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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Cameroon	Guyana	Cameroon	Guyana
1960	5,159,057	569,143	-	-
1961	5,239,273	582,568	1.55%	2.36%
1962	5,338,620	595,461	1.9%	2.21%
1963	5,456,623	608,537	2.21%	2.2%
1964	5,578,257	621,764	2.23%	2.17%
1965	5,704,686	635,128	2.27%	2.15%
1966	5,837,295	648,646	2.32%	2.13%
1967	5,977,318	662,311	2.4%	2.11%
1968	6,125,863	676,160	2.49%	2.09%
1969	6,283,462	690,223	2.57%	2.08%
1970	6,449,793	702,705	2.65%	1.81%
1971	6,624,408	712,662	2.71%	1.42%
1972	6,806,872	721,617	2.75%	1.26%
1973	6,996,660	730,138	2.79%	1.18%
1974	7,193,583	738,057	2.81%	1.08%
1975	7,397,120	745,393	2.83%	0.99%
1976	7,597,962	752,253	2.72%	0.92%
1977	7,796,501	758,654	2.61%	0.85%
1978	8,011,921	764,586	2.76%	0.78%
1979	8,239,641	770,062	2.84%	0.72%
1980	8,512,219	774,367	3.31%	0.56%
1981	8,816,377	776,453	3.57%	0.27%
1982	9,028,678	776,712	2.41%	0.03%
1983	9,215,397	775,891	2.07%	-0.11%
1984	9,475,078	774,111	2.82%	-0.23%
1985	9,761,730	771,477	3.03%	-0.34%
1986	10,060,342	768,098	3.06%	-0.44%
1987	10,370,749	764,120	3.09%	-0.52%
1988	10,684,968	759,663	3.03%	-0.58%
1989	11,002,745	754,865	2.97%	-0.63%
1990	11,331,821	749,894	2.99%	-0.66%
1991	11,667,180	747,861	2.96%	-0.27%
1992	12,006,353	749,911	2.91%	0.27%
1993	12,353,131	752,965	2.89%	0.41%
1994	12,704,903	755,822	2.85%	0.38%
1995	13,058,516	758,388	2.78%	0.34%
1996	13,414,757	760,526	2.73%	0.28%
1997	13,775,214	762,245	2.69%	0.23%
1998	14,144,860	763,586	2.68%	0.18%
1999	14,525,140	764,483	2.69%	0.12%
2000	14,912,631	764,832	2.67%	0.05%
2001	15,309,490	764,477	2.66%	-0.05%
2002	15,725,528	763,652	2.72%	-0.11%
2003	16,160,340	763,101	2.77%	-0.07%
2004	16,610,487	762,418	2.79%	-0.09%
2005	17,074,594	760,914	2.79%	-0.2%
2006	17,550,407	758,966	2.79%	-0.26%
2007	18,049,896	756,861	2.85%	-0.28%
2008	18,574,056	754,606	2.9%	-0.3%
2009	19,113,974	752,094	2.91%	-0.33%
2010	19,668,066	749,256	2.9%	-0.38%
2011	20,232,304	746,153	2.87%	-0.41%
2012	20,809,529	746,288	2.85%	0.02%
2013	21,402,376	750,021	2.85%	0.5%
2014	22,059,893	754,229	3.07%	0.56%
2015	22,763,414	758,781	3.19%	0.6%
2016	23,454,161	763,548	3.03%	0.63%
2017	24,128,601	768,479	2.88%	0.65%
2018	24,806,383	791,556	2.81%	3%
2019	25,506,095	807,665	2.82%	2.04%
2020	26,210,558	807,481	2.76%	-0.02%
2021	26,915,758	815,482	2.69%	0.99%
2022	27,632,771	821,637	2.66%	0.75%
2023	28,372,687	826,353	2.68%	0.57%
2024	29,123,744	831,087	2.65%	0.57%
2025	29,879,335	835,986	2.59%	0.59%
2026	30,640,810	840,883	2.55%	0.59%
2027	31,410,378	846,019	2.51%	0.61%
2028	32,190,667	851,161	2.48%	0.61%
2029	32,979,275	856,040	2.45%	0.57%
2030	33,777,182	861,037	2.42%	0.58%
2031	34,584,118	866,080	2.39%	0.59%
2032	35,399,666	871,237	2.36%	0.6%
2033	36,223,480	876,346	2.33%	0.59%
2034	37,054,803	881,223	2.29%	0.56%
2035	37,893,817	885,935	2.26%	0.53%
2036	38,742,461	890,320	2.24%	0.49%
2037	39,600,369	894,649	2.21%	0.49%
2038	40,463,007	899,021	2.18%	0.49%
2039	41,332,840	903,316	2.15%	0.48%
2040	42,207,999	907,506	2.12%	0.46%
2041	43,089,974	911,723	2.09%	0.46%
2042	43,976,014	915,811	2.06%	0.45%
2043	44,857,795	919,575	2.01%	0.41%
2044	45,741,469	923,121	1.97%	0.39%
2045	46,629,033	926,355	1.94%	0.35%
2046	47,519,028	929,478	1.91%	0.34%
2047	48,413,775	932,483	1.88%	0.32%
2048	49,308,762	935,329	1.85%	0.31%
2049	50,203,267	938,062	1.81%	0.29%
2050	51,096,315	940,601	1.78%	0.27%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Cameroon increased by 5,903,754 people (a 33.6% growth), while Guyana gained 4,582 people (a 0.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Cameroon gained 7,195,059 (a 30.7% growth), while Guyana's population increased by 77,391 (a 10.1% growth).

Cameroon was ranked 59th most populous country in 2006 and is 51st in 2026. Guyana was ranked 160th in 2006 and ranked 162nd 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 Guyana will increase by 11.9% to 940,601 people and will still be ranked 162nd.