Cameroon vs Somalia statistics compared

Cameroon has a population of 29.1M (ranked 52/197), compared with 19M in Somalia (ranked 68/197). Cameroon's land area is 182,514 sq mi versus 242,217 sq mi for Somalia (ranked 52nd vs. 42nd).

By GDP, Cameroon ranks 92/197 ($51.3B) and Somalia ranks 149/197 ($12.1B). By GDP per capita, Cameroon ranks 159/197 ($1,762), while Somalia ranks 191/197 ($637).

Cameroon and Somalia: Comparison Charts

Cameroon and Somalia economies compared

GDP

Cameroon

Somalia

Table

Year	GDP
	Cameroon	Somalia
1960	$614,206,068	$180,459,937
1961	$652,777,608	$191,659,914
1962	$694,247,864	$203,531,928
1963	$718,320,845	$216,145,936
1964	$776,650,177	$229,529,913
1965	$814,083,266	$243,725,898
1966	$851,112,535	$257,375,897
1967	$936,175,260	$271,781,887
1968	$1,046,191,218	$286,719,885
1969	$1,100,551,489	$306,357,285
1970	$1,151,216,993	$347,985,394
1971	$1,236,941,394	$347,039,446
1972	$1,498,251,890	$447,883,941
1973	$1,901,393,361	$483,699,611
1974	$2,157,415,533	$572,504,036
1975	$2,857,037,371	$757,015,879
1976	$2,898,090,002	$871,344,245
1977	$3,394,664,024	$498,550,725
1978	$4,662,852,583	$564,571,823
1979	$5,919,002,983	$589,566,929
1980	$6,674,569,047	$602,515,548
1981	$6,610,938,617	$699,302,473
1982	$6,611,255,964	$774,578,932
1983	$6,870,200,010	$735,408,642
1984	$7,311,938,026	$787,434,542
1985	$8,544,810,498	$875,702,247
1986	$11,857,056,199	$916,590,786
1987	$13,049,659,981	$1,018,972,664
1988	$12,236,057,362	$1,051,596,967
1989	$11,012,566,195	$1,181,360,844
1990	$12,314,482,628	$1,031,282,081
1991	$11,840,192,296	$717,974,930
1992	$12,071,775,335	$709,297,579
1993	$16,181,814,713	$1,260,132,956
1994	$8,902,446,252	$1,481,205,098
1995	$10,864,772,471	$1,534,756,135
1996	$11,093,538,846	$1,792,234,297
1997	$10,789,458,433	$2,191,749,014
1998	$11,298,144,990	$2,962,047,564
1999	$11,565,826,465	$3,045,751,528
2000	$10,566,579,295	$3,412,797,450
2001	$10,953,485,349	$2,252,847,465
2002	$12,417,251,350	$2,192,684,135
2003	$15,970,315,035	$2,836,724,352
2004	$18,826,214,136	$3,859,592,813
2005	$19,509,852,207	$4,683,246,454
2006	$20,910,512,975	$5,026,743,282
2007	$23,928,250,433	$5,430,713,729
2008	$27,715,142,033	$5,913,620,293
2009	$27,932,970,317	$2,948,594,552
2010	$27,507,501,821	$2,687,807,004
2011	$30,630,910,495	$2,906,000,097
2012	$30,155,062,329	$4,364,670,160
2013	$33,728,621,180	$5,062,881,600
2014	$36,386,544,706	$5,728,399,720
2015	$32,210,233,020	$6,152,149,100
2016	$33,814,337,044	$6,613,743,070
2017	$36,098,547,033	$7,621,501,710
2018	$39,955,552,190	$7,873,440,830
2019	$39,667,757,528	$8,655,023,960
2020	$40,773,241,177	$8,628,393,720
2021	$45,011,937,347	$9,483,997,390
2022	$44,347,206,073	$10,202,767,270
2023	$49,279,410,983	$10,968,517,090
2024	$51,326,764,685	$12,108,515,110

