The current population of Cameroon is 30,491,011 people, as of 2025 based on the adjusted UN estimation. The latest officially reported number was 29,123,744 in 2024.
Population facts:
- Cameroon is ranked 51/197 by population and was ranked 59th in 2005.
- Cameroon is projected to reach 88.9M people in 2100.
- Cameroon accounts for 0.37% of the world's population.
- For the last 20 years, Cameroon has had an average growth rate of 3.93% per year.
- Since 2005, population has increased from 17.1M people to 30.5M (78.6% growth in 20 years).
Cameroon population clock
Cameroon
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World
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Current population |
30491011
|
8266870341
|
| Population rank | 51/197 | N/A |
| Percent of world population | 0.37% | N/A |
| One net population change |
42 seconds
|
0.41 seconds
|
| One birth every |
32.9 seconds
|
0.24 seconds
|
| One death every |
2.59 minutes
|
0.52 seconds
|
| Daily growth/decline | +2,058 | +211,178 |
| Annual growth/decline | +751,057 | +77,079,845 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +2.65% | +0.96% |
| Population growth rate rank | 24/197 | N/A |
| One migration net change every |
37.8 minutes
|
N/A |
| Annual migration change | -13,892 | N/A |
Cameroon population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 5,159,057 | - |
| 1961 | 5,239,273 | 1.55% |
| 1962 | 5,338,620 | 1.9% |
| 1963 | 5,456,623 | 2.21% |
| 1964 | 5,578,257 | 2.23% |
| 1965 | 5,704,686 | 2.27% |
| 1966 | 5,837,295 | 2.32% |
| 1967 | 5,977,318 | 2.4% |
| 1968 | 6,125,863 | 2.49% |
| 1969 | 6,283,462 | 2.57% |
| 1970 | 6,449,793 | 2.65% |
| 1971 | 6,624,408 | 2.71% |
| 1972 | 6,806,872 | 2.75% |
| 1973 | 6,996,660 | 2.79% |
| 1974 | 7,193,583 | 2.81% |
| 1975 | 7,397,120 | 2.83% |
| 1976 | 7,597,962 | 2.72% |
| 1977 | 7,796,501 | 2.61% |
| 1978 | 8,011,921 | 2.76% |
| 1979 | 8,239,641 | 2.84% |
| 1980 | 8,512,219 | 3.31% |
| 1981 | 8,816,377 | 3.57% |
| 1982 | 9,028,678 | 2.41% |
| 1983 | 9,215,397 | 2.07% |
| 1984 | 9,475,078 | 2.82% |
| 1985 | 9,761,730 | 3.03% |
| 1986 | 10,060,342 | 3.06% |
| 1987 | 10,370,749 | 3.09% |
| 1988 | 10,684,968 | 3.03% |
| 1989 | 11,002,745 | 2.97% |
| 1990 | 11,331,821 | 2.99% |
| 1991 | 11,667,180 | 2.96% |
| 1992 | 12,006,353 | 2.91% |
| 1993 | 12,353,131 | 2.89% |
| 1994 | 12,704,903 | 2.85% |
| 1995 | 13,058,516 | 2.78% |
| 1996 | 13,414,757 | 2.73% |
| 1997 | 13,775,214 | 2.69% |
| 1998 | 14,144,860 | 2.68% |
| 1999 | 14,525,140 | 2.69% |
| 2000 | 14,912,631 | 2.67% |
| 2001 | 15,309,490 | 2.66% |
| 2002 | 15,725,528 | 2.72% |
| 2003 | 16,160,340 | 2.77% |
| 2004 | 16,610,487 | 2.79% |
| 2005 | 17,074,594 | 2.79% |
| 2006 | 17,550,407 | 2.79% |
| 2007 | 18,049,896 | 2.85% |
| 2008 | 18,574,056 | 2.9% |
| 2009 | 19,113,974 | 2.91% |
| 2010 | 19,668,066 | 2.9% |
| 2011 | 20,232,304 | 2.87% |
| 2012 | 20,809,529 | 2.85% |
| 2013 | 21,402,376 | 2.85% |
| 2014 | 22,059,893 | 3.07% |
| 2015 | 22,763,414 | 3.19% |
| 2016 | 23,454,161 | 3.03% |
| 2017 | 24,128,601 | 2.88% |
| 2018 | 24,806,383 | 2.81% |
| 2019 | 25,506,095 | 2.82% |
| 2020 | 26,210,558 | 2.76% |
| 2021 | 26,915,758 | 2.69% |
| 2022 | 27,632,771 | 2.66% |
| 2023 | 28,372,687 | 2.68% |
| 2024 | 29,123,744 | 2.65% |
| 2025 | 29,879,335 | 2.59% |
| 2026 | 30,640,810 | 2.55% |
| 2027 | 31,410,378 | 2.51% |
| 2028 | 32,190,667 | 2.48% |
| 2029 | 32,979,275 | 2.45% |
| 2030 | 33,777,182 | 2.42% |
| 2031 | 34,584,118 | 2.39% |
| 2032 | 35,399,666 | 2.36% |
| 2033 | 36,223,480 | 2.33% |
| 2034 | 37,054,803 | 2.29% |
| 2035 | 37,893,817 | 2.26% |
| 2036 | 38,742,461 | 2.24% |
| 2037 | 39,600,369 | 2.21% |
| 2038 | 40,463,007 | 2.18% |
| 2039 | 41,332,840 | 2.15% |
| 2040 | 42,207,999 | 2.12% |
| 2041 | 43,089,974 | 2.09% |
| 2042 | 43,976,014 | 2.06% |
| 2043 | 44,857,795 | 2.01% |
| 2044 | 45,741,469 | 1.97% |
| 2045 | 46,629,033 | 1.94% |
| 2046 | 47,519,028 | 1.91% |
| 2047 | 48,413,775 | 1.88% |
| 2048 | 49,308,762 | 1.85% |
| 2049 | 50,203,267 | 1.81% |
| 2050 | 51,096,315 | 1.78% |
Cameroon has a population of 30.5M as of 2025, compared to 22.8M in 2015, 17.1M in 2005, and 13.1M in 1995.
Over the past 10 years, the population has had a trend to increase by an average of 3.39% per year. Cameroon is ranked 19th out of 197 countries by a 10-year average growth rate.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 20 years (in 2045) Cameroon will have 46,629,033 people (52.9% growth) with a rank change from 51st to 46th.
By the year 2100, Cameroon's population is projected to grow by 191.5% to 88.9M people.
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Cameroon population statistics
|
Cameroon
|
World
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 64.2 years | 73.5 years |
| Average age | 23.2 years | 33.8 years |
| Median age | 19 years | 31.6 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.8:50.2 | 50.3:49.7 |
| Fertility rate | 4.32 births per woman | 2.2 births per woman |
| Population density | 159.6 ppl/mi² | 141.6 ppl/mi² |
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