Cameroon vs Congo statistics compared

Cameroon has a population of 29.1M (ranked 52/197), compared with 6.33M in The Congo (ranked 112/197). Cameroon's land area is 182,514 sq mi versus 131,854 sq mi for The Congo (ranked 52nd vs. 64th).

By GDP, Cameroon ranks 92/197 ($51.3B) and The Congo ranks 141/197 ($15.7B). By GDP per capita, Cameroon ranks 159/197 ($1,762), while The Congo ranks 148/197 ($2,482).

Cameroon and Congo: Comparison Charts

Cameroon and Congo economies compared

GDP

Cameroon

Congo

Table

Year	GDP
	Cameroon	Congo
1960	$614,206,068	$131,731,863
1961	$652,777,608	$151,675,739
1962	$694,247,864	$166,521,240
1963	$718,320,845	$172,233,431
1964	$776,650,177	$185,693,725
1965	$814,083,266	$198,318,064
1966	$851,112,535	$220,613,582
1967	$936,175,260	$237,397,428
1968	$1,046,191,218	$251,247,458
1969	$1,100,551,489	$265,040,036
1970	$1,151,216,993	$274,960,700
1971	$1,236,941,394	$322,128,019
1972	$1,498,251,890	$410,669,264
1973	$1,901,393,361	$541,973,363
1974	$2,157,415,533	$585,364,634
1975	$2,857,037,371	$767,102,680
1976	$2,898,090,002	$754,549,601
1977	$3,394,664,024	$765,224,029
1978	$4,662,852,583	$878,771,772
1979	$5,919,002,983	$1,198,749,667
1980	$6,674,569,047	$1,705,796,853
1981	$6,610,938,617	$1,993,512,323
1982	$6,611,255,964	$2,160,640,565
1983	$6,870,200,010	$2,097,274,290
1984	$7,311,938,026	$2,193,581,365
1985	$8,544,810,498	$2,160,872,540
1986	$11,857,056,199	$1,849,268,212
1987	$13,049,659,981	$2,297,753,652
1988	$12,236,057,362	$2,212,536,312
1989	$11,012,566,195	$2,389,593,026
1990	$12,314,482,628	$2,798,746,050
1991	$11,840,192,296	$2,724,853,506
1992	$12,071,775,335	$2,933,222,703
1993	$16,181,814,713	$2,684,323,623
1994	$8,902,446,252	$1,769,365,438
1995	$10,864,772,471	$2,116,003,868
1996	$11,093,538,846	$2,540,697,539
1997	$10,789,458,433	$2,322,719,103
1998	$11,298,144,990	$1,949,481,379
1999	$11,565,826,465	$2,354,772,960
2000	$10,566,579,295	$3,227,927,698
2001	$10,953,485,349	$2,796,704,604
2002	$12,417,251,350	$3,034,250,924
2003	$15,970,315,035	$3,503,723,088
2004	$18,826,214,136	$4,656,974,940
2005	$19,509,852,207	$6,650,001,680
2006	$20,910,512,975	$8,072,305,029
2007	$23,928,250,433	$8,782,703,437
2008	$27,715,142,033	$11,649,857,673
2009	$27,932,970,317	$9,723,299,915
2010	$27,507,501,821	$13,148,396,212
2011	$30,630,910,495	$15,655,383,577
2012	$30,155,062,329	$17,692,911,296
2013	$33,728,621,180	$17,958,720,699
2014	$36,386,544,706	$17,919,321,078
2015	$32,210,233,020	$12,434,793,867
2016	$33,814,337,044	$10,931,328,151
2017	$36,098,547,033	$11,834,473,039
2018	$39,955,552,190	$14,773,900,289
2019	$39,667,757,528	$13,976,637,780
2020	$40,773,241,177	$11,468,687,464
2021	$45,011,937,347	$14,825,690,211
2022	$44,347,206,073	$15,817,030,157
2023	$49,279,410,983	$15,321,055,818
2024	$51,326,764,685	$15,719,985,776

