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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Australia	Cameroon	Australia	Cameroon
1960	10,276,477	5,159,057	-	-
1961	10,483,000	5,239,273	2.01%	1.55%
1962	10,742,000	5,338,620	2.47%	1.9%
1963	10,950,000	5,456,623	1.94%	2.21%
1964	11,167,000	5,578,257	1.98%	2.23%
1965	11,388,000	5,704,686	1.98%	2.27%
1966	11,651,000	5,837,295	2.31%	2.32%
1967	11,799,000	5,977,318	1.27%	2.4%
1968	12,009,000	6,125,863	1.78%	2.49%
1969	12,263,000	6,283,462	2.12%	2.57%
1970	12,507,000	6,449,793	1.99%	2.65%
1971	12,937,000	6,624,408	3.44%	2.71%
1972	13,177,000	6,806,872	1.86%	2.75%
1973	13,380,000	6,996,660	1.54%	2.79%
1974	13,723,000	7,193,583	2.56%	2.81%
1975	13,893,000	7,397,120	1.24%	2.83%
1976	14,033,000	7,597,962	1.01%	2.72%
1977	14,192,000	7,796,501	1.13%	2.61%
1978	14,358,000	8,011,921	1.17%	2.76%
1979	14,514,000	8,239,641	1.09%	2.84%
1980	14,692,000	8,512,219	1.23%	3.31%
1981	14,923,260	8,816,377	1.57%	3.57%
1982	15,184,247	9,028,678	1.75%	2.41%
1983	15,393,472	9,215,397	1.38%	2.07%
1984	15,579,391	9,475,078	1.21%	2.82%
1985	15,788,312	9,761,730	1.34%	3.03%
1986	16,018,350	10,060,342	1.46%	3.06%
1987	16,263,874	10,370,749	1.53%	3.09%
1988	16,532,164	10,684,968	1.65%	3.03%
1989	16,814,416	11,002,745	1.71%	2.97%
1990	17,065,128	11,331,821	1.49%	2.99%
1991	17,284,036	11,667,180	1.28%	2.96%
1992	17,478,635	12,006,353	1.13%	2.91%
1993	17,634,808	12,353,131	0.89%	2.89%
1994	17,805,468	12,704,903	0.97%	2.85%
1995	18,004,882	13,058,516	1.12%	2.78%
1996	18,224,767	13,414,757	1.22%	2.73%
1997	18,423,037	13,775,214	1.09%	2.69%
1998	18,607,584	14,144,860	1%	2.68%
1999	18,812,264	14,525,140	1.1%	2.69%
2000	19,028,802	14,912,631	1.15%	2.67%
2001	19,274,701	15,309,490	1.29%	2.66%
2002	19,495,210	15,725,528	1.14%	2.72%
2003	19,720,737	16,160,340	1.16%	2.77%
2004	19,932,722	16,610,487	1.07%	2.79%
2005	20,176,844	17,074,594	1.22%	2.79%
2006	20,450,966	17,550,407	1.36%	2.79%
2007	20,827,622	18,049,896	1.84%	2.85%
2008	21,249,199	18,574,056	2.02%	2.9%
2009	21,691,653	19,113,974	2.08%	2.91%
2010	22,031,750	19,668,066	1.57%	2.9%
2011	22,340,024	20,232,304	1.4%	2.87%
2012	22,733,465	20,809,529	1.76%	2.85%
2013	23,128,129	21,402,376	1.74%	2.85%
2014	23,475,686	22,059,893	1.5%	3.07%
2015	23,815,995	22,763,414	1.45%	3.19%
2016	24,190,907	23,454,161	1.57%	3.03%
2017	24,592,588	24,128,601	1.66%	2.88%
2018	24,963,258	24,806,383	1.51%	2.81%
2019	25,334,826	25,506,095	1.49%	2.82%
2020	25,649,248	26,210,558	1.24%	2.76%
2021	25,685,412	26,915,758	0.14%	2.69%
2022	26,014,399	27,632,771	1.28%	2.66%
2023	26,652,777	28,372,687	2.45%	2.68%
2024	27,204,809	29,123,744	2.07%	2.65%
2025	27,470,426	29,879,335	0.98%	2.59%
2026	27,728,157	30,640,810	0.94%	2.55%
2027	27,979,877	31,410,378	0.91%	2.51%
2028	28,228,958	32,190,667	0.89%	2.48%
2029	28,471,054	32,979,275	0.86%	2.45%
2030	28,707,292	33,777,182	0.83%	2.42%
2031	28,940,769	34,584,118	0.81%	2.39%
2032	29,169,013	35,399,666	0.79%	2.36%
2033	29,392,748	36,223,480	0.77%	2.33%
2034	29,614,137	37,054,803	0.75%	2.29%
2035	29,835,307	37,893,817	0.75%	2.26%
2036	30,056,752	38,742,461	0.74%	2.24%
2037	30,273,692	39,600,369	0.72%	2.21%
2038	30,488,994	40,463,007	0.71%	2.18%
2039	30,703,245	41,332,840	0.7%	2.15%
2040	30,916,122	42,207,999	0.69%	2.12%
2041	31,132,858	43,089,974	0.7%	2.09%
2042	31,352,893	43,976,014	0.71%	2.06%
2043	31,572,750	44,857,795	0.7%	2.01%
2044	31,790,565	45,741,469	0.69%	1.97%
2045	32,009,555	46,629,033	0.69%	1.94%
2046	32,232,946	47,519,028	0.7%	1.91%
2047	32,452,651	48,413,775	0.68%	1.88%
2048	32,672,016	49,308,762	0.68%	1.85%
2049	32,891,546	50,203,267	0.67%	1.81%
2050	33,105,190	51,096,315	0.65%	1.78%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Australia increased by 3,639,151 people (a 18% growth), while Cameroon gained 5,688,820 people (a 33.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Australia gained 3,861,460 (a 16.2% growth), while Cameroon's population increased by 7,727,597 (a 33.9% growth).

Australia was ranked 54th most populous country in 2005 and is 55th 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) Australia's population will grow by 19.6% to 33,105,190 people with a rank change from 55th to 59th. The population of Cameroon will increase by 67.6% to 51,096,315 people and rank change from 51st to 41st.