Cameroon vs Gambia statistics compared

Cameroon has a population of 29.1M (ranked 52/197), compared with 2.76M in The Gambia (ranked 140/197). Cameroon's land area is 182,514 sq mi versus 3,907 sq mi for The Gambia (ranked 52nd vs. 161st).

By GDP, Cameroon ranks 92/197 ($51.3B) and The Gambia ranks 173/197 ($2.51B). By GDP per capita, Cameroon ranks 159/197 ($1,762), while The Gambia ranks 182/197 ($909).

Cameroon and Gambia: Comparison Charts

Cameroon and Gambia economies compared

GDP

Cameroon

Gambia

Table

Year	GDP
	Cameroon	Gambia
1960	$614,206,068	-
1961	$652,777,608	-
1962	$694,247,864	-
1963	$718,320,845	-
1964	$776,650,177	-
1965	$814,083,266	-
1966	$851,112,535	$44,212,081
1967	$936,175,260	$46,695,007
1968	$1,046,191,218	$41,160,066
1969	$1,100,551,489	$45,168,072
1970	$1,151,216,993	$52,296,084
1971	$1,236,941,394	$55,728,663
1972	$1,498,251,890	$59,160,569
1973	$1,901,393,361	$75,187,749
1974	$2,157,415,533	$95,796,022
1975	$2,857,037,371	$115,179,719
1976	$2,898,090,002	$112,190,829
1977	$3,394,664,024	$138,093,099
1978	$4,662,852,583	$171,833,086
1979	$5,919,002,983	$207,112,628
1980	$6,674,569,047	$241,083,090
1981	$6,610,938,617	$218,767,743
1982	$6,611,255,964	$216,050,552
1983	$6,870,200,010	$213,448,585
1984	$7,311,938,026	$177,340,880
1985	$8,544,810,498	$225,726,359
1986	$11,857,056,199	$185,646,987
1987	$13,049,659,981	$220,626,484
1988	$12,236,057,362	$266,672,212
1989	$11,012,566,195	$284,120,329
1990	$12,314,482,628	$317,083,695
1991	$11,840,192,296	$690,311,081
1992	$12,071,775,335	$714,254,256
1993	$16,181,814,713	$755,040,974
1994	$8,902,446,252	$746,493,952
1995	$10,864,772,471	$785,999,865
1996	$11,093,538,846	$848,239,446
1997	$10,789,458,433	$803,633,342
1998	$11,298,144,990	$840,285,265
1999	$11,565,826,465	$814,724,032
2000	$10,566,579,295	$782,913,872
2001	$10,953,485,349	$687,410,645
2002	$12,417,251,350	$578,235,309
2003	$15,970,315,035	$487,038,685
2004	$18,826,214,136	$961,900,651
2005	$19,509,852,207	$1,027,701,068
2006	$20,910,512,975	$1,054,112,488
2007	$23,928,250,433	$1,279,703,047
2008	$27,715,142,033	$1,561,766,956
2009	$27,932,970,317	$1,450,142,509
2010	$27,507,501,821	$1,543,294,927
2011	$30,630,910,495	$1,409,693,597
2012	$30,155,062,329	$1,415,004,738
2013	$33,728,621,180	$1,375,609,453
2014	$36,386,544,706	$1,229,461,721
2015	$32,210,233,020	$1,378,176,609
2016	$33,814,337,044	$1,484,578,886
2017	$36,098,547,033	$1,504,909,463
2018	$39,955,552,190	$1,670,671,328
2019	$39,667,757,528	$1,813,609,692
2020	$40,773,241,177	$1,812,170,891
2021	$45,011,937,347	$2,014,158,842
2022	$44,347,206,073	$2,204,734,527
2023	$49,279,410,983	$2,396,111,021
2024	$51,326,764,685	$2,507,519,958