Cameroon and Congo economies compared

GDP per capita

Cameroon

Congo

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Cameroon	Congo
1960	$119.1	$124.7
1961	$124.6	$139.9
1962	$130	$149.6
1963	$131.6	$150.7
1964	$139.2	$158.1
1965	$142.7	$164.2
1966	$145.8	$177.6
1967	$156.6	$185.7
1968	$170.8	$190.8
1969	$175.2	$195.4
1970	$178.5	$196.7
1971	$186.7	$223.5
1972	$220.1	$276.3
1973	$271.8	$353
1974	$299.9	$370
1975	$386	$471
1976	$381	$453
1977	$435	$448
1978	$582	$503
1979	$718	$670
1980	$784	$933
1981	$750	$1,066
1982	$732	$1,131
1983	$746	$1,075
1984	$772	$1,097
1985	$875	$1,049
1986	$1,179	$872
1987	$1,258	$1,052
1988	$1,145	$984
1989	$1,001	$1,033
1990	$1,087	$1,176
1991	$1,015	$1,113
1992	$1,005	$1,164
1993	$1,310	$1,034
1994	$701	$662
1995	$832	$770
1996	$827	$899
1997	$783	$804
1998	$799	$660
1999	$796	$776
2000	$709	$1,024
2001	$715	$855
2002	$790	$906
2003	$988	$1,017
2004	$1,133	$1,306
2005	$1,143	$1,799
2006	$1,191	$2,104
2007	$1,326	$2,206
2008	$1,492	$2,832
2009	$1,461	$2,271
2010	$1,399	$2,947
2011	$1,514	$3,396
2012	$1,449	$3,732
2013	$1,576	$3,697
2014	$1,649	$3,601
2015	$1,415	$2,439
2016	$1,442	$2,093
2017	$1,496	$2,212
2018	$1,611	$2,694
2019	$1,555	$2,488
2020	$1,556	$1,994
2021	$1,672	$2,516
2022	$1,605	$2,621
2023	$1,737	$2,478
2024	$1,762	$2,482

Cameroon vs. Congo life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Cameroon

Congo

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Cameroon	Congo
1950	33.1	39.6
1951	33.9	40.3
1952	34.6	41.1
1953	35.5	41.9
1954	36.5	42.6
1955	37.5	43.4
1956	38.4	44.3
1957	38.3	45.1
1958	39.1	46
1959	39.8	46.8
1960	34.7	47.6
1961	35.2	48.4
1962	42.6	49
1963	43.1	49.7
1964	43.6	50.4
1965	44.2	51
1966	44.8	51.6
1967	45.6	51.9
1968	46.4	52.6
1969	47.2	53.1
1970	48	53.6
1971	48.6	54
1972	49.1	54.4
1973	49.5	54.7
1974	49.7	55.1
1975	49.9	55.4
1976	50	55.7
1977	50.1	56
1978	50.3	56.2
1979	50.5	56.5
1980	50.9	56.8
1981	51.2	57.1
1982	51.8	57.2
1983	52.4	57.4
1984	52.9	57.5
1985	53.5	57.6
1986	53.6	57.6
1987	54.2	57.6
1988	54.4	57.5
1989	54.4	57.3
1990	54.3	57.1
1991	54.2	56.8
1992	54.1	56.5
1993	53.9	56
1994	53.5	55.6
1995	53.3	55.5
1996	53.2	55.2
1997	53.1	48.6
1998	53	52.6
1999	53.2	54.4
2000	53.3	55.4
2001	53.6	55.9
2002	53.9	56.4
2003	54.3	57.1
2004	54.6	58
2005	54.9	58.7
2006	55.3	59.5
2007	55.7	60.1
2008	56.1	60.8
2009	56.5	61.2
2010	57	61.7
2011	57.5	62.3
2012	58.2	62.7
2013	58.7	63
2014	59.1	63.3
2015	59.7	63.7
2016	60.3	63.9
2017	60.8	64.2
2018	61.2	64.5
2019	61.7	63.2
2020	61.7	64.4
2021	61.1	64.2
2022	62.4	65
2023	63.7	65.8
2024	64	66
2025	64.2	66.2

Cameroon and Congo population clocks and comparison

Population

Cameroon

Congo

Table

Year	Population
	Cameroon	Congo
1960	5,159,057	1,056,732
1961	5,239,273	1,084,389
1962	5,338,620	1,113,175
1963	5,456,623	1,143,263
1964	5,578,257	1,174,816
1965	5,704,686	1,207,880
1966	5,837,295	1,242,534
1967	5,977,318	1,278,691
1968	6,125,863	1,316,519
1969	6,283,462	1,356,182
1970	6,449,793	1,397,638
1971	6,624,408	1,441,039
1972	6,806,872	1,486,468
1973	6,996,660	1,533,680
1974	7,193,583	1,582,301
1975	7,397,120	1,627,032
1976	7,597,962	1,667,225
1977	7,796,501	1,707,568
1978	8,011,921	1,748,089
1979	8,239,641	1,788,524
1980	8,512,219	1,828,985
1981	8,816,377	1,869,759
1982	9,028,678	1,910,430
1983	9,215,397	1,950,321
1984	9,475,078	1,999,528
1985	9,761,730	2,059,311
1986	10,060,342	2,120,602
1987	10,370,749	2,183,473
1988	10,684,968	2,247,653
1989	11,002,745	2,313,558
1990	11,331,821	2,380,560
1991	11,667,180	2,449,229
1992	12,006,353	2,519,465
1993	12,353,131	2,595,124
1994	12,704,903	2,673,144
1995	13,058,516	2,749,461
1996	13,414,757	2,826,785
1997	13,775,214	2,887,862
1998	14,144,860	2,952,061
1999	14,525,140	3,032,874
2000	14,912,631	3,151,345
2001	15,309,490	3,272,537
2002	15,725,528	3,350,771
2003	16,160,340	3,445,753
2004	16,610,487	3,565,554
2005	17,074,594	3,696,393
2006	17,550,407	3,837,409
2007	18,049,896	3,980,430
2008	18,574,056	4,113,517
2009	19,113,974	4,281,219
2010	19,668,066	4,462,290
2011	20,232,304	4,609,724
2012	20,809,529	4,740,450
2013	21,402,376	4,857,099
2014	22,059,893	4,975,880
2015	22,763,414	5,097,581
2016	23,454,161	5,222,536
2017	24,128,601	5,351,011
2018	24,806,383	5,483,118
2019	25,506,095	5,616,661
2020	26,210,558	5,752,791
2021	26,915,758	5,892,183
2022	27,632,771	6,035,104
2023	28,372,687	6,182,885
2024	29,123,744	6,332,961

