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Cameroon vs Guinea-Bissau statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Cameroon has a population of 29.1M (ranked 52/197), compared with 2.2M in Guinea-Bissau (ranked 146/197). Cameroon's land area is 182,514 sq mi versus 10,857 sq mi for Guinea-Bissau (ranked 52nd vs. 139th).

By GDP, Cameroon ranks 92/197 ($51.3B) and Guinea-Bissau ranks 178/197 ($2.12B). By GDP per capita, Cameroon ranks 159/197 ($1,762), while Guinea-Bissau ranks 181/197 ($963).

Main facts and rankings

Cameroon Guinea-Bissau
Population
30491011
2288306
Population rank 51/197 146/197
GDP
$51.3B
2024
$2.12B
2024
GDP rank 92/197 178/197
GDP per capita
$1,762
2024
$963
2024
GDP per capita rank 159/197 181/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$5,591
2024
$3,053
2024
Government debt
$21.9B
2024
$1.74B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
39.9%
2025
79.4%
2025
Government debt per person
$752
2024
$792
2024
Government debt per person rank 152/185 150/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$1,492
2025
$1,486
2025
Land area
182,514 sq mi
2025
10,857 sq mi
2025
Population density
159.6 ppl/mi²
2024
202.8 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
4.32
2023
3.84
2023
Median age
19 years
2024
20.2 years
2024
Life expectancy
64.2 years
2025
64.4 years
2025

Cameroon and Guinea-Bissau: Comparison Charts

Cameroon and Guinea-Bissau economies compared

GDP
Cameroon

Guinea-Bissau
Year GDP
Cameroon Guinea-Bissau
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 -
1967 $936,175,260 -
1968 $1,046,191,218 -
1969 $1,100,551,489 -
1970 $1,151,216,993 $204,670,551
1971 $1,236,941,394 $204,167,297
1972 $1,498,251,890 $227,986,203
1973 $1,901,393,361 $232,331,281
1974 $2,157,415,533 $256,769,730
1975 $2,857,037,371 $283,311,997
1976 $2,898,090,002 $292,152,321
1977 $3,394,664,024 $298,871,675
1978 $4,662,852,583 $318,876,550
1979 $5,919,002,983 $308,143,183
1980 $6,674,569,047 $287,648,258
1981 $6,610,938,617 $402,230,865
1982 $6,611,255,964 $430,284,022
1983 $6,870,200,010 $425,225,177
1984 $7,311,938,026 $359,980,491
1985 $8,544,810,498 $373,959,151
1986 $11,857,056,199 $338,524,233
1987 $13,049,659,981 $451,893,375
1988 $12,236,057,362 $427,514,322
1989 $11,012,566,195 $554,072,303
1990 $12,314,482,628 $634,187,269
1991 $11,840,192,296 $668,470,891
1992 $12,071,775,335 $588,309,271
1993 $16,181,814,713 $615,779,519
1994 $8,902,446,252 $612,502,085
1995 $10,864,772,471 $660,195,402
1996 $11,093,538,846 $702,965,148
1997 $10,789,458,433 $698,107,222
1998 $11,298,144,990 $591,034,143
1999 $11,565,826,465 $579,365,780
2000 $10,566,579,295 $391,345,597
2001 $10,953,485,349 $412,610,872
2002 $12,417,251,350 $466,773,711
2003 $15,970,315,035 $553,614,800
2004 $18,826,214,136 $582,169,841
2005 $19,509,852,207 $639,776,041
2006 $20,910,512,975 $634,781,901
2007 $23,928,250,433 $753,162,998
2008 $27,715,142,033 $952,667,544
2009 $27,932,970,317 $890,167,833
2010 $27,507,501,821 $940,112,539
2011 $30,630,910,495 $1,157,074,319
2012 $30,155,062,329 $1,049,412,177
2013 $33,728,621,180 $1,109,682,824
2014 $36,386,544,706 $1,135,250,721
2015 $32,210,233,020 $1,152,384,167
2016 $33,814,337,044 $1,245,074,264
2017 $36,098,547,033 $1,469,978,606
2018 $39,955,552,190 $1,554,133,594
2019 $39,667,757,528 $1,588,767,976
2020 $40,773,241,177 $1,683,619,352
2021 $45,011,937,347 $1,878,659,687
2022 $44,347,206,073 $1,839,048,748
2023 $49,279,410,983 $2,077,816,135
2024 $51,326,764,685 $2,119,865,935

