Children per Woman in Cameroon: 1800 to Today (and Tomorrow)

Statistics at MYRIAD measure the quiet rhythms of human life across generations. For Cameroon, the average number of children a woman would bear over her lifetime tells a story spanning three centuries, capturing the changing shape of families and communities. Every value recorded here reflects a statistical fact about the lives actually lived there, tracking how the fundamental scale of households shifts across vast expanses of time.

Looking across the decades, the historical arc reveals remarkable stability followed by a gradual transition. In 1900 it was 6.5 births, mirroring a steady baseline maintained through the nineteenth century and into the early decades of the twentieth. After peaking at 6.7 in the 1980s, the figures begin a downward shift. In the 2020s, children per woman in Cameroon stands at 4.6 births, ranking #7 of 157 countries, with projections continuing to decline through the coming decades.

For someone living through these changing eras, the size of the family surrounding you transforms in kind. Whether experiencing the enduring high birth rates of earlier generations or navigating the shifting demographics of the modern era, these numbers frame the intimate realities of birth and lineage. Where do YOU rank among everyone ever born?