1992	6.26	6.08
1993	6.16	6
1994	6.04	5.89
1995	5.92	5.82
1996	5.8	5.83
1997	5.71	5.84
1998	5.66	5.81
1999	5.6	5.75
2000	5.51	5.67
2001	5.44	5.62
2002	5.44	5.57
2003	5.43	5.58
2004	5.44	5.6
2005	5.42	5.58
2006	5.37	5.51
2007	5.34	5.4
2008	5.29	5.32
2009	5.24	5.26
2010	5.15	5.23
2011	5.05	5.14
2012	4.98	5.14
2013	4.91	5.16
2014	4.84	5.12
2015	4.84	5.03
2016	4.84	5.01
2017	4.8	4.99
2018	4.74	4.93
2019	4.65	4.87
2020	4.56	4.8
2021	4.47	4.73
2022	4.4	4.67
2023	4.32	4.61
2024	4.26	4.54
2025	4.19	4.47
2026	4.12	4.41
2027	4.05	4.34
2028	4	4.28
2029	3.93	4.22
2030	3.88	4.16
2031	3.81	4.11
2032	3.76	4.04
2033	3.7	3.98
2034	3.65	3.94
2035	3.58	3.88
2036	3.55	3.83
2037	3.5	3.76
2038	3.44	3.72
2039	3.4	3.67
2040	3.35	3.63
2041	3.31	3.57
2042	3.25	3.54
2043	3.21	3.49
2044	3.17	3.46
2045	3.13	3.4
2046	3.09	3.39
2047	3.06	3.35
2048	3.02	3.31
2049	2.99	3.25
2050	2.96	3.23

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Cameroon	Tanzania
1960	39.5%	44.9%
1961	39.9%	44.8%
1962	40.2%	44.8%
1963	40.4%	44.8%
1964	40.7%	45%
1965	40.9%	45.2%
1966	41.1%	45.4%
1967	41.3%	45.6%
1968	41.6%	45.8%
1969	41.8%	45.9%
1970	42%	46%
1971	42.3%	46.1%
1972	42.5%	46.1%
1973	42.8%	46.2%
1974	43%	46.3%
1975	43.2%	46.4%
1976	43.5%	46.5%
1977	43.8%	46.6%
1978	44.1%	46.7%
1979	44.4%	46.9%
1980	44.5%	47.2%
1981	44.6%	47.4%
1982	45%	47.5%
1983	45.6%	47.6%
1984	45.7%	47.5%
1985	45.8%	47.4%
1986	45.9%	47.2%
1987	46%	46.9%
1988	46.1%	46.7%
1989	46.1%	46.5%
1990	46.2%	46.3%
1991	46.2%	46.2%
1992	46.2%	46%
1993	46.1%	45.5%
1994	46%	44.9%
1995	45.9%	44.5%
1996	45.7%	44.7%
1997	45.5%	44.8%
1998	45.3%	44.7%
1999	45.1%	44.7%
2000	44.9%	44.6%
2001	44.7%	44.5%
2002	44.5%	44.6%
2003	44.3%	44.6%
2004	44.2%	44.7%
2005	44.1%	44.8%
2006	44%	44.9%
2007	43.9%	45%
2008	43.8%	45.1%
2009	43.8%	45.3%
2010	43.7%	45.3%
2011	43.7%	45.2%
2012	43.6%	45.1%
2013	43.5%	44.9%
2014	43.4%	44.8%
2015	43.2%	44.5%
2016	43%	44.2%
2017	43%	44%
2018	42.9%	43.8%
2019	42.7%	43.6%
2020	42.5%	43.4%
2021	42.3%	43.1%
2022	42.1%	42.9%
2023	41.8%	42.7%
2024	41.4%	42.5%
2025	41.1%	42.3%
2026	40.8%	42.1%
2027	40.5%	41.9%
2028	40.1%	41.7%
2029	39.8%	41.4%
2030	39.5%	41.1%
2031	39.1%	40.9%
2032	38.7%	40.5%
2033	38.3%	40.2%
2034	37.9%	39.8%
2035	37.5%	39.5%
2036	37.2%	39.1%
2037	36.8%	38.8%
2038	36.5%	38.4%
2039	36.2%	38.1%
2040	35.9%	37.8%
2041	35.6%	37.5%
2042	35.3%	37.1%
2043	35%	36.8%
2044	34.7%	36.5%
2045	34.4%	36.2%
2046	34.1%	35.9%
2047	33.8%	35.6%
2048	33.5%	35.4%
2049	33.2%	35.1%
2050	32.9%	34.8%

Children aged 0-14 make up 41.4% of the population in Cameroon and 42.5% in Tanzania in 2024, compared to 46.2% and 46.3% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Cameroon and Tanzania compared.

