Cameroon vs Rwanda statistics compared

Cameroon has a population of 29.1M (ranked 52/197), compared with 14.3M in Rwanda (ranked 77/197). Cameroon's land area is 182,514 sq mi versus 9,525 sq mi for Rwanda (ranked 52nd vs. 146th).

By GDP, Cameroon ranks 92/197 ($51.3B) and Rwanda ranks 144/197 ($14.3B). By GDP per capita, Cameroon ranks 159/197 ($1,762), while Rwanda ranks 177/197 ($1,000).

Cameroon and Rwanda: Comparison Charts

Cameroon and Rwanda economies compared

GDP

Cameroon

Rwanda

Table

Year	GDP
	Cameroon	Rwanda
1960	$614,206,068	$119,000,024
1961	$652,777,608	$122,000,016
1962	$694,247,864	$125,000,008
1963	$718,320,845	$128,000,000
1964	$776,650,177	$129,999,994
1965	$814,083,266	$148,799,980
1966	$851,112,535	$124,525,703
1967	$936,175,260	$159,560,018
1968	$1,046,191,218	$172,200,018
1969	$1,100,551,489	$188,700,037
1970	$1,151,216,993	$219,900,006
1971	$1,236,941,394	$222,952,504
1972	$1,498,251,890	$246,457,838
1973	$1,901,393,361	$290,746,157
1974	$2,157,415,533	$308,458,423
1975	$2,857,037,371	$571,863,500
1976	$2,898,090,002	$637,753,853
1977	$3,394,664,024	$746,650,613
1978	$4,662,852,583	$905,709,076
1979	$5,919,002,983	$1,109,346,131
1980	$6,674,569,047	$1,254,765,642
1981	$6,610,938,617	$1,407,062,527
1982	$6,611,255,964	$1,407,243,139
1983	$6,870,200,010	$1,479,687,587
1984	$7,311,938,026	$1,587,413,084
1985	$8,544,810,498	$1,715,626,331
1986	$11,857,056,199	$1,944,710,684
1987	$13,049,659,981	$2,157,432,668
1988	$12,236,057,362	$2,395,492,687
1989	$11,012,566,195	$2,405,022,593
1990	$12,314,482,628	$2,550,185,679
1991	$11,840,192,296	$1,911,600,237
1992	$12,071,775,335	$2,029,026,962
1993	$16,181,814,713	$1,971,525,712
1994	$8,902,446,252	$753,636,370
1995	$10,864,772,471	$1,293,535,193
1996	$11,093,538,846	$1,382,334,879
1997	$10,789,458,433	$1,851,558,197
1998	$11,298,144,990	$1,989,343,546
1999	$11,565,826,465	$2,157,108,263
2000	$10,566,579,295	$2,068,836,754
2001	$10,953,485,349	$1,966,600,715
2002	$12,417,251,350	$1,966,003,468
2003	$15,970,315,035	$2,138,237,279
2004	$18,826,214,136	$2,376,496,067
2005	$19,509,852,207	$2,933,819,766
2006	$20,910,512,975	$3,319,784,539
2007	$23,928,250,433	$4,070,507,895
2008	$27,715,142,033	$5,179,854,065
2009	$27,932,970,317	$5,674,476,969
2010	$27,507,501,821	$6,124,756,654
2011	$30,630,910,495	$6,884,913,658
2012	$30,155,062,329	$7,654,761,045
2013	$33,728,621,180	$7,819,964,024
2014	$36,386,544,706	$8,238,966,120
2015	$32,210,233,020	$8,543,760,206
2016	$33,814,337,044	$8,695,272,061
2017	$36,098,547,033	$9,252,833,894
2018	$39,955,552,190	$9,637,904,519
2019	$39,667,757,528	$10,349,300,277
2020	$40,773,241,177	$10,174,386,855
2021	$45,011,937,347	$11,078,787,095
2022	$44,347,206,073	$13,316,161,006
2023	$49,279,410,983	$14,331,722,700
2024	$51,326,764,685	$14,251,642,231

