Cameroon vs Iraq statistics compared

Cameroon has a population of 29.1M (ranked 52/197), compared with 46M in Iraq (ranked 34/197). Cameroon's land area is 182,514 sq mi versus 167,619 sq mi for Iraq (ranked 52nd vs. 57th).

By GDP, Cameroon ranks 92/197 ($51.3B) and Iraq ranks 51/197 ($280B). By GDP per capita, Cameroon ranks 159/197 ($1,762), while Iraq ranks 114/197 ($6,074).

Cameroon and Iraq: Comparison Charts

Cameroon and Iraq economies compared

GDP

Cameroon

Iraq

Table

Year	GDP
	Cameroon	Iraq
1960	$614,206,068	$1,537,252,193
1961	$652,777,608	$1,671,960,965
1962	$694,247,864	$1,784,174,541
1963	$718,320,845	$1,805,901,510
1964	$776,650,177	$2,136,408,198
1965	$814,083,266	$2,335,785,506
1966	$851,112,535	$2,530,306,096
1967	$936,175,260	$2,551,522,656
1968	$1,046,191,218	$2,896,598,841
1969	$1,100,551,489	$3,007,758,797
1970	$1,151,216,993	$3,281,318,687
1971	$1,236,941,394	$3,865,346,535
1972	$1,498,251,890	$4,113,848,002
1973	$1,901,393,361	$5,134,367,778
1974	$2,157,415,533	$11,516,762,614
1975	$2,857,037,371	$13,458,516,763
1976	$2,898,090,002	$17,754,825,601
1977	$3,394,664,024	$19,838,130,715
1978	$4,662,852,583	$23,762,275,652
1979	$5,919,002,983	$37,816,457,839
1980	$6,674,569,047	$52,569,000,000
1981	$6,610,938,617	$37,823,000,000
1982	$6,611,255,964	$42,382,333,333
1983	$6,870,200,010	$40,712,903,226
1984	$7,311,938,026	$46,938,387,097
1985	$8,544,810,498	$48,425,161,290
1986	$11,857,056,199	$47,264,516,129
1987	$13,049,659,981	$56,774,193,548
1988	$12,236,057,362	$62,684,516,129
1989	$11,012,566,195	$65,831,935,484
1990	$12,314,482,628	$180,408,064,516
1991	$11,840,192,296	$407,796,350
1992	$12,071,775,335	$553,671,958
1993	$16,181,814,713	$1,031,944,881
1994	$8,902,446,252	$3,991,349,283
1995	$10,864,772,471	$12,894,029,888
1996	$11,093,538,846	$10,433,698,621
1997	$10,789,458,433	$20,764,857,056
1998	$11,298,144,990	$20,617,405,044
1999	$11,565,826,465	$36,881,601,584
2000	$10,566,579,295	$48,364,250,944
2001	$10,953,485,349	$36,176,430,129
2002	$12,417,251,350	$32,928,454,672
2003	$15,970,315,035	$21,921,569,479
2004	$18,826,214,136	$36,633,669,269
2005	$19,509,852,207	$50,065,104,668
2006	$20,910,512,975	$65,147,051,918
2007	$23,928,250,433	$88,837,057,320
2008	$27,715,142,033	$131,614,434,154
2009	$27,932,970,317	$111,657,580,326
2010	$27,507,501,821	$138,516,722,650
2011	$30,630,910,495	$185,749,664,444
2012	$30,155,062,329	$218,002,476,129
2013	$33,728,621,180	$234,637,675,129
2014	$36,386,544,706	$228,415,656,175
2015	$32,210,233,020	$166,774,104,959
2016	$33,814,337,044	$166,743,557,748
2017	$36,098,547,033	$187,217,660,051
2018	$39,955,552,190	$227,367,469,034
2019	$39,667,757,528	$233,636,097,800
2020	$40,773,241,177	$180,898,797,517
2021	$45,011,937,347	$209,691,945,713
2022	$44,347,206,073	$287,372,232,138
2023	$49,279,410,983	$268,881,051,644
2024	$51,326,764,685	$279,641,257,615