Cameroon and Guinea-Bissau economies compared

GDP per capita
Cameroon

Guinea-Bissau
Year GDP per capita
Cameroon Guinea-Bissau
1960 $119.1 -
1961 $124.6 -
1962 $130 -
1963 $131.6 -
1964 $139.2 -
1965 $142.7 -
1966 $145.8 -
1967 $156.6 -
1968 $170.8 -
1969 $175.2 -
1970 $178.5 $350
1971 $186.7 $348
1972 $220.1 $389
1973 $271.8 $392
1974 $299.9 $419
1975 $386 $435
1976 $381 $421
1977 $435 $403
1978 $582 $403
1979 $718 $376
1980 $784 $347
1981 $750 $477
1982 $732 $503
1983 $746 $489
1984 $772 $407
1985 $875 $417
1986 $1,179 $371
1987 $1,258 $488
1988 $1,145 $454
1989 $1,001 $578
1990 $1,087 $651
1991 $1,015 $672
1992 $1,005 $574
1993 $1,310 $582
1994 $701 $561
1995 $832 $589
1996 $827 $615
1997 $783 $599
1998 $799 $498
1999 $796 $479
2000 $709 $317
2001 $715 $327
2002 $790 $362
2003 $988 $420
2004 $1,133 $431
2005 $1,143 $463
2006 $1,191 $449
2007 $1,326 $519
2008 $1,492 $640
2009 $1,461 $583
2010 $1,399 $600
2011 $1,514 $720
2012 $1,449 $635
2013 $1,576 $654
2014 $1,649 $652
2015 $1,415 $645
2016 $1,442 $680
2017 $1,496 $783
2018 $1,611 $809
2019 $1,555 $807
2020 $1,556 $836
2021 $1,672 $912
2022 $1,605 $873
2023 $1,737 $965
2024 $1,762 $963

Cameroon vs. Guinea-Bissau life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Cameroon

Guinea-Bissau
Year Life expectancy, years
Cameroon Guinea-Bissau
1950 33.1 35.7
1951 33.9 35.9
1952 34.6 36.1
1953 35.5 36.3
1954 36.5 36.4
1955 37.5 36.6
1956 38.4 36.8
1957 38.3 37
1958 39.1 37.1
1959 39.8 37.3
1960 34.7 37.6
1961 35.2 37.8
1962 42.6 38
1963 43.1 35.6
1964 43.6 35.8
1965 44.2 35.9
1966 44.8 36.1
1967 45.6 36.3
1968 46.4 36.7
1969 47.2 37
1970 48 37.3
1971 48.6 37.5
1972 49.1 37.8
1973 49.5 38.2
1974 49.7 41.6
1975 49.9 41.9
1976 50 42.3
1977 50.1 42.6
1978 50.3 42.9
1979 50.5 43.2
1980 50.9 43.6
1981 51.2 43.9
1982 51.8 44.3
1983 52.4 44.6
1984 52.9 44.9
1985 53.5 45.3
1986 53.6 45.5
1987 54.2 45.8
1988 54.4 46.3
1989 54.4 46.6
1990 54.3 46.9
1991 54.2 47.2
1992 54.1 47.5
1993 53.9 47.8
1994 53.5 47.8
1995 53.3 48.5
1996 53.2 48.8
1997 53.1 48
1998 53 48.1
1999 53.2 48.5
2000 53.3 50.6
2001 53.6 51.1
2002 53.9 51.6
2003 54.3 52.2
2004 54.6 52.8
2005 54.9 52.9
2006 55.3 54.1
2007 55.7 54.9
2008 56.1 55.3
2009 56.5 56.3
2010 57 57
2011 57.5 57.7
2012 58.2 58.3
2013 58.7 58.9
2014 59.1 59.5
2015 59.7 60.1
2016 60.3 60.6
2017 60.8 61.1
2018 61.2 61.7
2019 61.7 62.2
2020 61.7 61.3
2021 61.1 61.7
2022 62.4 63.6
2023 63.7 64.1
2024 64 64.3
2025 64.2 64.4

