Population in Cameroon compared to Cape Verde: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Cameroon and Cape Verde: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Cameroon	Cape Verde	Cameroon	Cape Verde
1960	5,159,057	210,024	-	-
1961	5,239,273	215,087	1.55%	2.41%
1962	5,338,620	221,919	1.9%	3.18%
1963	5,456,623	229,373	2.21%	3.36%
1964	5,578,257	237,006	2.23%	3.33%
1965	5,704,686	244,856	2.27%	3.31%
1966	5,837,295	252,976	2.32%	3.32%
1967	5,977,318	261,404	2.4%	3.33%
1968	6,125,863	270,164	2.49%	3.35%
1969	6,283,462	279,248	2.57%	3.36%
1970	6,449,793	287,885	2.65%	3.09%
1971	6,624,408	294,046	2.71%	2.14%
1972	6,806,872	297,386	2.75%	1.14%
1973	6,996,660	299,881	2.79%	0.84%
1974	7,193,583	302,570	2.81%	0.9%
1975	7,397,120	305,847	2.83%	1.08%
1976	7,597,962	309,455	2.72%	1.18%
1977	7,796,501	312,834	2.61%	1.09%
1978	8,011,921	316,147	2.76%	1.06%
1979	8,239,641	319,480	2.84%	1.05%
1980	8,512,219	323,301	3.31%	1.2%
1981	8,816,377	327,846	3.57%	1.41%
1982	9,028,678	332,724	2.41%	1.49%
1983	9,215,397	337,654	2.07%	1.48%
1984	9,475,078	342,505	2.82%	1.44%
1985	9,761,730	347,365	3.03%	1.42%
1986	10,060,342	352,312	3.06%	1.42%
1987	10,370,749	357,302	3.09%	1.42%
1988	10,684,968	362,329	3.03%	1.41%
1989	11,002,745	367,803	2.97%	1.51%
1990	11,331,821	375,428	2.99%	2.07%
1991	11,667,180	384,586	2.96%	2.44%
1992	12,006,353	393,415	2.91%	2.3%
1993	12,353,131	401,965	2.89%	2.17%
1994	12,704,903	410,228	2.85%	2.06%
1995	13,058,516	418,104	2.78%	1.92%
1996	13,414,757	425,581	2.73%	1.79%
1997	13,775,214	432,798	2.69%	1.7%
1998	14,144,860	439,784	2.68%	1.61%
1999	14,525,140	446,519	2.69%	1.53%
2000	14,912,631	453,317	2.67%	1.52%
2001	15,309,490	460,293	2.66%	1.54%
2002	15,725,528	467,046	2.72%	1.47%
2003	16,160,340	473,383	2.77%	1.36%
2004	16,610,487	479,370	2.79%	1.26%
2005	17,074,594	485,115	2.79%	1.2%
2006	17,550,407	490,728	2.79%	1.16%
2007	18,049,896	496,190	2.85%	1.11%
2008	18,574,056	501,355	2.9%	1.04%
2009	19,113,974	506,141	2.91%	0.95%
2010	19,668,066	509,784	2.9%	0.72%
2011	20,232,304	511,447	2.87%	0.33%
2012	20,809,529	511,955	2.85%	0.1%
2013	21,402,376	512,225	2.85%	0.05%
2014	22,059,893	512,326	3.07%	0.02%
2015	22,763,414	512,394	3.19%	0.01%
2016	23,454,161	512,554	3.03%	0.03%
2017	24,128,601	512,893	2.88%	0.07%
2018	24,806,383	513,415	2.81%	0.1%
2019	25,506,095	514,104	2.82%	0.13%
2020	26,210,558	514,679	2.76%	0.11%
2021	26,915,758	516,649	2.69%	0.38%
2022	27,632,771	519,741	2.66%	0.6%
2023	28,372,687	522,331	2.68%	0.5%
2024	29,123,744	524,877	2.65%	0.49%
2025	29,879,335	527,331	2.59%	0.47%
2026	30,640,810	529,641	2.55%	0.44%
2027	31,410,378	531,874	2.51%	0.42%
2028	32,190,667	534,119	2.48%	0.42%
2029	32,979,275	536,345	2.45%	0.42%
2030	33,777,182	538,617	2.42%	0.42%
2031	34,584,118	540,769	2.39%	0.4%
2032	35,399,666	542,801	2.36%	0.38%
2033	36,223,480	544,769	2.33%	0.36%
2034	37,054,803	546,653	2.29%	0.35%
2035	37,893,817	548,594	2.26%	0.36%
2036	38,742,461	550,481	2.24%	0.34%
2037	39,600,369	552,294	2.21%	0.33%
2038	40,463,007	554,085	2.18%	0.32%
2039	41,332,840	555,802	2.15%	0.31%
2040	42,207,999	557,378	2.12%	0.28%
2041	43,089,974	558,819	2.09%	0.26%
2042	43,976,014	560,139	2.06%	0.24%
2043	44,857,795	561,350	2.01%	0.22%
2044	45,741,469	562,468	1.97%	0.2%
2045	46,629,033	563,484	1.94%	0.18%
2046	47,519,028	564,357	1.91%	0.15%
2047	48,413,775	565,018	1.88%	0.12%
2048	49,308,762	565,511	1.85%	0.09%
2049	50,203,267	565,896	1.81%	0.07%
2050	51,096,315	566,140	1.78%	0.04%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Cameroon increased by 5,688,820 people (a 33.3% growth), while Cape Verde gained 27,279 people (a 5.62% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Cameroon gained 7,727,597 (a 33.9% growth), while Cape Verde's population increased by 16,792 (a 3.28% growth).

Cameroon was ranked 59th most populous country in 2005 and is 51st in 2025. Cape Verde was ranked 165th in 2005 and ranked 169th 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 Cape Verde will increase by 6.98% to 566,140 people and rank change from 169th to 168th.