1. FertilityCameroon

   Cameroon: fertility has been falling since 2006, from 5.37 to 4.32 children per woman

   Before 2006 it barely changed; since then it has fallen by about 0.06 a year. Latest data: 2023.

   Source: UN World Population Prospects 1998–2024; national statisticsOpen on the chart →

More findings

• Cameroon: more babies born than in Japan
• Cameroon: more adults live with obesity than use tobacco
• Cameroon: the share of adults with obesity has overtaken the share going hungry
• Cameroon: the decline of 2020 turned into growth, after the fact
• Cameroon: 10 of 11 UN projections since 1998 expected fewer births
• Cameroon: women live longer than all 12 UN projections expected — by 5 years (median)

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