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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Cameroon	Italy	Cameroon	Italy
1960	5,159,057	50,199,700	-	-
1961	5,239,273	50,536,350	1.55%	0.67%
1962	5,338,620	50,879,450	1.9%	0.68%
1963	5,456,623	51,252,000	2.21%	0.73%
1964	5,578,257	51,675,350	2.23%	0.83%
1965	5,704,686	52,112,350	2.27%	0.85%
1966	5,837,295	52,519,000	2.32%	0.78%
1967	5,977,318	52,900,500	2.4%	0.73%
1968	6,125,863	53,235,750	2.49%	0.63%
1969	6,283,462	53,537,950	2.57%	0.57%
1970	6,449,793	53,821,850	2.65%	0.53%
1971	6,624,408	54,073,490	2.71%	0.47%
1972	6,806,872	54,381,345	2.75%	0.57%
1973	6,996,660	54,751,406	2.79%	0.68%
1974	7,193,583	55,110,868	2.81%	0.66%
1975	7,397,120	55,441,001	2.83%	0.6%
1976	7,597,962	55,718,260	2.72%	0.5%
1977	7,796,501	55,955,411	2.61%	0.43%
1978	8,011,921	56,155,143	2.76%	0.36%
1979	8,239,641	56,317,749	2.84%	0.29%
1980	8,512,219	56,433,883	3.31%	0.21%
1981	8,816,377	56,501,675	3.57%	0.12%
1982	9,028,678	56,543,548	2.41%	0.07%
1983	9,215,397	56,564,074	2.07%	0.04%
1984	9,475,078	56,576,718	2.82%	0.02%
1985	9,761,730	56,593,071	3.03%	0.03%
1986	10,060,342	56,596,155	3.06%	0.005%
1987	10,370,749	56,601,931	3.09%	0.01%
1988	10,684,968	56,629,288	3.03%	0.05%
1989	11,002,745	56,671,781	2.97%	0.08%
1990	11,331,821	56,719,240	2.99%	0.08%
1991	11,667,180	56,758,521	2.96%	0.07%
1992	12,006,353	56,797,087	2.91%	0.07%
1993	12,353,131	56,831,821	2.89%	0.06%
1994	12,704,903	56,843,400	2.85%	0.02%
1995	13,058,516	56,844,303	2.78%	0.002%
1996	13,414,757	56,860,281	2.73%	0.03%
1997	13,775,214	56,890,372	2.69%	0.05%
1998	14,144,860	56,906,744	2.68%	0.03%
1999	14,525,140	56,916,317	2.69%	0.02%
2000	14,912,631	56,942,108	2.67%	0.05%
2001	15,309,490	56,976,981	2.66%	0.06%
2002	15,725,528	57,089,824	2.72%	0.2%
2003	16,160,340	57,399,184	2.77%	0.54%
2004	16,610,487	57,828,179	2.79%	0.75%
2005	17,074,594	58,166,682	2.79%	0.59%
2006	17,550,407	58,399,861	2.79%	0.4%
2007	18,049,896	58,756,247	2.85%	0.61%
2008	18,574,056	59,211,181	2.9%	0.77%
2009	19,113,974	59,555,454	2.91%	0.58%
2010	19,668,066	59,819,407	2.9%	0.44%
2011	20,232,304	60,026,841	2.87%	0.35%
2012	20,809,529	60,191,247	2.85%	0.27%
2013	21,402,376	60,311,613	2.85%	0.2%
2014	22,059,893	60,320,707	3.07%	0.02%
2015	22,763,414	60,229,605	3.19%	-0.15%
2016	23,454,161	60,115,223	3.03%	-0.19%
2017	24,128,601	60,002,252	2.88%	-0.19%
2018	24,806,383	60,148,658	2.81%	0.24%
2019	25,506,095	59,729,081	2.82%	-0.7%
2020	26,210,558	59,438,851	2.76%	-0.49%
2021	26,915,758	59,133,173	2.69%	-0.51%
2022	27,632,771	59,013,667	2.66%	-0.2%
2023	28,372,687	58,993,475	2.68%	-0.03%
2024	29,123,744	58,986,023	2.65%	-0.01%
2025	29,879,335	58,790,597	2.59%	-0.33%
2026	30,640,810	58,571,823	2.55%	-0.37%
2027	31,410,378	58,335,864	2.51%	-0.4%
2028	32,190,667	58,094,373	2.48%	-0.41%
2029	32,979,275	57,851,042	2.45%	-0.42%
2030	33,777,182	57,597,622	2.42%	-0.44%
2031	34,584,118	57,333,277	2.39%	-0.46%
2032	35,399,666	57,071,235	2.36%	-0.46%
2033	36,223,480	56,812,747	2.33%	-0.45%
2034	37,054,803	56,548,816	2.29%	-0.46%
2035	37,893,817	56,279,536	2.26%	-0.48%
2036	38,742,461	56,009,844	2.24%	-0.48%
2037	39,600,369	55,737,477	2.21%	-0.49%
2038	40,463,007	55,460,735	2.18%	-0.5%
2039	41,332,840	55,177,508	2.15%	-0.51%
2040	42,207,999	54,889,107	2.12%	-0.52%
2041	43,089,974	54,601,628	2.09%	-0.52%
2042	43,976,014	54,307,412	2.06%	-0.54%
2043	44,857,795	53,997,106	2.01%	-0.57%
2044	45,741,469	53,679,603	1.97%	-0.59%
2045	46,629,033	53,357,669	1.94%	-0.6%
2046	47,519,028	53,025,288	1.91%	-0.62%
2047	48,413,775	52,680,150	1.88%	-0.65%
2048	49,308,762	52,324,241	1.85%	-0.68%
2049	50,203,267	51,959,050	1.81%	-0.7%
2050	51,096,315	51,579,060	1.78%	-0.73%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Cameroon increased by 5,688,820 people (a 33.3% growth), while Italy gained 2,062,923 people (a 3.55% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Cameroon gained 7,727,597 (a 33.9% growth), while Italy's population decreased by -1,439,008 (a 2.39% decline).

Cameroon was ranked 59th most populous country in 2005 and is 51st in 2025. Italy was ranked 23rd in 2005 and ranked 25th 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 Italy will decrease by 12.3% to 51,579,060 people and rank change from 25th to 40th.