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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Cameroon	Iran	Cameroon	Iran
1960	5,159,057	21,470,434	-	-
1961	5,239,273	22,125,726	1.55%	3.05%
1962	5,338,620	22,807,907	1.9%	3.08%
1963	5,456,623	23,519,005	2.21%	3.12%
1964	5,578,257	24,262,859	2.23%	3.16%
1965	5,704,686	25,036,978	2.27%	3.19%
1966	5,837,295	25,829,270	2.32%	3.16%
1967	5,977,318	26,628,432	2.4%	3.09%
1968	6,125,863	27,437,391	2.49%	3.04%
1969	6,283,462	28,273,482	2.57%	3.05%
1970	6,449,793	29,145,100	2.65%	3.08%
1971	6,624,408	30,029,071	2.71%	3.03%
1972	6,806,872	30,921,179	2.75%	2.97%
1973	6,996,660	31,839,838	2.79%	2.97%
1974	7,193,583	32,796,463	2.81%	3%
1975	7,397,120	33,802,973	2.83%	3.07%
1976	7,597,962	34,837,271	2.72%	3.06%
1977	7,796,501	35,933,181	2.61%	3.15%
1978	8,011,921	37,126,535	2.76%	3.32%
1979	8,239,641	38,424,952	2.84%	3.5%
1980	8,512,219	39,842,324	3.31%	3.69%
1981	8,816,377	41,989,312	3.57%	5.39%
1982	9,028,678	44,272,141	2.41%	5.44%
1983	9,215,397	46,029,535	2.07%	3.97%
1984	9,475,078	47,793,998	2.82%	3.83%
1985	9,761,730	49,582,289	3.03%	3.74%
1986	10,060,342	51,446,045	3.06%	3.76%
1987	10,370,749	53,323,493	3.09%	3.65%
1988	10,684,968	55,072,694	3.03%	3.28%
1989	11,002,745	56,704,914	2.97%	2.96%
1990	11,331,821	58,380,092	2.99%	2.95%
1991	11,667,180	59,986,931	2.96%	2.75%
1992	12,006,353	61,184,983	2.91%	2%
1993	12,353,131	61,403,543	2.89%	0.36%
1994	12,704,903	61,520,598	2.85%	0.19%
1995	13,058,516	62,205,567	2.78%	1.11%
1996	13,414,757	62,881,300	2.73%	1.09%
1997	13,775,214	63,639,638	2.69%	1.21%
1998	14,144,860	64,519,859	2.68%	1.38%
1999	14,525,140	65,445,391	2.69%	1.43%
2000	14,912,631	66,418,659	2.67%	1.49%
2001	15,309,490	67,452,005	2.66%	1.56%
2002	15,725,528	68,011,317	2.72%	0.83%
2003	16,160,340	68,769,340	2.77%	1.11%
2004	16,610,487	70,256,316	2.79%	2.16%
2005	17,074,594	71,828,455	2.79%	2.24%
2006	17,550,407	73,392,747	2.79%	2.18%
2007	18,049,896	74,602,648	2.85%	1.65%
2008	18,574,056	75,514,204	2.9%	1.22%
2009	19,113,974	76,457,825	2.91%	1.25%
2010	19,668,066	77,420,842	2.9%	1.26%
2011	20,232,304	78,383,598	2.87%	1.24%
2012	20,809,529	79,370,580	2.85%	1.26%
2013	21,402,376	80,414,686	2.85%	1.32%
2014	22,059,893	81,502,045	3.07%	1.35%
2015	22,763,414	82,619,362	3.19%	1.37%
2016	23,454,161	83,812,228	3.03%	1.44%
2017	24,128,601	85,026,754	2.88%	1.45%
2018	24,806,383	86,117,998	2.81%	1.28%
2019	25,506,095	87,051,648	2.82%	1.08%
2020	26,210,558	87,723,443	2.76%	0.77%
2021	26,915,758	88,455,488	2.69%	0.83%
2022	27,632,771	89,524,246	2.66%	1.21%
2023	28,372,687	90,608,707	2.68%	1.21%
2024	29,123,744	91,567,738	2.65%	1.06%
2025	29,879,335	92,417,685	2.59%	0.93%
2026	30,640,810	93,168,494	2.55%	0.81%
2027	31,410,378	93,838,646	2.51%	0.72%
2028	32,190,667	94,440,024	2.48%	0.64%
2029	32,979,275	94,985,102	2.45%	0.58%
2030	33,777,182	95,486,672	2.42%	0.53%
2031	34,584,118	95,960,723	2.39%	0.5%
2032	35,399,666	96,415,457	2.36%	0.47%
2033	36,223,480	96,850,659	2.33%	0.45%
2034	37,054,803	97,271,044	2.29%	0.43%
2035	37,893,817	97,679,258	2.26%	0.42%
2036	38,742,461	98,075,324	2.24%	0.41%
2037	39,600,369	98,458,805	2.21%	0.39%
2038	40,463,007	98,828,318	2.18%	0.38%
2039	41,332,840	99,182,806	2.15%	0.36%
2040	42,207,999	99,524,286	2.12%	0.34%
2041	43,089,974	99,853,719	2.09%	0.33%
2042	43,976,014	100,167,076	2.06%	0.31%
2043	44,857,795	100,462,092	2.01%	0.29%
2044	45,741,469	100,737,592	1.97%	0.27%
2045	46,629,033	100,990,622	1.94%	0.25%
2046	47,519,028	101,219,689	1.91%	0.23%
2047	48,413,775	101,424,009	1.88%	0.2%
2048	49,308,762	101,601,932	1.85%	0.18%
2049	50,203,267	101,748,544	1.81%	0.14%
2050	51,096,315	101,862,002	1.78%	0.11%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Cameroon increased by 5,688,820 people (a 33.3% growth), while Iran gained 10,790,907 people (a 15% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Cameroon gained 7,727,597 (a 33.9% growth), while Iran's population increased by 10,401,431 (a 12.6% growth).

Cameroon was ranked 59th most populous country in 2005 and is 51st in 2025. Iran was ranked 17th in 2005 and still ranked 17th 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 Iran will increase by 9.5% to 101,862,002 people and rank change from 17th to 18th.