Demographics of Cameroon

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2022)
Date	13 May 2024

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There are 14.66 million males and 14.73 million females in Cameroon. The percentage of the male population is 49.89%, compared to 50.11% of the female population. Cameroon has 66k more females than males. The sex ratio in Cameroon in 2024 will be 99.552 males per 100 females. Cameroon is in the 142nd position in terms of the female-to-male ratio.

Cameroon population
Year	Population	Growth (%)
1950	4,315,816	1.52
1955	4,670,538	1.73
1960	5,117,608	1.55
1965	5,690,086	2.40
1970	6,452,787	2.64
1975	7,397,417	2.79
1980	8,519,891	3.79
1985	9,804,254	3.08
1990	11,430,520	3.04
1995	13,211,647	2.75
2000	15,091,594	2.62
2005	17,275,171	2.71
2010	19,878,036	2.85
2015	23,012,646	3.04
2020	26,491,087	2.67
2021	27,198,628	2.60
2022	27,914,536	2.60
2023	28,647,293	2.59
2024	29,394,433	2.56

Population
Growth

Cameroon death and birth rate
Year	Total		Crude(per 1000)
Year	Death	Birth	Crude death	Crude birth
1950	121,121	186,657	28.050	43.228
1955	120,134	200,784	25.718	42.983
1960	146,603	226,139	28.640	44.178
1965	121,704	258,437	21.384	45.409
1970	120,047	290,955	18.599	45.078
1975	126,013	332,482	17.030	44.935
1980	137,125	389,691	16.157	45.917
1985	137,688	443,521	14.038	45.218
1990	149,707	504,794	13.090	44.137
1995	180,312	556,403	13.640	42.090
2000	202,799	619,552	13.426	41.018
2005	214,559	710,508	12.408	41.088
2010	218,583	794,590	10.992	39.958
2015	211,090	869,475	9.179	37.807
2020	223,080	940,891	8.419	35.507
2021	233,498	950,546	8.582	34.938
2022	229,648	959,096	8.225	34.352
2023	222,073	967,736	7.751	33.775
2024	220,497	978,716	7.500	33.290

Total
Crude

Urban and rural population of Cameroon
Year	Population		Urban (%)
Year	Urban	Rural	Urban (%)
1950	401,988	3,905,034	9.333
1955	537,904	4,166,329	11.434
1960	721,399	4,454,869	13.937
1965	975,314	4,802,520	16.880
1970	1,325,110	5,202,525	20.300
1975	2,035,248	5,422,114	27.292
1980	2,751,106	5,867,248	31.921
1985	3,641,311	6,408,712	36.232
1990	4,645,941	7,069,277	39.657
1995	5,730,711	7,730,283	42.573
2000	6,956,118	8,318,116	45.542
2005	8,456,175	8,964,620	48.541
2010	10,296,608	9,673,887	51.559
2015	12,462,615	10,371,907	54.578
2020	14,941,523	11,016,661	57.560
2021	15,475,489	11,138,276	58.148
2022	16,022,262	11,257,346	58.733
2023	16,581,877	11,373,878	59.315
2024	17,154,348	11,487,886	59.892

Population
Urbanization

Cameroon population by Age Group (2024)
Age group	Male	Female	Total		M per 100 F
Age group	Male	Female	Persons	Share (%)	M per 100 F
00-04	2,278,392	2,231,758	4,510,151	15.34	102.090
05-09	2,073,595	2,040,419	4,114,015	14.00	101.626
10-14	1,819,299	1,801,036	3,620,336	12.32	101.014
15-19	1,589,810	1,583,264	3,173,074	10.79	100.413
20-24	1,337,995	1,336,909	2,674,903	9.10	100.081
25-29	1,139,920	1,145,540	2,285,461	7.78	99.509
30-34	1,013,039	1,022,452	2,035,492	6.92	99.079
35-39	863,262	872,286	1,735,548	5.90	98.965
40-44	698,340	707,759	1,406,099	4.78	98.669
45-49	537,951	550,033	1,087,984	3.70	97.803
50-54	417,863	432,668	850,530	2.89	96.578
55-59	315,033	333,205	648,237	2.21	94.546
60-64	225,715	246,627	472,342	1.61	91.521
65-69	152,298	173,831	326,129	1.11	87.613
70-74	96,426	115,751	212,177	0.72	83.305
75-79	59,569	75,082	134,650	0.46	79.339
80-84	30,808	40,568	71,376	0.24	75.942
85-89	11,340	16,031	27,371	0.09	70.738
90-94	2,970	4,253	7,223	0.02	69.833
95-99	520	701	1,221	0.00	74.180
100+	51	64	114	0.00	79.688
Total	14,664,196	14,730,237	29,394,433		99.552

Population pyramid
Gender ratio