Cameroon and Rwanda economies compared

GDP per capita

Cameroon

Rwanda

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Cameroon	Rwanda
1960	$119.1	$39.4
1961	$124.6	$39.3
1962	$130	$39.2
1963	$131.6	$39.3
1964	$139.2	$39
1965	$142.7	$43.5
1966	$145.8	$35.4
1967	$156.6	$44
1968	$170.8	$46
1969	$175.2	$48.9
1970	$178.5	$55.2
1971	$186.7	$54.4
1972	$220.1	$58.4
1973	$271.8	$66.9
1974	$299.9	$68.9
1975	$386	$124.1
1976	$381	$134.4
1977	$435	$152.7
1978	$582	$179.9
1979	$718	$213.8
1980	$784	$234.4
1981	$750	$254.6
1982	$732	$246.4
1983	$746	$250.6
1984	$772	$259.9
1985	$875	$271.6
1986	$1,179	$297.7
1987	$1,258	$320
1988	$1,145	$344
1989	$1,001	$335
1990	$1,087	$346
1991	$1,015	$254
1992	$1,005	$264.1
1993	$1,310	$247
1994	$701	$111
1995	$832	$228
1996	$827	$206
1997	$783	$238.7
1998	$799	$246.2
1999	$796	$264.7
2000	$709	$251.9
2001	$715	$237.3
2002	$790	$234
2003	$988	$249
2004	$1,133	$269.5
2005	$1,143	$324
2006	$1,191	$357
2007	$1,326	$426
2008	$1,492	$528
2009	$1,461	$564
2010	$1,399	$594
2011	$1,514	$651
2012	$1,449	$707
2013	$1,576	$705
2014	$1,649	$725
2015	$1,415	$734
2016	$1,442	$730
2017	$1,496	$758
2018	$1,611	$772
2019	$1,555	$810
2020	$1,556	$779
2021	$1,672	$830
2022	$1,605	$975
2023	$1,737	$1,027
2024	$1,762	$1,000

Cameroon vs. Rwanda life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Cameroon

Rwanda

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Cameroon	Rwanda
1950	33.1	43.2
1951	33.9	43.5
1952	34.6	43.8
1953	35.5	44.1
1954	36.5	44.4
1955	37.5	44.8
1956	38.4	45.2
1957	38.3	45.6
1958	39.1	46.1
1959	39.8	46.5
1960	34.7	47
1961	35.2	47.5
1962	42.6	47.8
1963	43.1	44
1964	43.6	48.1
1965	44.2	48.2
1966	44.8	48.1
1967	45.6	48
1968	46.4	47.7
1969	47.2	47.4
1970	48	47.1
1971	48.6	46.8
1972	49.1	46.3
1973	49.5	45.9
1974	49.7	45.6
1975	49.9	45.3
1976	50	45.3
1977	50.1	45.6
1978	50.3	46.2
1979	50.5	47.1
1980	50.9	48.1
1981	51.2	49.2
1982	51.8	50.2
1983	52.4	50.9
1984	52.9	51.4
1985	53.5	51.7
1986	53.6	51.7
1987	54.2	51.5
1988	54.4	50.9
1989	54.4	49.5
1990	54.3	47.8
1991	54.2	46.2
1992	54.1	44.4
1993	53.9	42.9
1994	53.5	12.2
1995	53.3	41.5
1996	53.2	42.5
1997	53.1	42
1998	53	43.1
1999	53.2	45.7
2000	53.3	47.8
2001	53.6	49.5
2002	53.9	51.3
2003	54.3	53.5
2004	54.6	55.5
2005	54.9	57
2006	55.3	58.3
2007	55.7	59.5
2008	56.1	60.6
2009	56.5	61.8
2010	57	62.8
2011	57.5	63.5
2012	58.2	64.2
2013	58.7	64.7
2014	59.1	65.1
2015	59.7	65.4
2016	60.3	65.7
2017	60.8	66.1
2018	61.2	66.4
2019	61.7	66.7
2020	61.7	67
2021	61.1	66.8
2022	62.4	67.5
2023	63.7	67.8
2024	64	68
2025	64.2	68.2

Cameroon and Rwanda population clocks and comparison

Population

Cameroon

Rwanda

Table

Year	Population
	Cameroon	Rwanda
1960	5,159,057	3,022,294
1961	5,239,273	3,106,779
1962	5,338,620	3,186,025
1963	5,456,623	3,258,890
1964	5,578,257	3,334,834
1965	5,704,686	3,423,210
1966	5,837,295	3,521,626
1967	5,977,318	3,629,577
1968	6,125,863	3,744,010
1969	6,283,462	3,861,271
1970	6,449,793	3,980,669
1971	6,624,408	4,100,044
1972	6,806,872	4,220,335
1973	6,996,660	4,345,047
1974	7,193,583	4,474,228
1975	7,397,120	4,607,728
1976	7,597,962	4,745,954
1977	7,796,501	4,888,240
1978	8,011,921	5,035,171
1979	8,239,641	5,189,541
1980	8,512,219	5,353,259
1981	8,816,377	5,527,230
1982	9,028,678	5,711,549
1983	9,215,397	5,905,311
1984	9,475,078	6,107,627
1985	9,761,730	6,317,228
1986	10,060,342	6,531,881
1987	10,370,749	6,749,493
1988	10,684,968	6,968,071
1989	11,002,745	7,184,706
1990	11,331,821	7,375,307
1991	11,667,180	7,526,966
1992	12,006,353	7,683,266
1993	12,353,131	7,981,132
1994	12,704,903	6,792,352
1995	13,058,516	5,674,118
1996	13,414,757	6,708,764
1997	13,775,214	7,755,238
1998	14,144,860	8,081,681
1999	14,525,140	8,147,912
2000	14,912,631	8,213,931
2001	15,309,490	8,287,094
2002	15,725,528	8,400,180
2003	16,160,340	8,586,875
2004	16,610,487	8,816,844
2005	17,074,594	9,054,528
2006	17,550,407	9,299,246
2007	18,049,896	9,549,933
2008	18,574,056	9,804,269
2009	19,113,974	10,060,432
2010	19,668,066	10,317,553
2011	20,232,304	10,573,733
2012	20,809,529	10,829,901
2013	21,402,376	11,093,340
2014	22,059,893	11,364,757
2015	22,763,414	11,640,022
2016	23,454,161	11,919,183
2017	24,128,601	12,202,060
2018	24,806,383	12,487,996
2019	25,506,095	12,776,103
2020	26,210,558	13,065,837
2021	26,915,758	13,355,260
2022	27,632,771	13,651,030
2023	28,372,687	13,954,471
2024	29,123,744	14,256,567

