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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Cameroon	Guinea	Cameroon	Guinea
1960	5,159,057	3,556,749	-	-
1961	5,239,273	3,619,551	1.55%	1.77%
1962	5,338,620	3,684,273	1.9%	1.79%
1963	5,456,623	3,750,954	2.21%	1.81%
1964	5,578,257	3,819,722	2.23%	1.83%
1965	5,704,686	3,890,716	2.27%	1.86%
1966	5,837,295	3,964,155	2.32%	1.89%
1967	5,977,318	4,040,153	2.4%	1.92%
1968	6,125,863	4,118,550	2.49%	1.94%
1969	6,283,462	4,198,300	2.57%	1.94%
1970	6,449,793	4,277,535	2.65%	1.89%
1971	6,624,408	4,355,200	2.71%	1.82%
1972	6,806,872	4,431,292	2.75%	1.75%
1973	6,996,660	4,506,324	2.79%	1.69%
1974	7,193,583	4,580,510	2.81%	1.65%
1975	7,397,120	4,653,876	2.83%	1.6%
1976	7,597,962	4,727,022	2.72%	1.57%
1977	7,796,501	4,801,128	2.61%	1.57%
1978	8,011,921	4,877,854	2.76%	1.6%
1979	8,239,641	4,959,283	2.84%	1.67%
1980	8,512,219	5,047,419	3.31%	1.78%
1981	8,816,377	5,143,288	3.57%	1.9%
1982	9,028,678	5,247,672	2.41%	2.03%
1983	9,215,397	5,359,814	2.07%	2.14%
1984	9,475,078	5,480,096	2.82%	2.24%
1985	9,761,730	5,610,373	3.03%	2.38%
1986	10,060,342	5,750,668	3.06%	2.5%
1987	10,370,749	5,900,198	3.09%	2.6%
1988	10,684,968	6,056,574	3.03%	2.65%
1989	11,002,745	6,215,811	2.97%	2.63%
1990	11,331,821	6,434,374	2.99%	3.52%
1991	11,667,180	6,697,166	2.96%	4.08%
1992	12,006,353	6,914,366	2.91%	3.24%
1993	12,353,131	7,128,177	2.89%	3.09%
1994	12,704,903	7,345,107	2.85%	3.04%
1995	13,058,516	7,553,249	2.78%	2.83%
1996	13,414,757	7,770,035	2.73%	2.87%
1997	13,775,214	7,931,370	2.69%	2.08%
1998	14,144,860	8,081,990	2.68%	1.9%
1999	14,525,140	8,265,123	2.69%	2.27%
2000	14,912,631	8,428,832	2.67%	1.98%
2001	15,309,490	8,539,960	2.66%	1.32%
2002	15,725,528	8,674,066	2.72%	1.57%
2003	16,160,340	8,870,781	2.77%	2.27%
2004	16,610,487	9,062,726	2.79%	2.16%
2005	17,074,594	9,245,844	2.79%	2.02%
2006	17,550,407	9,441,171	2.79%	2.11%
2007	18,049,896	9,662,281	2.85%	2.34%
2008	18,574,056	9,898,870	2.9%	2.45%
2009	19,113,974	10,143,534	2.91%	2.47%
2010	19,668,066	10,396,086	2.9%	2.49%
2011	20,232,304	10,656,810	2.87%	2.51%
2012	20,809,529	10,921,581	2.85%	2.48%
2013	21,402,376	11,191,873	2.85%	2.47%
2014	22,059,893	11,472,924	3.07%	2.51%
2015	22,763,414	11,767,070	3.19%	2.56%
2016	23,454,161	12,073,030	3.03%	2.6%
2017	24,128,601	12,385,659	2.88%	2.59%
2018	24,806,383	12,704,774	2.81%	2.58%
2019	25,506,095	13,034,346	2.82%	2.59%
2020	26,210,558	13,371,183	2.76%	2.58%
2021	26,915,758	13,710,513	2.69%	2.54%
2022	27,632,771	14,055,137	2.66%	2.51%
2023	28,372,687	14,405,468	2.68%	2.49%
2024	29,123,744	14,754,785	2.65%	2.42%
2025	29,879,335	15,099,737	2.59%	2.34%
2026	30,640,810	15,441,997	2.55%	2.27%
2027	31,410,378	15,784,102	2.51%	2.22%
2028	32,190,667	16,126,582	2.48%	2.17%
2029	32,979,275	16,466,764	2.45%	2.11%
2030	33,777,182	16,807,153	2.42%	2.07%
2031	34,584,118	17,147,643	2.39%	2.03%
2032	35,399,666	17,485,900	2.36%	1.97%
2033	36,223,480	17,822,213	2.33%	1.92%
2034	37,054,803	18,154,418	2.29%	1.86%
2035	37,893,817	18,486,025	2.26%	1.83%
2036	38,742,461	18,820,871	2.24%	1.81%
2037	39,600,369	19,155,764	2.21%	1.78%
2038	40,463,007	19,489,372	2.18%	1.74%
2039	41,332,840	19,823,866	2.15%	1.72%
2040	42,207,999	20,160,751	2.12%	1.7%
2041	43,089,974	20,497,039	2.09%	1.67%
2042	43,976,014	20,830,660	2.06%	1.63%
2043	44,857,795	21,163,506	2.01%	1.6%
2044	45,741,469	21,492,058	1.97%	1.55%
2045	46,629,033	21,817,254	1.94%	1.51%
2046	47,519,028	22,141,694	1.91%	1.49%
2047	48,413,775	22,463,122	1.88%	1.45%
2048	49,308,762	22,780,061	1.85%	1.41%
2049	50,203,267	23,092,618	1.81%	1.37%
2050	51,096,315	23,404,600	1.78%	1.35%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Cameroon increased by 5,903,754 people (a 33.6% growth), while Guinea gained 2,631,859 people (a 27.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Cameroon gained 7,195,059 (a 30.7% growth), while Guinea's population increased by 3,372,705 (a 27.9% growth).

Cameroon was ranked 59th most populous country in 2006 and is 51st in 2026. Guinea was ranked 84th in 2006 and ranked 75th 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 Guinea will increase by 51.5% to 23,404,600 people and rank change from 75th to 71st.