Cameroon and Gambia economies compared

GDP per capita

Cameroon

Gambia

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Cameroon	Gambia
1960	$119.1	-
1961	$124.6	-
1962	$130	-
1963	$131.6	-
1964	$139.2	-
1965	$142.7	-
1966	$145.8	$94.4
1967	$156.6	$97
1968	$170.8	$83.1
1969	$175.2	$88.7
1970	$178.5	$99.8
1971	$186.7	$103.3
1972	$220.1	$106.5
1973	$271.8	$131.4
1974	$299.9	$162.6
1975	$386	$189.8
1976	$381	$179.3
1977	$435	$213.8
1978	$582	$257.6
1979	$718	$300
1980	$784	$338
1981	$750	$296
1982	$732	$282.1
1983	$746	$268.6
1984	$772	$214.8
1985	$875	$262.8
1986	$1,179	$207.7
1987	$1,258	$237
1988	$1,145	$274.9
1989	$1,001	$280.9
1990	$1,087	$301
1991	$1,015	$628
1992	$1,005	$623
1993	$1,310	$635
1994	$701	$608
1995	$832	$622
1996	$827	$652
1997	$783	$600
1998	$799	$610
1999	$796	$575
2000	$709	$538
2001	$715	$460
2002	$790	$377
2003	$988	$309
2004	$1,133	$593
2005	$1,143	$616
2006	$1,191	$615
2007	$1,326	$725
2008	$1,492	$859
2009	$1,461	$775
2010	$1,399	$801
2011	$1,514	$711
2012	$1,449	$693
2013	$1,576	$654
2014	$1,649	$568
2015	$1,415	$620
2016	$1,442	$650
2017	$1,496	$643
2018	$1,611	$696
2019	$1,555	$738
2020	$1,556	$720
2021	$1,672	$782
2022	$1,605	$836
2023	$1,737	$888
2024	$1,762	$909

Cameroon vs. Gambia life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Cameroon

Gambia

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Cameroon	Gambia
1950	33.1	31.2
1951	33.9	31.5
1952	34.6	31.7
1953	35.5	31.9
1954	36.5	32.2
1955	37.5	32.4
1956	38.4	32.8
1957	38.3	33.1
1958	39.1	33.6
1959	39.8	34.1
1960	34.7	34.6
1961	35.2	35.1
1962	42.6	35.6
1963	43.1	36.1
1964	43.6	36.6
1965	44.2	37.1
1966	44.8	37.6
1967	45.6	38.1
1968	46.4	38.5
1969	47.2	39
1970	48	39.5
1971	48.6	40
1972	49.1	40.5
1973	49.5	41.1
1974	49.7	41.7
1975	49.9	42.2
1976	50	42.9
1977	50.1	43.4
1978	50.3	43.6
1979	50.5	44.5
1980	50.9	45
1981	51.2	44.5
1982	51.8	46.3
1983	52.4	46.9
1984	52.9	47.5
1985	53.5	48.2
1986	53.6	48.8
1987	54.2	49.4
1988	54.4	50.1
1989	54.4	50.7
1990	54.3	51.3
1991	54.2	51.9
1992	54.1	52.5
1993	53.9	53.2
1994	53.5	53.8
1995	53.3	54.3
1996	53.2	54.8
1997	53.1	55.2
1998	53	56
1999	53.2	56.5
2000	53.3	56.9
2001	53.6	57.3
2002	53.9	57.7
2003	54.3	58.2
2004	54.6	58.7
2005	54.9	59.1
2006	55.3	59.7
2007	55.7	60
2008	56.1	60.5
2009	56.5	60.7
2010	57	61.2
2011	57.5	61.6
2012	58.2	61.9
2013	58.7	62.3
2014	59.1	62.6
2015	59.7	63
2016	60.3	63.4
2017	60.8	63.7
2018	61.2	64
2019	61.7	64.4
2020	61.7	64.4
2021	61.1	63.8
2022	62.4	64.9
2023	63.7	65.9
2024	64	66.1
2025	64.2	66.3

Cameroon and Gambia population clocks and comparison

Population

Cameroon

Gambia

Table

Year	Population
	Cameroon	Gambia
1960	5,159,057	398,060
1961	5,239,273	408,930
1962	5,338,620	420,163
1963	5,456,623	431,757
1964	5,578,257	443,687
1965	5,704,686	455,952
1966	5,837,295	468,516
1967	5,977,318	481,588
1968	6,125,863	495,269
1969	6,283,462	509,440
1970	6,449,793	524,105
1971	6,624,408	539,388
1972	6,806,872	555,370
1973	6,996,660	571,991
1974	7,193,583	589,085
1975	7,397,120	606,821
1976	7,597,962	625,667
1977	7,796,501	645,770
1978	8,011,921	667,103
1979	8,239,641	689,781
1980	8,512,219	713,913
1981	8,816,377	739,125
1982	9,028,678	765,753
1983	9,215,397	794,525
1984	9,475,078	825,631
1985	9,761,730	858,874
1986	10,060,342	894,019
1987	10,370,749	931,091
1988	10,684,968	970,160
1989	11,002,745	1,011,357
1990	11,331,821	1,054,696
1991	11,667,180	1,099,959
1992	12,006,353	1,145,582
1993	12,353,131	1,188,365
1994	12,704,903	1,227,226
1995	13,058,516	1,264,313
1996	13,414,757	1,301,410
1997	13,775,214	1,338,889
1998	14,144,860	1,376,987
1999	14,525,140	1,415,779
2000	14,912,631	1,455,084
2001	15,309,490	1,495,011
2002	15,725,528	1,535,691
2003	16,160,340	1,577,611
2004	16,610,487	1,621,312
2005	17,074,594	1,667,037
2006	17,550,407	1,715,275
2007	18,049,896	1,765,774
2008	18,574,056	1,817,852
2009	19,113,974	1,871,422
2010	19,668,066	1,926,630
2011	20,232,304	1,983,784
2012	20,809,529	2,043,094
2013	21,402,376	2,103,820
2014	22,059,893	2,164,528
2015	22,763,414	2,224,529
2016	23,454,161	2,283,769
2017	24,128,601	2,342,189
2018	24,806,383	2,399,632
2019	25,506,095	2,456,844
2020	26,210,558	2,515,733
2021	26,915,758	2,576,010
2022	27,632,771	2,636,470
2023	28,372,687	2,697,845
2024	29,123,744	2,759,988