Fertility rates in Cameroon and Rwanda

Fertility rate

Cameroon

Rwanda

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Cameroon	Rwanda
1960	5.73	8.28
1961	5.73	8.28
1962	5.73	8.27
1963	5.73	8.27
1964	5.74	8.27
1965	5.8	8.25
1966	5.85	8.23
1967	5.95	8.21
1968	6.04	8.19
1969	6.14	8.18
1970	6.2	8.15
1971	6.26	8.09
1972	6.29	8.09
1973	6.33	8.09
1974	6.36	8.1
1975	6.4	8.1
1976	6.45	8.12
1977	6.51	8.14
1978	6.55	8.16
1979	6.58	8.13
1980	6.61	8.12
1981	6.61	8.1
1982	6.59	8.06
1983	6.58	8
1984	6.56	7.91
1985	6.56	7.79
1986	6.57	7.61
1987	6.54	7.43
1988	6.48	7.23
1989	6.41	7.03
1990	6.36	6.8
1991	6.32	6.62
1992	6.26	6.54
1993	6.16	6.48
1994	6.04	6.42
1995	5.92	6.35
1996	5.8	6.29
1997	5.71	6.24
1998	5.66	6.17
1999	5.6	6.06
2000	5.51	5.97
2001	5.44	5.89
2002	5.44	5.82
2003	5.43	5.74
2004	5.44	5.64
2005	5.42	5.5
2006	5.37	5.34
2007	5.34	5.14
2008	5.29	4.92
2009	5.24	4.71
2010	5.15	4.52
2011	5.05	4.33
2012	4.98	4.2
2013	4.91	4.14
2014	4.84	4.12
2015	4.84	4.11
2016	4.84	4.11
2017	4.8	4.08
2018	4.74	4.05
2019	4.65	3.99
2020	4.56	3.91
2021	4.47	3.84
2022	4.4	3.78
2023	4.32	3.7

Cameroon and Rwanda demographics compared

Median age

Cameroon

Rwanda

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Cameroon	Rwanda
1960	20.5	15.5
1961	20.3	15.1
1962	20.1	14.9
1963	20.1	14.8
1964	20	14.7
1965	19.9	14.8
1966	19.8	14.9
1967	19.7	15.1
1968	19.5	15.3
1969	19.4	15.5
1970	19.2	15.7
1971	19	15.9
1972	18.9	16
1973	18.8	16.2
1974	18.6	16.3
1975	18.5	16.4
1976	18.3	16.5
1977	18.2	16.6
1978	18	16.6
1979	17.9	16.5
1980	17.8	16.5
1981	17.8	16.4
1982	17.5	16.2
1983	17.3	16.1
1984	17.1	16
1985	17.1	15.8
1986	17	15.7
1987	16.9	15.6
1988	16.9	15.6
1989	16.8	15.5
1990	16.8	15.5
1991	16.8	15.5
1992	16.8	15.6
1993	16.8	15.7
1994	16.9	15
1995	16.9	14.3
1996	17	14.6
1997	17.1	14.8
1998	17.1	15.3
1999	17.2	15.8
2000	17.3	16.3
2001	17.4	16.8
2002	17.5	17.1
2003	17.5	17.4
2004	17.6	17.6
2005	17.6	17.8
2006	17.7	18
2007	17.7	18.1
2008	17.8	18.3
2009	17.8	18.4
2010	17.9	18.5
2011	17.9	18.7
2012	18	18.8
2013	18.1	19
2014	18.2	19.1
2015	18.3	19.3
2016	18.3	19.4
2017	18.4	19.6
2018	18.4	19.7
2019	18.5	19.8
2020	18.5	19.9
2021	18.6	20
2022	18.7	20.3
2023	18.8	20.5
2024	19	20.8

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