Population of Cameroon

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date	23 Aug 2021

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The current population of Cameroon is 28,421,563 as of March 30, 2023, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Cameroon is projected at 27,224,265 or 27.22 million as of July 1, 2021. The total population in Cameroon is projected at 26,545,863 or 26.55 million people for the year 2020. Cameroon ranks number 52nd in the world by population in the list of 235 countries/territories. Cameroon is ranked 16th among 58 countries in Africa.

Cameroon's population will be increased year by year. The Cameroon population is projected to reach 33.77 million in 2030 and increase further to 50.57 million in 2050 and 90.23 million by 2100. Cameroon accounts for 0.35 percent of the world population. However, its global share increased by 0.18% in 1969 and is projected to increase by 0.83% by 2100.

Cameroon was at 72nd position globally in 1950, and its rank is projected to decline at 27th in 2100.

Population
Growth rate
Net change

Cameroon population estimates
Year	Population	Growth		Share (%)
Year	Population	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	4,307,023	-	-	0.17
1951	4,383,966	76,943	1.79	0.17
1952	4,462,130	78,164	1.78	0.17
1953	4,541,795	79,665	1.79	0.17
1954	4,623,276	81,481	1.79	0.17
1955	4,706,995	83,719	1.81	0.17
1956	4,793,398	86,403	1.84	0.17
1957	4,883,010	89,612	1.87	0.17
1958	4,976,409	93,399	1.91	0.17
1959	5,074,202	97,793	1.97	0.17
1960	5,176,918	102,716	2.02	0.17
1961	5,285,017	108,099	2.09	0.17
1962	5,398,729	113,712	2.15	0.17
1963	5,518,104	119,375	2.21	0.17
1964	5,643,036	124,932	2.26	0.17
1965	5,773,543	130,507	2.31	0.17
1966	5,909,882	136,339	2.36	0.17
1967	6,052,420	142,538	2.41	0.17
1968	6,201,413	148,993	2.46	0.17
1969	6,357,092	155,679	2.51	0.18
1970	6,519,762	162,670	2.56	0.18
1971	6,689,662	169,900	2.61	0.18
1972	6,867,178	177,516	2.65	0.18
1973	7,052,849	185,671	2.70	0.18
1974	7,247,287	194,438	2.76	0.18
1975	7,451,054	203,767	2.81	0.18
1976	7,664,406	213,352	2.86	0.18
1977	7,887,560	223,154	2.91	0.19
1978	8,121,084	233,524	2.96	0.19
1979	8,365,567	244,483	3.01	0.19
1980	8,621,406	255,839	3.06	0.19
1981	8,888,535	267,129	3.10	0.20
1982	9,166,816	278,281	3.13	0.20
1983	9,456,494	289,678	3.16	0.20
1984	9,757,841	301,347	3.19	0.20
1985	10,070,806	312,965	3.21	0.21
1986	10,395,480	324,674	3.22	0.21
1987	10,731,064	335,584	3.23	0.21
1988	11,075,422	344,358	3.21	0.22
1989	11,425,800	350,378	3.16	0.22
1990	11,780,088	354,288	3.10	0.22
1991	12,137,912	357,824	3.04	0.22
1992	12,499,499	361,587	2.98	0.23
1993	12,864,090	364,591	2.92	0.23
1994	13,230,984	366,894	2.85	0.23
1995	13,599,988	369,004	2.79	0.24
1996	13,970,813	370,825	2.73	0.24
1997	14,344,449	373,636	2.67	0.24
1998	14,723,768	379,319	2.64	0.25
1999	15,112,592	388,824	2.64	0.25
2000	15,513,945	401,353	2.66	0.25
2001	15,928,910	414,965	2.67	0.26
2002	16,357,602	428,692	2.69	0.26
2003	16,800,865	443,263	2.71	0.26
2004	17,259,322	458,457	2.73	0.27
2005	17,733,410	474,088	2.75	0.27
2006	18,223,674	490,264	2.76	0.28
2007	18,730,282	506,608	2.78	0.28
2008	19,252,666	522,384	2.79	0.28
2009	19,789,919	537,253	2.79	0.29
2010	20,341,241	551,322	2.79	0.29
2011	20,906,388	565,147	2.78	0.30
2012	21,485,265	578,877	2.77	0.30
2013	22,077,294	592,029	2.76	0.31
2014	22,681,852	604,558	2.74	0.31
2015	23,298,368	616,516	2.72	0.32
2016	23,926,551	628,183	2.70	0.32
2017	24,566,073	639,522	2.67	0.33
2018	25,216,267	650,194	2.65	0.33
2019	25,876,380	660,113	2.62	0.34