Cameroon and Guinea-Bissau population clocks and comparison

Population
Cameroon

Guinea-Bissau
Year Population
Cameroon Guinea-Bissau
1960 5,159,057 577,633
1961 5,239,273 582,532
1962 5,338,620 589,474
1963 5,456,623 594,418
1964 5,578,257 588,543
1965 5,704,686 575,005
1966 5,837,295 566,908
1967 5,977,318 569,011
1968 6,125,863 578,170
1969 6,283,462 581,610
1970 6,449,793 584,403
1971 6,624,408 586,221
1972 6,806,872 586,620
1973 6,996,660 592,808
1974 7,193,583 613,338
1975 7,397,120 650,966
1976 7,597,962 694,191
1977 7,796,501 741,789
1978 8,011,921 791,694
1979 8,239,641 819,867
1980 8,512,219 829,303
1981 8,816,377 842,432
1982 9,028,678 855,891
1983 9,215,397 869,592
1984 9,475,078 883,519
1985 9,761,730 897,697
1986 10,060,342 912,126
1987 10,370,749 926,862
1988 10,684,968 942,061
1989 11,002,745 957,789
1990 11,331,821 973,669
1991 11,667,180 994,639
1992 12,006,353 1,024,356
1993 12,353,131 1,058,745
1994 12,704,903 1,092,031
1995 13,058,516 1,119,949
1996 13,414,757 1,143,535
1997 13,775,214 1,165,545
1998 14,144,860 1,187,473
1999 14,525,140 1,210,206
2000 14,912,631 1,234,741
2001 15,309,490 1,261,273
2002 15,725,528 1,289,307
2003 16,160,340 1,318,806
2004 16,610,487 1,349,563
2005 17,074,594 1,381,585
2006 17,550,407 1,415,303
2007 18,049,896 1,450,986
2008 18,574,056 1,488,054
2009 19,113,974 1,526,377
2010 19,668,066 1,566,347
2011 20,232,304 1,608,076
2012 20,809,529 1,651,417
2013 21,402,376 1,695,973
2014 22,059,893 1,741,122
2015 22,763,414 1,786,457
2016 23,454,161 1,831,893
2017 24,128,601 1,877,072
2018 24,806,383 1,922,168
2019 25,506,095 1,967,696
2020 26,210,558 2,013,255
2021 26,915,758 2,058,841
2022 27,632,771 2,105,529
2023 28,372,687 2,153,339
2024 29,123,744 2,201,352

Fertility rates in Cameroon and Guinea-Bissau

Fertility rate
Cameroon

Guinea-Bissau
Year Fertility rate
Cameroon Guinea-Bissau
1960 5.73 5.92
1961 5.73 5.93
1962 5.73 5.94
1963 5.73 5.95
1964 5.74 5.96
1965 5.8 5.97
1966 5.85 5.98
1967 5.95 5.99
1968 6.04 6.01
1969 6.14 6.02
1970 6.2 6.04
1971 6.26 6.06
1972 6.29 6.08
1973 6.33 6.1
1974 6.36 6.12
1975 6.4 6.15
1976 6.45 6.19
1977 6.51 6.25
1978 6.55 6.32
1979 6.58 6.4
1980 6.61 6.49
1981 6.61 6.57
1982 6.59 6.64
1983 6.58 6.69
1984 6.56 6.73
1985 6.56 6.74
1986 6.57 6.73
1987 6.54 6.72
1988 6.48 6.69
1989 6.41 6.66
1990 6.36 6.5
1991 6.32 6.47
1992 6.26 6.44
1993 6.16 6.37
1994 6.04 6.3
1995 5.92 6.22
1996 5.8 6.14
1997 5.71 6.06
1998 5.66 5.97
1999 5.6 5.87
2000 5.51 5.79
2001 5.44 5.69
2002 5.44 5.63
2003 5.43 5.58
2004 5.44 5.5
2005 5.42 5.46
2006 5.37 5.41
2007 5.34 5.37
2008 5.29 5.27
2009 5.24 5.18
2010 5.15 5.11
2011 5.05 5.07
2012 4.98 5
2013 4.91 4.93
2014 4.84 4.79
2015 4.84 4.66
2016 4.84 4.52
2017 4.8 4.35
2018 4.74 4.24
2019 4.65 4.15
2020 4.56 4.08
2021 4.47 4
2022 4.4 3.91
2023 4.32 3.84

