Number of deaths ages 5-9 years in Cameroon
Cameroon: Number of deaths ages 5-9 years was 8,919 in 2024. ▲ Rising
Number of deaths ages 5-9 years in Cameroon, 1990–2024
Source: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).
Analysis
The most recent figure for number of deaths ages 5-9 years in Cameroon is 8,919, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 0.7% on the previous year and down 5.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of deaths ages 5-9 years in Cameroon peaked at 9,420 in 2014 and was at its lowest, 7,426, in 1990.
That places Cameroon 13th out of 195 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 8,102 | 7,426 | 8,639 | 10 |
| 2000s | 8,852 | 8,693 | 9,112 | 10 |
| 2010s | 9,342 | 9,208 | 9,420 | 10 |
| 2020s | 9,043 | 8,919 | 9,168 | 5 |
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More education data for Cameroon
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 56.1% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 41.1% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 114.4% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 121,453 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 109.5% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 119.2% (2024)
- Labor force, total 11.47 million (2025)
- Labor force, female 43.9% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of deaths ages 5-9 years in Cameroon?
- Number of deaths ages 5-9 years in Cameroon was 8,919 in 2024, according to UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).
- What is the highest number of deaths ages 5-9 years recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 9,420 in 2014.
- What is the lowest number of deaths ages 5-9 years recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 7,426 in 1990.
- How does Cameroon rank for number of deaths ages 5-9 years?
- Cameroon ranks 13th out of 195 countries with data for 2024.
- Is number of deaths ages 5-9 years rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cameroon data come from?
- The figures come from UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as part of Number of deaths ages 5-9 years. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Number of deaths of children ages 5-9 years