Cameroon vs China statistics compared

Cameroon has a population of 29.1M (ranked 52/197), compared with 1.41B in China (ranked 2/197). Cameroon's land area is 182,514 sq mi versus 3,624,808 sq mi for China (ranked 52nd vs. 2nd).

By GDP, Cameroon ranks 92/197 ($51.3B) and China ranks 2/197 ($18.7T). By GDP per capita, Cameroon ranks 159/197 ($1,762), while China ranks 76/197 ($13,303).

Cameroon and China: Comparison Charts

Cameroon and China economies compared

GDP

Cameroon

China

Table

Year	GDP
	Cameroon	China
1960	$614,206,068	$59,846,235,025
1961	$652,777,608	$50,162,299,350
1962	$694,247,864	$47,310,737,754
1963	$718,320,845	$50,812,227,919
1964	$776,650,177	$59,821,862,703
1965	$814,083,266	$70,565,994,356
1966	$851,112,535	$76,854,053,259
1967	$936,175,260	$73,011,350,596
1968	$1,046,191,218	$70,980,323,819
1969	$1,100,551,489	$79,847,786,729
1970	$1,151,216,993	$92,752,930,873
1971	$1,236,941,394	$99,959,013,880
1972	$1,498,251,890	$113,871,930,714
1973	$1,901,393,361	$138,764,340,892
1974	$2,157,415,533	$144,418,433,058
1975	$2,857,037,371	$163,687,619,736
1976	$2,898,090,002	$154,196,810,059
1977	$3,394,664,024	$175,226,595,860
1978	$4,662,852,583	$149,788,617,886
1979	$5,919,002,983	$178,573,913,043
1980	$6,674,569,047	$191,487,500,000
1981	$6,610,938,617	$196,218,253,968
1982	$6,611,255,964	$205,480,916,031
1983	$6,870,200,010	$231,130,268,199
1984	$7,311,938,026	$260,442,857,143
1985	$8,544,810,498	$310,064,625,850
1986	$11,857,056,199	$301,310,144,928
1987	$13,049,659,981	$273,455,156,951
1988	$12,236,057,362	$312,888,888,889
1989	$11,012,566,195	$348,380,566,802
1990	$12,314,482,628	$361,560,229,446
1991	$11,840,192,296	$384,510,452,962
1992	$12,071,775,335	$428,502,354,788
1993	$16,181,814,713	$446,557,291,212
1994	$8,902,446,252	$566,929,539,493
1995	$10,864,772,471	$738,190,896,228
1996	$11,093,538,846	$868,523,936,530
1997	$10,789,458,433	$967,753,570,435
1998	$11,298,144,990	$1,037,134,141,760
1999	$11,565,826,465	$1,103,843,203,576
2000	$10,566,579,295	$1,223,754,919,971
2001	$10,953,485,349	$1,355,036,590,252
2002	$12,417,251,350	$1,489,821,682,051
2003	$15,970,315,035	$1,683,903,309,844
2004	$18,826,214,136	$1,984,196,551,300
2005	$19,509,852,207	$2,317,551,298,052
2006	$20,910,512,975	$2,791,498,472,804
2007	$23,928,250,433	$3,604,055,822,572
2008	$27,715,142,033	$4,667,346,414,522
2009	$27,932,970,317	$5,189,577,094,998
2010	$27,507,501,821	$6,192,564,874,453
2011	$30,630,910,495	$7,671,757,207,851
2012	$30,155,062,329	$8,673,664,713,189
2013	$33,728,621,180	$9,743,124,247,267
2014	$36,386,544,706	$10,674,533,168,257
2015	$32,210,233,020	$11,280,814,787,469
2016	$33,814,337,044	$11,456,024,084,962
2017	$36,098,547,033	$12,537,559,062,283
2018	$39,955,552,190	$14,147,765,772,964
2019	$39,667,757,528	$14,560,167,101,283
2020	$40,773,241,177	$14,996,414,166,715
2021	$45,011,937,347	$18,201,698,719,564
2022	$44,347,206,073	$18,316,765,021,690
2023	$49,279,410,983	$18,270,356,654,533
2024	$51,326,764,685	$18,743,803,170,827

