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Cameroon vs Latvia statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Cameroon has a population of 29.1M (ranked 52/197), compared with 1.86M in Latvia (ranked 149/197). Cameroon's land area is 182,514 sq mi versus 24,027 sq mi for Latvia (ranked 52nd vs. 121st).

By GDP, Cameroon ranks 92/197 ($51.3B) and Latvia ranks 100/197 ($43.5B). By GDP per capita, Cameroon ranks 159/197 ($1,762), while Latvia ranks 53/197 ($23,368).

Main facts and rankings

Cameroon Latvia
Population
30491011
1844219
Population rank 51/197 149/197
GDP
$51.3B
2024
$43.5B
2024
GDP rank 92/197 100/197
GDP per capita
$1,762
2024
$23,368
2024
GDP per capita rank 159/197 53/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$5,591
2024
$43,867
2024
Government debt
$21.9B
2024
$20.6B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
39.9%
2025
48.3%
2025
Government debt per person
$752
2024
$11,068
2024
Government debt per person rank 152/185 52/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$1,492
2025
$15,995
2025
Land area
182,514 sq mi
2025
24,027 sq mi
2025
Population density
159.6 ppl/mi²
2024
77.5 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
4.32
2023
1.36
2023
Median age
19 years
2024
44.3 years
2024
Life expectancy
64.2 years
2025
76.5 years
2025

Cameroon and Latvia: Comparison Charts

Cameroon and Latvia economies compared

GDP
Cameroon

Latvia
Year GDP
Cameroon Latvia
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 -
1971 $1,236,941,394 -
1972 $1,498,251,890 -
1973 $1,901,393,361 -
1974 $2,157,415,533 -
1975 $2,857,037,371 -
1976 $2,898,090,002 -
1977 $3,394,664,024 -
1978 $4,662,852,583 -
1979 $5,919,002,983 -
1980 $6,674,569,047 -
1981 $6,610,938,617 -
1982 $6,611,255,964 -
1983 $6,870,200,010 -
1984 $7,311,938,026 -
1985 $8,544,810,498 -
1986 $11,857,056,199 -
1987 $13,049,659,981 -
1988 $12,236,057,362 -
1989 $11,012,566,195 -
1990 $12,314,482,628 -
1991 $11,840,192,296 -
1992 $12,071,775,335 -
1993 $16,181,814,713 -
1994 $8,902,446,252 -
1995 $10,864,772,471 $5,608,208,785
1996 $11,093,538,846 $5,799,465,288
1997 $10,789,458,433 $6,349,481,007
1998 $11,298,144,990 $6,974,112,951
1999 $11,565,826,465 $7,324,192,890
2000 $10,566,579,295 $7,761,252,607
2001 $10,953,485,349 $8,190,888,740
2002 $12,417,251,350 $9,249,030,241
2003 $15,970,315,035 $11,244,337,720
2004 $18,826,214,136 $13,827,070,379
2005 $19,509,852,207 $16,306,935,905
2006 $20,910,512,975 $20,434,922,247
2007 $23,928,250,433 $29,420,499,248
2008 $27,715,142,033 $34,135,200,994
2009 $27,932,970,317 $25,691,530,442
2010 $27,507,501,821 $23,468,324,572
2011 $30,630,910,495 $26,575,547,901
2012 $30,155,062,329 $27,116,149,949
2013 $33,728,621,180 $29,152,128,168
2014 $36,386,544,706 $30,277,203,767
2015 $32,210,233,020 $26,344,565,877
2016 $33,814,337,044 $27,117,105,060
2017 $36,098,547,033 $29,391,059,767
2018 $39,955,552,190 $33,247,935,477
2019 $39,667,757,528 $33,099,503,951
2020 $40,773,241,177 $33,379,927,435
2021 $45,011,937,347 $38,183,326,785
2022 $44,347,206,073 $38,014,713,596
2023 $49,279,410,983 $42,572,151,720
2024 $51,326,764,685 $43,520,773,851

