Cameroon vs Guinea: Fertility rate vs. unmet need for contraception

Cameroon

4.26 births per woman

in 2024

Guinea

4.13 births per woman

in 2024

Cameroon rank

17th

Guinea rank

20th

Fertility rate vs. unmet need for contraception over time

Cameroon
Guinea

How they compare

Cameroon currently reports 4.26 births per woman against 4.13 births per woman in Guinea, a difference of 0.13 births per woman.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Guinea ahead.

Cameroon ranks 17th and Guinea ranks 20th of 215 countries.

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About this data

Indicator: Fertility rate vs. unmet need for contraception
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. The unmet need for contraception shows the estimated share of married fertile women of reproductive age who do not want to become pregnant and are not using contraception.