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How many babies are born in Cameroon?

992 thousand babies born in Cameroon in 2026. That is 0.75% of all births worldwide, and the 32nd largest of any country. UN projection

2024–2100 uses the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario, based on assumptions about fertility, mortality and migration. These are projections, not observed births or guaranteed outcomes. Uncertainty increases further into the future; this site does not display prediction intervals.

Births in Cameroon: history and projections

10K100K1M 1 CE1000150018002100
Annual births, logarithmic scale. Shading marks modelled years before 1800; the dashed line marks UN projections from 2024.
Every figure refers to the area inside Cameroon’s present-day borders. Before 1800 the state did not exist in its current form. See how borders are handled.
Year Estimated births Population Per 1,000 Evidence
1 CE ~7.7K ~190K 41.4 Modelled estimate
1000 ~29K ~710K 41.4 Modelled estimate
1500 ~57K ~1.4M 41.4 Modelled estimate
1800 ~72.3K ~1.86M 38.9 Historical reconstruction
1900 ~125K ~3.22M 38.9 Historical reconstruction
1950 191K 4.33M 44.1 UN estimate
2000 610K 14.9M 40.9 UN estimate
2023 957K 28.4M 33.7 UN estimate
2026 992K 30.6M 32.4 UN projection
2050 1.23M 51.1M 24.0 UN projection
2075 1.32M 72.5M 18.3 UN projection
2100 1.29M 88.9M 14.6 UN projection

What the numbers show

The highest annual births in Cameroon among estimates through 2023 were in 2023, at about 957K. That is roughly 124 times the estimated ~7.7K births a year in 1 CE.

At 4.12 children per woman, fertility in Cameroon is above the level of about 2.1 that would hold a population steady over the long run without migration.

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How many babies are born in Cameroon each year?

An estimated 992 thousand babies are born in Cameroon in 2026, according to the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium projection. That is about 2,710 a day and 0.75% of all births worldwide.

What is the birth rate in Cameroon?

Cameroon has an estimated 32.4 births per 1,000 people in 2026, and a total fertility rate of 4.12 children per woman.

Where these numbers come from

2026 figures are the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario. UN estimates cover 1950–2023; projections cover 2024–2100. Earlier years come from Gapminder’s reconstructions (1800–1949) and a model applied to HYDE population estimates (before 1800). The full chain is set out in the methodology, and every source is listed on the sources page.