Cameroon vs Nigeria: Total fertility rate vs. contraceptive prevalence

Cameroon

4.26 births per woman

in 2024

Nigeria

4.38 births per woman

in 2024

Cameroon rank

17th

Nigeria rank

15th

Total fertility rate vs. contraceptive prevalence over time

Cameroon
Nigeria

How they compare

Nigeria currently reports 4.38 births per woman against 4.26 births per woman in Cameroon, a difference of 0.121 births per woman.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Nigeria ahead.

Cameroon ranks 17th and Nigeria ranks 15th of 215 countries.

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About this data

Indicator: Total fertility rate vs. contraceptive prevalence
Unit: births per woman
Source: United Nations Population Division, national statistical offices, and Eurostat, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 215 places, 13,943 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

The total fertility rate, in a given year. Contraceptive prevalence is the percentage of women who are practicing, or whose sexual partners are practicing, any form of contraception.