Fertility rates in Cameroon and Gambia

Fertility rate

Cameroon

Gambia

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Cameroon	Gambia
1960	5.73	6.25
1961	5.73	6.23
1962	5.73	6.21
1963	5.73	6.2
1964	5.74	6.2
1965	5.8	6.19
1966	5.85	6.18
1967	5.95	6.21
1968	6.04	6.22
1969	6.14	6.25
1970	6.2	6.26
1971	6.26	6.33
1972	6.29	6.37
1973	6.33	6.41
1974	6.36	6.42
1975	6.4	6.43
1976	6.45	6.43
1977	6.51	6.43
1978	6.55	6.42
1979	6.58	6.41
1980	6.61	6.41
1981	6.61	6.4
1982	6.59	6.4
1983	6.58	6.39
1984	6.56	6.39
1985	6.56	6.36
1986	6.57	6.34
1987	6.54	6.3
1988	6.48	6.26
1989	6.41	6.25
1990	6.36	6.25
1991	6.32	6.19
1992	6.26	6.11
1993	6.16	6.03
1994	6.04	6.04
1995	5.92	5.99
1996	5.8	5.93
1997	5.71	5.85
1998	5.66	5.82
1999	5.6	5.77
2000	5.51	5.72
2001	5.44	5.67
2002	5.44	5.66
2003	5.43	5.66
2004	5.44	5.68
2005	5.42	5.71
2006	5.37	5.74
2007	5.34	5.69
2008	5.29	5.63
2009	5.24	5.57
2010	5.15	5.56
2011	5.05	5.54
2012	4.98	5.52
2013	4.91	5.39
2014	4.84	5.2
2015	4.84	5
2016	4.84	4.81
2017	4.8	4.61
2018	4.74	4.42
2019	4.65	4.33
2020	4.56	4.25
2021	4.47	4.17
2022	4.4	4.08
2023	4.32	4.01

Cameroon and Gambia demographics compared

Median age

Cameroon

Gambia

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Cameroon	Gambia
1960	20.5	19.4
1961	20.3	19.4
1962	20.1	19.5
1963	20.1	19.6
1964	20	19.6
1965	19.9	19.7
1966	19.8	19.7
1967	19.7	19.8
1968	19.5	19.7
1969	19.4	19.6
1970	19.2	19.5
1971	19	19.4
1972	18.9	19.3
1973	18.8	19.2
1974	18.6	19.1
1975	18.5	18.9
1976	18.3	18.8
1977	18.2	18.6
1978	18	18.5
1979	17.9	18.4
1980	17.8	18.2
1981	17.8	18.1
1982	17.5	17.9
1983	17.3	17.8
1984	17.1	17.6
1985	17.1	17.5
1986	17	17.4
1987	16.9	17.4
1988	16.9	17.3
1989	16.8	17.2
1990	16.8	17.2
1991	16.8	17.1
1992	16.8	17.1
1993	16.8	17
1994	16.9	16.9
1995	16.9	16.8
1996	17	16.7
1997	17.1	16.6
1998	17.1	16.5
1999	17.2	16.5
2000	17.3	16.5
2001	17.4	16.6
2002	17.5	16.6
2003	17.5	16.7
2004	17.6	16.8
2005	17.6	16.9
2006	17.7	17
2007	17.7	17.1
2008	17.8	17.2
2009	17.8	17.3
2010	17.9	17.4
2011	17.9	17.5
2012	18	17.6
2013	18.1	17.7
2014	18.2	17.8
2015	18.3	17.9
2016	18.3	18.1
2017	18.4	18.2
2018	18.4	18.4
2019	18.5	18.5
2020	18.5	18.7
2021	18.6	18.9
2022	18.7	19.1
2023	18.8	19.2
2024	19	19.4

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