Cameroon vs South Africa statistics compared

Cameroon has a population of 29.1M (ranked 52/197), compared with 64M in South Africa (ranked 24/197). Cameroon's land area is 182,514 sq mi versus 468,377 sq mi for South Africa (ranked 52nd vs. 24th).

By GDP, Cameroon ranks 92/197 ($51.3B) and South Africa ranks 41/197 ($400B). By GDP per capita, Cameroon ranks 159/197 ($1,762), while South Africa ranks 112/197 ($6,253).

Cameroon and South Africa: Comparison Charts

Cameroon and South Africa economies compared

GDP

Cameroon

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP
	Cameroon	South Africa
1960	$614,206,068	$8,748,596,501
1961	$652,777,608	$9,225,996,310
1962	$694,247,864	$9,813,996,074
1963	$718,320,845	$10,854,195,658
1964	$776,650,177	$11,955,995,218
1965	$814,083,266	$13,068,994,772
1966	$851,112,535	$14,211,394,315
1967	$936,175,260	$15,821,393,671
1968	$1,046,191,218	$17,124,793,150
1969	$1,100,551,489	$19,256,992,297
1970	$1,151,216,993	$21,218,391,513
1971	$1,236,941,394	$23,411,076,638
1972	$1,498,251,890	$24,515,919,217
1973	$1,901,393,361	$33,262,772,008
1974	$2,157,415,533	$41,389,186,095
1975	$2,857,037,371	$42,906,905,672
1976	$2,898,090,002	$41,150,460,288
1977	$3,394,664,024	$45,328,411,332
1978	$4,662,852,583	$51,607,412,902
1979	$5,919,002,983	$63,038,658,089
1980	$6,674,569,047	$89,411,864,402
1981	$6,610,938,617	$93,141,472,164
1982	$6,611,255,964	$85,904,057,409
1983	$6,870,200,010	$96,204,110,942
1984	$7,311,938,026	$84,870,163,366
1985	$8,544,810,498	$64,459,376,087
1986	$11,857,056,199	$73,354,771,399
1987	$13,049,659,981	$96,535,763,418
1988	$12,236,057,362	$103,976,831,871
1989	$11,012,566,195	$108,055,624,082
1990	$12,314,482,628	$126,048,140,142
1991	$11,840,192,296	$135,203,698,238
1992	$12,071,775,335	$146,956,150,987
1993	$16,181,814,713	$147,194,747,566
1994	$8,902,446,252	$153,512,712,382
1995	$10,864,772,471	$171,735,933,897
1996	$11,093,538,846	$163,234,925,381
1997	$10,789,458,433	$168,978,057,328
1998	$11,298,144,990	$152,982,984,557
1999	$11,565,826,465	$151,516,957,079
2000	$10,566,579,295	$151,752,757,215
2001	$10,953,485,349	$135,429,905,923
2002	$12,417,251,350	$129,087,556,612
2003	$15,970,315,035	$197,018,965,309
2004	$18,826,214,136	$255,806,908,595
2005	$19,509,852,207	$288,867,217,197
2006	$20,910,512,975	$303,858,675,364
2007	$23,928,250,433	$333,077,117,254
2008	$27,715,142,033	$316,131,258,616
2009	$27,932,970,317	$329,754,060,647
2010	$27,507,501,821	$417,363,822,802
2011	$30,630,910,495	$458,199,494,831
2012	$30,155,062,329	$434,400,545,086
2013	$33,728,621,180	$400,886,013,596
2014	$36,386,544,706	$381,198,869,776
2015	$32,210,233,020	$346,709,790,459
2016	$33,814,337,044	$323,585,509,674
2017	$36,098,547,033	$381,448,814,653
2018	$39,955,552,190	$405,260,723,893
2019	$39,667,757,528	$389,330,032,224
2020	$40,773,241,177	$337,974,655,408
2021	$45,011,937,347	$420,886,877,629
2022	$44,347,206,073	$406,920,004,594
2023	$49,279,410,983	$380,699,271,816
2024	$51,326,764,685	$400,260,724,226

