Cameroon - Fertility Rate 2006
5.37
−0.05 from 2005
Cameroon's fertility rate was 5.37 in 2006, decreased +0.05 from 5.42 in 2005. This was the 188th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2006▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Macao SAR, China | 0.95 | 4.6% |
| 2nd | Hong Kong SAR, China | 0.98 | 2.6% |
| 3rd | Korea | 1.13 | 4.3% |
| 4th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.18 | -1.9% |
| 5th | Andorra | 1.23 | 0.8% |
| 6th | British Virgin Islands | 1.23 | -7.9% |
| 7th | San Marino | 1.24 | 3.7% |
| 8th | Slovak Republic | 1.25 | -1.6% |
| 9th | Poland | 1.27 | 2.4% |
| 10th | Singapore | 1.28 | 1.6% |
| 11th | Ukraine | 1.30 | 6.2% |
| 12th | Armenia | 1.30 | 0.0% |
| 13th | Russian Federation | 1.31 | 0.9% |
| 14th | Slovenia | 1.31 | 4.0% |
| 15th | Japan | 1.32 | 4.8% |
| 16th | Germany | 1.33 | -0.7% |
| 17th | Lithuania | 1.33 | 3.1% |
| 18th | Belarus | 1.34 | 6.6% |
| 19th | Czechia | 1.34 | 3.9% |
| 20th | Hungary | 1.34 | 2.3% |
| 21st | Spain | 1.36 | 2.3% |
| 22nd | Malta | 1.36 | -1.4% |
| 23rd | Italy | 1.37 | 3.0% |
| 24th | Portugal | 1.37 | -2.8% |
| 25th | Greece | 1.40 | 4.5% |
| 26th | Cuba | 1.40 | -5.7% |
| 27th | Austria | 1.41 | 0.0% |
| 28th | Romania | 1.42 | 1.4% |
| 29th | Liechtenstein | 1.43 | -4.0% |
| 30th | Serbia | 1.43 | -1.4% |
| 31st | Bulgaria | 1.44 | 5.1% |
| 32nd | Switzerland | 1.44 | 1.4% |
| 33rd | Latvia | 1.46 | 5.0% |
| 34th | North Macedonia | 1.46 | -2.7% |
| 35th | Channel Islands | 1.47 | 0.7% |
| 36th | Croatia | 1.47 | -2.0% |
| 37th | European Union | 1.49 | 1.9% |
| 38th | Cyprus | 1.51 | 2.0% |
| 39th | Moldova | 1.54 | 0.6% |
| 40th | Estonia | 1.58 | 3.9% |
| 41st | Georgia | 1.62 | 2.1% |
| 42nd | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.62 | -0.1% |
| 43rd | Canada | 1.63 | 3.2% |
| 44th | Thailand | 1.63 | -0.8% |
| 45th | China | 1.64 | 1.2% |
| 46th | Luxembourg | 1.65 | 1.2% |
| 47th | Cayman Islands | 1.67 | 0.0% |
| 48th | Albania | 1.69 | -5.7% |
| 49th | Barbados | 1.70 | -2.1% |
| 50th | Puerto Rico (US) | 1.71 | -3.3% |
| 51st | Netherlands | 1.72 | 0.6% |
| 52nd | Montenegro | 1.73 | 2.4% |
| 53rd | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 1.76 | -0.1% |
| 54th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 1.76 | 2.9% |
| 55th | St. Lucia | 1.77 | -2.3% |
| 56th | Mauritius | 1.77 | -5.9% |
| 57th | Bermuda | 1.79 | 0.4% |
| 58th | Chile | 1.80 | -1.5% |
| 59th | Belgium | 1.80 | 2.3% |
| 60th | Gibraltar | 1.80 | 2.7% |
| 61st | United Kingdom | 1.82 | 3.4% |
| 62nd | Antigua and Barbuda | 1.83 | -0.1% |
| 63rd | Finland | 1.84 | 2.2% |
| 64th | Denmark | 1.85 | 2.8% |
| 65th | Sweden | 1.85 | 4.5% |
| 66th | Aruba | 1.86 | 1.0% |
| 67th | Viet Nam | 1.87 | -0.7% |
| 68th | Brazil | 1.90 | -2.4% |
| 69th | Norway | 1.90 | 3.3% |
| 70th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 1.90 | -1.5% |
| 71st | Isle of Man | 1.91 | 2.3% |
| 72nd | Australia | 1.91 | 5.6% |
| 73rd | Ireland | 1.91 | 2.7% |
| 74th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 1.94 | 3.4% |
| 75th | Costa Rica | 1.94 | -5.0% |
| 76th | Tunisia | 1.95 | -0.1% |
