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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Cameroon	Iceland	Cameroon	Iceland
1960	5,159,057	175,574	-	-
1961	5,239,273	179,029	1.55%	1.97%
1962	5,338,620	182,378	1.9%	1.87%
1963	5,456,623	185,653	2.21%	1.8%
1964	5,578,257	188,983	2.23%	1.79%
1965	5,704,686	192,286	2.27%	1.75%
1966	5,837,295	195,570	2.32%	1.71%
1967	5,977,318	198,751	2.4%	1.63%
1968	6,125,863	201,488	2.49%	1.38%
1969	6,283,462	203,369	2.57%	0.93%
1970	6,449,793	204,438	2.65%	0.53%
1971	6,624,408	206,098	2.71%	0.81%
1972	6,806,872	209,137	2.75%	1.47%
1973	6,996,660	212,317	2.79%	1.52%
1974	7,193,583	215,209	2.81%	1.36%
1975	7,397,120	217,979	2.83%	1.29%
1976	7,597,962	220,154	2.72%	1%
1977	7,796,501	221,799	2.61%	0.75%
1978	8,011,921	223,537	2.76%	0.78%
1979	8,239,641	225,735	2.84%	0.98%
1980	8,512,219	228,138	3.31%	1.06%
1981	8,816,377	230,755	3.57%	1.15%
1982	9,028,678	233,860	2.41%	1.35%
1983	9,215,397	236,977	2.07%	1.33%
1984	9,475,078	239,511	2.82%	1.07%
1985	9,761,730	241,405	3.03%	0.79%
1986	10,060,342	243,180	3.06%	0.74%
1987	10,370,749	245,859	3.09%	1.1%
1988	10,684,968	249,740	3.03%	1.58%
1989	11,002,745	252,852	2.97%	1.25%
1990	11,331,821	254,826	2.99%	0.78%
1991	11,667,180	257,797	2.96%	1.17%
1992	12,006,353	261,057	2.91%	1.26%
1993	12,353,131	263,725	2.89%	1.02%
1994	12,704,903	266,021	2.85%	0.87%
1995	13,058,516	267,468	2.78%	0.54%
1996	13,414,757	268,916	2.73%	0.54%
1997	13,775,214	271,128	2.69%	0.82%
1998	14,144,860	274,047	2.68%	1.08%
1999	14,525,140	277,381	2.69%	1.22%
2000	14,912,631	281,205	2.67%	1.38%
2001	15,309,490	284,968	2.66%	1.34%
2002	15,725,528	287,523	2.72%	0.9%
2003	16,160,340	289,521	2.77%	0.69%
2004	16,610,487	292,074	2.79%	0.88%
2005	17,074,594	296,734	2.79%	1.6%
2006	17,550,407	303,782	2.79%	2.38%
2007	18,049,896	311,566	2.85%	2.56%
2008	18,574,056	317,414	2.9%	1.88%
2009	19,113,974	318,499	2.91%	0.34%
2010	19,668,066	318,041	2.9%	-0.14%
2011	20,232,304	319,014	2.87%	0.31%
2012	20,809,529	320,716	2.85%	0.53%
2013	21,402,376	323,764	2.85%	0.95%
2014	22,059,893	327,386	3.07%	1.12%
2015	22,763,414	330,815	3.19%	1.05%
2016	23,454,161	335,439	3.03%	1.4%
2017	24,128,601	343,400	2.88%	2.37%
2018	24,806,383	352,721	2.81%	2.71%
2019	25,506,095	360,563	2.82%	2.22%
2020	26,210,558	366,463	2.76%	1.64%
2021	26,915,758	372,520	2.69%	1.65%
2022	27,632,771	382,003	2.66%	2.55%
2023	28,372,687	393,349	2.68%	2.97%
2024	29,123,744	404,610	2.65%	2.86%
2025	29,879,335	409,614	2.59%	1.24%
2026	30,640,810	413,792	2.55%	1.02%
2027	31,410,378	417,406	2.51%	0.87%
2028	32,190,667	420,691	2.48%	0.79%
2029	32,979,275	423,592	2.45%	0.69%
2030	33,777,182	426,158	2.42%	0.61%
2031	34,584,118	428,479	2.39%	0.54%
2032	35,399,666	430,544	2.36%	0.48%
2033	36,223,480	432,406	2.33%	0.43%
2034	37,054,803	434,083	2.29%	0.39%
2035	37,893,817	435,646	2.26%	0.36%
2036	38,742,461	437,132	2.24%	0.34%
2037	39,600,369	438,466	2.21%	0.31%
2038	40,463,007	439,670	2.18%	0.27%
2039	41,332,840	440,754	2.15%	0.25%
2040	42,207,999	441,687	2.12%	0.21%
2041	43,089,974	442,487	2.09%	0.18%
2042	43,976,014	443,200	2.06%	0.16%
2043	44,857,795	443,884	2.01%	0.15%
2044	45,741,469	444,457	1.97%	0.13%
2045	46,629,033	444,812	1.94%	0.08%
2046	47,519,028	445,028	1.91%	0.05%
2047	48,413,775	445,183	1.88%	0.03%
2048	49,308,762	445,283	1.85%	0.02%
2049	50,203,267	445,335	1.81%	0.01%
2050	51,096,315	445,330	1.78%	-0.001%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Cameroon increased by 5,688,820 people (a 33.3% growth), while Iceland gained 34,081 people (a 11.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Cameroon gained 7,727,597 (a 33.9% growth), while Iceland's population increased by 82,155 (a 24.8% growth).

Cameroon was ranked 59th most populous country in 2005 and is 51st in 2025. Iceland was ranked 172nd in 2005 and still ranked 172nd 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 Iceland will increase by 7.84% to 445,330 people and rank change from 172nd to 173rd.