Cameroon vs Ethiopia statistics compared

Cameroon has a population of 29.1M (ranked 52/197), compared with 132M in Ethiopia (ranked 10/197). Cameroon's land area is 182,514 sq mi versus 435,716 sq mi for Ethiopia (ranked 52nd vs. 25th).

By GDP, Cameroon ranks 92/197 ($51.3B) and Ethiopia ranks 62/197 ($127B). By GDP per capita, Cameroon ranks 159/197 ($1,762), while Ethiopia ranks 176/197 ($1,011).

Cameroon and Ethiopia: Comparison Charts

Cameroon and Ethiopia economies compared

GDP

Cameroon

Ethiopia

Table

Year	GDP
	Cameroon	Ethiopia
1960	$614,206,068	$1,610,511,694
1961	$652,777,608	$1,680,859,514
1962	$694,247,864	$1,747,566,307
1963	$718,320,845	$1,825,058,828
1964	$776,650,177	$1,984,129,186
1965	$814,083,266	$2,159,998,591
1966	$851,112,535	$2,324,466,416
1967	$936,175,260	$2,461,762,003
1968	$1,046,191,218	$2,619,948,865
1969	$1,100,551,489	$2,768,987,372
1970	$1,151,216,993	$3,045,354,455
1971	$1,236,941,394	$3,224,280,835
1972	$1,498,251,890	$3,520,252,938
1973	$1,901,393,361	$4,070,570,550
1974	$2,157,415,533	$4,577,209,966
1975	$2,857,037,371	$4,577,047,854
1976	$2,898,090,002	$4,943,806,093
1977	$3,394,664,024	$5,651,840,585
1978	$4,662,852,583	$6,014,961,435
1979	$5,919,002,983	$6,586,048,398
1980	$6,674,569,047	$7,012,585,454
1981	$6,610,938,617	$7,507,663,567
1982	$6,611,255,964	$7,899,988,841
1983	$6,870,200,010	$8,781,664,427
1984	$7,311,938,026	$8,298,309,581
1985	$8,544,810,498	$9,717,392,687
1986	$11,857,056,199	$10,094,328,898
1987	$13,049,659,981	$10,790,001,558
1988	$12,236,057,362	$11,181,119,718
1989	$11,012,566,195	$11,762,932,007
1990	$12,314,482,628	$12,478,943,895
1991	$11,840,192,296	$13,799,799,324
1992	$12,071,775,335	$10,754,799,037
1993	$16,181,814,713	$9,051,043,870
1994	$8,902,446,252	$7,100,806,754
1995	$10,864,772,471	$7,855,205,207
1996	$11,093,538,846	$8,761,215,548
1997	$10,789,458,433	$8,803,539,988
1998	$11,298,144,990	$8,013,274,132
1999	$11,565,826,465	$7,892,973,532
2000	$10,566,579,295	$8,242,349,618
2001	$10,953,485,349	$8,231,326,016
2002	$12,417,251,350	$7,850,809,498
2003	$15,970,315,035	$8,623,691,300
2004	$18,826,214,136	$10,131,187,261
2005	$19,509,852,207	$12,401,139,454
2006	$20,910,512,975	$15,280,861,835
2007	$23,928,250,433	$19,707,616,773
2008	$27,715,142,033	$27,066,912,635
2009	$27,932,970,317	$32,437,389,116
2010	$27,507,501,821	$29,933,790,334
2011	$30,630,910,495	$31,952,763,089
2012	$30,155,062,329	$43,310,721,414
2013	$33,728,621,180	$47,648,276,605
2014	$36,386,544,706	$55,612,228,234
2015	$32,210,233,020	$64,589,328,551
2016	$33,814,337,044	$74,296,766,562
2017	$36,098,547,033	$81,770,885,148
2018	$39,955,552,190	$84,269,180,857
2019	$39,667,757,528	$95,912,620,248
2020	$40,773,241,177	$107,657,732,424
2021	$45,011,937,347	$111,261,888,669
2022	$44,347,206,073	$126,772,707,851
2023	$49,279,410,983	-
2024	$51,326,764,685	-