Cameroon and Iraq economies compared

GDP per capita

Cameroon

Iraq

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Cameroon	Iraq
1960	$119.1	$218.9
1961	$124.6	$232.4
1962	$130	$240.7
1963	$131.6	$235.5
1964	$139.2	$269.4
1965	$142.7	$284.8
1966	$145.8	$298.2
1967	$156.6	$290.6
1968	$170.8	$319
1969	$175.2	$320
1970	$178.5	$337
1971	$186.7	$384
1972	$220.1	$394
1973	$271.8	$476
1974	$299.9	$1,031
1975	$386	$1,166
1976	$381	$1,489
1977	$435	$1,609
1978	$582	$1,863
1979	$718	$2,871
1980	$784	$3,868
1981	$750	$2,700
1982	$732	$2,942
1983	$746	$2,743
1984	$772	$3,066
1985	$875	$3,088
1986	$1,179	$2,940
1987	$1,258	$3,436
1988	$1,145	$3,707
1989	$1,001	$3,791
1990	$1,087	$10,261
1991	$1,015	$23
1992	$1,005	$30.3
1993	$1,310	$53.7
1994	$701	$198.2
1995	$832	$619
1996	$827	$485
1997	$783	$936
1998	$799	$901
1999	$796	$1,560
2000	$709	$1,980
2001	$715	$1,436
2002	$790	$1,266
2003	$988	$818
2004	$1,133	$1,328
2005	$1,143	$1,762
2006	$1,191	$2,277
2007	$1,326	$3,129
2008	$1,492	$4,543
2009	$1,461	$3,715
2010	$1,399	$4,462
2011	$1,514	$5,776
2012	$1,449	$6,478
2013	$1,576	$6,650
2014	$1,649	$6,249
2015	$1,415	$4,440
2016	$1,442	$4,334
2017	$1,496	$4,759
2018	$1,611	$5,647
2019	$1,555	$5,672
2020	$1,556	$4,295
2021	$1,672	$4,868
2022	$1,605	$6,521
2023	$1,737	$5,965
2024	$1,762	$6,074

Cameroon vs. Iraq life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Cameroon

Iraq

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Cameroon	Iraq
1950	33.1	37.4
1951	33.9	39
1952	34.6	40.5
1953	35.5	42.1
1954	36.5	43.5
1955	37.5	45
1956	38.4	46.4
1957	38.3	47.7
1958	39.1	49
1959	39.8	49.7
1960	34.7	51.5
1961	35.2	52.3
1962	42.6	53.5
1963	43.1	54.4
1964	43.6	55.2
1965	44.2	56.4
1966	44.8	57.3
1967	45.6	58.4
1968	46.4	59
1969	47.2	59.6
1970	48	60.5
1971	48.6	61.3
1972	49.1	61.8
1973	49.5	62.3
1974	49.7	61
1975	49.9	61.4
1976	50	63.6
1977	50.1	63.9
1978	50.3	64.2
1979	50.5	64.4
1980	50.9	60.9
1981	51.2	58.7
1982	51.8	59
1983	52.4	59.3
1984	52.9	59.5
1985	53.5	59.8
1986	53.6	60
1987	54.2	60.3
1988	54.4	56.7
1989	54.4	57.5
1990	54.3	57.6
1991	54.2	61.3
1992	54.1	65.3
1993	53.9	65.3
1994	53.5	65
1995	53.3	64.8
1996	53.2	64.6
1997	53.1	64.2
1998	53	64.4
1999	53.2	64.5
2000	53.3	64.9
2001	53.6	65.3
2002	53.9	65.7
2003	54.3	64.8
2004	54.6	64.6
2005	54.9	64.9
2006	55.3	64
2007	55.7	64.4
2008	56.1	66.5
2009	56.5	67.8
2010	57	68.1
2011	57.5	68.4
2012	58.2	68.8
2013	58.7	69
2014	59.1	69.7
2015	59.7	70
2016	60.3	68.7
2017	60.8	69.8
2018	61.2	71.1
2019	61.7	71.2
2020	61.7	69.7
2021	61.1	70.7
2022	62.4	72
2023	63.7	72.3
2024	64	72.4
2025	64.2	72.5

Cameroon and Iraq population clocks and comparison

Population

Cameroon

Iraq

Table

Year	Population
	Cameroon	Iraq
1960	5,159,057	7,022,052
1961	5,239,273	7,194,553
1962	5,338,620	7,413,875
1963	5,456,623	7,667,928
1964	5,578,257	7,929,566
1965	5,704,686	8,202,140
1966	5,837,295	8,485,104
1967	5,977,318	8,778,869
1968	6,125,863	9,085,016
1969	6,283,462	9,403,356
1970	6,449,793	9,735,611
1971	6,624,408	10,077,809
1972	6,806,872	10,430,164
1973	6,996,660	10,795,869
1974	7,193,583	11,167,761
1975	7,397,120	11,543,639
1976	7,597,962	11,927,651
1977	7,796,501	12,331,046
1978	8,011,921	12,753,355
1979	8,239,641	13,170,365
1980	8,512,219	13,591,992
1981	8,816,377	14,006,381
1982	9,028,678	14,406,083
1983	9,215,397	14,840,555
1984	9,475,078	15,310,733
1985	9,761,730	15,683,430
1986	10,060,342	16,074,145
1987	10,370,749	16,521,049
1988	10,684,968	16,908,819
1989	11,002,745	17,364,542
1990	11,331,821	17,581,206
1991	11,667,180	17,767,253
1992	12,006,353	18,300,845
1993	12,353,131	19,201,195
1994	12,704,903	20,139,807
1995	13,058,516	20,825,860
1996	13,414,757	21,501,321
1997	13,775,214	22,176,593
1998	14,144,860	22,884,399
1999	14,525,140	23,636,527
2000	14,912,631	24,424,056
2001	15,309,490	25,197,840
2002	15,725,528	26,006,559
2003	16,160,340	26,802,659
2004	16,610,487	27,577,878
2005	17,074,594	28,407,448
2006	17,550,407	28,616,515
2007	18,049,896	28,391,607
2008	18,574,056	28,971,036
2009	19,113,974	30,058,206
2010	19,668,066	31,045,366
2011	20,232,304	32,161,424
2012	20,809,529	33,654,842
2013	21,402,376	35,281,989
2014	22,059,893	36,550,059
2015	22,763,414	37,560,535
2016	23,454,161	38,469,627
2017	24,128,601	39,337,353
2018	24,806,383	40,265,624
2019	25,506,095	41,192,171
2020	26,210,558	42,116,605
2021	26,915,758	43,071,211
2022	27,632,771	44,070,551
2023	28,372,687	45,074,049
2024	29,123,744	46,042,015

