Cameroon vs Uganda: Fertility rate: births per woman

Cameroon
4.32 live births per woman
in 2023
Uganda
4.28 live births per woman
in 2023
Cameroon rank
18th
Uganda rank
19th

Fertility rate: births per woman over time

  • Cameroon
  • Uganda
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How they compare

Cameroon currently reports 4.32 live births per woman against 4.28 live births per woman in Uganda, a difference of 0.039 live births per woman.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Uganda ahead.

Globally, Cameroon ranks 18th and Uganda ranks 19th of 236 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Fertility rate: births per woman
Unit
live births per woman
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

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.