Cameroon and South Africa economies compared

GDP per capita

Cameroon

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Cameroon	South Africa
1960	$119.1	$532
1961	$124.6	$546
1962	$130	$563
1963	$131.6	$605
1964	$139.2	$646
1965	$142.7	$685
1966	$145.8	$722
1967	$156.6	$779
1968	$170.8	$817
1969	$175.2	$891
1970	$178.5	$952
1971	$186.7	$1,020
1972	$220.1	$1,038
1973	$271.8	$1,369
1974	$299.9	$1,656
1975	$386	$1,670
1976	$381	$1,559
1977	$435	$1,671
1978	$582	$1,852
1979	$718	$2,202
1980	$784	$3,029
1981	$750	$3,050
1982	$732	$2,717
1983	$746	$2,938
1984	$772	$2,504
1985	$875	$1,839
1986	$1,179	$2,027
1987	$1,258	$2,586
1988	$1,145	$2,702
1989	$1,001	$2,727
1990	$1,087	$3,093
1991	$1,015	$3,243
1992	$1,005	$3,462
1993	$1,310	$3,400
1994	$701	$3,489
1995	$832	$3,856
1996	$827	$3,618
1997	$783	$3,700
1998	$799	$3,310
1999	$796	$3,242
2000	$709	$3,218
2001	$715	$2,847
2002	$790	$2,688
2003	$988	$4,062
2004	$1,133	$5,221
2005	$1,143	$5,837
2006	$1,191	$6,077
2007	$1,326	$6,592
2008	$1,492	$6,185
2009	$1,461	$6,375
2010	$1,399	$7,973
2011	$1,514	$8,646
2012	$1,449	$8,077
2013	$1,576	$7,332
2014	$1,649	$6,857
2015	$1,415	$6,112
2016	$1,442	$5,651
2017	$1,496	$6,618
2018	$1,611	$6,914
2019	$1,555	$6,534
2020	$1,556	$5,581
2021	$1,672	$6,843
2022	$1,605	$6,523
2023	$1,737	$6,023
2024	$1,762	$6,253

Cameroon vs. South Africa life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Cameroon

South Africa

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Cameroon	South Africa
1950	33.1	43.1
1951	33.9	44.1
1952	34.6	45
1953	35.5	46.1
1954	36.5	47.1
1955	37.5	48.2
1956	38.4	49.2
1957	38.3	50.2
1958	39.1	51.1
1959	39.8	51.9
1960	34.7	52.6
1961	35.2	53.1
1962	42.6	53.6
1963	43.1	53.9
1964	43.6	54.2
1965	44.2	54.4
1966	44.8	54.7
1967	45.6	55
1968	46.4	55.2
1969	47.2	55.4
1970	48	55.7
1971	48.6	56
1972	49.1	56.4
1973	49.5	56.7
1974	49.7	57.1
1975	49.9	57.6
1976	50	58
1977	50.1	58.5
1978	50.3	59
1979	50.5	59.5
1980	50.9	60
1981	51.2	60.4
1982	51.8	60.9
1983	52.4	61.4
1984	52.9	61.8
1985	53.5	62.2
1986	53.6	62.4
1987	54.2	62.7
1988	54.4	62.9
1989	54.4	63
1990	54.3	62.9
1991	54.2	63
1992	54.1	62.8
1993	53.9	62.6
1994	53.5	62.1
1995	53.3	61.6
1996	53.2	61.1
1997	53.1	60.5
1998	53	59.9
1999	53.2	59.2
2000	53.3	58.4
2001	53.6	57.2
2002	53.9	55.6
2003	54.3	54.2
2004	54.6	54
2005	54.9	53.9
2006	55.3	54.2
2007	55.7	54.9
2008	56.1	56
2009	56.5	57.4
2010	57	58.9
2011	57.5	60.6
2012	58.2	61.7
2013	58.7	62.4
2014	59.1	63.2
2015	59.7	64.1
2016	60.3	64.7
2017	60.8	65.4
2018	61.2	65.7
2019	61.7	66.1
2020	61.7	65.2
2021	61.1	62
2022	62.4	65.5
2023	63.7	66.1
2024	64	66.3
2025	64.2	66.5

Cameroon and South Africa population clocks and comparison

Population

Cameroon

South Africa

Table

Year	Population
	Cameroon	South Africa
1960	5,159,057	16,440,172
1961	5,239,273	16,908,035
1962	5,338,620	17,418,522
1963	5,456,623	17,954,564
1964	5,578,257	18,511,361
1965	5,704,686	19,089,380
1966	5,837,295	19,690,087
1967	5,977,318	20,314,066
1968	6,125,863	20,957,287
1969	6,283,462	21,614,676
1970	6,449,793	22,279,984
1971	6,624,408	22,942,143
1972	6,806,872	23,609,456
1973	6,996,660	24,294,263
1974	7,193,583	24,989,108
1975	7,397,120	25,690,940
1976	7,597,962	26,395,450
1977	7,796,501	27,118,952
1978	8,011,921	27,869,507
1979	8,239,641	28,634,162
1980	8,512,219	29,518,857
1981	8,816,377	30,541,044
1982	9,028,678	31,615,339
1983	9,215,397	32,739,304
1984	9,475,078	33,892,788
1985	9,761,730	35,042,093
1986	10,060,342	36,180,515
1987	10,370,749	37,326,190
1988	10,684,968	38,480,649
1989	11,002,745	39,628,575
1990	11,331,821	40,746,268
1991	11,667,180	41,687,898
1992	12,006,353	42,443,509
1993	12,353,131	43,297,156
1994	12,704,903	44,004,139
1995	13,058,516	44,541,554
1996	13,414,757	45,123,018
1997	13,775,214	45,666,838
1998	14,144,860	46,223,880
1999	14,525,140	46,730,335
2000	14,912,631	47,159,719
2001	15,309,490	47,566,800
2002	15,725,528	48,019,415
2003	16,160,340	48,500,348
2004	16,610,487	48,991,421
2005	17,074,594	49,490,033
2006	17,550,407	49,998,277
2007	18,049,896	50,528,584
2008	18,574,056	51,114,599
2009	19,113,974	51,728,516
2010	19,668,066	52,344,051
2011	20,232,304	52,995,205
2012	20,809,529	53,782,567
2013	21,402,376	54,678,791
2014	22,059,893	55,594,838
2015	22,763,414	56,723,537
2016	23,454,161	57,259,551
2017	24,128,601	57,635,162
2018	24,806,383	58,613,001
2019	25,506,095	59,587,885
2020	26,210,558	60,562,381
2021	26,915,758	61,502,603
2022	27,632,771	62,378,410
2023	28,372,687	63,212,384
2024	29,123,744	64,007,187