Cameroon population projections
Year	Population	Growth		Share (%)
Year	Population	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2020	26,545,863	669,483	2.59	0.34
2021	27,224,265	678,402	2.56	0.35
2022	27,911,548	687,283	2.52	0.35
2023	28,608,133	696,585	2.50	0.36
2024	29,314,688	706,555	2.47	0.36
2025	30,031,673	716,985	2.45	0.37
2026	30,759,099	727,426	2.42	0.37
2027	31,496,602	737,503	2.40	0.38
2028	32,243,887	747,285	2.37	0.38
2029	33,000,513	756,626	2.35	0.39
2030	33,766,121	765,608	2.32	0.39
2031	34,540,461	774,340	2.29	0.40
2032	35,323,391	782,930	2.27	0.41
2033	36,114,791	791,400	2.24	0.41
2034	36,914,551	799,760	2.21	0.42
2035	37,722,498	807,947	2.19	0.42
2036	38,538,396	815,898	2.16	0.43
2037	39,361,903	823,507	2.14	0.44
2038	40,192,582	830,679	2.11	0.44
2039	41,029,922	837,340	2.08	0.45
2040	41,873,466	843,544	2.06	0.46
2041	42,722,776	849,310	2.03	0.46
2042	43,577,521	854,745	2.00	0.47
2043	44,437,460	859,939	1.97	0.47
2044	45,302,425	864,965	1.95	0.48
2045	46,172,137	869,712	1.92	0.49
2046	47,046,322	874,185	1.89	0.49
2047	47,924,419	878,097	1.87	0.50
2048	48,805,579	881,160	1.84	0.51
2049	49,688,733	883,154	1.81	0.51
2050	50,573,042	884,309	1.78	0.52
2051	51,457,947	884,905	1.75	0.53
2052	52,343,248	885,301	1.72	0.53
2053	53,228,832	885,584	1.69	0.54
2054	54,114,796	885,964	1.66	0.55
2055	55,001,109	886,313	1.64	0.55
2056	55,887,484	886,375	1.61	0.56
2057	56,773,532	886,048	1.59	0.57
2058	57,658,942	885,410	1.56	0.57
2059	58,543,373	884,431	1.53	0.58
2060	59,426,511	883,138	1.51	0.59
2061	60,308,068	881,557	1.48	0.59
2062	61,187,797	879,729	1.46	0.60
2063	62,065,416	877,619	1.43	0.61
2064	62,940,667	875,251	1.41	0.61
2065	63,813,298	872,631	1.39	0.62
2066	64,682,979	869,681	1.36	0.63
2067	65,549,409	866,430	1.34	0.63
2068	66,412,379	862,970	1.32	0.64
2069	67,271,719	859,340	1.29	0.64
2070	68,127,164	855,445	1.27	0.65
2071	68,978,442	851,278	1.25	0.66
2072	69,825,151	846,709	1.23	0.66
2073	70,666,799	841,648	1.21	0.67
2074	71,502,812	836,013	1.18	0.68
2075	72,332,686	829,874	1.16	0.68
2076	73,156,117	823,431	1.14	0.69
2077	73,972,763	816,646	1.12	0.70
2078	74,782,115	809,352	1.09	0.70
2079	75,583,606	801,491	1.07	0.71
2080	76,376,763	793,157	1.05	0.72
2081	77,161,140	784,377	1.03	0.72
2082	77,936,541	775,401	1.00	0.73
2083	78,703,125	766,584	0.98	0.73
2084	79,461,229	758,104	0.96	0.74
2085	80,210,996	749,767	0.94	0.75
2086	80,952,445	741,449	0.92	0.75
2087	81,685,147	732,702	0.91	0.76
2088	82,408,218	723,071	0.89	0.76
2089	83,120,509	712,291	0.86	0.77
2090	83,821,208	700,699	0.84	0.78
2091	84,510,014	688,806	0.82	0.78
2092	85,187,062	677,048	0.80	0.79
2093	85,852,784	665,722	0.78	0.79
2094	86,507,731	654,947	0.76	0.80
2095	87,152,318	644,587	0.75	0.80
2096	87,786,893	634,575	0.73	0.81
2097	88,411,584	624,691	0.71	0.81
2098	89,026,362	614,778	0.70	0.82
2099	89,631,022	604,660	0.68	0.82
2100	90,225,182	594,160	0.66	0.83