Cameroon and Latvia economies compared

GDP per capita
Cameroon

Latvia
Year GDP per capita
Cameroon Latvia
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 -
1971 $186.7 -
1972 $220.1 -
1973 $271.8 -
1974 $299.9 -
1975 $386 -
1976 $381 -
1977 $435 -
1978 $582 -
1979 $718 -
1980 $784 -
1981 $750 -
1982 $732 -
1983 $746 -
1984 $772 -
1985 $875 -
1986 $1,179 -
1987 $1,258 -
1988 $1,145 -
1989 $1,001 -
1990 $1,087 -
1991 $1,015 -
1992 $1,005 -
1993 $1,310 -
1994 $701 -
1995 $832 $2,257
1996 $827 $2,360
1997 $783 $2,610
1998 $799 $2,894
1999 $796 $3,064
2000 $709 $3,278
2001 $715 $3,505
2002 $790 $4,004
2003 $988 $4,915
2004 $1,133 $6,110
2005 $1,143 $7,284
2006 $1,191 $9,212
2007 $1,326 $13,371
2008 $1,492 $15,678
2009 $1,461 $11,996
2010 $1,399 $11,188
2011 $1,514 $12,903
2012 $1,449 $13,329
2013 $1,576 $14,484
2014 $1,649 $15,186
2015 $1,415 $13,322
2016 $1,442 $13,839
2017 $1,496 $15,132
2018 $1,611 $17,252
2019 $1,555 $17,295
2020 $1,556 $17,564
2021 $1,672 $20,262
2022 $1,605 $20,227
2023 $1,737 $22,676
2024 $1,762 $23,368

Cameroon vs. Latvia life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Cameroon

Latvia
Year Life expectancy, years
Cameroon Latvia
1950 33.1 64.6
1951 33.9 65.2
1952 34.6 65.7
1953 35.5 66.2
1954 36.5 66.7
1955 37.5 67.1
1956 38.4 67.6
1957 38.3 68.3
1958 39.1 68.9
1959 39.8 69.5
1960 34.7 70.3
1961 35.2 70.5
1962 42.6 69.9
1963 43.1 70.3
1964 43.6 71.5
1965 44.2 71.2
1966 44.8 71.2
1967 45.6 70.9
1968 46.4 70.5
1969 47.2 70.2
1970 48 70.2
1971 48.6 70.6
1972 49.1 70.3
1973 49.5 70.2
1974 49.7 70.1
1975 49.9 69.3
1976 50 69.4
1977 50.1 69.4
1978 50.3 69.3
1979 50.5 68.8
1980 50.9 69.1
1981 51.2 69.1
1982 51.8 69.6
1983 52.4 69.4
1984 52.9 69.4
1985 53.5 69.6
1986 53.6 71
1987 54.2 71
1988 54.4 70.9
1989 54.4 70.4
1990 54.3 69.5
1991 54.2 69.2
1992 54.1 68.5
1993 53.9 66.6
1994 53.5 65.2
1995 53.3 66
1996 53.2 68.6
1997 53.1 69.2
1998 53 68.9
1999 53.2 69.6
2000 53.3 70.2
2001 53.6 69.9
2002 53.9 70.2
2003 54.3 70.6
2004 54.6 70.9
2005 54.9 70.6
2006 55.3 70.6
2007 55.7 70.8
2008 56.1 72
2009 56.5 72.7
2010 57 73
2011 57.5 73.7
2012 58.2 73.9
2013 58.7 74.2
2014 59.1 74.3
2015 59.7 74.7
2016 60.3 74.8
2017 60.8 74.8
2018 61.2 75
2019 61.7 75.6
2020 61.7 75.5
2021 61.1 73.2
2022 62.4 74.9
2023 63.7 76.2
2024 64 76.3
2025 64.2 76.5