Cameroon and Somalia economies compared

GDP per capita

Cameroon

Somalia

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Cameroon	Somalia
1960	$119.1	$62.7
1961	$124.6	$64.9
1962	$130	$67.2
1963	$131.6	$69.5
1964	$139.2	$71.9
1965	$142.7	$74.4
1966	$145.8	$76.5
1967	$156.6	$78.7
1968	$170.8	$80.8
1969	$175.2	$84.1
1970	$178.5	$93.1
1971	$186.7	$90.4
1972	$220.1	$113.7
1973	$271.8	$119.6
1974	$299.9	$137.9
1975	$386	$177.8
1976	$381	$199.6
1977	$435	$111.2
1978	$582	$117.3
1979	$718	$108.2
1980	$784	$101.5
1981	$750	$116.9
1982	$732	$129
1983	$746	$118.6
1984	$772	$122.5
1985	$875	$130.8
1986	$1,179	$131.4
1987	$1,258	$141
1988	$1,145	$145.3
1989	$1,001	$166
1990	$1,087	$145.6
1991	$1,015	$105.4
1992	$1,005	$109.2
1993	$1,310	$188.6
1994	$701	$210.8
1995	$832	$210.7
1996	$827	$237.2
1997	$783	$280.1
1998	$799	$363
1999	$796	$359
2000	$709	$386
2001	$715	$244.9
2002	$790	$229.6
2003	$988	$286.3
2004	$1,133	$375
2005	$1,143	$440
2006	$1,191	$458
2007	$1,326	$480
2008	$1,492	$507
2009	$1,461	$246.5
2010	$1,399	$219.2
2011	$1,514	$235.3
2012	$1,449	$350
2013	$1,576	$393
2014	$1,649	$429
2015	$1,415	$446
2016	$1,442	$461
2017	$1,496	$511
2018	$1,611	$510
2019	$1,555	$540
2020	$1,556	$518
2021	$1,672	$549
2022	$1,605	$573
2023	$1,737	$597
2024	$1,762	$637

Cameroon vs. Somalia life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Cameroon

Somalia

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Cameroon	Somalia
1950	33.1	41.5
1951	33.9	41.7
1952	34.6	41.9
1953	35.5	42.1
1954	36.5	42.3
1955	37.5	42.5
1956	38.4	42.7
1957	38.3	42.9
1958	39.1	43.1
1959	39.8	43.3
1960	34.7	43.5
1961	35.2	43.7
1962	42.6	44
1963	43.1	44.2
1964	43.6	44.4
1965	44.2	44.6
1966	44.8	44.8
1967	45.6	45.1
1968	46.4	45.3
1969	47.2	45.5
1970	48	45.6
1971	48.6	45.8
1972	49.1	46
1973	49.5	46.2
1974	49.7	44.3
1975	49.9	44.5
1976	50	44.7
1977	50.1	47
1978	50.3	47
1979	50.5	47.4
1980	50.9	47.6
1981	51.2	47.8
1982	51.8	48
1983	52.4	48.2
1984	52.9	48.4
1985	53.5	48.3
1986	53.6	48.4
1987	54.2	49
1988	54.4	43.9
1989	54.4	46.6
1990	54.3	46.9
1991	54.2	25.4
1992	54.1	25
1993	53.9	50.6
1994	53.5	50.3
1995	53.3	50.6
1996	53.2	50.5
1997	53.1	50.3
1998	53	50.8
1999	53.2	50.6
2000	53.3	50.7
2001	53.6	50.8
2002	53.9	50.8
2003	54.3	50.7
2004	54.6	50.7
2005	54.9	50.9
2006	55.3	50.9
2007	55.7	50.9
2008	56.1	51.5
2009	56.5	52.1
2010	57	48.9
2011	57.5	32.5
2012	58.2	49.1
2013	58.7	54
2014	59.1	54.4
2015	59.7	55.1
2016	60.3	55.3
2017	60.8	52.2
2018	61.2	54.8
2019	61.7	57.2
2020	61.7	57.1
2021	61.1	55.7
2022	62.4	53.9
2023	63.7	58.8
2024	64	59
2025	64.2	59.1

Cameroon and Somalia population clocks and comparison

Population

Cameroon

Somalia

Table

Year	Population
	Cameroon	Somalia
1960	5,159,057	2,876,331
1961	5,239,273	2,952,054
1962	5,338,620	3,030,091
1963	5,456,623	3,110,361
1964	5,578,257	3,192,796
1965	5,704,686	3,277,874
1966	5,837,295	3,365,106
1967	5,977,318	3,454,537
1968	6,125,863	3,546,590
1969	6,283,462	3,641,015
1970	6,449,793	3,738,448
1971	6,624,408	3,837,691
1972	6,806,872	3,939,436
1973	6,996,660	4,045,592
1974	7,193,583	4,151,842
1975	7,397,120	4,257,535
1976	7,597,962	4,365,812
1977	7,796,501	4,484,050
1978	8,011,921	4,814,892
1979	8,239,641	5,449,117
1980	8,512,219	5,936,154
1981	8,816,377	5,982,849
1982	9,028,678	6,003,840
1983	9,215,397	6,198,430
1984	9,475,078	6,428,389
1985	9,761,730	6,693,289
1986	10,060,342	6,974,788
1987	10,370,749	7,228,302
1988	10,684,968	7,235,360
1989	11,002,745	7,114,817
1990	11,331,821	7,082,811
1991	11,667,180	6,813,760
1992	12,006,353	6,495,107
1993	12,353,131	6,681,399
1994	12,704,903	7,026,797
1995	13,058,516	7,285,007
1996	13,414,757	7,554,474
1997	13,775,214	7,824,525
1998	14,144,860	8,155,417
1999	14,525,140	8,492,059
2000	14,912,631	8,838,713
2001	15,309,490	9,198,493
2002	15,725,528	9,550,063
2003	16,160,340	9,909,157
2004	16,610,487	10,280,998
2005	17,074,594	10,644,228
2006	17,550,407	10,975,502
2007	18,049,896	11,322,582
2008	18,574,056	11,663,084
2009	19,113,974	11,961,201
2010	19,668,066	12,261,756
2011	20,232,304	12,348,830
2012	20,809,529	12,461,160
2013	21,402,376	12,869,594
2014	22,059,893	13,339,491
2015	22,763,414	13,806,963
2016	23,454,161	14,348,740
2017	24,128,601	14,916,629
2018	24,806,383	15,452,487
2019	25,506,095	16,030,971
2020	26,210,558	16,651,191
2021	26,915,758	17,271,431
2022	27,632,771	17,801,897
2023	28,372,687	18,358,615
2024	29,123,744	19,009,151