Natural population change in Cameroon vs Tanzania by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.78% in Cameroon and +3.05% in Tanzania. 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	Tanzania
1960	77,948	275,814
1961	82,471	286,839
1962	116,232	300,663
1963	119,784	314,644
1964	123,469	328,527
1965	129,428	343,456
1966	135,927	360,229
1967	144,370	374,763
1968	153,080	389,467
1969	162,603	408,322
1970	170,713	427,988
1971	179,317	449,014
1972	186,521	467,305
1973	193,997	488,429
1974	200,693	515,152
1975	206,986	533,906
1976	214,916	553,617
1977	222,785	574,938
1978	229,958	595,024
1979	238,875	613,388
1980	247,808	629,444
1981	262,076	645,496
1982	274,652	662,627
1983	276,112	679,720
1984	284,110	687,435
1985	296,317	697,867
1986	308,188	705,677
1987	320,134	718,580
1988	328,168	736,551
1989	334,649	743,854
1990	342,901	750,825
1991	350,493	762,011
1992	356,072	767,961
1993	360,785	778,044
1994	364,390	803,953
1995	367,532	838,980
1996	370,355	868,524
1997	377,138	882,544
1998	388,432	920,806
1999	401,969	948,659
2000	411,633	985,185
2001	422,511	1,026,242
2002	439,544	1,063,195
2003	459,422	1,118,435
2004	478,880	1,175,379
2005	496,547	1,224,165
2006	511,366	1,257,927
2007	526,949	1,278,285
2008	542,919	1,303,728
2009	557,841	1,332,015
2010	569,921	1,363,477
2011	580,607	1,384,886
2012	594,029	1,439,325
2013	606,072	1,509,008
2014	619,243	1,565,630
2015	649,190	1,592,882
2016	677,051	1,659,502
2017	696,496	1,726,909
2018	706,188	1,777,852
2019	714,681	1,816,669
2020	716,361	1,861,377
2021	713,806	1,880,137
2022	734,893	1,927,960
2023	754,486	1,960,623

Maternal mortality chart: Cameroon vs Tanzania

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 276 deaths in Tanzania.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Cameroon	Tanzania
1985	572	980
1986	579	971
1987	557	964
1988	559	949
1989	564	927
1990	570	900
1991	584	873
1992	595	864
1993	606	851
1994	628	816
1995	641	797
1996	648	775
1997	652	777
1998	666	739
1999	672	635
2000	678	568
2001	672	493
2002	658	454
2003	645	397
2004	633	365
2005	629	350
2006	615	366
2007	605	453
2008	592	511
2009	579	502
2010	562	486
2011	541	475
2012	500	448
2013	469	479
2014	440	454
2015	417	433
2016	393	396
2017	372	345
2018	354	319
2019	336	292
2020	316	160
2021	342	162
2022	276	152
2023	258	276

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 6.72% in Cameroon and 3.89% in Tanzania. 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	Tanzania
1960	28%	24.2%
1961	27.4%	24%
1962	26.9%	23.8%
1963	26.4%	23.6%
1964	26%	23.4%
1965	25.4%	23.1%
1966	24.7%	22.8%
1967	24%	22.5%
1968	23.1%	22.2%
1969	22.2%	21.9%
1970	21.3%	21.6%
1971	20.6%	21.2%
1972	20%	20.9%
1973	19.6%	20.5%
1974	19.3%	20.1%
1975	19.2%	19.6%
1976	19%	19.2%
1977	18.9%	18.8%
1978	18.7%	18.4%
1979	18.3%	18.1%
1980	17.9%	17.9%
1981	17.4%	17.8%
1982	16.8%	17.8%
1983	16.2%	17.8%
1984	15.5%	17.8%
1985	14.9%	17.7%
1986	14.4%	17.6%
1987	14%	17.4%
1988	13.8%	17.2%
1989	13.6%	16.9%
1990	13.7%	16.7%
1991	13.8%	16.5%
1992	14%	16.3%
1993	14.3%	16.1%
1994	14.5%	15.9%
1995	14.7%	15.6%
1996	14.8%	15.2%
1997	14.9%	14.8%
1998	14.8%	14.2%
1999	14.7%	13.6%
2000	14.4%	12.8%
2001	14.1%	12.1%
2002	13.8%	11.3%
2003	13.5%	10.5%
2004	13.1%	9.86%
2005	12.8%	9.24%
2006	12.5%	8.69%
2007	12.1%	8.16%
2008	11.8%	7.7%
2009	11.4%	7.24%
2010	11%	6.86%
2011	10.6%	6.5%
2012	10.2%	6.21%
2013	9.73%	5.95%
2014	9.31%	5.67%
2015	8.9%	5.48%
2016	8.56%	5.25%
2017	8.25%	5.02%
2018	7.97%	4.8%
2019	7.72%	4.6%
2020	7.46%	4.42%
2021	7.21%	4.22%
2022	6.95%	4.05%
2023	6.72%	3.89%