Cameroon and Guinea-Bissau demographics compared

Median age
Cameroon

Guinea-Bissau
Year Median age, years
Cameroon Guinea-Bissau
1960 20.5 22.9
1961 20.3 22.9
1962 20.1 22.6
1963 20.1 22.3
1964 20 21.7
1965 19.9 20.7
1966 19.8 19.9
1967 19.7 19.6
1968 19.5 19.5
1969 19.4 19.3
1970 19.2 19.1
1971 19 19
1972 18.9 18.8
1973 18.8 18.9
1974 18.6 18.9
1975 18.5 18.8
1976 18.3 18.5
1977 18.2 18.2
1978 18 17.8
1979 17.9 17.6
1980 17.8 17.7
1981 17.8 17.6
1982 17.5 17.5
1983 17.3 17.3
1984 17.1 17.2
1985 17.1 17.2
1986 17 17.1
1987 16.9 17.1
1988 16.9 17
1989 16.8 17
1990 16.8 17.1
1991 16.8 17.1
1992 16.8 17.1
1993 16.8 17.1
1994 16.9 17.1
1995 16.9 17.2
1996 17 17.2
1997 17.1 17.3
1998 17.1 17.3
1999 17.2 17.4
2000 17.3 17.4
2001 17.4 17.5
2002 17.5 17.6
2003 17.5 17.6
2004 17.6 17.7
2005 17.6 17.8
2006 17.7 17.9
2007 17.7 17.9
2008 17.8 18
2009 17.8 18.1
2010 17.9 18.2
2011 17.9 18.3
2012 18 18.3
2013 18.1 18.4
2014 18.2 18.5
2015 18.3 18.6
2016 18.3 18.8
2017 18.4 18.9
2018 18.4 19.1
2019 18.5 19.2
2020 18.5 19.4
2021 18.6 19.6
2022 18.7 19.8
2023 18.8 19.9
2024 19 20.2

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Cameroon Guinea-Bissau
GNI, Atlas method
$49B
2024
$2.12B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
16.3%
2025
18.5%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
2.84%
2023
2.01%
2013
Military expenditure, % of GDP
0.93%
2023
1.46%
2023
Armed forces personnel
34,000
2020
4,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-0.84%
2025
-3.15%
2025
Unemployment rate
3.28%
2021
2.67%
2022
Services, % of GDP
49.9%
2024
42.1%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
25.6%
2024
16.6%
2024
Economic freedom index
52.1
2025
43.6
2025
Income share by richest 10%
31.1%
2021
26.1%
2021
Income share by poorest 10%
2.1%
2021
3.4%
2021
Total reserves including gold
$4.88B
2023
n/a
Personal remittances received
$630M
2024
$206M
2024
International tourist arrivals
1,021,000
2019
52,400
2019
International tourism as share of exports
7.14%
2020
6.48%
2019
Banked people share
60.9%
2024
n/a

Energy

Cameroon Guinea-Bissau
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
384 kg
2022
65.5 kg
2007
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$13.5
2022
$19.2
2007
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
10.8 megatons
2023
0.35 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
0.38 tons
2023
0.16 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
22.9%
2022
0%
2007
Renewable energy use share
79.2%
2021
87.4%
2022
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
5.73%
2022
n/a
Net energy imports use share
-28.7%
2022
n/a
Electric power consumption per capita
283.7 kWh
2022
n/a
Renewable electricity output share
53.9%
2021
7.09%
2021
Hydroelectric share
70.5%
2022
0%
2021
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
72%
2023
40.5%
2023

Society

Cameroon Guinea-Bissau
% of world population
0.36%
2024
0.03%
2024
Annual migration change
-13,892
2024
-1,712
2024
Urban population
59.9%
2024
45.9%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.65 ft
2025
5.52 ft
2025
Average female height
5.26 ft
2025
5.21 ft
2025
Quality of life index
20.7
2025
16.3
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
26
2024
21
2024
Higher education index
34
2025
n/a
Homicides per 100K people
4.54
2020
1.12
2017
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
30.2
2019
32.2
2019
Visa free countries
60
2025
60
2025
Adult literacy rate
78.2%
2020
63.9%
2022
English speaking
38%
2023
2.9%
2025
People using the Internet
41.9%
2023
32.5%
2023

Health

Cameroon Guinea-Bissau
Government health expenditure per capita
$72
2022
$66.1
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$48.7
2022
$42.9
2022
Life expectancy
64.2 years
2025
64.4 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
14.4%
2022
18.2%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
0.14
2022
0.21
2022
Age at first childbirth
20.1 years
2025
n/a
Maternal mortality per 100K births
258
2023
505
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
67.2
2023
69.3
2023
Obesity rate
15.5%
2022
11.7%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
6.9%
2024
4.8%
2024
Air quality index
7
2025
12
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
6.5%
2022
8.2%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
9.6 liters
2020
3.73 liters
2020

Territory

Cameroon Guinea-Bissau
% of world land
0.32%
2025
0.02%
2025
Land area per capita
6,267 sq mi
2024
4,932 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
38,212 sq mi
2025
3,245 sq mi
2025
Forest area
77,886 sq mi
2025
7,547 sq mi
2025
Roads length n/a
2,734 mi
2018

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