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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Cameroon	Colombia	Cameroon	Colombia
1960	5,159,057	15,606,209	-	-
1961	5,239,273	16,095,203	1.55%	3.13%
1962	5,338,620	16,599,029	1.9%	3.13%
1963	5,456,623	17,113,823	2.21%	3.1%
1964	5,578,257	17,637,411	2.23%	3.06%
1965	5,704,686	18,169,050	2.27%	3.01%
1966	5,837,295	18,702,688	2.32%	2.94%
1967	5,977,318	19,235,618	2.4%	2.85%
1968	6,125,863	19,766,796	2.49%	2.76%
1969	6,283,462	20,291,942	2.57%	2.66%
1970	6,449,793	20,811,782	2.65%	2.56%
1971	6,624,408	21,319,096	2.71%	2.44%
1972	6,806,872	21,819,563	2.75%	2.35%
1973	6,996,660	22,325,374	2.79%	2.32%
1974	7,193,583	22,833,469	2.81%	2.28%
1975	7,397,120	23,344,644	2.83%	2.24%
1976	7,597,962	23,858,810	2.72%	2.2%
1977	7,796,501	24,393,494	2.61%	2.24%
1978	8,011,921	24,950,337	2.76%	2.28%
1979	8,239,641	25,515,626	2.84%	2.27%
1980	8,512,219	26,104,498	3.31%	2.31%
1981	8,816,377	26,713,267	3.57%	2.33%
1982	9,028,678	27,338,331	2.41%	2.34%
1983	9,215,397	27,988,173	2.07%	2.38%
1984	9,475,078	28,642,690	2.82%	2.34%
1985	9,761,730	29,268,470	3.03%	2.18%
1986	10,060,342	29,879,112	3.06%	2.09%
1987	10,370,749	30,499,467	3.09%	2.08%
1988	10,684,968	31,130,524	3.03%	2.07%
1989	11,002,745	31,776,279	2.97%	2.07%
1990	11,331,821	32,440,069	2.99%	2.09%
1991	11,667,180	33,098,372	2.96%	2.03%
1992	12,006,353	33,760,571	2.91%	2%
1993	12,353,131	34,441,473	2.89%	2.02%
1994	12,704,903	35,127,410	2.85%	1.99%
1995	13,058,516	35,804,662	2.78%	1.93%
1996	13,414,757	36,462,745	2.73%	1.84%
1997	13,775,214	37,121,149	2.69%	1.81%
1998	14,144,860	37,792,165	2.68%	1.81%
1999	14,525,140	38,454,863	2.69%	1.75%
2000	14,912,631	39,089,934	2.67%	1.65%
2001	15,309,490	39,709,262	2.66%	1.58%
2002	15,725,528	40,324,680	2.72%	1.55%
2003	16,160,340	40,937,429	2.77%	1.52%
2004	16,610,487	41,543,171	2.79%	1.48%
2005	17,074,594	42,128,977	2.79%	1.41%
2006	17,550,407	42,691,084	2.79%	1.33%
2007	18,049,896	43,235,374	2.85%	1.27%
2008	18,574,056	43,758,808	2.9%	1.21%
2009	19,113,974	44,271,541	2.91%	1.17%
2010	19,668,066	44,777,319	2.9%	1.14%
2011	20,232,304	45,259,614	2.87%	1.08%
2012	20,809,529	45,715,810	2.85%	1.01%
2013	21,402,376	46,151,584	2.85%	0.95%
2014	22,059,893	46,565,429	3.07%	0.9%
2015	22,763,414	46,969,940	3.19%	0.87%
2016	23,454,161	47,437,512	3.03%	1%
2017	24,128,601	48,131,078	2.88%	1.46%
2018	24,806,383	49,024,465	2.81%	1.86%
2019	25,506,095	49,907,985	2.82%	1.8%
2020	26,210,558	50,629,997	2.76%	1.45%
2021	26,915,758	51,188,173	2.69%	1.1%
2022	27,632,771	51,737,944	2.66%	1.07%
2023	28,372,687	52,321,152	2.68%	1.13%
2024	29,123,744	52,886,363	2.65%	1.08%
2025	29,879,335	53,425,632	2.59%	1.02%
2026	30,640,810	53,936,234	2.55%	0.96%
2027	31,410,378	54,422,275	2.51%	0.9%
2028	32,190,667	54,885,123	2.48%	0.85%
2029	32,979,275	55,322,627	2.45%	0.8%
2030	33,777,182	55,736,477	2.42%	0.75%
2031	34,584,118	56,125,966	2.39%	0.7%
2032	35,399,666	56,490,496	2.36%	0.65%
2033	36,223,480	56,832,264	2.33%	0.61%
2034	37,054,803	57,151,619	2.29%	0.56%
2035	37,893,817	57,445,755	2.26%	0.51%
2036	38,742,461	57,716,869	2.24%	0.47%
2037	39,600,369	57,965,300	2.21%	0.43%
2038	40,463,007	58,190,082	2.18%	0.39%
2039	41,332,840	58,394,310	2.15%	0.35%
2040	42,207,999	58,576,452	2.12%	0.31%
2041	43,089,974	58,736,886	2.09%	0.27%
2042	43,976,014	58,878,126	2.06%	0.24%
2043	44,857,795	59,000,362	2.01%	0.21%
2044	45,741,469	59,104,592	1.97%	0.18%
2045	46,629,033	59,190,826	1.94%	0.15%
2046	47,519,028	59,259,758	1.91%	0.12%
2047	48,413,775	59,313,132	1.88%	0.09%
2048	49,308,762	59,351,262	1.85%	0.06%
2049	50,203,267	59,375,012	1.81%	0.04%
2050	51,096,315	59,385,355	1.78%	0.02%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Cameroon increased by 5,688,820 people (a 33.3% growth), while Colombia gained 4,840,963 people (a 11.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Cameroon gained 7,727,597 (a 33.9% growth), while Colombia's population increased by 6,865,847 (a 14.6% growth).

Cameroon was ranked 59th most populous country in 2005 and is 51st in 2025. Colombia was ranked 29th in 2005 and ranked 28th 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 Colombia will increase by 10.3% to 59,385,355 people and rank change from 28th to 34th.