Cameroon vs Kenya statistics compared

Cameroon has a population of 29.1M (ranked 52/197), compared with 56.4M in Kenya (ranked 26/197). Cameroon's land area is 182,514 sq mi versus 224,278 sq mi for Kenya (ranked 52nd vs. 45th).

By GDP, Cameroon ranks 92/197 ($51.3B) and Kenya ranks 64/197 ($124B). By GDP per capita, Cameroon ranks 159/197 ($1,762), while Kenya ranks 152/197 ($2,206).

Cameroon and Kenya: Comparison Charts

Cameroon and Kenya economies compared

GDP

Cameroon

Kenya

Table

Year	GDP
	Cameroon	Kenya
1960	$614,206,068	$791,265,459
1961	$652,777,608	$792,959,473
1962	$694,247,864	$868,111,401
1963	$718,320,845	$926,589,349
1964	$776,650,177	$998,759,334
1965	$814,083,266	$997,919,321
1966	$851,112,535	$1,164,519,674
1967	$936,175,260	$1,232,559,507
1968	$1,046,191,218	$1,353,295,459
1969	$1,100,551,489	$1,458,379,417
1970	$1,151,216,993	$1,603,447,359
1971	$1,236,941,394	$1,778,391,289
1972	$1,498,251,890	$2,107,279,157
1973	$1,901,393,361	$2,509,001,324
1974	$2,157,415,533	$2,969,958,812
1975	$2,857,037,371	$3,259,345,083
1976	$2,898,090,002	$3,474,542,392
1977	$3,394,664,024	$4,494,378,764
1978	$4,662,852,583	$5,303,735,111
1979	$5,919,002,983	$6,234,391,113
1980	$6,674,569,047	$7,265,315,820
1981	$6,610,938,617	$6,854,491,706
1982	$6,611,255,964	$6,431,579,357
1983	$6,870,200,010	$5,979,198,314
1984	$7,311,938,026	$6,191,437,070
1985	$8,544,810,498	$6,135,034,214
1986	$11,857,056,199	$7,239,126,568
1987	$13,049,659,981	$7,970,820,369
1988	$12,236,057,362	$8,355,380,879
1989	$11,012,566,195	$8,283,114,514
1990	$12,314,482,628	$8,572,359,038
1991	$11,840,192,296	$8,151,488,783
1992	$12,071,775,335	$8,209,120,763
1993	$16,181,814,713	$5,751,786,643
1994	$8,902,446,252	$7,148,148,564
1995	$10,864,772,471	$9,046,320,255
1996	$11,093,538,846	$12,045,865,396
1997	$10,789,458,433	$13,115,764,358
1998	$11,298,144,990	$14,093,998,844
1999	$11,565,826,465	$12,896,010,459
2000	$10,566,579,295	$12,705,350,098
2001	$10,953,485,349	$12,986,007,426
2002	$12,417,251,350	$13,147,736,899
2003	$15,970,315,035	$14,904,517,650
2004	$18,826,214,136	$16,095,337,094
2005	$19,509,852,207	$18,737,895,513
2006	$20,910,512,975	$25,825,512,284
2007	$23,928,250,433	$31,958,195,182
2008	$27,715,142,033	$35,895,153,328
2009	$27,932,970,317	$42,347,217,913
2010	$27,507,501,821	$45,405,615,064
2011	$30,630,910,495	$46,869,473,151
2012	$30,155,062,329	$56,396,704,672
2013	$33,728,621,180	$61,671,440,408
2014	$36,386,544,706	$68,285,796,514
2015	$32,210,233,020	$70,120,446,897
2016	$33,814,337,044	$74,815,144,164
2017	$36,098,547,033	$82,036,510,877
2018	$39,955,552,190	$92,202,979,985
2019	$39,667,757,528	$100,378,436,207
2020	$40,773,241,177	$100,657,505,751
2021	$45,011,937,347	$109,703,658,905
2022	$44,347,206,073	$114,448,978,153
2023	$49,279,410,983	$108,038,588,971
2024	$51,326,764,685	$124,498,691,699