Cameroon and Ethiopia economies compared

GDP per capita

Cameroon

Ethiopia

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Cameroon	Ethiopia
1960	$119.1	$75.3
1961	$124.6	$76.7
1962	$130	$77.8
1963	$131.6	$79.2
1964	$139.2	$83.8
1965	$142.7	$88.9
1966	$145.8	$93.2
1967	$156.6	$96.1
1968	$170.8	$99.5
1969	$175.2	$102.3
1970	$178.5	$109.4
1971	$186.7	$112.7
1972	$220.1	$119.8
1973	$271.8	$134.9
1974	$299.9	$147.9
1975	$386	$144.3
1976	$381	$152
1977	$435	$170.4
1978	$582	$178.3
1979	$718	$192.4
1980	$784	$203.7
1981	$750	$212.7
1982	$732	$215.3
1983	$746	$232.7
1984	$772	$214.2
1985	$875	$243.9
1986	$1,179	$246
1987	$1,258	$254.1
1988	$1,145	$253.2
1989	$1,001	$256.4
1990	$1,087	$262.1
1991	$1,015	$277.6
1992	$1,005	$207.4
1993	$1,310	$168.5
1994	$701	$127.7
1995	$832	$136.5
1996	$827	$147.3
1997	$783	$143.4
1998	$799	$126.5
1999	$796	$120.7
2000	$709	$122.3
2001	$715	$118.5
2002	$790	$109.6
2003	$988	$116.8
2004	$1,133	$133.2
2005	$1,143	$158.2
2006	$1,191	$189.3
2007	$1,326	$237.1
2008	$1,492	$316
2009	$1,461	$369
2010	$1,399	$331
2011	$1,514	$343
2012	$1,449	$452
2013	$1,576	$484
2014	$1,649	$550
2015	$1,415	$622
2016	$1,442	$696
2017	$1,496	$746
2018	$1,611	$748
2019	$1,555	$829
2020	$1,556	$905
2021	$1,672	$911
2022	$1,605	$1,011
2023	$1,737	-
2024	$1,762	-

Cameroon vs. Ethiopia life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Cameroon

Ethiopia

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Cameroon	Ethiopia
1950	33.1	35.5
1951	33.9	35.9
1952	34.6	36.2
1953	35.5	36.6
1954	36.5	37
1955	37.5	37.3
1956	38.4	37.8
1957	38.3	32.2
1958	39.1	32.6
1959	39.8	39.2
1960	34.7	39.6
1961	35.2	40.2
1962	42.6	40.5
1963	43.1	41
1964	43.6	41.3
1965	44.2	41.4
1966	44.8	39.3
1967	45.6	41.9
1968	46.4	42.1
1969	47.2	42.1
1970	48	42.1
1971	48.6	42.2
1972	49.1	41
1973	49.5	41.1
1974	49.7	39.1
1975	49.9	38.9
1976	50	41.3
1977	50.1	41.4
1978	50.3	41.5
1979	50.5	42.4
1980	50.9	42.8
1981	51.2	43.1
1982	51.8	43.4
1983	52.4	36.3
1984	52.9	36.7
1985	53.5	37.7
1986	53.6	38.4
1987	54.2	45.9
1988	54.4	45.7
1989	54.4	45.6
1990	54.3	45.1
1991	54.2	46.7
1992	54.1	47.3
1993	53.9	47.7
1994	53.5	47.9
1995	53.3	48.2
1996	53.2	48.7
1997	53.1	49.2
1998	53	49.8
1999	53.2	49.5
2000	53.3	50.9
2001	53.6	51.4
2002	53.9	52.1
2003	54.3	52.9
2004	54.6	53.7
2005	54.9	54.4
2006	55.3	55.4
2007	55.7	56.6
2008	56.1	57.7
2009	56.5	58.7
2010	57	59.7
2011	57.5	60.6
2012	58.2	61.4
2013	58.7	62.2
2014	59.1	62.9
2015	59.7	63.6
2016	60.3	64.2
2017	60.8	64.8
2018	61.2	65.3
2019	61.7	65.7
2020	61.7	66
2021	61.1	65.3
2022	62.4	66.9
2023	63.7	67.3
2024	64	67.6
2025	64.2	67.9

Cameroon and Ethiopia population clocks and comparison

Population

Cameroon

Ethiopia

Table

Year	Population
	Cameroon	Ethiopia
1960	5,159,057	21,376,693
1961	5,239,273	21,906,102
1962	5,338,620	22,465,126
1963	5,456,623	23,051,637
1964	5,578,257	23,666,548
1965	5,704,686	24,310,612
1966	5,837,295	24,952,689
1967	5,977,318	25,620,276
1968	6,125,863	26,337,930
1969	6,283,462	27,072,571
1970	6,449,793	27,829,128
1971	6,624,408	28,600,106
1972	6,806,872	29,374,608
1973	6,996,660	30,166,785
1974	7,193,583	30,957,273
1975	7,397,120	31,723,252
1976	7,597,962	32,534,418
1977	7,796,501	33,167,272
1978	8,011,921	33,734,592
1979	8,239,641	34,238,652
1980	8,512,219	34,428,514
1981	8,816,377	35,304,012
1982	9,028,678	36,701,290
1983	9,215,397	37,740,817
1984	9,475,078	38,735,722
1985	9,761,730	39,842,136
1986	10,060,342	41,037,656
1987	10,370,749	42,460,039
1988	10,684,968	44,150,825
1989	11,002,745	45,879,690
1990	11,331,821	47,609,755
1991	11,667,180	49,717,198
1992	12,006,353	51,853,747
1993	12,353,131	53,708,891
1994	12,704,903	55,611,508
1995	13,058,516	57,537,335
1996	13,414,757	59,467,635
1997	13,775,214	61,404,539
1998	14,144,860	63,363,524
1999	14,525,140	65,374,561
2000	14,912,631	67,411,494
2001	15,309,490	69,487,762
2002	15,725,528	71,635,517
2003	16,160,340	73,832,663
2004	16,610,487	76,077,206
2005	17,074,594	78,367,470
2006	17,550,407	80,703,490
2007	18,049,896	83,103,217
2008	18,574,056	85,543,668
2009	19,113,974	88,007,636
2010	19,668,066	90,538,514
2011	20,232,304	93,149,970
2012	20,809,529	95,798,767
2013	21,402,376	98,438,751
2014	22,059,893	101,115,610
2015	22,763,414	103,867,135
2016	23,454,161	106,718,162
2017	24,128,601	109,666,481
2018	24,806,383	112,664,152
2019	25,506,095	115,737,383
2020	26,210,558	118,917,671
2021	26,915,758	122,138,588
2022	27,632,771	125,384,287
2023	28,372,687	128,691,692
2024	29,123,744	132,059,767

