Cameroon vs Congo: Fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age
Cameroon
3.93 children per women
in 2023
Congo
3.89 children per women
in 2023
Cameroon rank
17th
Congo rank
19th
Fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age over time
- Cameroon
- Congo
How they compare
Cameroon currently reports 3.93 children per women against 3.89 children per women in Congo, a difference of 0.04 children per women.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Congo ahead.
Cameroon ranks 17th and Congo ranks 19th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Cameroon averaged higher in 5 and Congo in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cameroon | Congo | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 3.35 children per women | 4.13 children per women | 0.7748 children per women | Congo |
| 1960s | 3.88 children per women | 4.66 children per women | 0.7812 children per women | Congo |
| 1970s | 4.62 children per women | 5.05 children per women | 0.4294 children per women | Congo |
| 1980s | 5.08 children per women | 4.72 children per women | 0.3531 children per women | Cameroon |
| 1990s | 4.79 children per women | 4.28 children per women | 0.5091 children per women | Cameroon |
| 2000s | 4.51 children per women | 4.13 children per women | 0.3752 children per women | Cameroon |
| 2010s | 4.3 children per women | 4.25 children per women | 0.0507 children per women | Cameroon |
| 2020s | 4.02 children per women | 3.96 children per women | 0.054 children per women | Cameroon |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age, Cameroon or Congo?
- Cameroon, at 3.93 children per women against 3.89 children per women in Congo as of 2023.
- What is the difference in fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age between Cameroon and Congo?
- 0.04 children per women, with Cameroon ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Congo?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Cameroon and Congo rank globally for fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age?
- Cameroon ranks 17th and Congo ranks 19th of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Malani and Jacob (2024); UN, World Population Prospects (2024); Human Mortality Database (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Number of children who live long enough to reproduce, per woman. This number is dependent on the survival of daughters to childbearing age (between 15 and 49 years old).