Which has higher median age vs. births per woman, Burkina Faso or Cameroon?

Cameroon, at 17.75 years against 17.25 years in Burkina Faso as of 2023.

What is the difference in median age vs. births per woman between Burkina Faso and Cameroon?

0.5 years, with Cameroon ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Burkina Faso and Cameroon?

74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Median age vs. births per woman. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Burkina Faso vs Cameroon: Median age vs. births per woman

Burkina Faso

17.25 years

in 2023

Cameroon

17.75 years

in 2023

Burkina Faso rank

222nd

Cameroon rank

219th

Median age vs. births per woman over time

Burkina Faso
Cameroon

How they compare

Cameroon currently reports 17.75 years against 17.25 years in Burkina Faso, a difference of 0.5 years.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Cameroon ahead.

Burkina Faso ranks 222nd and Cameroon ranks 219th of 236 countries.

Cameroon has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Burkina Faso	Cameroon	Difference	Ahead
1950s	18.73 years	19.53 years	0.7974 years	Cameroon
1960s	18.53 years	18.91 years	0.3753 years	Cameroon
1970s	17.18 years	17.45 years	0.2723 years	Cameroon
1980s	16 years	16.11 years	0.1099 years	Cameroon
1990s	15.23 years	15.83 years	0.5964 years	Cameroon
2000s	15.83 years	16.5 years	0.6718 years	Cameroon
2010s	16.09 years	17.12 years	1.02 years	Cameroon
2020s	16.94 years	17.58 years	0.6442 years	Cameroon

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher median age vs. births per woman, Burkina Faso or Cameroon?: Cameroon, at 17.75 years against 17.25 years in Burkina Faso as of 2023.
What is the difference in median age vs. births per woman between Burkina Faso and Cameroon?: 0.5 years, with Cameroon ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Burkina Faso and Cameroon?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Burkina Faso and Cameroon rank globally for median age vs. births per woman?: Burkina Faso ranks 222nd and Cameroon ranks 219th of 236 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Median age vs. births per woman. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Median age vs. births per woman
Unit: years
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Age that divides the population into two halves of equal size — half are younger and half are older.