Population in Cameroon compared to the Gambia: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Cameroon and the Gambia: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Cameroon	Gambia	Cameroon	Gambia
1960	5,159,057	398,060	-	-
1961	5,239,273	408,930	1.55%	2.73%
1962	5,338,620	420,163	1.9%	2.75%
1963	5,456,623	431,757	2.21%	2.76%
1964	5,578,257	443,687	2.23%	2.76%
1965	5,704,686	455,952	2.27%	2.76%
1966	5,837,295	468,516	2.32%	2.76%
1967	5,977,318	481,588	2.4%	2.79%
1968	6,125,863	495,269	2.49%	2.84%
1969	6,283,462	509,440	2.57%	2.86%
1970	6,449,793	524,105	2.65%	2.88%
1971	6,624,408	539,388	2.71%	2.92%
1972	6,806,872	555,370	2.75%	2.96%
1973	6,996,660	571,991	2.79%	2.99%
1974	7,193,583	589,085	2.81%	2.99%
1975	7,397,120	606,821	2.83%	3.01%
1976	7,597,962	625,667	2.72%	3.11%
1977	7,796,501	645,770	2.61%	3.21%
1978	8,011,921	667,103	2.76%	3.3%
1979	8,239,641	689,781	2.84%	3.4%
1980	8,512,219	713,913	3.31%	3.5%
1981	8,816,377	739,125	3.57%	3.53%
1982	9,028,678	765,753	2.41%	3.6%
1983	9,215,397	794,525	2.07%	3.76%
1984	9,475,078	825,631	2.82%	3.92%
1985	9,761,730	858,874	3.03%	4.03%
1986	10,060,342	894,019	3.06%	4.09%
1987	10,370,749	931,091	3.09%	4.15%
1988	10,684,968	970,160	3.03%	4.2%
1989	11,002,745	1,011,357	2.97%	4.25%
1990	11,331,821	1,054,696	2.99%	4.29%
1991	11,667,180	1,099,959	2.96%	4.29%
1992	12,006,353	1,145,582	2.91%	4.15%
1993	12,353,131	1,188,365	2.89%	3.73%
1994	12,704,903	1,227,226	2.85%	3.27%
1995	13,058,516	1,264,313	2.78%	3.02%
1996	13,414,757	1,301,410	2.73%	2.93%
1997	13,775,214	1,338,889	2.69%	2.88%
1998	14,144,860	1,376,987	2.68%	2.85%
1999	14,525,140	1,415,779	2.69%	2.82%
2000	14,912,631	1,455,084	2.67%	2.78%
2001	15,309,490	1,495,011	2.66%	2.74%
2002	15,725,528	1,535,691	2.72%	2.72%
2003	16,160,340	1,577,611	2.77%	2.73%
2004	16,610,487	1,621,312	2.79%	2.77%
2005	17,074,594	1,667,037	2.79%	2.82%
2006	17,550,407	1,715,275	2.79%	2.89%
2007	18,049,896	1,765,774	2.85%	2.94%
2008	18,574,056	1,817,852	2.9%	2.95%
2009	19,113,974	1,871,422	2.91%	2.95%
2010	19,668,066	1,926,630	2.9%	2.95%
2011	20,232,304	1,983,784	2.87%	2.97%
2012	20,809,529	2,043,094	2.85%	2.99%
2013	21,402,376	2,103,820	2.85%	2.97%
2014	22,059,893	2,164,528	3.07%	2.89%
2015	22,763,414	2,224,529	3.19%	2.77%
2016	23,454,161	2,283,769	3.03%	2.66%
2017	24,128,601	2,342,189	2.88%	2.56%
2018	24,806,383	2,399,632	2.81%	2.45%
2019	25,506,095	2,456,844	2.82%	2.38%
2020	26,210,558	2,515,733	2.76%	2.4%
2021	26,915,758	2,576,010	2.69%	2.4%
2022	27,632,771	2,636,470	2.66%	2.35%
2023	28,372,687	2,697,845	2.68%	2.33%
2024	29,123,744	2,759,988	2.65%	2.3%
2025	29,879,335	2,822,083	2.59%	2.25%
2026	30,640,810	2,884,075	2.55%	2.2%
2027	31,410,378	2,945,874	2.51%	2.14%
2028	32,190,667	3,007,541	2.48%	2.09%
2029	32,979,275	3,069,012	2.45%	2.04%
2030	33,777,182	3,130,117	2.42%	1.99%
2031	34,584,118	3,190,986	2.39%	1.94%
2032	35,399,666	3,251,816	2.36%	1.91%
2033	36,223,480	3,312,585	2.33%	1.87%
2034	37,054,803	3,373,117	2.29%	1.83%
2035	37,893,817	3,433,418	2.26%	1.79%
2036	38,742,461	3,493,569	2.24%	1.75%
2037	39,600,369	3,553,521	2.21%	1.72%
2038	40,463,007	3,613,489	2.18%	1.69%
2039	41,332,840	3,673,332	2.15%	1.66%
2040	42,207,999	3,732,793	2.12%	1.62%
2041	43,089,974	3,791,791	2.09%	1.58%
2042	43,976,014	3,850,526	2.06%	1.55%
2043	44,857,795	3,909,016	2.01%	1.52%
2044	45,741,469	3,966,899	1.97%	1.48%
2045	46,629,033	4,024,221	1.94%	1.45%
2046	47,519,028	4,080,955	1.91%	1.41%
2047	48,413,775	4,137,188	1.88%	1.38%
2048	49,308,762	4,192,836	1.85%	1.35%
2049	50,203,267	4,247,701	1.81%	1.31%
2050	51,096,315	4,301,881	1.78%	1.28%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Cameroon increased by 5,688,820 people (a 33.3% growth), while the Gambia gained 557,492 people (a 33.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Cameroon gained 7,727,597 (a 33.9% growth), while the Gambia's population increased by 647,350 (a 29.1% growth).

Cameroon was ranked 59th most populous country in 2005 and is 51st in 2025. The Gambia was ranked 146th in 2005 and ranked 138th 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 Gambia will increase by 49.8% to 4,301,881 people and rank change from 138th to 132nd.