The latest officially reported population of Angola was 37,885,849 in 2024 vs 29,123,744 people in Cameroon in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Angola's population is 39,983,997 people compared to 30,491,011 in Cameroon.
Population statistics:
- Angola's population is 1.31 times bigger than Cameroon's.
- Angola is ranked the 39th most populous country in the world, while Cameroon is the 51st.
- The countries together account for 0.85% of the world: 0.48% for Angola vs 0.37% for Cameroon.
- For the last 10 years, Angola has had an average growth rate of +3.42% per year vs +2.84% in Cameroon.
- Since 2005, the population of Angola has increased from 19.3M people to 40M (107.3% growth), while Cameroon has grown from 17.1M to 30.5M (78.6% growth).
- Angola is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 150M people compared to the peak of 88.9M people in 2100 for Cameroon.
Angola vs Cameroon: live population counter
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| Current population |
39983997
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30491011
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| Population rank | 39/197 | 51/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.48% | 0.37% |
| One net population change |
27.8 seconds
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42 seconds
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| One birth every |
22.8 seconds
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32.9 seconds
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| One death every |
2.07 minutes
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2.59 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
3.33 hours
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37.8 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -2,629 | -13,892 |
| Daily growth/decline | +3,112 | +2,058 |
| Annual growth/decline | +1,135,943 | +751,057 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +3.09% | +2.65% |
| Population growth rate rank | 13/197 | 24/197 |
Angola and Cameroon: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 5,231,654 | 5,159,057 | - | - |
| 1961 | 5,301,583 | 5,239,273 | 1.34% | 1.55% |
| 1962 | 5,354,310 | 5,338,620 | 0.99% | 1.9% |
| 1963 | 5,408,320 | 5,456,623 | 1.01% | 2.21% |
| 1964 | 5,464,187 | 5,578,257 | 1.03% | 2.23% |
| 1965 | 5,521,981 | 5,704,686 | 1.06% | 2.27% |
| 1966 | 5,581,386 | 5,837,295 | 1.08% | 2.32% |
| 1967 | 5,641,807 | 5,977,318 | 1.08% | 2.4% |
| 1968 | 5,702,699 | 6,125,863 | 1.08% | 2.49% |
| 1969 | 5,763,685 | 6,283,462 | 1.07% | 2.57% |
| 1970 | 5,852,788 | 6,449,793 | 1.55% | 2.65% |
| 1971 | 5,991,102 | 6,624,408 | 2.36% | 2.71% |
| 1972 | 6,174,262 | 6,806,872 | 3.06% | 2.75% |
| 1973 | 6,388,528 | 6,996,660 | 3.47% | 2.79% |
| 1974 | 6,613,367 | 7,193,583 | 3.52% | 2.81% |
| 1975 | 6,842,947 | 7,397,120 | 3.47% | 2.83% |
| 1976 | 7,074,664 | 7,597,962 | 3.39% | 2.72% |
| 1977 | 7,317,829 | 7,796,501 | 3.44% | 2.61% |
| 1978 | 7,576,734 | 8,011,921 | 3.54% | 2.76% |
| 1979 | 7,847,207 | 8,239,641 | 3.57% | 2.84% |
| 1980 | 8,133,872 | 8,512,219 | 3.65% | 3.31% |
| 1981 | 8,435,607 | 8,816,377 | 3.71% | 3.57% |
| 1982 | 8,751,648 | 9,028,678 | 3.75% | 2.41% |
| 1983 | 9,082,983 | 9,215,397 | 3.79% | 2.07% |
| 1984 | 9,425,917 | 9,475,078 | 3.78% | 2.82% |
| 1985 | 9,779,120 | 9,761,730 | 3.75% | 3.03% |
| 1986 | 10,139,450 | 10,060,342 | 3.68% | 3.06% |
| 1987 | 10,497,858 | 10,370,749 | 3.53% | 3.09% |
| 1988 | 10,861,291 | 10,684,968 | 3.46% | 3.03% |
| 1989 | 11,238,562 | 11,002,745 | 3.47% | 2.97% |
| 1990 | 11,626,360 | 11,331,821 | 3.45% | 2.99% |
| 1991 | 12,023,529 | 11,667,180 | 3.42% | 2.96% |
| 1992 | 12,423,712 | 12,006,353 | 3.33% | 2.91% |
| 1993 | 12,827,135 | 12,353,131 | 3.25% | 2.89% |
| 1994 | 13,249,764 | 12,704,903 | 3.29% | 2.85% |
| 1995 | 13,699,778 | 13,058,516 | 3.4% | 2.78% |
| 1996 | 14,170,973 | 13,414,757 | 3.44% | 2.73% |
