Cameroon vs Uganda: Fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age
Cameroon
3.93 children per women
in 2023
Uganda
4.03 children per women
in 2023
Cameroon rank
17th
Uganda rank
15th
Fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age over time
- Cameroon
- Uganda
How they compare
Uganda currently reports 4.03 children per women against 3.93 children per women in Cameroon, a difference of 0.1 children per women.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Uganda ahead.
Cameroon ranks 17th and Uganda ranks 15th of 236 countries.
Uganda has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cameroon | Uganda | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 3.35 children per women | 4.34 children per women | 0.9848 children per women | Uganda |
| 1960s | 3.88 children per women | 4.7 children per women | 0.8192 children per women | Uganda |
| 1970s | 4.62 children per women | 4.88 children per women | 0.2616 children per women | Uganda |
| 1980s | 5.08 children per women | 5.15 children per women | 0.0768 children per women | Uganda |
| 1990s | 4.79 children per women | 5.47 children per women | 0.6849 children per women | Uganda |
| 2000s | 4.51 children per women | 5.65 children per women | 1.14 children per women | Uganda |
| 2010s | 4.3 children per women | 4.93 children per women | 0.6237 children per women | Uganda |
| 2020s | 4.02 children per women | 4.18 children per women | 0.1593 children per women | Uganda |
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 Uganda?
- Uganda, at 4.03 children per women against 3.93 children per women in Cameroon as of 2023.
- What is the difference in fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age between Cameroon and Uganda?
- 0.1 children per women, with Uganda ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Uganda?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Cameroon and Uganda rank globally for fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age?
- Cameroon ranks 17th and Uganda ranks 15th 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).