Population in Cameroon compared to the DR Congo: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Cameroon and the DR Congo: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Cameroon	DR Congo	Cameroon	DR Congo
1960	5,159,057	15,264,846	-	-
1961	5,239,273	15,662,374	1.55%	2.6%
1962	5,338,620	16,075,724	1.9%	2.64%
1963	5,456,623	16,507,599	2.21%	2.69%
1964	5,578,257	16,955,327	2.23%	2.71%
1965	5,704,686	17,427,802	2.27%	2.79%
1966	5,837,295	17,931,929	2.32%	2.89%
1967	5,977,318	18,462,782	2.4%	2.96%
1968	6,125,863	19,012,189	2.49%	2.98%
1969	6,283,462	19,570,445	2.57%	2.94%
1970	6,449,793	20,137,436	2.65%	2.9%
1971	6,624,408	20,695,569	2.71%	2.77%
1972	6,806,872	21,251,160	2.75%	2.68%
1973	6,996,660	21,827,665	2.79%	2.71%
1974	7,193,583	22,418,878	2.81%	2.71%
1975	7,397,120	23,021,101	2.83%	2.69%
1976	7,597,962	23,624,031	2.72%	2.62%
1977	7,796,501	24,229,061	2.61%	2.56%
1978	8,011,921	24,992,689	2.76%	3.15%
1979	8,239,641	25,886,782	2.84%	3.58%
1980	8,512,219	26,711,099	3.31%	3.18%
1981	8,816,377	27,500,515	3.57%	2.96%
1982	9,028,678	28,338,190	2.41%	3.05%
1983	9,215,397	29,250,963	2.07%	3.22%
1984	9,475,078	30,245,081	2.82%	3.4%
1985	9,761,730	31,264,816	3.03%	3.37%
1986	10,060,342	32,265,196	3.06%	3.2%
1987	10,370,749	33,298,904	3.09%	3.2%
1988	10,684,968	34,382,752	3.03%	3.25%
1989	11,002,745	35,486,866	2.97%	3.21%
1990	11,331,821	36,684,063	2.99%	3.37%
1991	11,667,180	37,925,817	2.96%	3.38%
1992	12,006,353	39,228,910	2.91%	3.44%
1993	12,353,131	40,656,336	2.89%	3.64%
1994	12,704,903	42,626,876	2.85%	4.85%
1995	13,058,516	44,433,704	2.78%	4.24%
1996	13,414,757	45,296,124	2.73%	1.94%
1997	13,775,214	46,029,902	2.69%	1.62%
1998	14,144,860	47,297,600	2.68%	2.75%
1999	14,525,140	48,912,971	2.69%	3.42%
2000	14,912,631	50,507,442	2.67%	3.26%
2001	15,309,490	52,132,646	2.66%	3.22%
2002	15,725,528	53,750,524	2.72%	3.1%
2003	16,160,340	55,343,867	2.77%	2.96%
2004	16,610,487	56,997,741	2.79%	2.99%
2005	17,074,594	58,775,724	2.79%	3.12%
2006	17,550,407	60,615,908	2.79%	3.13%
2007	18,049,896	62,477,752	2.85%	3.07%
2008	18,574,056	64,390,664	2.9%	3.06%
2009	19,113,974	66,412,044	2.91%	3.14%
2010	19,668,066	68,563,038	2.9%	3.24%
2011	20,232,304	70,849,311	2.87%	3.33%
2012	20,809,529	73,254,618	2.85%	3.39%
2013	21,402,376	75,789,395	2.85%	3.46%
2014	22,059,893	78,403,242	3.07%	3.45%
2015	22,763,414	81,035,531	3.19%	3.36%
2016	23,454,161	83,956,415	3.03%	3.6%
2017	24,128,601	87,083,398	2.88%	3.72%
2018	24,806,383	90,047,644	2.81%	3.4%
2019	25,506,095	92,947,442	2.82%	3.22%
2020	26,210,558	95,989,998	2.76%	3.27%
2021	26,915,758	99,148,932	2.69%	3.29%
2022	27,632,771	102,396,968	2.66%	3.28%
2023	28,372,687	105,789,731	2.68%	3.31%
2024	29,123,744	109,276,265	2.65%	3.3%
2025	29,879,335	112,832,475	2.59%	3.25%
2026	30,640,810	116,452,162	2.55%	3.21%
2027	31,410,378	120,129,744	2.51%	3.16%
2028	32,190,667	123,871,555	2.48%	3.11%
2029	32,979,275	127,674,141	2.45%	3.07%
2030	33,777,182	131,532,201	2.42%	3.02%
2031	34,584,118	135,447,495	2.39%	2.98%
2032	35,399,666	139,408,613	2.36%	2.92%
2033	36,223,480	143,414,031	2.33%	2.87%
2034	37,054,803	147,468,142	2.29%	2.83%
2035	37,893,817	151,560,102	2.26%	2.77%
2036	38,742,461	155,689,453	2.24%	2.72%
2037	39,600,369	159,848,574	2.21%	2.67%
2038	40,463,007	164,045,610	2.18%	2.63%
2039	41,332,840	168,296,695	2.15%	2.59%
2040	42,207,999	172,595,578	2.12%	2.55%
2041	43,089,974	176,946,261	2.09%	2.52%
2042	43,976,014	181,350,407	2.06%	2.49%
2043	44,857,795	185,805,168	2.01%	2.46%
2044	45,741,469	190,312,004	1.97%	2.43%
2045	46,629,033	194,865,386	1.94%	2.39%
2046	47,519,028	199,464,487	1.91%	2.36%
2047	48,413,775	204,105,925	1.88%	2.33%
2048	49,308,762	208,783,692	1.85%	2.29%
2049	50,203,267	213,497,692	1.81%	2.26%
2050	51,096,315	218,246,073	1.78%	2.22%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Cameroon increased by 5,688,820 people (a 33.3% growth), while the DR Congo gained 22,259,807 people (a 37.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Cameroon gained 7,727,597 (a 33.9% growth), while the DR Congo's population increased by 34,704,561 (a 42.8% growth).

Cameroon was ranked 59th most populous country in 2005 and is 51st in 2025. The DR Congo was ranked 22nd in 2005 and ranked 15th 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 the DR Congo will increase by 88.6% to 218,246,073 people and rank change from 15th to 8th.