Cameroon and China economies compared

GDP per capita

Cameroon

China

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Cameroon	China
1960	$119.1	$89.7
1961	$124.6	$76
1962	$130	$71.1
1963	$131.6	$74.5
1964	$139.2	$85.7
1965	$142.7	$98.7
1966	$145.8	$104.5
1967	$156.6	$96.8
1968	$170.8	$91.6
1969	$175.2	$100.3
1970	$178.5	$113.3
1971	$186.7	$118.8
1972	$220.1	$132.1
1973	$271.8	$157.3
1974	$299.9	$160.4
1975	$386	$178.6
1976	$381	$165.7
1977	$435	$185.7
1978	$582	$156.7
1979	$718	$184.3
1980	$784	$195.1
1981	$750	$197.4
1982	$732	$203.7
1983	$746	$225.9
1984	$772	$251.2
1985	$875	$295
1986	$1,179	$282.4
1987	$1,258	$252.3
1988	$1,145	$284
1989	$1,001	$311
1990	$1,087	$319
1991	$1,015	$334
1992	$1,005	$368
1993	$1,310	$379
1994	$701	$476
1995	$832	$613
1996	$827	$713
1997	$783	$787
1998	$799	$835
1999	$796	$881
2000	$709	$969
2001	$715	$1,065
2002	$790	$1,164
2003	$988	$1,307
2004	$1,133	$1,531
2005	$1,143	$1,778
2006	$1,191	$2,129
2007	$1,326	$2,735
2008	$1,492	$3,523
2009	$1,461	$3,898
2010	$1,399	$4,629
2011	$1,514	$5,704
2012	$1,449	$6,405
2013	$1,576	$7,147
2014	$1,649	$7,781
2015	$1,415	$8,175
2016	$1,442	$8,255
2017	$1,496	$8,980
2018	$1,611	$10,086
2019	$1,555	$10,343
2020	$1,556	$10,627
2021	$1,672	$12,887
2022	$1,605	$12,971
2023	$1,737	$12,951
2024	$1,762	$13,303

Cameroon vs. China life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Cameroon

China

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Cameroon	China
1950	33.1	43.8
1951	33.9	44.6
1952	34.6	45.3
1953	35.5	45.9
1954	36.5	46.8
1955	37.5	47.2
1956	38.4	47.8
1957	38.3	48.4
1958	39.1	48.8
1959	39.8	40.2
1960	34.7	33.4
1961	35.2	40.2
1962	42.6	51
1963	43.1	51.7
1964	43.6	52.3
1965	44.2	53
1966	44.8	53.7
1967	45.6	54.4
1968	46.4	55.2
1969	47.2	56
1970	48	56.8
1971	48.6	57.7
1972	49.1	58.6
1973	49.5	59.5
1974	49.7	60.2
1975	49.9	61
1976	50	61.2
1977	50.1	62.5
1978	50.3	63.1
1979	50.5	63.7
1980	50.9	64.2
1981	51.2	64.8
1982	51.8	65.2
1983	52.4	65.7
1984	52.9	66.1
1985	53.5	66.5
1986	53.6	66.9
1987	54.2	67.3
1988	54.4	67.6
1989	54.4	67.9
1990	54.3	68.2
1991	54.2	68.6
1992	54.1	69.1
1993	53.9	69.5
1994	53.5	69.8
1995	53.3	70.4
1996	53.2	70.8
1997	53.1	71.2
1998	53	71.6
1999	53.2	72
2000	53.3	72.3
2001	53.6	72.7
2002	53.9	73
2003	54.3	73.4
2004	54.6	73.7
2005	54.9	74.1
2006	55.3	74.4
2007	55.7	74.8
2008	56.1	74.8
2009	56.5	75.3
2010	57	75.7
2011	57.5	75.9
2012	58.2	76.2
2013	58.7	76.5
2014	59.1	76.7
2015	59.7	77
2016	60.3	77.2
2017	60.8	77.2
2018	61.2	77.7
2019	61.7	77.9
2020	61.7	78
2021	61.1	78.1
2022	62.4	78.2
2023	63.7	78
2024	64	78
2025	64.2	78.4

Cameroon and China population clocks and comparison

Population

Cameroon

China

Table

Year	Population
	Cameroon	China
1960	5,159,057	667,070,000
1961	5,239,273	660,330,000
1962	5,338,620	665,770,000
1963	5,456,623	682,335,000
1964	5,578,257	698,355,000
1965	5,704,686	715,185,000
1966	5,837,295	735,400,000
1967	5,977,318	754,550,000
1968	6,125,863	774,510,000
1969	6,283,462	796,025,000
1970	6,449,793	818,315,000
1971	6,624,408	841,105,000
1972	6,806,872	862,030,000
1973	6,996,660	881,940,000
1974	7,193,583	900,350,000
1975	7,397,120	916,395,000
1976	7,597,962	930,685,000
1977	7,796,501	943,455,000
1978	8,011,921	956,165,000
1979	8,239,641	969,005,000
1980	8,512,219	981,235,000
1981	8,816,377	993,885,000
1982	9,028,678	1,008,630,000
1983	9,215,397	1,023,310,000
1984	9,475,078	1,036,825,000
1985	9,761,730	1,051,040,000
1986	10,060,342	1,066,790,000
1987	10,370,749	1,084,035,000
1988	10,684,968	1,101,630,000
1989	11,002,745	1,118,650,000
1990	11,331,821	1,135,185,000
1991	11,667,180	1,150,780,000
1992	12,006,353	1,164,970,000
1993	12,353,131	1,178,440,000
1994	12,704,903	1,191,835,000
1995	13,058,516	1,204,855,000
1996	13,414,757	1,217,550,000
1997	13,775,214	1,230,075,000
1998	14,144,860	1,241,935,000
1999	14,525,140	1,252,735,000
2000	14,912,631	1,262,645,000
2001	15,309,490	1,271,850,000
2002	15,725,528	1,280,400,000
2003	16,160,340	1,288,400,000
2004	16,610,487	1,296,075,000
2005	17,074,594	1,303,720,000
2006	17,550,407	1,311,020,000
2007	18,049,896	1,317,885,000
2008	18,574,056	1,324,655,000
2009	19,113,974	1,331,260,000
2010	19,668,066	1,337,705,000
2011	20,232,304	1,345,035,000
2012	20,809,529	1,354,190,000
2013	21,402,376	1,363,240,000
2014	22,059,893	1,371,860,000
2015	22,763,414	1,379,860,000
2016	23,454,161	1,387,790,000
2017	24,128,601	1,396,215,000
2018	24,806,383	1,402,760,000
2019	25,506,095	1,407,745,000
2020	26,210,558	1,411,100,000
2021	26,915,758	1,412,360,000
2022	27,632,771	1,412,175,000
2023	28,372,687	1,410,710,000
2024	29,123,744	1,408,975,000

