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.
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About this data
The total fertility rate: the average number of children a woman would have if she experienced the year's age-specific birth rates throughout her childbearing years.