Cameroon vs Zambia statistics compared

Cameroon has a population of 29.1M (ranked 52/197), compared with 21.3M in Zambia (ranked 63/197). Cameroon's land area is 182,514 sq mi versus 287,024 sq mi for Zambia (ranked 52nd vs. 37th).

By GDP, Cameroon ranks 92/197 ($51.3B) and Zambia ranks 115/197 ($26.3B). By GDP per capita, Cameroon ranks 159/197 ($1,762), while Zambia ranks 169/197 ($1,235).

Cameroon and Zambia: Comparison Charts

Cameroon and Zambia economies compared

GDP

Cameroon

Zambia

Table

Year	GDP
	Cameroon	Zambia
1960	$614,206,068	$698,739,721
1961	$652,777,608	$682,359,727
1962	$694,247,864	$679,279,729
1963	$718,320,845	$704,339,719
1964	$776,650,177	$822,639,671
1965	$814,083,266	$1,061,199,576
1966	$851,112,535	$1,238,999,505
1967	$936,175,260	$1,340,639,464
1968	$1,046,191,218	$1,573,739,371
1969	$1,100,551,489	$1,926,399,230
1970	$1,151,216,993	$1,788,779,285
1971	$1,236,941,394	$1,653,259,341
1972	$1,498,251,890	$1,872,416,680
1973	$1,901,393,361	$2,434,255,237
1974	$2,157,415,533	$2,910,981,262
1975	$2,857,037,371	$2,442,672,141
1976	$2,898,090,002	$2,742,859,263
1977	$3,394,664,024	$2,515,296,940
1978	$4,662,852,583	$2,811,032,473
1979	$5,919,002,983	$3,353,445,378
1980	$6,674,569,047	$3,884,530,854
1981	$6,610,938,617	$4,008,126,497
1982	$6,611,255,964	$3,871,117,093
1983	$6,870,200,010	$3,321,048,451
1984	$7,311,938,026	$2,719,518,933
1985	$8,544,810,498	$2,252,454,500
1986	$11,857,056,199	$1,664,413,508
1987	$13,049,659,981	$2,265,250,972
1988	$12,236,057,362	$3,728,878,149
1989	$11,012,566,195	$3,994,673,161
1990	$12,314,482,628	$3,288,381,797
1991	$11,840,192,296	$3,376,806,697
1992	$12,071,775,335	$3,182,810,841
1993	$16,181,814,713	$3,273,505,344
1994	$8,902,446,252	$3,656,806,166
1995	$10,864,772,471	$3,806,983,413
1996	$11,093,538,846	$3,597,220,962
1997	$10,789,458,433	$4,303,288,480
1998	$11,298,144,990	$3,537,741,942
1999	$11,565,826,465	$3,404,284,891
2000	$10,566,579,295	$3,600,632,111
2001	$10,953,485,349	$4,094,441,301
2002	$12,417,251,350	$4,193,850,445
2003	$15,970,315,035	$4,901,869,764
2004	$18,826,214,136	$6,221,110,219
2005	$19,509,852,207	$8,331,870,169
2006	$20,910,512,975	$12,756,858,899
2007	$23,928,250,433	$14,056,957,976
2008	$27,715,142,033	$17,910,858,638
2009	$27,932,970,317	$15,328,342,304
2010	$27,507,501,821	$20,265,559,484
2011	$30,630,910,495	$23,459,515,276
2012	$30,155,062,329	$25,503,060,420
2013	$33,728,621,180	$28,037,239,463
2014	$36,386,544,706	$27,141,023,558
2015	$32,210,233,020	$21,251,216,799
2016	$33,814,337,044	$20,958,412,538
2017	$36,098,547,033	$25,873,601,261
2018	$39,955,552,190	$26,311,507,274
2019	$39,667,757,528	$23,308,667,781
2020	$40,773,241,177	$18,137,764,931
2021	$45,011,937,347	$22,096,416,932
2022	$44,347,206,073	$29,163,782,140
2023	$49,279,410,983	$27,577,956,471
2024	$51,326,764,685	$26,325,775,287

