The latest officially reported population of Cameroon was 29,123,744 in 2024 vs 10,979,783 people in Cuba in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Cameroon's population is 30,491,011 people compared to 10,937,204 in Cuba.
Population statistics:
- Cameroon's population is 2.79 times bigger than Cuba's.
- Cameroon is ranked the 51st most populous country in the world, while Cuba is the 89th.
- The countries together account for 0.5% of the world: 0.37% for Cameroon vs 0.13% for Cuba.
- For the last 10 years, Cameroon has had an average growth rate of +2.84% per year vs -0.26% in Cuba.
- Since 2005, the population of Cameroon has increased from 17.1M people to 30.5M (78.6% growth), while Cuba has declined from 11.3M to 10.9M (2.89% decline).
- Cameroon is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 88.9M people, while Cuba's population already peaked in 2012 at 11.3M people and is projected to decrease to 5.58M people by 2100.
Cameroon vs Cuba: live population counter
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| Current population |
30491011
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10937204
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| Population rank | 51/197 | 89/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.37% | 0.13% |
| One net population change |
42 seconds
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13.1 minutes
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| One birth every |
32.9 seconds
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5.48 minutes
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| One death every |
2.59 minutes
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4.7 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
37.8 minutes
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23.5 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -13,892 | -22,356 |
| Daily growth/decline | +2,058 | -110 |
| Annual growth/decline | +751,057 | -40,148 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +2.65% | -0.36% |
| Population growth rate rank | 24/197 | 180/197 |
Cameroon and Cuba: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 5,159,057 | 7,238,081 | - | - |
| 1961 | 5,239,273 | 7,387,117 | 1.55% | 2.06% |
| 1962 | 5,338,620 | 7,541,098 | 1.9% | 2.08% |
| 1963 | 5,456,623 | 7,701,660 | 2.21% | 2.13% |
| 1964 | 5,578,257 | 7,866,020 | 2.23% | 2.13% |
| 1965 | 5,704,686 | 8,030,797 | 2.27% | 2.09% |
| 1966 | 5,837,295 | 8,193,450 | 2.32% | 2.03% |
| 1967 | 5,977,318 | 8,352,625 | 2.4% | 1.94% |
| 1968 | 6,125,863 | 8,509,522 | 2.49% | 1.88% |
| 1969 | 6,283,462 | 8,666,640 | 2.57% | 1.85% |
| 1970 | 6,449,793 | 8,824,382 | 2.65% | 1.82% |
| 1971 | 6,624,408 | 8,979,085 | 2.71% | 1.75% |
| 1972 | 6,806,872 | 9,123,891 | 2.75% | 1.61% |
| 1973 | 6,996,660 | 9,255,328 | 2.79% | 1.44% |
| 1974 | 7,193,583 | 9,374,183 | 2.81% | 1.28% |
| 1975 | 7,397,120 | 9,479,726 | 2.83% | 1.13% |
| 1976 | 7,597,962 | 9,571,242 | 2.72% | 0.97% |
| 1977 | 7,796,501 | 9,648,440 | 2.61% | 0.81% |
| 1978 | 8,011,921 | 9,711,980 | 2.76% | 0.66% |
| 1979 | 8,239,641 | 9,763,355 | 2.84% | 0.53% |
| 1980 | 8,512,219 | 9,804,796 | 3.31% | 0.42% |
| 1981 | 8,816,377 | 9,849,320 | 3.57% | 0.45% |
| 1982 | 9,028,678 | 9,912,681 | 2.41% | 0.64% |
| 1983 | 9,215,397 | 9,991,026 | 2.07% | 0.79% |
| 1984 | 9,475,078 | 10,073,299 | 2.82% | 0.82% |
| 1985 | 9,761,730 | 10,157,228 | 3.03% | 0.83% |
| 1986 | 10,060,342 | 10,244,247 | 3.06% | 0.86% |
| 1987 | 10,370,749 | 10,335,342 | 3.09% | 0.89% |
| 1988 | 10,684,968 | 10,432,585 | 3.03% | 0.94% |
| 1989 | 11,002,745 | 10,533,243 | 2.97% | 0.96% |
| 1990 | 11,331,821 | 10,631,799 | 2.99% | 0.94% |
| 1991 | 11,667,180 | 10,717,640 | 2.96% | 0.81% |
| 1992 | 12,006,353 | 10,785,801 | 2.91% | 0.64% |
| 1993 | 12,353,131 | 10,841,031 | 2.89% | 0.51% |
| 1994 | 12,704,903 | 10,886,021 | 2.85% | 0.41% |
| 1995 | 13,058,516 | 10,925,362 | 2.78% | 0.36% |
| 1996 | 13,414,757 | 10,962,010 | 2.73% | 0.34% |
| 1997 | 13,775,214 | 10,997,934 | 2.69% | 0.33% |
| 1998 | 14,144,860 | 11,034,712 | 2.68% | 0.33% |
| 1999 | 14,525,140 | 11,072,230 | 2.69% | 0.34% |
| 2000 | 14,912,631 | 11,109,109 | 2.67% | 0.33% |
