Number of neonatal deaths in Cameroon
Cameroon: Number of neonatal deaths was 24,029 in 2024. ▲ Rising
Number of neonatal deaths in Cameroon, 1960–2024
Source: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).
Analysis
The most recent figure for number of neonatal deaths in Cameroon is 24,029, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 0.4% on the previous year and down 3.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of neonatal deaths in Cameroon peaked at 25,674 in 2017 and was at its lowest, 16,489, in 1962.
Cameroon ranks 23rd of 195 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 65 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 16,746 | 16,489 | 17,105 | 10 |
| 1970s | 18,121 | 17,073 | 19,721 | 10 |
| 1980s | 19,896 | 19,596 | 20,601 | 10 |
| 1990s | 21,047 | 19,952 | 21,634 | 10 |
| 2000s | 22,992 | 21,476 | 24,591 | 10 |
| 2010s | 25,098 | 24,703 | 25,674 | 10 |
| 2020s | 24,402 | 24,029 | 24,904 | 5 |
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More health data for Cameroon
- Age population, age 08, male, interpolated 411,818 (2025)
- Population, male 49.8% (2025)
- Age population, age 06, female, interpolated 419,561 (2025)
- Age population, age 06, male, interpolated 426,858 (2025)
- Age population, age 07, female, interpolated 413,677 (2025)
- Age population, age 07, male, interpolated 420,635 (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, total 12.29 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male 41.6% (2025)
- Age population, age 08, female, interpolated 405,325 (2025)
- Age population, age 11, male, interpolated 372,820 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of neonatal deaths in Cameroon?
- Number of neonatal deaths in Cameroon was 24,029 in 2024, according to UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).
- What is the highest number of neonatal deaths recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 25,674 in 2017.
- What is the lowest number of neonatal deaths recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 16,489 in 1962.
- How does Cameroon rank for number of neonatal deaths?
- Cameroon ranks 23rd out of 195 countries with data for 2024.
- Is number of neonatal deaths rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.1%. 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 neonatal deaths. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Number of neonates dying before reaching 28 days of age.