Fertility rates in Cameroon and Congo

Fertility rate

Cameroon

Congo

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Cameroon	Congo
1960	5.73	6.09
1961	5.73	6.09
1962	5.73	6.1
1963	5.73	6.15
1964	5.74	6.18
1965	5.8	6.23
1966	5.85	6.27
1967	5.95	6.29
1968	6.04	6.33
1969	6.14	6.35
1970	6.2	6.38
1971	6.26	6.42
1972	6.29	6.44
1973	6.33	6.42
1974	6.36	6.39
1975	6.4	6.36
1976	6.45	6.32
1977	6.51	6.27
1978	6.55	6.21
1979	6.58	6.14
1980	6.61	6.07
1981	6.61	5.98
1982	6.59	5.85
1983	6.58	5.76
1984	6.56	5.66
1985	6.56	5.59
1986	6.57	5.51
1987	6.54	5.46
1988	6.48	5.39
1989	6.41	5.33
1990	6.36	5.27
1991	6.32	5.22
1992	6.26	5.18
1993	6.16	5.13
1994	6.04	5.1
1995	5.92	5.07
1996	5.8	5.03
1997	5.71	5
1998	5.66	4.91
1999	5.6	4.81
2000	5.51	4.72
2001	5.44	4.67
2002	5.44	4.7
2003	5.43	4.7
2004	5.44	4.69
2005	5.42	4.67
2006	5.37	4.65
2007	5.34	4.65
2008	5.29	4.73
2009	5.24	4.81
2010	5.15	4.85
2011	5.05	4.83
2012	4.98	4.79
2013	4.91	4.73
2014	4.84	4.67
2015	4.84	4.61
2016	4.84	4.55
2017	4.8	4.5
2018	4.74	4.44
2019	4.65	4.38
2020	4.56	4.33
2021	4.47	4.28
2022	4.4	4.22
2023	4.32	4.16

Cameroon and Congo demographics compared

Median age

Cameroon

Congo

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Cameroon	Congo
1960	20.5	18.8
1961	20.3	18.7
1962	20.1	18.6
1963	20.1	18.4
1964	20	18.3
1965	19.9	18.2
1966	19.8	18.1
1967	19.7	17.9
1968	19.5	17.8
1969	19.4	17.7
1970	19.2	17.6
1971	19	17.5
1972	18.9	17.4
1973	18.8	17.4
1974	18.6	17.3
1975	18.5	17.2
1976	18.3	17.1
1977	18.2	17
1978	18	17
1979	17.9	17
1980	17.8	17
1981	17.8	17
1982	17.5	17.1
1983	17.3	17.2
1984	17.1	17.2
1985	17.1	17.3
1986	17	17.4
1987	16.9	17.4
1988	16.9	17.5
1989	16.8	17.6
1990	16.8	17.7
1991	16.8	17.7
1992	16.8	17.8
1993	16.8	17.9
1994	16.9	18
1995	16.9	18.1
1996	17	18.1
1997	17.1	18.1
1998	17.1	18.1
1999	17.2	18.2
2000	17.3	18.5
2001	17.4	18.8
2002	17.5	18.8
2003	17.5	18.9
2004	17.6	19
2005	17.6	19.2
2006	17.7	19.3
2007	17.7	19.5
2008	17.8	19.5
2009	17.8	19.7
2010	17.9	19.8
2011	17.9	19.7
2012	18	19.6
2013	18.1	19.5
2014	18.2	19.4
2015	18.3	19.3
2016	18.3	19.2
2017	18.4	19.2
2018	18.4	19.1
2019	18.5	19.1
2020	18.5	19.2
2021	18.6	19.2
2022	18.7	19.3
2023	18.8	19.4
2024	19	19.5

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