| 77th | United Arab Emirates | 1.96 | -12.3% |
| 78th | Brunei Darussalam | 1.97 | -2.7% |
| 79th | Azerbaijan | 1.97 | -1.5% |
| 80th | Palau | 2.00 | -1.0% |
| 81st | France | 2.00 | 3.1% |
| 82nd | New Zealand | 2.01 | 2.0% |
| 83rd | Bahamas, The | 2.02 | 0.5% |
| 84th | Virgin Islands (US) | 2.03 | -9.4% |
| 85th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 2.03 | -1.7% |
| 86th | Uruguay | 2.07 | -1.3% |
| 87th | Dominica | 2.07 | 3.8% |
| 88th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 2.08 | -1.3% |
| 89th | Iceland | 2.08 | 1.5% |
| 90th | Jamaica | 2.09 | -2.7% |
| 91st | Curaçao | 2.10 | 3.1% |
| 92nd | Mongolia | 2.10 | 5.0% |
| 93rd | Monaco | 2.10 | 4.7% |
| 94th | United States | 2.11 | 2.5% |
| 95th | Seychelles | 2.11 | -4.1% |
| 96th | Türkiye | 2.19 | -0.2% |
| 97th | Grenada | 2.20 | -2.1% |
| 98th | Maldives | 2.20 | 0.2% |
| 99th | French Polynesia | 2.22 | 1.7% |
| 100th | Colombia | 2.24 | -2.9% |
| 101st | New Caledonia | 2.24 | 0.6% |
| 102nd | Lebanon | 2.24 | -2.1% |
| 103rd | Greenland | 2.26 | -5.1% |
| 104th | Sri Lanka | 2.29 | 1.3% |
| 105th | Malaysia | 2.31 | -3.5% |
| 106th | Kazakhstan | 2.38 | 4.7% |
| 107th | El Salvador | 2.40 | -1.8% |
| 108th | Argentina | 2.40 | -1.1% |
| 109th | Mexico | 2.46 | -1.6% |
| 110th | Indonesia | 2.46 | 0.2% |
| 111th | Uzbekistan | 2.46 | 0.9% |
| 112th | Bahrain | 2.46 | -7.7% |
| 113th | Myanmar | 2.47 | -1.7% |
| 114th | Kosovo | 2.49 | -4.9% |
| 115th | Faroe Islands | 2.50 | -5.1% |
| 116th | Dominican Republic | 2.51 | -2.6% |
| 117th | Qatar | 2.51 | -4.8% |
| 118th | South Africa | 2.55 | 1.4% |
| 119th | Cabo Verde | 2.56 | -6.3% |
| 120th | Kuwait | 2.59 | -5.2% |
| 121st | Morocco | 2.61 | -0.1% |
| 122nd | Northern Mariana Islands | 2.61 | 15.8% |
| 123rd | Peru | 2.62 | -0.9% |
| 124th | Panama | 2.62 | -0.9% |
| 125th | Algeria | 2.63 | 2.6% |
| 126th | Guyana | 2.66 | 0.4% |
| 127th | Bhutan | 2.66 | -2.4% |
| 128th | Libya | 2.70 | -2.4% |
| 129th | Kyrgyz Republic | 2.70 | 8.0% |
| 130th | St. Martin (French part) | 2.71 | -2.4% |
| 131st | Turkmenistan | 2.72 | 0.7% |
| 132nd | Suriname | 2.73 | 0.6% |
| 133rd | Nicaragua | 2.73 | -1.2% |
| 134th | Ecuador | 2.75 | -1.7% |
| 135th | Bangladesh | 2.76 | -3.2% |
| 136th | Guam | 2.81 | 6.4% |
| 137th | India | 2.87 | -3.1% |
| 138th | Oman | 2.88 | -5.0% |
| 139th | Israel | 2.88 | 1.4% |
| 140th | Paraguay | 2.89 | -2.8% |
| 141st | Fiji | 2.91 | -0.4% |
| 142nd | Nepal | 2.97 | -4.8% |
| 143rd | Belize | 3.02 | -4.8% |
| 144th | Botswana | 3.11 | 1.0% |
| 145th | Cambodia | 3.18 | -1.9% |
| 146th | Saudi Arabia | 3.18 | 0.5% |
| 147th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 3.22 | -1.0% |
| 148th | Tajikistan | 3.34 | -1.7% |
| 149th | Nauru | 3.40 | 0.7% |
| 150th | Lesotho | 3.41 | -0.4% |
| 151st | Honduras | 3.45 | -3.6% |
| 152nd | Philippines | 3.47 | 0.5% |
| 153rd | Micronesia, Federated States of | 3.51 | -2.3% |
| 154th | Tuvalu | 3.53 | -0.6% |
| 155th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 3.53 | -0.7% |
| 156th | Lao PDR | 3.56 | -3.4% |
| 157th | Syrian Arab Republic | 3.56 | -1.2% |