Cameroon and Kenya economies compared

GDP per capita

Cameroon

Kenya

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Cameroon	Kenya
1960	$119.1	$102.8
1961	$124.6	$99.3
1962	$130	$104.6
1963	$131.6	$107.4
1964	$139.2	$111.3
1965	$142.7	$106.9
1966	$145.8	$119.8
1967	$156.6	$121.9
1968	$170.8	$128.7
1969	$175.2	$133.3
1970	$178.5	$141
1971	$186.7	$150.9
1972	$220.1	$172.6
1973	$271.8	$198.6
1974	$299.9	$227.2
1975	$386	$241.2
1976	$381	$248.9
1977	$435	$311
1978	$582	$355
1979	$718	$403
1980	$784	$454
1981	$750	$413
1982	$732	$374
1983	$746	$335
1984	$772	$334
1985	$875	$320
1986	$1,179	$364
1987	$1,258	$387
1988	$1,145	$391
1989	$1,001	$374
1990	$1,087	$374
1991	$1,015	$345
1992	$1,005	$337
1993	$1,310	$229
1994	$701	$276.4
1995	$832	$340
1996	$827	$441
1997	$783	$467
1998	$799	$488
1999	$796	$434
2000	$709	$415
2001	$715	$411
2002	$790	$403
2003	$988	$443
2004	$1,133	$464
2005	$1,143	$523
2006	$1,191	$700
2007	$1,326	$840
2008	$1,492	$916
2009	$1,461	$1,048
2010	$1,399	$1,092
2011	$1,514	$1,096
2012	$1,449	$1,285
2013	$1,576	$1,371
2014	$1,649	$1,483
2015	$1,415	$1,489
2016	$1,442	$1,554
2017	$1,496	$1,667
2018	$1,611	$1,836
2019	$1,555	$1,960
2020	$1,556	$1,928
2021	$1,672	$2,061
2022	$1,605	$2,110
2023	$1,737	$1,952
2024	$1,762	$2,206

Cameroon vs. Kenya life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Cameroon

Kenya

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Cameroon	Kenya
1950	33.1	36.9
1951	33.9	38
1952	34.6	38.6
1953	35.5	39.8
1954	36.5	41
1955	37.5	42.3
1956	38.4	43.5
1957	38.3	45.3
1958	39.1	46.5
1959	39.8	47.5
1960	34.7	48.5
1961	35.2	49.3
1962	42.6	50.1
1963	43.1	50.8
1964	43.6	51.3
1965	44.2	51.9
1966	44.8	52.4
1967	45.6	52.8
1968	46.4	53.3
1969	47.2	53.7
1970	48	54.1
1971	48.6	54.5
1972	49.1	55
1973	49.5	55.5
1974	49.7	56
1975	49.9	56.6
1976	50	57.2
1977	50.1	57.7
1978	50.3	58.2
1979	50.5	58.7
1980	50.9	59.2
1981	51.2	59.6
1982	51.8	59.9
1983	52.4	60.3
1984	52.9	60.6
1985	53.5	60.9
1986	53.6	60.8
1987	54.2	60.7
1988	54.4	60.3
1989	54.4	60
1990	54.3	58.3
1991	54.2	57.8
1992	54.1	57.1
1993	53.9	56.7
1994	53.5	56.1
1995	53.3	55.9
1996	53.2	55.6
1997	53.1	55.5
1998	53	55.6
1999	53.2	55.9
2000	53.3	56.1
2001	53.6	56.5
2002	53.9	56.8
2003	54.3	57.4
2004	54.6	57.9
2005	54.9	58.5
2006	55.3	59.1
2007	55.7	59.4
2008	56.1	60
2009	56.5	60.5
2010	57	60.9
2011	57.5	61.3
2012	58.2	61.5
2013	58.7	61.7
2014	59.1	62
2015	59.7	62.3
2016	60.3	62.5
2017	60.8	62.7
2018	61.2	62.8
2019	61.7	62.9
2020	61.7	61.6
2021	61.1	61.2
2022	62.4	63.5
2023	63.7	63.6
2024	64	63.8
2025	64.2	64

Cameroon and Kenya population clocks and comparison

Population

Cameroon

Kenya

Table

Year	Population
	Cameroon	Kenya
1960	5,159,057	7,695,307
1961	5,239,273	7,987,770
1962	5,338,620	8,299,308
1963	5,456,623	8,627,971
1964	5,578,257	8,973,535
1965	5,704,686	9,338,078
1966	5,837,295	9,717,816
1967	5,977,318	10,111,057
1968	6,125,863	10,518,823
1969	6,283,462	10,939,695
1970	6,449,793	11,368,791
1971	6,624,408	11,788,904
1972	6,806,872	12,206,060
1973	6,996,660	12,634,835
1974	7,193,583	13,070,078
1975	7,397,120	13,511,671
1976	7,597,962	13,957,623
1977	7,796,501	14,428,819
1978	8,011,921	14,934,126
1979	8,239,641	15,460,666
1980	8,512,219	16,018,459
1981	8,816,377	16,601,507
1982	9,028,678	17,206,175
1983	9,215,397	17,846,374
1984	9,475,078	18,514,906
1985	9,761,730	19,201,768
1986	10,060,342	19,901,646
1987	10,370,749	20,616,096
1988	10,684,968	21,356,219
1989	11,002,745	22,118,434
1990	11,331,821	22,892,651
1991	11,667,180	23,646,514
1992	12,006,353	24,382,460
1993	12,353,131	25,117,188
1994	12,704,903	25,857,130
1995	13,058,516	26,601,751
1996	13,414,757	27,344,211
1997	13,775,214	28,101,768
1998	14,144,860	28,888,057
1999	14,525,140	29,733,408
2000	14,912,631	30,642,890
2001	15,309,490	31,619,170
2002	15,725,528	32,629,808
2003	16,160,340	33,652,223
2004	16,610,487	34,713,455
2005	17,074,594	35,796,484
2006	17,550,407	36,904,008
2007	18,049,896	38,036,349
2008	18,574,056	39,206,351
2009	19,113,974	40,408,891
2010	19,668,066	41,598,567
2011	20,232,304	42,758,461
2012	20,809,529	43,888,303
2013	21,402,376	44,986,791
2014	22,059,893	46,051,440
2015	22,763,414	47,088,526
2016	23,454,161	48,139,687
2017	24,128,601	49,197,766
2018	24,806,383	50,207,107
2019	25,506,095	51,202,827
2020	26,210,558	52,217,334
2021	26,915,758	53,219,166
2022	27,632,771	54,252,461
2023	28,372,687	55,339,003
2024	29,123,744	56,432,944