| 2001 | 15,309,490 | 11,144,132 | 2.66% | 0.32% |
| 2002 | 15,725,528 | 11,177,418 | 2.72% | 0.3% |
| 2003 | 16,160,340 | 11,209,383 | 2.77% | 0.29% |
| 2004 | 16,610,487 | 11,238,756 | 2.79% | 0.26% |
| 2005 | 17,074,594 | 11,262,554 | 2.79% | 0.21% |
| 2006 | 17,550,407 | 11,278,550 | 2.79% | 0.14% |
| 2007 | 18,049,896 | 11,287,272 | 2.85% | 0.08% |
| 2008 | 18,574,056 | 11,291,762 | 2.9% | 0.04% |
| 2009 | 19,113,974 | 11,294,719 | 2.91% | 0.03% |
| 2010 | 19,668,066 | 11,297,409 | 2.9% | 0.02% |
| 2011 | 20,232,304 | 11,301,571 | 2.87% | 0.04% |
| 2012 | 20,809,529 | 11,303,175 | 2.85% | 0.01% |
| 2013 | 21,402,376 | 11,298,167 | 2.85% | -0.04% |
| 2014 | 22,059,893 | 11,285,775 | 3.07% | -0.11% |
| 2015 | 22,763,414 | 11,275,065 | 3.19% | -0.09% |
| 2016 | 23,454,161 | 11,265,612 | 3.03% | -0.08% |
| 2017 | 24,128,601 | 11,247,829 | 2.88% | -0.16% |
| 2018 | 24,806,383 | 11,227,118 | 2.81% | -0.18% |
| 2019 | 25,506,095 | 11,202,846 | 2.82% | -0.22% |
| 2020 | 26,210,558 | 11,176,354 | 2.76% | -0.24% |
| 2021 | 26,915,758 | 11,122,168 | 2.69% | -0.48% |
| 2022 | 27,632,771 | 11,059,820 | 2.66% | -0.56% |
| 2023 | 28,372,687 | 11,019,931 | 2.68% | -0.36% |
| 2024 | 29,123,744 | 10,979,783 | 2.65% | -0.36% |
| 2025 | 29,879,335 | 10,937,204 | 2.59% | -0.39% |
| 2026 | 30,640,810 | 10,892,659 | 2.55% | -0.41% |
| 2027 | 31,410,378 | 10,846,709 | 2.51% | -0.42% |
| 2028 | 32,190,667 | 10,799,586 | 2.48% | -0.43% |
| 2029 | 32,979,275 | 10,750,892 | 2.45% | -0.45% |
| 2030 | 33,777,182 | 10,700,820 | 2.42% | -0.47% |
| 2031 | 34,584,118 | 10,649,673 | 2.39% | -0.48% |
| 2032 | 35,399,666 | 10,597,336 | 2.36% | -0.49% |
| 2033 | 36,223,480 | 10,543,539 | 2.33% | -0.51% |
| 2034 | 37,054,803 | 10,488,270 | 2.29% | -0.52% |
| 2035 | 37,893,817 | 10,431,762 | 2.26% | -0.54% |
| 2036 | 38,742,461 | 10,373,926 | 2.24% | -0.55% |
| 2037 | 39,600,369 | 10,314,339 | 2.21% | -0.57% |
| 2038 | 40,463,007 | 10,253,201 | 2.18% | -0.59% |
| 2039 | 41,332,840 | 10,190,465 | 2.15% | -0.61% |
| 2040 | 42,207,999 | 10,125,837 | 2.12% | -0.63% |
| 2041 | 43,089,974 | 10,059,299 | 2.09% | -0.66% |
| 2042 | 43,976,014 | 9,990,897 | 2.06% | -0.68% |
| 2043 | 44,857,795 | 9,920,670 | 2.01% | -0.7% |
| 2044 | 45,741,469 | 9,848,751 | 1.97% | -0.72% |
| 2045 | 46,629,033 | 9,775,205 | 1.94% | -0.75% |
| 2046 | 47,519,028 | 9,699,830 | 1.91% | -0.77% |
| 2047 | 48,413,775 | 9,622,707 | 1.88% | -0.8% |
| 2048 | 49,308,762 | 9,544,142 | 1.85% | -0.82% |
| 2049 | 50,203,267 | 9,463,925 | 1.81% | -0.84% |
| 2050 | 51,096,315 | 9,381,995 | 1.78% | -0.87% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Cameroon increased by 5,688,820 people (a 33.3% growth), while Cuba gained 12,511 people (a 0.11% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Cameroon gained 7,727,597 (a 33.9% growth), while Cuba's population decreased by -337,861 (a 3% decline).
Cameroon was ranked 59th most populous country in 2005 and is 51st in 2025. Cuba was ranked 72nd in 2005 and ranked 89th 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 Cuba will decrease by 14.2% to 9,381,995 people and rank change from 89th to 104th.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Douala | 2.77M |
| Yaounde | 2.44M |
| Garoua | 1.75M |
| Bafoussam | 480K |
| Bamenda | 349K |
| Maroua | 201K |
| Ngaoundere | 190K |
| Kumba | 144K |
| Buea | 131K |
| Limbe | 84.2K |
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| City | Population |
| Havana | 2.49M |
| Santiago de Cuba | 445K |
| Holguin | 350K |
| Camaguey | 322K |
| Santa Clara | 247K |
| Bayamo | 235K |
| Guantanamo | 228K |
| Las Tunas | 202K |
| Pinar del Rio | 189K |
| Cienfuegos | 165K |
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Population differences between Cameroon and Cuba
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| Life expectancy | 64.2 years | 78.4 years |
| Average age | 23.2 years | 42 years |
| Median age | 19 years | 43.1 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.8:50.2 | 49.3:50.7 |
| Fertility rate | 4.32 births per woman | 1.44 births per woman |
| Population density | 159.6 ppl/mi² | 274 ppl/mi² |
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