Cameroon and Zambia economies compared

GDP per capita

Cameroon

Zambia

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Cameroon	Zambia
1960	$119.1	$221.6
1961	$124.6	$209.7
1962	$130	$202.3
1963	$131.6	$203.2
1964	$139.2	$230
1965	$142.7	$287.4
1966	$145.8	$325
1967	$156.6	$341
1968	$170.8	$387
1969	$175.2	$459
1970	$178.5	$414
1971	$186.7	$372
1972	$220.1	$410
1973	$271.8	$518
1974	$299.9	$601
1975	$386	$490
1976	$381	$533
1977	$435	$474
1978	$582	$514
1979	$718	$595
1980	$784	$669
1981	$750	$670
1982	$732	$627
1983	$746	$520
1984	$772	$413
1985	$875	$332
1986	$1,179	$238.2
1987	$1,258	$315
1988	$1,145	$504
1989	$1,001	$526
1990	$1,087	$422
1991	$1,015	$423
1992	$1,005	$389
1993	$1,310	$391
1994	$701	$426
1995	$832	$433
1996	$827	$400
1997	$783	$466
1998	$799	$373
1999	$796	$350
2000	$709	$359
2001	$715	$397
2002	$790	$394
2003	$988	$446
2004	$1,133	$549
2005	$1,143	$711
2006	$1,191	$1,052
2007	$1,326	$1,119
2008	$1,492	$1,376
2009	$1,461	$1,136
2010	$1,399	$1,451
2011	$1,514	$1,625
2012	$1,449	$1,710
2013	$1,576	$1,821
2014	$1,649	$1,707
2015	$1,415	$1,296
2016	$1,442	$1,239
2017	$1,496	$1,483
2018	$1,611	$1,464
2019	$1,555	$1,259
2020	$1,556	$952
2021	$1,672	$1,127
2022	$1,605	$1,447
2023	$1,737	$1,331
2024	$1,762	$1,235

Cameroon vs. Zambia life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Cameroon

Zambia

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Cameroon	Zambia
1950	33.1	46.8
1951	33.9	47.2
1952	34.6	47.6
1953	35.5	48
1954	36.5	48.4
1955	37.5	48.8
1956	38.4	49.1
1957	38.3	49.5
1958	39.1	49.9
1959	39.8	50.3
1960	34.7	50.6
1961	35.2	51
1962	42.6	51.3
1963	43.1	51.6
1964	43.6	51.2
1965	44.2	52.1
1966	44.8	52.3
1967	45.6	52.5
1968	46.4	52.7
1969	47.2	53
1970	48	53.4
1971	48.6	53.9
1972	49.1	54.4
1973	49.5	54.9
1974	49.7	55.4
1975	49.9	55.7
1976	50	56.1
1977	50.1	56.3
1978	50.3	56.3
1979	50.5	56
1980	50.9	55.5
1981	51.2	55
1982	51.8	54.4
1983	52.4	53.7
1984	52.9	52.9
1985	53.5	52
1986	53.6	51.1
1987	54.2	50.4
1988	54.4	49.7
1989	54.4	48.9
1990	54.3	48.2
1991	54.2	47.4
1992	54.1	47
1993	53.9	46.7
1994	53.5	46.3
1995	53.3	46.1
1996	53.2	45.8
1997	53.1	45.7
1998	53	45.7
1999	53.2	45.9
2000	53.3	46.6
2001	53.6	47.4
2002	53.9	48.5
2003	54.3	49.6
2004	54.6	50.5
2005	54.9	51.6
2006	55.3	52.7
2007	55.7	53.7
2008	56.1	54.8
2009	56.5	55.9
2010	57	56.9
2011	57.5	57.8
2012	58.2	58.7
2013	58.7	59.4
2014	59.1	60.1
2015	59.7	60.7
2016	60.3	61.1
2017	60.8	61.6
2018	61.2	62.1
2019	61.7	62.9
2020	61.7	63.4
2021	61.1	62.4
2022	62.4	65.3
2023	63.7	66.3
2024	64	66.5
2025	64.2	66.7

Cameroon and Zambia population clocks and comparison

Population

Cameroon

Zambia

Table

Year	Population
	Cameroon	Zambia
1960	5,159,057	3,153,729
1961	5,239,273	3,254,086
1962	5,338,620	3,358,099
1963	5,456,623	3,465,907
1964	5,578,257	3,577,017
1965	5,704,686	3,692,086
1966	5,837,295	3,812,003
1967	5,977,318	3,936,343
1968	6,125,863	4,065,593
1969	6,283,462	4,197,116
1970	6,449,793	4,321,718
1971	6,624,408	4,442,525
1972	6,806,872	4,569,309
1973	6,996,660	4,702,693
1974	7,193,583	4,842,746
1975	7,397,120	4,990,086
1976	7,597,962	5,143,842
1977	7,796,501	5,302,480
1978	8,011,921	5,465,374
1979	8,239,641	5,631,728
1980	8,512,219	5,802,833
1981	8,816,377	5,983,289
1982	9,028,678	6,178,637
1983	9,215,397	6,381,038
1984	9,475,078	6,580,490
1985	9,761,730	6,780,953
1986	10,060,342	6,986,471
1987	10,370,749	7,191,282
1988	10,684,968	7,391,440
1989	11,002,745	7,589,216
1990	11,331,821	7,786,169
1991	11,667,180	7,981,650
1992	12,006,353	8,176,680
1993	12,353,131	8,373,921
1994	12,704,903	8,576,269
1995	13,058,516	8,785,763
1996	13,414,757	9,004,053
1997	13,775,214	9,237,063
1998	14,144,860	9,482,408
1999	14,525,140	9,740,005
2000	14,912,631	10,017,631
2001	15,309,490	10,325,185
2002	15,725,528	10,647,949
2003	16,160,340	10,983,595
2004	16,610,487	11,338,198
2005	17,074,594	11,718,819
2006	17,550,407	12,129,553
2007	18,049,896	12,565,085
2008	18,574,056	13,021,324
2009	19,113,974	13,490,389
2010	19,668,066	13,965,594
2011	20,232,304	14,437,796
2012	20,809,529	14,913,629
2013	21,402,376	15,398,997
2014	22,059,893	15,895,315
2015	22,763,414	16,399,089
2016	23,454,161	16,914,423
2017	24,128,601	17,441,320
2018	24,806,383	17,973,569
2019	25,506,095	18,513,839
2020	26,210,558	19,059,395
2021	26,915,758	19,603,607
2022	27,632,771	20,152,938
2023	28,372,687	20,723,965
2024	29,123,744	21,314,956

