Population in Cameroon compared to Equatorial Guinea: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Cameroon	Equatorial Guinea	Cameroon	Equatorial Guinea
1960	5,159,057	269,807	-	-
1961	5,239,273	274,896	1.55%	1.89%
1962	5,338,620	280,286	1.9%	1.96%
1963	5,456,623	285,965	2.21%	2.03%
1964	5,578,257	291,942	2.23%	2.09%
1965	5,704,686	298,238	2.27%	2.16%
1966	5,837,295	304,859	2.32%	2.22%
1967	5,977,318	311,805	2.4%	2.28%
1968	6,125,863	318,849	2.49%	2.26%
1969	6,283,462	322,517	2.57%	1.15%
1970	6,449,793	320,803	2.65%	-0.53%
1971	6,624,408	315,940	2.71%	-1.52%
1972	6,806,872	309,468	2.75%	-2.05%
1973	6,996,660	302,281	2.79%	-2.32%
1974	7,193,583	294,953	2.81%	-2.42%
1975	7,397,120	287,901	2.83%	-2.39%
1976	7,597,962	281,031	2.72%	-2.39%
1977	7,796,501	276,779	2.61%	-1.51%
1978	8,011,921	276,531	2.76%	-0.09%
1979	8,239,641	279,846	2.84%	1.2%
1980	8,512,219	288,644	3.31%	3.14%
1981	8,816,377	303,252	3.57%	5.06%
1982	9,028,678	322,216	2.41%	6.25%
1983	9,215,397	343,421	2.07%	6.58%
1984	9,475,078	364,899	2.82%	6.25%
1985	9,761,730	385,547	3.03%	5.66%
1986	10,060,342	404,728	3.06%	4.98%
1987	10,370,749	422,522	3.09%	4.4%
1988	10,684,968	439,651	3.03%	4.05%
1989	11,002,745	456,808	2.97%	3.9%
1990	11,331,821	474,274	2.99%	3.82%
1991	11,667,180	492,217	2.96%	3.78%
1992	12,006,353	510,770	2.91%	3.77%
1993	12,353,131	530,023	2.89%	3.77%
1994	12,704,903	550,138	2.85%	3.8%
1995	13,058,516	571,264	2.78%	3.84%
1996	13,414,757	593,492	2.73%	3.89%
1997	13,775,214	616,893	2.69%	3.94%
1998	14,144,860	641,474	2.68%	3.98%
1999	14,525,140	667,214	2.69%	4.01%
2000	14,912,631	703,279	2.67%	5.41%
2001	15,309,490	749,836	2.66%	6.62%
2002	15,725,528	797,957	2.72%	6.42%
2003	16,160,340	847,862	2.77%	6.25%
2004	16,610,487	899,917	2.79%	6.14%
2005	17,074,594	947,367	2.79%	5.27%
2006	17,550,407	990,343	2.79%	4.54%
2007	18,049,896	1,036,044	2.85%	4.61%
2008	18,574,056	1,084,530	2.9%	4.68%
2009	19,113,974	1,135,673	2.91%	4.72%
2010	19,668,066	1,189,085	2.9%	4.7%
2011	20,232,304	1,241,835	2.87%	4.44%
2012	20,809,529	1,293,483	2.85%	4.16%
2013	21,402,376	1,346,218	2.85%	4.08%
2014	22,059,893	1,399,828	3.07%	3.98%
2015	22,763,414	1,453,923	3.19%	3.86%
2016	23,454,161	1,508,186	3.03%	3.73%
2017	24,128,601	1,562,396	2.88%	3.59%
2018	24,806,383	1,616,422	2.81%	3.46%
2019	25,506,095	1,670,177	2.82%	3.33%
2020	26,210,558	1,716,468	2.76%	2.77%
2021	26,915,758	1,758,786	2.69%	2.47%
2022	27,632,771	1,803,545	2.66%	2.54%
2023	28,372,687	1,847,549	2.68%	2.44%
2024	29,123,744	1,892,516	2.65%	2.43%
2025	29,879,335	1,938,427	2.59%	2.43%
2026	30,640,810	1,984,463	2.55%	2.37%
2027	31,410,378	2,030,749	2.51%	2.33%
2028	32,190,667	2,077,253	2.48%	2.29%
2029	32,979,275	2,123,699	2.45%	2.24%
2030	33,777,182	2,170,434	2.42%	2.2%
2031	34,584,118	2,218,077	2.39%	2.2%
2032	35,399,666	2,267,025	2.36%	2.21%
2033	36,223,480	2,315,991	2.33%	2.16%
2034	37,054,803	2,364,847	2.29%	2.11%
2035	37,893,817	2,414,263	2.26%	2.09%
2036	38,742,461	2,463,880	2.24%	2.06%
2037	39,600,369	2,513,955	2.21%	2.03%
2038	40,463,007	2,564,843	2.18%	2.02%
2039	41,332,840	2,615,417	2.15%	1.97%
2040	42,207,999	2,665,575	2.12%	1.92%
2041	43,089,974	2,715,477	2.09%	1.87%
2042	43,976,014	2,764,764	2.06%	1.82%
2043	44,857,795	2,813,769	2.01%	1.77%
2044	45,741,469	2,862,511	1.97%	1.73%
2045	46,629,033	2,911,227	1.94%	1.7%
2046	47,519,028	2,959,088	1.91%	1.64%
2047	48,413,775	3,005,551	1.88%	1.57%
2048	49,308,762	3,051,480	1.85%	1.53%
2049	50,203,267	3,097,625	1.81%	1.51%
2050	51,096,315	3,143,719	1.78%	1.49%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Cameroon increased by 5,903,754 people (a 33.6% growth), while Equatorial Guinea gained 517,843 people (a 52.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Cameroon gained 7,195,059 (a 30.7% growth), while Equatorial Guinea's population increased by 476,782 (a 31.6% growth).

Cameroon was ranked 59th most populous country in 2006 and is 51st in 2026. Equatorial Guinea was ranked 154th in 2006 and ranked 148th 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 Equatorial Guinea will increase by 58.4% to 3,143,719 people and rank change from 148th to 140th.