Fertility rates in Cameroon and Iraq

Fertility rate

Cameroon

Iraq

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Cameroon	Iraq
1960	5.73	5.3
1961	5.73	5.8
1962	5.73	6.99
1963	5.73	7.01
1964	5.74	7.01
1965	5.8	7.02
1966	5.85	7.02
1967	5.95	7.03
1968	6.04	7.06
1969	6.14	7.08
1970	6.2	7.07
1971	6.26	7.06
1972	6.29	7.02
1973	6.33	6.99
1974	6.36	6.95
1975	6.4	6.91
1976	6.45	6.86
1977	6.51	6.8
1978	6.55	6.73
1979	6.58	6.66
1980	6.61	6.59
1981	6.61	6.53
1982	6.59	6.46
1983	6.58	6.39
1984	6.56	6.32
1985	6.56	6.25
1986	6.57	6.18
1987	6.54	6.11
1988	6.48	6.05
1989	6.41	5.99
1990	6.36	5.93
1991	6.32	5.83
1992	6.26	5.72
1993	6.16	5.61
1994	6.04	5.49
1995	5.92	5.36
1996	5.8	5.25
1997	5.71	5.19
1998	5.66	5.11
1999	5.6	5.04
2000	5.51	4.92
2001	5.44	4.8
2002	5.44	4.67
2003	5.43	4.58
2004	5.44	4.53
2005	5.42	4.45
2006	5.37	4.46
2007	5.34	4.4
2008	5.29	4.37
2009	5.24	4.38
2010	5.15	4.46
2011	5.05	4.59
2012	4.98	4.54
2013	4.91	4.44
2014	4.84	4.31
2015	4.84	4.08
2016	4.84	3.84
2017	4.8	3.64
2018	4.74	3.55
2019	4.65	3.48
2020	4.56	3.42
2021	4.47	3.36
2022	4.4	3.29
2023	4.32	3.25

Cameroon and Iraq demographics compared

Median age

Cameroon

Iraq

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Cameroon	Iraq
1960	20.5	20.4
1961	20.3	20.4
1962	20.1	20.1
1963	20.1	19.8
1964	20	19.5
1965	19.9	19.3
1966	19.8	19
1967	19.7	18.7
1968	19.5	18.5
1969	19.4	18.3
1970	19.2	18.1
1971	19	17.9
1972	18.9	17.7
1973	18.8	17.5
1974	18.6	17.2
1975	18.5	17
1976	18.3	16.7
1977	18.2	16.6
1978	18	16.6
1979	17.9	16.5
1980	17.8	16.5
1981	17.8	16.5
1982	17.5	16.5
1983	17.3	16.6
1984	17.1	16.6
1985	17.1	16.7
1986	17	16.8
1987	16.9	16.9
1988	16.9	16.9
1989	16.8	17
1990	16.8	17.1
1991	16.8	17.2
1992	16.8	17.3
1993	16.8	17.3
1994	16.9	17.4
1995	16.9	17.5
1996	17	17.6
1997	17.1	17.7
1998	17.1	17.8
1999	17.2	17.9
2000	17.3	17.9
2001	17.4	18
2002	17.5	18.1
2003	17.5	18.2
2004	17.6	18.3
2005	17.6	18.5
2006	17.7	18.6
2007	17.7	18.7
2008	17.8	18.8
2009	17.8	18.9
2010	17.9	19
2011	17.9	19.1
2012	18	19.2
2013	18.1	19.3
2014	18.2	19.4
2015	18.3	19.5
2016	18.3	19.7
2017	18.4	19.9
2018	18.4	20.1
2019	18.5	20.4
2020	18.5	20.6
2021	18.6	20.9
2022	18.7	21.1
2023	18.8	21.4
2024	19	21.6

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