Population of Cameroon

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2022)
Date	10 Apr 2024

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The current population of Cameroon is 29,336,650 as of October 12, 2024, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Cameroon is projected at 29,394,433, or 29.39 million, as of July 1, 2024. The total population in Cameroon is projected at 28,647,293, or 28.65 million people for the year 2023.

Cameroon ranks 53rd in the world by population on the 237 countries and territories list. Cameroon is ranked 17th among 58 countries and territories in Africa.

Population
Growth rate
Net change

Cameroon population estimates
Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	4,283,047	4,315,816	65,538	1.519	0.17
1951	4,348,585	4,381,975	66,781	1.524	0.17
1952	4,415,366	4,449,602	68,472	1.539	0.17
1953	4,483,838	4,519,183	70,690	1.564	0.17
1954	4,554,528	4,592,370	75,685	1.648	0.17
1955	4,630,213	4,670,538	80,651	1.727	0.17
1956	4,710,864	4,753,921	86,113	1.811	0.17
1957	4,796,977	4,840,930	87,905	1.816	0.17
1958	4,884,882	4,931,680	93,596	1.898	0.17
1959	4,978,478	5,028,160	99,364	1.976	0.17
1960	5,077,842	5,117,608	79,531	1.554	0.17
1961	5,157,373	5,200,355	85,963	1.653	0.17
1962	5,243,336	5,303,841	121,009	2.282	0.17
1963	5,364,345	5,427,511	126,331	2.328	0.17
1964	5,490,676	5,556,209	131,066	2.359	0.17
1965	5,621,742	5,690,086	136,687	2.402	0.17
1966	5,758,429	5,829,580	142,302	2.441	0.17
1967	5,900,731	5,975,087	148,713	2.489	0.17
1968	6,049,444	6,127,193	155,497	2.538	0.17
1969	6,204,941	6,286,232	162,582	2.586	0.17
1970	6,367,523	6,452,787	170,527	2.643	0.17
1971	6,538,050	6,627,350	178,600	2.695	0.18
1972	6,716,650	6,809,468	185,637	2.726	0.18
1973	6,902,287	6,998,688	192,802	2.755	0.18
1974	7,095,089	7,194,697	199,215	2.769	0.18
1975	7,294,304	7,397,417	206,227	2.788	0.18
1976	7,500,531	7,598,028	194,993	2.567	0.18
1977	7,695,524	7,796,825	202,602	2.599	0.18
1978	7,898,126	8,013,279	230,306	2.874	0.19
1979	8,128,432	8,243,377	229,889	2.789	0.19
1980	8,358,321	8,519,891	323,141	3.793	0.19
1981	8,681,462	8,829,048	295,172	3.344	0.20
1982	8,976,634	9,046,986	140,704	1.555	0.20
1983	9,117,338	9,240,672	246,667	2.670	0.20
1984	9,364,005	9,508,570	289,131	3.041	0.20
1985	9,653,136	9,804,254	302,237	3.083	0.20
1986	9,955,373	10,112,712	314,678	3.112	0.20
1987	10,270,051	10,433,905	327,707	3.141	0.21
1988	10,597,758	10,759,573	323,630	3.008	0.21
1989	10,921,388	11,089,222	335,668	3.027	0.21
1990	11,257,056	11,430,520	346,928	3.035	0.22
1991	11,603,984	11,777,719	347,471	2.950	0.22
1992	11,951,455	12,128,604	354,299	2.921	0.22
1993	12,305,754	12,486,773	362,038	2.900	0.22
1994	12,667,792	12,848,862	362,141	2.819	0.23
1995	13,029,933	13,211,647	363,429	2.751	0.23
1996	13,393,362	13,575,324	363,923	2.681	0.23
1997	13,757,285	13,941,181	367,792	2.638	0.24
1998	14,125,077	14,314,599	379,043	2.648	0.24
1999	14,504,120	14,698,973	389,706	2.651	0.24
2000	14,893,826	15,091,594	395,537	2.621	0.25
2001	15,289,363	15,493,253	407,780	2.632	0.25
2002	15,697,143	15,914,033	433,780	2.726	0.25
2003	16,130,923	16,354,326	446,806	2.732	0.26
2004	16,577,729	16,809,407	463,356	2.757	0.26
2005	17,041,085	17,275,171	468,171	2.710	0.26
2006	17,509,256	17,751,333	484,153	2.728	0.27
2007	17,993,409	18,251,866	516,914	2.832	0.27
2008	18,510,323	18,777,081	533,516	2.842	0.28
2009	19,043,839	19,319,274	550,870	2.852	0.28
2010	19,594,709	19,878,036	566,655	2.851	0.28
2011	20,161,364	20,448,873	575,018	2.812	0.29
2012	20,736,382	21,032,684	592,604	2.818	0.29
2013	21,328,986	21,632,850	607,728	2.809	0.30
2014	21,936,714	22,299,585	725,742	3.255	0.30
2015	22,662,456	23,012,646	700,381	3.044	0.31
2016	23,362,837	23,711,630	697,586	2.942	0.32
2017	24,060,423	24,393,181	665,517	2.728	0.32
2018	24,725,940	25,076,747	701,613	2.798	0.33
2019	25,427,553	25,782,341	709,576	2.752	0.33
2020	26,137,129	26,491,087	707,915	2.672	0.34
2021	26,845,044	27,198,628	707,168	2.600	0.34