Fertility rates in Cameroon and Zambia

Fertility rate

Cameroon

Zambia

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Cameroon	Zambia
1960	5.73	6.95
1961	5.73	6.98
1962	5.73	7.01
1963	5.73	7.06
1964	5.74	7.09
1965	5.8	7.12
1966	5.85	7.14
1967	5.95	7.15
1968	6.04	7.18
1969	6.14	7.18
1970	6.2	7.22
1971	6.26	7.26
1972	6.29	7.3
1973	6.33	7.34
1974	6.36	7.36
1975	6.4	7.42
1976	6.45	7.39
1977	6.51	7.35
1978	6.55	7.29
1979	6.58	7.22
1980	6.61	7.14
1981	6.61	7.07
1982	6.59	7.04
1983	6.58	7.01
1984	6.56	6.97
1985	6.56	6.93
1986	6.57	6.87
1987	6.54	6.8
1988	6.48	6.7
1989	6.41	6.64
1990	6.36	6.57
1991	6.32	6.46
1992	6.26	6.35
1993	6.16	6.3
1994	6.04	6.26
1995	5.92	6.23
1996	5.8	6.18
1997	5.71	6.12
1998	5.66	6.07
1999	5.6	6
2000	5.51	5.92
2001	5.44	5.85
2002	5.44	5.77
2003	5.43	5.71
2004	5.44	5.7
2005	5.42	5.7
2006	5.37	5.68
2007	5.34	5.61
2008	5.29	5.53
2009	5.24	5.45
2010	5.15	5.36
2011	5.05	5.26
2012	4.98	5.14
2013	4.91	5.01
2014	4.84	4.89
2015	4.84	4.78
2016	4.84	4.67
2017	4.8	4.57
2018	4.74	4.49
2019	4.65	4.42
2020	4.56	4.32
2021	4.47	4.25
2022	4.4	4.18
2023	4.32	4.1

Cameroon and Zambia demographics compared

Median age

Cameroon

Zambia

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Cameroon	Zambia
1960	20.5	17
1961	20.3	16.9
1962	20.1	16.8
1963	20.1	16.7
1964	20	16.6
1965	19.9	16.6
1966	19.8	16.5
1967	19.7	16.5
1968	19.5	16.4
1969	19.4	16.4
1970	19.2	16.2
1971	19	16.1
1972	18.9	15.9
1973	18.8	15.8
1974	18.6	15.7
1975	18.5	15.5
1976	18.3	15.4
1977	18.2	15.4
1978	18	15.3
1979	17.9	15.3
1980	17.8	15.2
1981	17.8	15.3
1982	17.5	15.3
1983	17.3	15.4
1984	17.1	15.4
1985	17.1	15.5
1986	17	15.5
1987	16.9	15.6
1988	16.9	15.6
1989	16.8	15.7
1990	16.8	15.7
1991	16.8	15.7
1992	16.8	15.8
1993	16.8	15.8
1994	16.9	15.8
1995	16.9	15.8
1996	17	15.8
1997	17.1	15.8
1998	17.1	15.8
1999	17.2	15.8
2000	17.3	15.9
2001	17.4	15.9
2002	17.5	16
2003	17.5	16.1
2004	17.6	16.2
2005	17.6	16.3
2006	17.7	16.3
2007	17.7	16.4
2008	17.8	16.5
2009	17.8	16.6
2010	17.9	16.7
2011	17.9	16.8
2012	18	16.9
2013	18.1	17
2014	18.2	17.1
2015	18.3	17.2
2016	18.3	17.4
2017	18.4	17.5
2018	18.4	17.7
2019	18.5	17.9
2020	18.5	18
2021	18.6	18.2
2022	18.7	18.4
2023	18.8	18.6
2024	19	18.8

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