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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Cameroon	Egypt	Cameroon	Egypt
1960	5,159,057	26,896,479	-	-
1961	5,239,273	27,600,898	1.55%	2.62%
1962	5,338,620	28,337,013	1.9%	2.67%
1963	5,456,623	29,091,869	2.21%	2.66%
1964	5,578,257	29,858,922	2.23%	2.64%
1965	5,704,686	30,629,174	2.27%	2.58%
1966	5,837,295	31,406,541	2.32%	2.54%
1967	5,977,318	32,196,360	2.4%	2.51%
1968	6,125,863	32,998,319	2.49%	2.49%
1969	6,283,462	33,811,615	2.57%	2.46%
1970	6,449,793	34,623,990	2.65%	2.4%
1971	6,624,408	35,433,368	2.71%	2.34%
1972	6,806,872	36,258,328	2.75%	2.33%
1973	6,996,660	37,102,043	2.79%	2.33%
1974	7,193,583	37,969,667	2.81%	2.34%
1975	7,397,120	38,875,327	2.83%	2.39%
1976	7,597,962	39,795,557	2.72%	2.37%
1977	7,796,501	40,748,870	2.61%	2.4%
1978	8,011,921	41,761,431	2.76%	2.48%
1979	8,239,641	42,818,628	2.84%	2.53%
1980	8,512,219	43,950,413	3.31%	2.64%
1981	8,816,377	45,147,224	3.57%	2.72%
1982	9,028,678	46,407,611	2.41%	2.79%
1983	9,215,397	47,786,402	2.07%	2.97%
1984	9,475,078	49,247,334	2.82%	3.06%
1985	9,761,730	50,734,968	3.03%	3.02%
1986	10,060,342	52,206,295	3.06%	2.9%
1987	10,370,749	53,674,435	3.09%	2.81%
1988	10,684,968	55,187,681	3.03%	2.82%
1989	11,002,745	56,710,642	2.97%	2.76%
1990	11,331,821	58,396,618	2.99%	2.97%
1991	11,667,180	60,028,997	2.96%	2.8%
1992	12,006,353	61,480,660	2.91%	2.42%
1993	12,353,131	62,915,681	2.89%	2.33%
1994	12,704,903	64,285,589	2.85%	2.18%
1995	13,058,516	65,652,622	2.78%	2.13%
1996	13,414,757	67,028,048	2.73%	2.1%
1997	13,775,214	68,431,740	2.69%	2.09%
1998	14,144,860	69,943,294	2.68%	2.21%
1999	14,525,140	71,520,954	2.69%	2.26%
2000	14,912,631	73,083,284	2.67%	2.18%
2001	15,309,490	74,652,029	2.66%	2.15%
2002	15,725,528	76,239,137	2.72%	2.13%
2003	16,160,340	77,853,548	2.77%	2.12%
2004	16,610,487	79,477,443	2.79%	2.09%
2005	17,074,594	81,101,004	2.79%	2.04%
2006	17,550,407	82,700,403	2.79%	1.97%
2007	18,049,896	84,276,225	2.85%	1.91%
2008	18,574,056	85,864,789	2.9%	1.88%
2009	19,113,974	87,501,636	2.91%	1.91%
2010	19,668,066	89,196,072	2.9%	1.94%
2011	20,232,304	91,093,059	2.87%	2.13%
2012	20,809,529	93,161,001	2.85%	2.27%
2013	21,402,376	95,333,553	2.85%	2.33%
2014	22,059,893	97,528,654	3.07%	2.3%
2015	22,763,414	99,597,342	3.19%	2.12%
2016	23,454,161	101,644,589	3.03%	2.06%
2017	24,128,601	103,696,057	2.88%	2.02%
2018	24,806,383	105,682,094	2.81%	1.92%
2019	25,506,095	107,553,158	2.82%	1.77%
2020	26,210,558	109,315,124	2.76%	1.64%
2021	26,915,758	110,957,008	2.69%	1.5%
2022	27,632,771	112,618,250	2.66%	1.5%
2023	28,372,687	114,535,772	2.68%	1.7%
2024	29,123,744	116,538,258	2.65%	1.75%
2025	29,879,335	118,365,997	2.59%	1.57%
2026	30,640,810	120,101,181	2.55%	1.47%
2027	31,410,378	121,847,622	2.51%	1.45%
2028	32,190,667	123,608,457	2.48%	1.45%
2029	32,979,275	125,373,058	2.45%	1.43%
2030	33,777,182	127,139,323	2.42%	1.41%
2031	34,584,118	128,912,256	2.39%	1.39%
2032	35,399,666	130,695,084	2.36%	1.38%
2033	36,223,480	132,485,612	2.33%	1.37%
2034	37,054,803	134,287,838	2.29%	1.36%
2035	37,893,817	136,097,214	2.26%	1.35%
2036	38,742,461	137,913,263	2.24%	1.33%
2037	39,600,369	139,738,699	2.21%	1.32%
2038	40,463,007	141,565,835	2.18%	1.31%
2039	41,332,840	143,393,267	2.15%	1.29%
2040	42,207,999	145,213,662	2.12%	1.27%
2041	43,089,974	147,018,554	2.09%	1.24%
2042	43,976,014	148,800,785	2.06%	1.21%
2043	44,857,795	150,547,655	2.01%	1.17%
2044	45,741,469	152,255,332	1.97%	1.13%
2045	46,629,033	153,919,190	1.94%	1.09%
2046	47,519,028	155,535,951	1.91%	1.05%
2047	48,413,775	157,114,404	1.88%	1.01%
2048	49,308,762	158,657,392	1.85%	0.98%
2049	50,203,267	160,161,615	1.81%	0.95%
2050	51,096,315	161,630,197	1.78%	0.92%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Cameroon increased by 5,903,754 people (a 33.6% growth), while Egypt gained 18,944,186 people (a 22.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Cameroon gained 7,195,059 (a 30.7% growth), while Egypt's population increased by 18,475,678 (a 18.2% growth).

Cameroon was ranked 59th most populous country in 2006 and is 51st in 2026. Egypt was ranked 13th in 2006 and still ranked 13th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Cameroon's population will grow by 66.7% to 51,096,315 people with a rank change from 51st to 41st. The population of Egypt will increase by 34.6% to 161,630,197 people and rank change from 13th to 11th.