Fertility rates in Cameroon and China

Fertility rate

Cameroon

China

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Cameroon	China
1960	5.73	4.45
1961	5.73	3.86
1962	5.73	6.09
1963	5.73	7.51
1964	5.74	6.67
1965	5.8	6.61
1966	5.85	6.31
1967	5.95	5.81
1968	6.04	6.51
1969	6.14	6.18
1970	6.2	6.09
1971	6.26	5.52
1972	6.29	5.11
1973	6.33	4.73
1974	6.36	4.17
1975	6.4	3.57
1976	6.45	3.24
1977	6.51	2.84
1978	6.55	2.72
1979	6.58	2.75
1980	6.61	2.74
1981	6.61	2.79
1982	6.59	2.97
1983	6.58	2.56
1984	6.56	2.61
1985	6.56	2.63
1986	6.57	2.72
1987	6.54	2.76
1988	6.48	2.54
1989	6.41	2.52
1990	6.36	2.51
1991	6.32	1.93
1992	6.26	1.78
1993	6.16	1.69
1994	6.04	1.63
1995	5.92	1.59
1996	5.8	1.55
1997	5.71	1.53
1998	5.66	1.52
1999	5.6	1.53
2000	5.51	1.63
2001	5.44	1.56
2002	5.44	1.57
2003	5.43	1.57
2004	5.44	1.61
2005	5.42	1.62
2006	5.37	1.64
2007	5.34	1.67
2008	5.29	1.7
2009	5.24	1.71
2010	5.15	1.69
2011	5.05	1.67
2012	4.98	1.8
2013	4.91	1.71
2014	4.84	1.77
2015	4.84	1.67
2016	4.84	1.77
2017	4.8	1.8
2018	4.74	1.54
2019	4.65	1.5
2020	4.56	1.24
2021	4.47	1.12
2022	4.4	1.03
2023	4.32	1

Cameroon and China demographics compared

Median age

Cameroon

China

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Cameroon	China
1960	20.5	20.9
1961	20.3	21.1
1962	20.1	21
1963	20.1	20.4
1964	20	19.9
1965	19.9	19.6
1966	19.8	19.3
1967	19.7	19.2
1968	19.5	19.2
1969	19.4	19.1
1970	19.2	19.1
1971	19	19.2
1972	18.9	19.3
1973	18.8	19.5
1974	18.6	19.7
1975	18.5	20.1
1976	18.3	20.4
1977	18.2	20.8
1978	18	21.2
1979	17.9	21.4
1980	17.8	21.6
1981	17.8	21.8
1982	17.5	22.1
1983	17.3	22.6
1984	17.1	23
1985	17.1	23.2
1986	17	23.4
1987	16.9	23.6
1988	16.9	23.9
1989	16.8	24.4
1990	16.8	24.7
1991	16.8	25.1
1992	16.8	25.6
1993	16.8	26.1
1994	16.9	26.6
1995	16.9	27.2
1996	17	27.8
1997	17.1	28.3
1998	17.1	28.8
1999	17.2	29.4
2000	17.3	30
2001	17.4	30.5
2002	17.5	31.1
2003	17.5	31.6
2004	17.6	32.1
2005	17.6	32.6
2006	17.7	33.1
2007	17.7	33.7
2008	17.8	34.2
2009	17.8	34.7
2010	17.9	35.1
2011	17.9	35.5
2012	18	35.7
2013	18.1	36
2014	18.2	36.3
2015	18.3	36.7
2016	18.3	37.1
2017	18.4	37.4
2018	18.4	37.7
2019	18.5	38.1
2020	18.5	38.5
2021	18.6	39
2022	18.7	39.6
2023	18.8	40.1
2024	19	40.6

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