| 158th | Namibia | 3.60 | 0.8% |
| 159th | Eswatini | 3.63 | -1.9% |
| 160th | Zimbabwe | 3.64 | -1.6% |
| 161st | American Samoa | 3.69 | -4.6% |
| 162nd | Jordan | 3.71 | 1.6% |
| 163rd | Haiti | 3.76 | -1.9% |
| 164th | Kiribati | 3.82 | 1.5% |
| 165th | Guatemala | 3.85 | -3.2% |
| 166th | Djibouti | 3.90 | -3.4% |
| 167th | Vanuatu | 4.10 | -0.8% |
| 168th | Tonga | 4.14 | -1.3% |
| 169th | Papua New Guinea | 4.15 | -1.7% |
| 170th | Gabon | 4.17 | -1.0% |
| 171st | Marshall Islands | 4.20 | -1.8% |
| 172nd | Samoa | 4.32 | 0.0% |
| 173rd | Solomon Islands | 4.39 | -0.5% |
| 174th | Ghana | 4.40 | -2.2% |
| 175th | Iraq | 4.46 | 0.3% |
| 176th | Pakistan | 4.59 | -0.1% |
| 177th | Congo, Republic of | 4.65 | -0.4% |
| 178th | West Bank and Gaza | 4.74 | -2.6% |
| 179th | Kenya | 4.75 | -1.0% |
| 180th | Eritrea | 4.88 | -1.1% |
| 181st | São Tomé and Principe | 4.93 | -0.1% |
| 182nd | Comoros | 4.93 | -1.6% |
| 183rd | Senegal | 5.06 | -1.3% |
| 184th | Togo | 5.08 | 0.8% |
| 185th | Madagascar | 5.13 | -1.2% |
| 186th | Sudan | 5.33 | -1.2% |
| 187th | Rwanda | 5.34 | -3.0% |
| 188th | Cameroon | 5.37 | -1.0% |
| 189th | Mauritania | 5.40 | 0.5% |
| 190th | Guinea-Bissau | 5.41 | -1.0% |
| 191st | Yemen, Republic of | 5.41 | -2.7% |
| 192nd | Côte d'Ivoire | 5.45 | -0.9% |
| 193rd | Mozambique | 5.45 | -0.9% |
| 194th | Timor-Leste | 5.47 | -2.4% |
| 195th | Equatorial Guinea | 5.50 | -1.1% |
| 196th | Tanzania | 5.51 | -1.2% |
| 197th | Liberia | 5.53 | 0.2% |
| 198th | Benin | 5.67 | -0.3% |
| 199th | Zambia | 5.68 | -0.3% |
| 200th | Guinea | 5.70 | -0.4% |
| 201st | Gambia, The | 5.74 | 0.5% |
| 202nd | Sierra Leone | 5.74 | -1.2% |
| 203rd | Malawi | 5.80 | -0.8% |
| 204th | Central African Republic | 5.84 | 0.5% |
| 205th | South Sudan | 5.85 | -2.8% |
| 206th | Nigeria | 6.05 | -0.2% |
| 207th | Burkina Faso | 6.17 | -0.2% |
| 208th | Angola | 6.42 | -0.7% |
| 209th | Uganda | 6.43 | -1.5% |
| 210th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 6.55 | 0.3% |
| 211th | Burundi | 6.66 | -0.7% |
| 212th | Mali | 6.68 | -0.5% |
| 213th | Afghanistan | 6.69 | -2.5% |
| 214th | Chad | 7.12 | -0.2% |
| 215th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 7.49 | -0.5% |
| 216th | Niger | 7.74 | -0.3% |
FAQ
What was Cameroon's fertility rate in 2006?▾
Cameroon's fertility rate in 2006 was 5.37. This ranked 188th globally.
How did Cameroon's fertility rate change in 2006?▾
Cameroon's fertility rate decreased by 1.0% in 2006 compared to 2005.
Which country had the highest fertility rate in 2006?▾
Niger had the highest fertility rate in 2006 at 7.74.
What is the fertility rate of Cameroon in 2006?▾
The fertility rate of Cameroon in 2006 was 5.37. This ranked 188th globally.
How does 2006 compare to 2005 for Cameroon's fertility rate?▾
Cameroon's fertility rate went from 5.42 in 2005 to 5.37 in 2006, a 1.0% decrease.
HistorySaid - pattern alert
Cameroon matched the Export Boom Cycle pattern in 2006. Historically: 768 occurrences, 546 successful (71%). Outcome 24 months later: 2.8%. View full analysis →
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