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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Cameroon	Canada	Cameroon	Canada
1960	5,159,057	17,909,356	-	-
1961	5,239,273	18,271,000	1.55%	2.02%
1962	5,338,620	18,614,000	1.9%	1.88%
1963	5,456,623	18,964,000	2.21%	1.88%
1964	5,578,257	19,325,000	2.23%	1.9%
1965	5,704,686	19,678,000	2.27%	1.83%
1966	5,837,295	20,048,000	2.32%	1.88%
1967	5,977,318	20,412,000	2.4%	1.82%
1968	6,125,863	20,744,000	2.49%	1.63%
1969	6,283,462	21,028,000	2.57%	1.37%
1970	6,449,793	21,324,000	2.65%	1.41%
1971	6,624,408	21,962,032	2.71%	2.99%
1972	6,806,872	22,218,463	2.75%	1.17%
1973	6,996,660	22,491,777	2.79%	1.23%
1974	7,193,583	22,807,969	2.81%	1.41%
1975	7,397,120	23,143,275	2.83%	1.47%
1976	7,597,962	23,449,808	2.72%	1.32%
1977	7,796,501	23,725,843	2.61%	1.18%
1978	8,011,921	23,963,203	2.76%	1%
1979	8,239,641	24,201,544	2.84%	0.99%
1980	8,512,219	24,515,667	3.31%	1.3%
1981	8,816,377	24,819,915	3.57%	1.24%
1982	9,028,678	25,116,942	2.41%	1.2%
1983	9,215,397	25,366,451	2.07%	0.99%
1984	9,475,078	25,607,053	2.82%	0.95%
1985	9,761,730	25,842,116	3.03%	0.92%
1986	10,060,342	26,100,278	3.06%	1%
1987	10,370,749	26,446,601	3.09%	1.33%
1988	10,684,968	26,791,747	3.03%	1.31%
1989	11,002,745	27,276,781	2.97%	1.81%
1990	11,331,821	27,691,138	2.99%	1.52%
1991	11,667,180	28,037,420	2.96%	1.25%
1992	12,006,353	28,371,264	2.91%	1.19%
1993	12,353,131	28,684,764	2.89%	1.1%
1994	12,704,903	29,000,663	2.85%	1.1%
1995	13,058,516	29,302,311	2.78%	1.04%
1996	13,414,757	29,610,218	2.73%	1.05%
1997	13,775,214	29,905,948	2.69%	1%
1998	14,144,860	30,155,173	2.68%	0.83%
1999	14,525,140	30,401,286	2.69%	0.82%
2000	14,912,631	30,685,730	2.67%	0.94%
2001	15,309,490	31,020,855	2.66%	1.09%
2002	15,725,528	31,359,199	2.72%	1.09%
2003	16,160,340	31,642,461	2.77%	0.9%
2004	16,610,487	31,938,807	2.79%	0.94%
2005	17,074,594	32,242,732	2.79%	0.95%
2006	17,550,407	32,571,193	2.79%	1.02%
2007	18,049,896	32,888,886	2.85%	0.98%
2008	18,574,056	33,247,298	2.9%	1.09%
2009	19,113,974	33,630,069	2.91%	1.15%
2010	19,668,066	34,005,902	2.9%	1.12%
2011	20,232,304	34,339,221	2.87%	0.98%
2012	20,809,529	34,713,395	2.85%	1.09%
2013	21,402,376	35,080,992	2.85%	1.06%
2014	22,059,893	35,434,066	3.07%	1.01%
2015	22,763,414	35,704,498	3.19%	0.76%
2016	23,454,161	36,110,803	3.03%	1.14%
2017	24,128,601	36,545,075	2.88%	1.2%
2018	24,806,383	37,072,620	2.81%	1.44%
2019	25,506,095	37,618,495	2.82%	1.47%
2020	26,210,558	38,028,638	2.76%	1.09%
2021	26,915,758	38,239,864	2.69%	0.56%
2022	27,632,771	38,935,934	2.66%	1.82%
2023	28,372,687	40,083,484	2.68%	2.95%
2024	29,123,744	41,288,599	2.65%	3.01%
2025	29,879,335	41,687,850	2.59%	0.97%
2026	30,640,810	42,042,113	2.55%	0.85%
2027	31,410,378	42,368,857	2.51%	0.78%
2028	32,190,667	42,683,927	2.48%	0.74%
2029	32,979,275	42,986,030	2.45%	0.71%
2030	33,777,182	43,276,190	2.42%	0.68%
2031	34,584,118	43,559,839	2.39%	0.66%
2032	35,399,666	43,833,228	2.36%	0.63%
2033	36,223,480	44,089,067	2.33%	0.58%
2034	37,054,803	44,336,794	2.29%	0.56%
2035	37,893,817	44,574,481	2.26%	0.54%
2036	38,742,461	44,802,196	2.24%	0.51%
2037	39,600,369	45,029,252	2.21%	0.51%
2038	40,463,007	45,250,482	2.18%	0.49%
2039	41,332,840	45,461,809	2.15%	0.47%
2040	42,207,999	45,661,339	2.12%	0.44%
2041	43,089,974	45,855,081	2.09%	0.42%
2042	43,976,014	46,046,286	2.06%	0.42%
2043	44,857,795	46,232,447	2.01%	0.4%
2044	45,741,469	46,413,908	1.97%	0.39%
2045	46,629,033	46,594,973	1.94%	0.39%
2046	47,519,028	46,768,120	1.91%	0.37%
2047	48,413,775	46,930,946	1.88%	0.35%
2048	49,308,762	47,092,745	1.85%	0.34%
2049	50,203,267	47,246,217	1.81%	0.33%
2050	51,096,315	47,396,788	1.78%	0.32%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Cameroon increased by 5,688,820 people (a 33.3% growth), while Canada gained 3,461,766 people (a 10.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Cameroon gained 7,727,597 (a 33.9% growth), while Canada's population increased by 6,267,923 (a 17.6% growth).

Cameroon was ranked 59th most populous country in 2005 and is 51st in 2025. Canada was ranked 35th in 2005 and ranked 38th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Cameroon's population will grow by 67.6% to 51,096,315 people with a rank change from 51st to 41st. The population of Canada will increase by 12.9% to 47,396,788 people and rank change from 38th to 45th.