| 1997 | 14,660,413 | 13,775,214 | 3.45% | 2.69% |
| 1998 | 15,159,370 | 14,144,860 | 3.4% | 2.68% |
| 1999 | 15,667,235 | 14,525,140 | 3.35% | 2.69% |
| 2000 | 16,194,869 | 14,912,631 | 3.37% | 2.67% |
| 2001 | 16,747,208 | 15,309,490 | 3.41% | 2.66% |
| 2002 | 17,327,699 | 15,725,528 | 3.47% | 2.72% |
| 2003 | 17,943,712 | 16,160,340 | 3.56% | 2.77% |
| 2004 | 18,600,423 | 16,610,487 | 3.66% | 2.79% |
| 2005 | 19,291,161 | 17,074,594 | 3.71% | 2.79% |
| 2006 | 20,015,279 | 17,550,407 | 3.75% | 2.79% |
| 2007 | 20,778,561 | 18,049,896 | 3.81% | 2.85% |
| 2008 | 21,578,655 | 18,574,056 | 3.85% | 2.9% |
| 2009 | 22,414,773 | 19,113,974 | 3.87% | 2.91% |
| 2010 | 23,294,825 | 19,668,066 | 3.93% | 2.9% |
| 2011 | 24,218,352 | 20,232,304 | 3.96% | 2.87% |
| 2012 | 25,177,394 | 20,809,529 | 3.96% | 2.85% |
| 2013 | 26,165,620 | 21,402,376 | 3.93% | 2.85% |
| 2014 | 27,160,769 | 22,059,893 | 3.8% | 3.07% |
| 2015 | 28,157,798 | 22,763,414 | 3.67% | 3.19% |
| 2016 | 29,183,070 | 23,454,161 | 3.64% | 3.03% |
| 2017 | 30,234,839 | 24,128,601 | 3.6% | 2.88% |
| 2018 | 31,297,155 | 24,806,383 | 3.51% | 2.81% |
| 2019 | 32,375,632 | 25,506,095 | 3.45% | 2.82% |
| 2020 | 33,451,132 | 26,210,558 | 3.32% | 2.76% |
| 2021 | 34,532,429 | 26,915,758 | 3.23% | 2.69% |
| 2022 | 35,635,029 | 27,632,771 | 3.19% | 2.66% |
| 2023 | 36,749,906 | 28,372,687 | 3.13% | 2.68% |
| 2024 | 37,885,849 | 29,123,744 | 3.09% | 2.65% |
| 2025 | 39,040,029 | 29,879,335 | 3.05% | 2.59% |
| 2026 | 40,215,174 | 30,640,810 | 3.01% | 2.55% |
| 2027 | 41,415,119 | 31,410,378 | 2.98% | 2.51% |
| 2028 | 42,641,677 | 32,190,667 | 2.96% | 2.48% |
| 2029 | 43,891,847 | 32,979,275 | 2.93% | 2.45% |
| 2030 | 45,160,453 | 33,777,182 | 2.89% | 2.42% |
| 2031 | 46,449,962 | 34,584,118 | 2.86% | 2.39% |
| 2032 | 47,759,505 | 35,399,666 | 2.82% | 2.36% |
| 2033 | 49,091,470 | 36,223,480 | 2.79% | 2.33% |
| 2034 | 50,447,449 | 37,054,803 | 2.76% | 2.29% |
| 2035 | 51,821,711 | 37,893,817 | 2.72% | 2.26% |
| 2036 | 53,215,935 | 38,742,461 | 2.69% | 2.24% |
| 2037 | 54,625,858 | 39,600,369 | 2.65% | 2.21% |
| 2038 | 56,053,776 | 40,463,007 | 2.61% | 2.18% |
| 2039 | 57,501,906 | 41,332,840 | 2.58% | 2.15% |
| 2040 | 58,965,319 | 42,207,999 | 2.54% | 2.12% |
| 2041 | 60,441,178 | 43,089,974 | 2.5% | 2.09% |
| 2042 | 61,927,899 | 43,976,014 | 2.46% | 2.06% |
| 2043 | 63,430,872 | 44,857,795 | 2.43% | 2.01% |
| 2044 | 64,945,294 | 45,741,469 | 2.39% | 1.97% |
| 2045 | 66,464,320 | 46,629,033 | 2.34% | 1.94% |
| 2046 | 68,000,587 | 47,519,028 | 2.31% | 1.91% |
| 2047 | 69,554,157 | 48,413,775 | 2.28% | 1.88% |
| 2048 | 71,118,776 | 49,308,762 | 2.25% | 1.85% |
| 2049 | 72,701,379 | 50,203,267 | 2.23% | 1.81% |
| 2050 | 74,295,387 | 51,096,315 | 2.19% | 1.78% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Angola increased by 8,866,637 people (a 46% growth), while Cameroon gained 5,688,820 people (a 33.3% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Angola gained 11,826,199 (a 42% growth), while Cameroon's population increased by 7,727,597 (a 33.9% growth).
Angola was ranked 56th most populous country in 2005 and is 39th in 2025. Cameroon was ranked 59th in 2005 and ranked 51st now.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Angola's population will grow by 85.8% to 74,295,387 people with a rank change from 39th to 27th. The population of Cameroon will increase by 67.6% to 51,096,315 people and rank change from 51st to 41st.
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Population differences between Angola and Cameroon
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| Life expectancy | 65 years | 64.2 years |
| Average age | 22.5 years | 23.2 years |
| Median age | 17.7 years | 19 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.5:50.5 | 49.8:50.2 |
| Fertility rate | 5.12 births per woman | 4.32 births per woman |
| Population density | 78.7 ppl/mi² | 159.6 ppl/mi² |
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