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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Cameroon	Curacao	Cameroon	Curacao
1960	5,159,057	124,826	-	-
1961	5,239,273	126,125	1.55%	1.04%
1962	5,338,620	128,414	1.9%	1.81%
1963	5,456,623	130,860	2.21%	1.9%
1964	5,578,257	133,148	2.23%	1.75%
1965	5,704,686	135,266	2.27%	1.59%
1966	5,837,295	136,682	2.32%	1.05%
1967	5,977,318	138,140	2.4%	1.07%
1968	6,125,863	140,298	2.49%	1.56%
1969	6,283,462	142,581	2.57%	1.63%
1970	6,449,793	144,739	2.65%	1.51%
1971	6,624,408	147,389	2.71%	1.83%
1972	6,806,872	147,710	2.75%	0.22%
1973	6,996,660	146,912	2.79%	-0.54%
1974	7,193,583	148,351	2.81%	0.98%
1975	7,397,120	149,129	2.83%	0.52%
1976	7,597,962	149,399	2.72%	0.18%
1977	7,796,501	149,459	2.61%	0.04%
1978	8,011,921	148,341	2.76%	-0.75%
1979	8,239,641	147,851	2.84%	-0.33%
1980	8,512,219	148,041	3.31%	0.13%
1981	8,816,377	148,629	3.57%	0.4%
1982	9,028,678	150,101	2.41%	0.99%
1983	9,215,397	151,159	2.07%	0.7%
1984	9,475,078	151,940	2.82%	0.52%
1985	9,761,730	152,711	3.03%	0.51%
1986	10,060,342	152,662	3.06%	-0.03%
1987	10,370,749	151,456	3.09%	-0.79%
1988	10,684,968	149,254	3.03%	-1.45%
1989	11,002,745	146,937	2.97%	-1.55%
1990	11,331,821	145,400	2.99%	-1.05%
1991	11,667,180	144,403	2.96%	-0.69%
1992	12,006,353	143,912	2.91%	-0.34%
1993	12,353,131	144,299	2.89%	0.27%
1994	12,704,903	144,630	2.85%	0.23%
1995	13,058,516	145,139	2.78%	0.35%
1996	13,414,757	146,306	2.73%	0.8%
1997	13,775,214	146,956	2.69%	0.44%
1998	14,144,860	144,472	2.68%	-1.69%
1999	14,525,140	139,428	2.69%	-3.49%
2000	14,912,631	133,860	2.67%	-3.99%
2001	15,309,490	129,047	2.66%	-3.6%
2002	15,725,528	129,205	2.72%	0.12%
2003	16,160,340	131,897	2.77%	2.08%
2004	16,610,487	134,192	2.79%	1.74%
2005	17,074,594	137,658	2.79%	2.58%
2006	17,550,407	141,239	2.79%	2.6%
2007	18,049,896	144,056	2.85%	1.99%
2008	18,574,056	145,880	2.9%	1.27%
2009	19,113,974	146,833	2.91%	0.65%
2010	19,668,066	148,703	2.9%	1.27%
2011	20,232,304	150,831	2.87%	1.43%
2012	20,809,529	152,088	2.85%	0.83%
2013	21,402,376	153,822	2.85%	1.14%
2014	22,059,893	155,909	3.07%	1.36%
2015	22,763,414	157,980	3.19%	1.33%
2016	23,454,161	159,664	3.03%	1.07%
2017	24,128,601	160,175	2.88%	0.32%
2018	24,806,383	159,336	2.81%	-0.52%
2019	25,506,095	157,441	2.82%	-1.19%
2020	26,210,558	154,947	2.76%	-1.58%
2021	26,915,758	152,369	2.69%	-1.66%
2022	27,632,771	149,996	2.66%	-1.56%
2023	28,372,687	155,800	2.68%	3.87%
2024	29,123,744	155,900	2.65%	0.06%
2025	29,879,335	155,910	2.59%	0.007%
2026	30,640,810	155,878	2.55%	-0.02%
2027	31,410,378	155,806	2.51%	-0.05%
2028	32,190,667	155,710	2.48%	-0.06%
2029	32,979,275	155,558	2.45%	-0.1%
2030	33,777,182	155,356	2.42%	-0.13%
2031	34,584,118	155,112	2.39%	-0.16%
2032	35,399,666	154,845	2.36%	-0.17%
2033	36,223,480	154,546	2.33%	-0.19%
2034	37,054,803	154,200	2.29%	-0.22%
2035	37,893,817	153,844	2.26%	-0.23%
2036	38,742,461	153,444	2.24%	-0.26%
2037	39,600,369	153,028	2.21%	-0.27%
2038	40,463,007	152,600	2.18%	-0.28%
2039	41,332,840	152,140	2.15%	-0.3%
2040	42,207,999	151,635	2.12%	-0.33%
2041	43,089,974	151,130	2.09%	-0.33%
2042	43,976,014	150,608	2.06%	-0.35%
2043	44,857,795	150,071	2.01%	-0.36%
2044	45,741,469	149,519	1.97%	-0.37%
2045	46,629,033	148,941	1.94%	-0.39%
2046	47,519,028	148,367	1.91%	-0.39%
2047	48,413,775	147,763	1.88%	-0.41%
2048	49,308,762	147,130	1.85%	-0.43%
2049	50,203,267	146,495	1.81%	-0.43%
2050	51,096,315	145,829	1.78%	-0.45%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Cameroon increased by 5,688,820 people (a 33.3% growth), while Curacao gained 20,322 people (a 14.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Cameroon gained 7,727,597 (a 33.9% growth), while Curacao's population decreased by -2,070 (a 1.31% decline).

Cameroon was ranked 59th most populous country in 2005 and is 51st in 2025. Curacao was ranked 179th in 2005 and still ranked 179th 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 Curacao will decrease by 6.47% to 145,829 people and rank change from 179th to 180th.