Cameroon population projections
Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2022	27,552,212	27,914,536	724,649	2.596	0.35
2023	28,276,861	28,647,293	740,864	2.586	0.36
2024	29,017,725	29,394,433	753,417	2.563	0.36
2025	29,771,142	30,150,781	759,277	2.518	0.37
2026	30,530,419	30,914,482	768,125	2.485	0.37
2027	31,298,544	31,686,360	775,633	2.448	0.38
2028	32,074,177	32,466,454	784,555	2.417	0.39
2029	32,858,732	33,255,398	793,332	2.386	0.39
2030	33,652,064	34,051,103	798,077	2.344	0.40
2031	34,450,141	34,852,730	805,177	2.310	0.40
2032	35,255,318	35,661,603	812,570	2.279	0.41
2033	36,067,888	36,480,529	825,283	2.262	0.42
2034	36,893,171	37,308,723	831,103	2.228	0.42
2035	37,724,274	38,142,789	837,031	2.195	0.43
2036	38,561,305	38,983,916	845,223	2.168	0.44
2037	39,406,528	39,833,668	854,280	2.145	0.44
2038	40,260,808	40,690,719	859,821	2.113	0.45
2039	41,120,629	41,554,156	867,053	2.087	0.46
2040	41,987,682	42,424,031	872,697	2.057	0.46
2041	42,860,379	43,298,306	875,853	2.023	0.47
2042	43,736,232	44,174,768	877,071	1.986	0.47
2043	44,613,303	45,054,826	883,046	1.960	0.48
2044	45,496,349	45,938,571	884,445	1.925	0.49
2045	46,380,794	46,825,263	888,938	1.898	0.49
2046	47,269,732	47,716,029	892,594	1.871	0.50
2047	48,162,326	48,606,952	889,253	1.830	0.51
2048	49,051,579	49,497,461	891,764	1.802	0.51
2049	49,943,343	50,390,181	893,677	1.774	0.52
2050	50,837,020	51,279,560	885,080	1.726	0.53
2051	51,722,100	52,162,738	881,277	1.690	0.53
2052	52,603,377	53,045,279	883,804	1.666	0.54
2053	53,487,181	53,927,988	881,615	1.635	0.55
2054	54,368,796	54,807,308	877,023	1.600	0.56
2055	55,245,819	55,681,655	871,672	1.565	0.56
2056	56,117,491	56,550,647	866,312	1.532	0.57
2057	56,983,803	57,418,599	869,593	1.515	0.58
2058	57,853,396	58,282,583	858,374	1.473	0.58
2059	58,711,770	59,139,380	855,221	1.446	0.59
2060	59,566,991	59,993,351	852,719	1.421	0.60
2061	60,419,710	60,843,940	848,460	1.395	0.60
2062	61,268,170	61,687,863	839,385	1.361	0.61
2063	62,107,555	62,526,442	837,775	1.340	0.62
2064	62,945,330	63,365,067	839,473	1.325	0.62
2065	63,784,803	64,199,445	829,284	1.292	0.63
2066	64,614,087	65,025,563	822,951	1.266	0.64
2067	65,437,038	65,843,856	813,637	1.236	0.64
2068	66,250,675	66,654,857	808,365	1.213	0.65
2069	67,059,040	67,458,447	798,813	1.184	0.66
2070	67,857,853	68,255,118	794,530	1.164	0.66
2071	68,652,383	69,045,582	786,397	1.139	0.67
2072	69,438,780	69,825,697	773,833	1.108	0.68
2073	70,212,613	70,598,503	771,780	1.093	0.68
2074	70,984,393	71,362,904	757,022	1.061	0.69
2075	71,741,415	72,118,045	753,259	1.044	0.70
2076	72,494,674	72,864,716	740,085	1.016	0.70
2077	73,234,759	73,599,154	728,789	0.990	0.71
2078	73,963,548	74,323,741	720,386	0.969	0.71
2079	74,683,934	75,037,967	708,067	0.944	0.72
2080	75,392,001	75,738,647	693,291	0.915	0.73
2081	76,085,292	76,427,162	683,740	0.895	0.73
2082	76,769,032	77,102,701	667,337	0.866	0.74
2083	77,436,369	77,767,973	663,209	0.853	0.75
2084	78,099,578	78,425,171	651,187	0.830	0.75
2085	78,750,765	79,067,784	634,037	0.802	0.76
2086	79,384,802	79,697,379	625,155	0.784	0.76
2087	80,009,957	80,316,596	613,279	0.764	0.77
2088	80,623,236	80,924,126	601,780	0.744	0.78
2089	81,225,016	81,517,090	584,148	0.717	0.78
2090	81,809,164	82,094,735	571,142	0.696	0.79
2091	82,380,306	82,655,663	550,713	0.666	0.79
2092	82,931,019	83,199,876	537,715	0.646	0.80
2093	83,468,734	83,732,063	526,657	0.629	0.80
2094	83,995,391	84,255,117	519,453	0.617	0.81
2095	84,514,844	84,765,058	500,428	0.590	0.82
2096	85,015,272	85,256,974	483,405	0.567	0.82
2097	85,498,677	85,736,050	474,746	0.554	0.83
2098	85,973,423	86,201,648	456,451	0.530	0.83
2099	86,429,874	86,653,291	446,833	0.516	0.84
2100	86,876,707	87,093,219	433,023	0.497	0.84