Fertility rates in Cameroon and Somalia

Fertility rate

Cameroon

Somalia

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Cameroon	Somalia
1960	5.73	7.25
1961	5.73	7.25
1962	5.73	7.26
1963	5.73	7.26
1964	5.74	7.26
1965	5.8	7.26
1966	5.85	7.26
1967	5.95	7.25
1968	6.04	7.23
1969	6.14	7.21
1970	6.2	7.18
1971	6.26	7.15
1972	6.29	7.12
1973	6.33	7.09
1974	6.36	7.06
1975	6.4	7.03
1976	6.45	7.02
1977	6.51	7
1978	6.55	7.13
1979	6.58	7.16
1980	6.61	7.18
1981	6.61	7.23
1982	6.59	7.25
1983	6.58	7.28
1984	6.56	7.3
1985	6.56	7.33
1986	6.57	7.35
1987	6.54	7.37
1988	6.48	7.4
1989	6.41	7.42
1990	6.36	7.44
1991	6.32	7.47
1992	6.26	7.5
1993	6.16	7.53
1994	6.04	7.54
1995	5.92	7.58
1996	5.8	7.62
1997	5.71	7.66
1998	5.66	7.66
1999	5.6	7.66
2000	5.51	7.65
2001	5.44	7.64
2002	5.44	7.63
2003	5.43	7.6
2004	5.44	7.57
2005	5.42	7.53
2006	5.37	7.49
2007	5.34	7.46
2008	5.29	7.42
2009	5.24	7.38
2010	5.15	7.32
2011	5.05	7.27
2012	4.98	7.21
2013	4.91	7.14
2014	4.84	7.06
2015	4.84	6.98
2016	4.84	6.88
2017	4.8	6.77
2018	4.74	6.66
2019	4.65	6.56
2020	4.56	6.45
2021	4.47	6.35
2022	4.4	6.26
2023	4.32	6.13

Cameroon and Somalia demographics compared

Median age

Cameroon

Somalia

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Cameroon	Somalia
1960	20.5	18.1
1961	20.3	17.9
1962	20.1	17.8
1963	20.1	17.7
1964	20	17.6
1965	19.9	17.5
1966	19.8	17.5
1967	19.7	17.5
1968	19.5	17.5
1969	19.4	17.5
1970	19.2	17.5
1971	19	17.6
1972	18.9	17.6
1973	18.8	17.6
1974	18.6	17.7
1975	18.5	17.7
1976	18.3	17.7
1977	18.2	17.7
1978	18	17.7
1979	17.9	17.6
1980	17.8	17.6
1981	17.8	17.5
1982	17.5	17.4
1983	17.3	17.4
1984	17.1	17.3
1985	17.1	17.2
1986	17	17.1
1987	16.9	17
1988	16.9	16.8
1989	16.8	16.7
1990	16.8	16.5
1991	16.8	16.5
1992	16.8	16.7
1993	16.8	16.8
1994	16.9	16.7
1995	16.9	16.6
1996	17	16.5
1997	17.1	16.4
1998	17.1	16.4
1999	17.2	16.3
2000	17.3	16.3
2001	17.4	16.2
2002	17.5	16.2
2003	17.5	16.1
2004	17.6	16
2005	17.6	15.9
2006	17.7	15.7
2007	17.7	15.6
2008	17.8	15.6
2009	17.8	15.6
2010	17.9	15.7
2011	17.9	15.8
2012	18	16
2013	18.1	16
2014	18.2	16
2015	18.3	16.1
2016	18.3	16.1
2017	18.4	16.2
2018	18.4	16.2
2019	18.5	16.3
2020	18.5	16.3
2021	18.6	16.4
2022	18.7	16.5
2023	18.8	16.5
2024	19	16.6

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