BACKGROUND The umbilical cord develops from the extra-embryonic mesoderm and becomes the channel for blood vessels and through which all exchange and other activities of mother and fetus through placenta are carried out. At term normal umbilical cord length is about 50-70cm and with a diameter of 2.0-2.5cm which is normally inserted centrally or eccentrically on the fetal side of placenta. There seems to be a positive correlation between fetal umbilical cord length and fetal outcome. Objective The aim of the study was to determine the correlation between fetal umbilical cord length and the fetal outcome, the average length of umbilical cord in our centre and the normal fetal umbilical cord length, to compare the fetal outcome between short umbilical cord length and long umbilical cord length,to compare fetal outcome between long umbilical cord length and normal umbilical cord length,to compare fetal outcome between short umbilical cord length and normal umbilical cord length, . They also determined the prevalence of cord complication between normal umbilical cord length and abnormal umbilical cord length. Finally to determine the association between cord status (normal/abnormal) and cord complication. Methodology This study was a cross-sectional study of 427 parturient at term who will meet the eligibility criteria for the study. The umbilical cord length of the newborn was measured within 30minutes of delivery while still attached to the placenta. The weight of the newborn, birth length, umbilical cord length, APGAR scores, , number of umbilical cord loops around the neck and number of umbilical knots were noted. The data sheet designed for the study was used to obtain the socio-demographic information. Statistical analysis of the result was carried out using the statistical packages for social sciences (Spss) version 23 (Spss Inc Chicago II), student t-test was performed using Microsoft Excel and the Pearson’s correlation was done using SPSS version 23.