Fertility rates in Cameroon and South Africa

Fertility rate

Cameroon

South Africa

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Cameroon	South Africa
1960	5.73	6.11
1961	5.73	6.08
1962	5.73	6.05
1963	5.73	6.01
1964	5.74	5.96
1965	5.8	5.89
1966	5.85	5.91
1967	5.95	5.85
1968	6.04	5.78
1969	6.14	5.72
1970	6.2	5.63
1971	6.26	5.57
1972	6.29	5.49
1973	6.33	5.41
1974	6.36	5.3
1975	6.4	5.19
1976	6.45	5.07
1977	6.51	4.94
1978	6.55	4.85
1979	6.58	4.82
1980	6.61	4.78
1981	6.61	4.71
1982	6.59	4.7
1983	6.58	4.63
1984	6.56	4.57
1985	6.56	4.5
1986	6.57	4.41
1987	6.54	4.35
1988	6.48	4.18
1989	6.41	3.98
1990	6.36	3.72
1991	6.32	3.62
1992	6.26	3.48
1993	6.16	3.37
1994	6.04	3.26
1995	5.92	3.17
1996	5.8	2.99
1997	5.71	2.73
1998	5.66	2.63
1999	5.6	2.56
2000	5.51	2.41
2001	5.44	2.37
2002	5.44	2.32
2003	5.43	2.36
2004	5.44	2.44
2005	5.42	2.51
2006	5.37	2.55
2007	5.34	2.55
2008	5.29	2.68
2009	5.24	2.5
2010	5.15	2.44
2011	5.05	2.44
2012	4.98	2.45
2013	4.91	2.43
2014	4.84	2.42
2015	4.84	2.36
2016	4.84	2.26
2017	4.8	2.28
2018	4.74	2.27
2019	4.65	2.26
2020	4.56	2.26
2021	4.47	2.25
2022	4.4	2.23
2023	4.32	2.22

Cameroon and South Africa demographics compared

Median age

Cameroon

South Africa

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Cameroon	South Africa
1960	20.5	19
1961	20.3	19
1962	20.1	18.9
1963	20.1	18.9
1964	20	18.9
1965	19.9	18.8
1966	19.8	18.8
1967	19.7	18.8
1968	19.5	18.8
1969	19.4	18.8
1970	19.2	18.8
1971	19	18.8
1972	18.9	18.8
1973	18.8	18.8
1974	18.6	18.9
1975	18.5	18.9
1976	18.3	19
1977	18.2	19.1
1978	18	19.2
1979	17.9	19.3
1980	17.8	19.4
1981	17.8	19.6
1982	17.5	19.8
1983	17.3	20
1984	17.1	20.2
1985	17.1	20.4
1986	17	20.5
1987	16.9	20.7
1988	16.9	20.9
1989	16.8	21.1
1990	16.8	21.3
1991	16.8	21.5
1992	16.8	21.5
1993	16.8	21.9
1994	16.9	22
1995	16.9	21.5
1996	17	21.2
1997	17.1	21.2
1998	17.1	21.4
1999	17.2	21.6
2000	17.3	21.9
2001	17.4	22.2
2002	17.5	22.4
2003	17.5	22.8
2004	17.6	23.1
2005	17.6	23.3
2006	17.7	23.5
2007	17.7	23.8
2008	17.8	24
2009	17.8	24.3
2010	17.9	24.6
2011	17.9	25
2012	18	25.3
2013	18.1	25.7
2014	18.2	26
2015	18.3	26.4
2016	18.3	26.7
2017	18.4	27
2018	18.4	27.5
2019	18.5	27.9
2020	18.5	28.3
2021	18.6	28.6
2022	18.7	28.9
2023	18.8	29.2
2024	19	29.5

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