Cameroon and Latvia population clocks and comparison

Population
Cameroon

Latvia
Year Population
Cameroon Latvia
1960 5,159,057 2,120,979
1961 5,239,273 2,152,681
1962 5,338,620 2,181,586
1963 5,456,623 2,210,919
1964 5,578,257 2,240,623
1965 5,704,686 2,265,919
1966 5,837,295 2,283,217
1967 5,977,318 2,301,220
1968 6,125,863 2,323,619
1969 6,283,462 2,343,173
1970 6,449,793 2,359,164
1971 6,624,408 2,376,389
1972 6,806,872 2,395,674
1973 6,996,660 2,415,819
1974 7,193,583 2,437,186
1975 7,397,120 2,456,130
1976 7,597,962 2,470,989
1977 7,796,501 2,485,073
1978 8,011,921 2,497,921
1979 8,239,641 2,505,953
1980 8,512,219 2,511,701
1981 8,816,377 2,519,421
1982 9,028,678 2,531,080
1983 9,215,397 2,546,011
1984 9,475,078 2,562,047
1985 9,761,730 2,578,873
1986 10,060,342 2,599,892
1987 10,370,749 2,626,583
1988 10,684,968 2,653,434
1989 11,002,745 2,666,955
1990 11,331,821 2,663,151
1991 11,667,180 2,650,581
1992 12,006,353 2,614,338
1993 12,353,131 2,563,290
1994 12,704,903 2,520,742
1995 13,058,516 2,485,056
1996 13,414,757 2,457,222
1997 13,775,214 2,432,851
1998 14,144,860 2,410,019
1999 14,525,140 2,390,482
2000 14,912,631 2,367,550
2001 15,309,490 2,337,170
2002 15,725,528 2,310,173
2003 16,160,340 2,287,955
2004 16,610,487 2,263,122
2005 17,074,594 2,238,799
2006 17,550,407 2,218,357
2007 18,049,896 2,200,325
2008 18,574,056 2,177,322
2009 19,113,974 2,141,669
2010 19,668,066 2,097,555
2011 20,232,304 2,059,709
2012 20,809,529 2,034,319
2013 21,402,376 2,012,647
2014 22,059,893 1,993,782
2015 22,763,414 1,977,527
2016 23,454,161 1,959,537
2017 24,128,601 1,942,248
2018 24,806,383 1,927,174
2019 25,506,095 1,913,822
2020 26,210,558 1,900,449
2021 26,915,758 1,884,490
2022 27,632,771 1,879,383
2023 28,372,687 1,877,445
2024 29,123,744 1,862,441

Fertility rates in Cameroon and Latvia

Fertility rate
Cameroon

Latvia
Year Fertility rate
Cameroon Latvia
1960 5.73 1.94
1961 5.73 1.94
1962 5.73 1.91
1963 5.73 1.85
1964 5.74 1.79
1965 5.8 1.74
1966 5.85 1.76
1967 5.95 1.8
1968 6.04 1.83
1969 6.14 1.88
1970 6.2 1.96
1971 6.26 2
1972 6.29 2
1973 6.33 1.98
1974 6.36 1.97
1975 6.4 1.96
1976 6.45 1.93
1977 6.51 1.89
1978 6.55 1.87
1979 6.58 1.87
1980 6.61 1.86
1981 6.61 1.88
1982 6.59 1.97
1983 6.58 2.07
1984 6.56 2.09
1985 6.56 2.08
1986 6.57 2.12
1987 6.54 2.15
1988 6.48 2.11
1989 6.41 2.05
1990 6.36 2.02
1991 6.32 1.86
1992 6.26 1.73
1993 6.16 1.51
1994 6.04 1.39
1995 5.92 1.25
1996 5.8 1.16
1997 5.71 1.11
1998 5.66 1.09
1999 5.6 1.16
2000 5.51 1.25
2001 5.44 1.22
2002 5.44 1.26
2003 5.43 1.32
2004 5.44 1.29
2005 5.42 1.39
2006 5.37 1.46
2007 5.34 1.54
2008 5.29 1.58
2009 5.24 1.46
2010 5.15 1.36
2011 5.05 1.33
2012 4.98 1.44
2013 4.91 1.52
2014 4.84 1.65
2015 4.84 1.7
2016 4.84 1.74
2017 4.8 1.69
2018 4.74 1.6
2019 4.65 1.61
2020 4.56 1.55
2021 4.47 1.57
2022 4.4 1.47
2023 4.32 1.36