Fertility rates in Cameroon and Kenya

Fertility rate

Cameroon

Kenya

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Cameroon	Kenya
1960	5.73	7.65
1961	5.73	7.72
1962	5.73	7.77
1963	5.73	7.82
1964	5.74	7.87
1965	5.8	7.92
1966	5.85	7.96
1967	5.95	7.95
1968	6.04	7.95
1969	6.14	7.95
1970	6.2	7.94
1971	6.26	7.92
1972	6.29	7.89
1973	6.33	7.86
1974	6.36	7.82
1975	6.4	7.8
1976	6.45	7.77
1977	6.51	7.73
1978	6.55	7.67
1979	6.58	7.6
1980	6.61	7.53
1981	6.61	7.45
1982	6.59	7.35
1983	6.58	7.22
1984	6.56	7.08
1985	6.56	6.96
1986	6.57	6.84
1987	6.54	6.69
1988	6.48	6.52
1989	6.41	6.33
1990	6.36	6.14
1991	6.32	5.94
1992	6.26	5.74
1993	6.16	5.57
1994	6.04	5.44
1995	5.92	5.37
1996	5.8	5.31
1997	5.71	5.27
1998	5.66	5.24
1999	5.6	5.18
2000	5.51	5.14
2001	5.44	5.09
2002	5.44	5.03
2003	5.43	4.94
2004	5.44	4.86
2005	5.42	4.8
2006	5.37	4.75
2007	5.34	4.72
2008	5.29	4.66
2009	5.24	4.57
2010	5.15	4.45
2011	5.05	4.28
2012	4.98	4.12
2013	4.91	3.96
2014	4.84	3.84
2015	4.84	3.77
2016	4.84	3.69
2017	4.8	3.61
2018	4.74	3.54
2019	4.65	3.43
2020	4.56	3.36
2021	4.47	3.31
2022	4.4	3.26
2023	4.32	3.21

Cameroon and Kenya demographics compared

Median age

Cameroon

Kenya

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Cameroon	Kenya
1960	20.5	15.7
1961	20.3	15.5
1962	20.1	15.3
1963	20.1	15.2
1964	20	15.1
1965	19.9	14.9
1966	19.8	14.8
1967	19.7	14.6
1968	19.5	14.5
1969	19.4	14.5
1970	19.2	14.4
1971	19	14.4
1972	18.9	14.3
1973	18.8	14.3
1974	18.6	14.3
1975	18.5	14.3
1976	18.3	14.3
1977	18.2	14.3
1978	18	14.3
1979	17.9	14.4
1980	17.8	14.5
1981	17.8	14.5
1982	17.5	14.6
1983	17.3	14.7
1984	17.1	14.8
1985	17.1	14.9
1986	17	15
1987	16.9	15
1988	16.9	15.1
1989	16.8	15.2
1990	16.8	15.3
1991	16.8	15.5
1992	16.8	15.6
1993	16.8	15.7
1994	16.9	15.9
1995	16.9	16
1996	17	16.1
1997	17.1	16.2
1998	17.1	16.4
1999	17.2	16.5
2000	17.3	16.7
2001	17.4	16.8
2002	17.5	17
2003	17.5	17.1
2004	17.6	17.3
2005	17.6	17.4
2006	17.7	17.5
2007	17.7	17.6
2008	17.8	17.7
2009	17.8	17.8
2010	17.9	17.9
2011	17.9	18.1
2012	18	18.2
2013	18.1	18.4
2014	18.2	18.5
2015	18.3	18.7
2016	18.3	18.9
2017	18.4	19.1
2018	18.4	19.3
2019	18.5	19.6
2020	18.5	19.8
2021	18.6	20
2022	18.7	20.3
2023	18.8	20.6
2024	19	20.8

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