Population in Algeria compared to Cameroon: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Algeria and Cameroon: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Algeria	Cameroon	Algeria	Cameroon
1960	11,424,922	5,159,057	-	-
1961	11,628,883	5,239,273	1.79%	1.55%
1962	11,800,771	5,338,620	1.48%	1.9%
1963	11,982,118	5,456,623	1.54%	2.21%
1964	12,179,813	5,578,257	1.65%	2.23%
1965	12,365,976	5,704,686	1.53%	2.27%
1966	12,590,069	5,837,295	1.81%	2.32%
1967	12,876,118	5,977,318	2.27%	2.4%
1968	13,172,614	6,125,863	2.3%	2.49%
1969	13,475,960	6,283,462	2.3%	2.57%
1970	13,783,719	6,449,793	2.28%	2.65%
1971	14,098,936	6,624,408	2.29%	2.71%
1972	14,427,072	6,806,872	2.33%	2.75%
1973	14,771,147	6,996,660	2.38%	2.79%
1974	15,133,502	7,193,583	2.45%	2.81%
1975	15,678,596	7,397,120	3.6%	2.83%
1976	16,409,170	7,597,962	4.66%	2.72%
1977	17,015,994	7,796,501	3.7%	2.61%
1978	17,506,974	8,011,921	2.89%	2.76%
1979	18,036,655	8,239,641	3.03%	2.84%
1980	18,607,174	8,512,219	3.16%	3.31%
1981	19,220,704	8,816,377	3.3%	3.57%
1982	19,872,348	9,028,678	3.39%	2.41%
1983	20,558,115	9,215,397	3.45%	2.07%
1984	21,271,969	9,475,078	3.47%	2.82%
1985	22,008,544	9,761,730	3.46%	3.03%
1986	22,745,499	10,060,342	3.35%	3.06%
1987	23,443,624	10,370,749	3.07%	3.09%
1988	24,109,536	10,684,968	2.84%	3.03%
1989	24,754,485	11,002,745	2.68%	2.97%
1990	25,375,810	11,331,821	2.51%	2.99%
1991	25,987,928	11,667,180	2.41%	2.96%
1992	26,628,568	12,006,353	2.47%	2.91%
1993	27,277,048	12,353,131	2.44%	2.89%
1994	27,887,279	12,704,903	2.24%	2.85%
1995	28,470,191	13,058,516	2.09%	2.78%
1996	29,033,044	13,414,757	1.98%	2.73%
1997	29,579,301	13,775,214	1.88%	2.69%
1998	30,054,133	14,144,860	1.61%	2.68%
1999	30,474,354	14,525,140	1.4%	2.69%
2000	30,903,893	14,912,631	1.41%	2.67%
2001	31,331,221	15,309,490	1.38%	2.66%
2002	31,750,835	15,725,528	1.34%	2.72%
2003	32,175,818	16,160,340	1.34%	2.77%
2004	32,628,286	16,610,487	1.41%	2.79%
2005	33,109,249	17,074,594	1.47%	2.79%
2006	33,623,506	17,550,407	1.55%	2.79%
2007	34,189,416	18,049,896	1.68%	2.85%
2008	34,816,961	18,574,056	1.84%	2.9%
2009	35,490,445	19,113,974	1.93%	2.91%
2010	36,188,236	19,668,066	1.97%	2.9%
2011	36,903,376	20,232,304	1.98%	2.87%
2012	37,646,166	20,809,529	2.01%	2.85%
2013	38,414,171	21,402,376	2.04%	2.85%
2014	39,205,031	22,059,893	2.06%	3.07%
2015	40,019,529	22,763,414	2.08%	3.19%
2016	40,850,721	23,454,161	2.08%	3.03%
2017	41,689,299	24,128,601	2.05%	2.88%
2018	42,505,035	24,806,383	1.96%	2.81%
2019	43,294,546	25,506,095	1.86%	2.82%
2020	44,042,091	26,210,558	1.73%	2.76%
2021	44,761,099	26,915,758	1.63%	2.69%
2022	45,477,389	27,632,771	1.6%	2.66%
2023	46,164,219	28,372,687	1.51%	2.68%
2024	46,814,308	29,123,744	1.41%	2.65%
2025	47,435,316	29,879,335	1.33%	2.59%
2026	48,028,344	30,640,810	1.25%	2.55%
2027	48,593,419	31,410,378	1.18%	2.51%
2028	49,135,532	32,190,667	1.12%	2.48%
2029	49,655,386	32,979,275	1.06%	2.45%
2030	50,154,168	33,777,182	1%	2.42%
2031	50,637,369	34,584,118	0.96%	2.39%
2032	51,113,505	35,399,666	0.94%	2.36%
2033	51,584,249	36,223,480	0.92%	2.33%
2034	52,048,009	37,054,803	0.9%	2.29%
2035	52,516,794	37,893,817	0.9%	2.26%
2036	52,986,277	38,742,461	0.89%	2.24%
2037	53,452,788	39,600,369	0.88%	2.21%
2038	53,921,847	40,463,007	0.88%	2.18%
2039	54,396,263	41,332,840	0.88%	2.15%
2040	54,873,482	42,207,999	0.88%	2.12%
2041	55,351,998	43,089,974	0.87%	2.09%
2042	55,834,554	43,976,014	0.87%	2.06%
2043	56,319,606	44,857,795	0.87%	2.01%
2044	56,806,185	45,741,469	0.86%	1.97%
2045	57,290,162	46,629,033	0.85%	1.94%
2046	57,767,681	47,519,028	0.83%	1.91%
2047	58,234,183	48,413,775	0.81%	1.88%
2048	58,690,893	49,308,762	0.78%	1.85%
2049	59,136,165	50,203,267	0.76%	1.81%
2050	59,565,558	51,096,315	0.73%	1.78%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Algeria increased by 7,227,215 people (a 21.5% growth), while Cameroon gained 5,903,754 people (a 33.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Algeria gained 7,183,798 (a 17.6% growth), while Cameroon's population increased by 7,195,059 (a 30.7% growth).

Algeria was ranked 34th most populous country in 2006 and is 33rd in 2026. Cameroon was ranked 59th in 2006 and ranked 51st now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Algeria's population will grow by 24% to 59,565,558 people and will still be ranked 33rd. The population of Cameroon will increase by 66.7% to 51,096,315 people and rank change from 51st to 41st.