Cameroon and Latvia demographics compared

Median age
Cameroon

Latvia
Year Median age, years
Cameroon Latvia
1960 20.5 32.3
1961 20.3 32.4
1962 20.1 32.6
1963 20.1 32.8
1964 20 33
1965 19.9 33.2
1966 19.8 33.5
1967 19.7 33.8
1968 19.5 34
1969 19.4 34.1
1970 19.2 34.2
1971 19 34.3
1972 18.9 34.5
1973 18.8 34.6
1974 18.6 34.7
1975 18.5 34.9
1976 18.3 35
1977 18.2 35.1
1978 18 35.1
1979 17.9 35.1
1980 17.8 34.9
1981 17.8 34.8
1982 17.5 34.7
1983 17.3 34.6
1984 17.1 34.7
1985 17.1 34.7
1986 17 34.7
1987 16.9 34.6
1988 16.9 34.6
1989 16.8 34.5
1990 16.8 34.6
1991 16.8 34.8
1992 16.8 35.2
1993 16.8 35.6
1994 16.9 36
1995 16.9 36.2
1996 17 36.6
1997 17.1 36.9
1998 17.1 37.3
1999 17.2 37.6
2000 17.3 37.9
2001 17.4 38.3
2002 17.5 38.6
2003 17.5 38.9
2004 17.6 39.2
2005 17.6 39.4
2006 17.7 39.7
2007 17.7 39.9
2008 17.8 40.1
2009 17.8 40.5
2010 17.9 41.1
2011 17.9 41.6
2012 18 42
2013 18.1 42.3
2014 18.2 42.5
2015 18.3 42.8
2016 18.3 43
2017 18.4 43.2
2018 18.4 43.4
2019 18.5 43.6
2020 18.5 43.8
2021 18.6 43.9
2022 18.7 44
2023 18.8 44.1
2024 19 44.3

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Cameroon Latvia
GNI, Atlas method
$49B
2024
$40.8B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
16.3%
2025
44.4%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
2.84%
2023
4.32%
2022
Military expenditure, % of GDP
0.93%
2023
2.27%
2023
Armed forces personnel
34,000
2020
9,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-0.84%
2025
-3.63%
2025
Unemployment rate
3.28%
2021
6.88%
2024
Services, % of GDP
49.9%
2024
63.1%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
25.6%
2024
19.9%
2024
Economic freedom index
52.1
2025
71.4
2025
Income share by richest 10%
31.1%
2021
26.2%
2023
Income share by poorest 10%
2.1%
2021
2.6%
2023
Listed domestic companies n/a
56
2003
Total reserves including gold
$4.88B
2023
$5.14B
2024
Personal remittances received
$630M
2024
$1.34B
2024
International tourist arrivals
1,021,000
2019
3,204,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports
7.14%
2020
7.25%
2007
Banked people share
60.9%
2024
95%
2024

Energy

Cameroon Latvia
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
384 kg
2022
2,248 kg
2023
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$13.5
2022
$18.6
2023
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
10.8 megatons
2023
6.55 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
0.38 tons
2023
3.49 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
22.9%
2022
47.8%
2023
Renewable energy use share
79.2%
2021
44%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
5.73%
2022
8.79%
2023
Net energy imports use share
-28.7%
2022
34.3%
2023
Electric power consumption per capita
283.7 kWh
2022
3,629 kWh
2023
Renewable electricity output share
53.9%
2021
63.6%
2021
Hydroelectric share
70.5%
2022
59.4%
2023
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
72%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Cameroon Latvia
% of world population
0.36%
2024
0.02%
2024
Annual migration change
-13,892
2024
-2,225
2024
Urban population
59.9%
2024
68.8%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.65 ft
2025
5.94 ft
2025
Average female height
5.26 ft
2025
5.54 ft
2025
Quality of life index
20.7
2025
74.3
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
26
2024
59
2024
Higher education index
34
2025
70
2025
Homicides per 100K people
4.54
2020
2.5
2023
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
30.2
2019
8.1
2019
Visa free countries
60
2025
172
2025
Adult literacy rate
78.2%
2020
99.9%
2021
English speaking
38%
2023
45.9%
2023
People using the Internet
41.9%
2023
92.7%
2024

Health

Cameroon Latvia
Government health expenditure per capita
$72
2022
$1,642
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$48.7
2022
$505
2022
Life expectancy
64.2 years
2025
76.5 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
14.4%
2022
0.18%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
0.14
2022
3.38
2021
Age at first childbirth
20.1 years
2025
28 years
2023
Maternal mortality per 100K births
258
2023
19
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
67.2
2023
3
2023
Obesity rate
15.5%
2022
24.9%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
6.9%
2024
7.1%
2024
Air quality index
7
2025
75
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
6.5%
2022
33.9%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
9.6 liters
2020
12.9 liters
2020

Territory

Cameroon Latvia
% of world land
0.32%
2025
0.04%
2025
Land area per capita
6,267 sq mi
2024
12,901 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
38,212 sq mi
2025
7,610 sq mi
2025
Forest area
77,886 sq mi
2025
13,214 sq mi
2025

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