Fertility rates in Cameroon and Ethiopia

Fertility rate

Cameroon

Ethiopia

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Cameroon	Ethiopia
1960	5.73	6.51
1961	5.73	6.53
1962	5.73	6.56
1963	5.73	6.59
1964	5.74	6.61
1965	5.8	6.63
1966	5.85	6.66
1967	5.95	6.68
1968	6.04	6.7
1969	6.14	6.72
1970	6.2	6.78
1971	6.26	6.84
1972	6.29	6.9
1973	6.33	6.96
1974	6.36	7.02
1975	6.4	7.08
1976	6.45	7.13
1977	6.51	7.19
1978	6.55	7.23
1979	6.58	7.25
1980	6.61	7.29
1981	6.61	7.31
1982	6.59	7.34
1983	6.58	7.35
1984	6.56	7.36
1985	6.56	7.34
1986	6.57	7.32
1987	6.54	7.29
1988	6.48	7.26
1989	6.41	7.23
1990	6.36	7.2
1991	6.32	7.16
1992	6.26	7.13
1993	6.16	7.09
1994	6.04	7.05
1995	5.92	7
1996	5.8	6.93
1997	5.71	6.87
1998	5.66	6.79
1999	5.6	6.72
2000	5.51	6.65
2001	5.44	6.58
2002	5.44	6.5
2003	5.43	6.4
2004	5.44	6.3
2005	5.42	6.19
2006	5.37	6.05
2007	5.34	5.89
2008	5.29	5.7
2009	5.24	5.49
2010	5.15	5.28
2011	5.05	5.08
2012	4.98	4.89
2013	4.91	4.71
2014	4.84	4.61
2015	4.84	4.53
2016	4.84	4.47
2017	4.8	4.4
2018	4.74	4.37
2019	4.65	4.35
2020	4.56	4.27
2021	4.47	4.18
2022	4.4	4.08
2023	4.32	3.99

Cameroon and Ethiopia demographics compared

Median age

Cameroon

Ethiopia

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Cameroon	Ethiopia
1960	20.5	18.6
1961	20.3	18.6
1962	20.1	18.6
1963	20.1	18.6
1964	20	18.6
1965	19.9	18.6
1966	19.8	18.5
1967	19.7	18.5
1968	19.5	18.4
1969	19.4	18.3
1970	19.2	18.1
1971	19	17.9
1972	18.9	17.7
1973	18.8	17.6
1974	18.6	17.5
1975	18.5	17.3
1976	18.3	17.2
1977	18.2	17.1
1978	18	17
1979	17.9	16.9
1980	17.8	16.8
1981	17.8	16.8
1982	17.5	16.7
1983	17.3	16.7
1984	17.1	16.8
1985	17.1	16.9
1986	17	16.9
1987	16.9	16.9
1988	16.9	16.9
1989	16.8	16.9
1990	16.8	16.9
1991	16.8	16.9
1992	16.8	16.9
1993	16.8	16.8
1994	16.9	16.7
1995	16.9	16.6
1996	17	16.5
1997	17.1	16.4
1998	17.1	16.3
1999	17.2	16.2
2000	17.3	16.2
2001	17.4	16.1
2002	17.5	16.1
2003	17.5	16.1
2004	17.6	16.2
2005	17.6	16.2
2006	17.7	16.3
2007	17.7	16.4
2008	17.8	16.5
2009	17.8	16.7
2010	17.9	16.9
2011	17.9	17.1
2012	18	17.4
2013	18.1	17.6
2014	18.2	17.9
2015	18.3	18.1
2016	18.3	18.3
2017	18.4	18.6
2018	18.4	18.8
2019	18.5	19
2020	18.5	19.2
2021	18.6	19.4
2022	18.7	19.6
2023	18.8	19.7
2024	19	19.9

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