Cameroon vs Nigeria: Fertility rate: births per woman
Cameroon
4.32 live births per woman
in 2023
Nigeria
4.48 live births per woman
in 2023
Cameroon rank
18th
Nigeria rank
16th
Fertility rate: births per woman over time
- Cameroon
- Nigeria
How they compare
Nigeria currently reports 4.48 live births per woman against 4.32 live births per woman in Cameroon, a difference of 0.16 live births per woman.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Nigeria ahead.
Cameroon ranks 18th and Nigeria ranks 16th of 236 countries.
Nigeria has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cameroon | Nigeria | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 5.73 live births per woman | 6.4 live births per woman | 0.6681 live births per woman | Nigeria |
| 1960s | 5.84 live births per woman | 6.38 live births per woman | 0.5352 live births per woman | Nigeria |
| 1970s | 6.39 live births per woman | 6.72 live births per woman | 0.3244 live births per woman | Nigeria |
| 1980s | 6.55 live births per woman | 6.66 live births per woman | 0.1087 live births per woman | Nigeria |
| 1990s | 5.98 live births per woman | 6.27 live births per woman | 0.2908 live births per woman | Nigeria |
| 2000s | 5.39 live births per woman | 6.07 live births per woman | 0.6797 live births per woman | Nigeria |
| 2010s | 4.88 live births per woman | 5.49 live births per woman | 0.6049 live births per woman | Nigeria |
| 2020s | 4.44 live births per woman | 4.59 live births per woman | 0.1565 live births per woman | Nigeria |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fertility rate: births per woman, Cameroon or Nigeria?
- Nigeria, at 4.48 live births per woman against 4.32 live births per woman in Cameroon as of 2023.
- What is the difference in fertility rate: births per woman between Cameroon and Nigeria?
- 0.16 live births per woman, with Nigeria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Nigeria?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Cameroon and Nigeria rank globally for fertility rate: births per woman?
- Cameroon ranks 18th and Nigeria ranks 16th of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Fertility rate: births per woman. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The average number of live births a hypothetical cohort of women would have at the end of their reproductive period if they were subject during their whole lives to the fertility rates of a given period and if they were not subject to mortality.