Population in Cameroon compared to Ivory Coast: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Cameroon and Ivory Coast: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Cameroon	Ivory Coast	Cameroon	Ivory Coast
1960	5,159,057	3,673,666	-	-
1961	5,239,273	3,810,151	1.55%	3.72%
1962	5,338,620	3,956,939	1.9%	3.85%
1963	5,456,623	4,112,061	2.21%	3.92%
1964	5,578,257	4,273,952	2.23%	3.94%
1965	5,704,686	4,442,377	2.27%	3.94%
1966	5,837,295	4,617,519	2.32%	3.94%
1967	5,977,318	4,799,744	2.4%	3.95%
1968	6,125,863	4,990,021	2.49%	3.96%
1969	6,283,462	5,192,221	2.57%	4.05%
1970	6,449,793	5,411,567	2.65%	4.22%
1971	6,624,408	5,650,868	2.71%	4.42%
1972	6,806,872	5,909,716	2.75%	4.58%
1973	6,996,660	6,184,944	2.79%	4.66%
1974	7,193,583	6,474,057	2.81%	4.67%
1975	7,397,120	6,776,297	2.83%	4.67%
1976	7,597,962	7,057,958	2.72%	4.16%
1977	7,796,501	7,321,950	2.61%	3.74%
1978	8,011,921	7,603,130	2.76%	3.84%
1979	8,239,641	7,902,267	2.84%	3.93%
1980	8,512,219	8,220,714	3.31%	4.03%
1981	8,816,377	8,556,596	3.57%	4.09%
1982	9,028,678	8,907,936	2.41%	4.11%
1983	9,215,397	9,272,744	2.07%	4.1%
1984	9,475,078	9,650,516	2.82%	4.07%
1985	9,761,730	10,040,483	3.03%	4.04%
1986	10,060,342	10,440,917	3.06%	3.99%
1987	10,370,749	10,851,475	3.09%	3.93%
1988	10,684,968	11,275,189	3.03%	3.9%
1989	11,002,745	11,719,771	2.97%	3.94%
1990	11,331,821	12,189,778	2.99%	4.01%
1991	11,667,180	12,683,870	2.96%	4.05%
1992	12,006,353	13,200,310	2.91%	4.07%
1993	12,353,131	13,735,951	2.89%	4.06%
1994	12,704,903	14,287,201	2.85%	4.01%
1995	13,058,516	14,855,565	2.78%	3.98%
1996	13,414,757	15,442,312	2.73%	3.95%
1997	13,775,214	16,047,170	2.69%	3.92%
1998	14,144,860	16,663,948	2.68%	3.84%
1999	14,525,140	17,215,935	2.69%	3.31%
2000	14,912,631	17,699,004	2.67%	2.81%
2001	15,309,490	18,178,913	2.66%	2.71%
2002	15,725,528	18,654,771	2.72%	2.62%
2003	16,160,340	19,125,542	2.77%	2.52%
2004	16,610,487	19,595,000	2.79%	2.45%
2005	17,074,594	20,068,458	2.79%	2.42%
2006	17,550,407	20,546,802	2.79%	2.38%
2007	18,049,896	21,030,558	2.85%	2.35%
2008	18,574,056	21,514,439	2.9%	2.3%
2009	19,113,974	21,997,940	2.91%	2.25%
2010	19,668,066	22,488,065	2.9%	2.23%
2011	20,232,304	22,982,000	2.87%	2.2%
2012	20,809,529	23,467,078	2.85%	2.11%
2013	21,402,376	23,939,775	2.85%	2.01%
2014	22,059,893	24,527,395	3.07%	2.45%
2015	22,763,414	25,246,342	3.19%	2.93%
2016	23,454,161	25,989,405	3.03%	2.94%
2017	24,128,601	26,733,372	2.88%	2.86%
2018	24,806,383	27,464,173	2.81%	2.73%
2019	25,506,095	28,193,009	2.82%	2.65%
2020	26,210,558	28,915,449	2.76%	2.56%
2021	26,915,758	29,639,736	2.69%	2.5%
2022	27,632,771	30,395,002	2.66%	2.55%
2023	28,372,687	31,165,654	2.68%	2.54%
2024	29,123,744	31,934,230	2.65%	2.47%
2025	29,879,335	32,711,547	2.59%	2.43%
2026	30,640,810	33,494,340	2.55%	2.39%
2027	31,410,378	34,281,129	2.51%	2.35%
2028	32,190,667	35,077,094	2.48%	2.32%
2029	32,979,275	35,883,465	2.45%	2.3%
2030	33,777,182	36,699,008	2.42%	2.27%
2031	34,584,118	37,529,369	2.39%	2.26%
2032	35,399,666	38,376,612	2.36%	2.26%
2033	36,223,480	39,244,388	2.33%	2.26%
2034	37,054,803	40,132,807	2.29%	2.26%
2035	37,893,817	41,033,849	2.26%	2.25%
2036	38,742,461	41,948,468	2.24%	2.23%
2037	39,600,369	42,880,003	2.21%	2.22%
2038	40,463,007	43,824,363	2.18%	2.2%
2039	41,332,840	44,778,750	2.15%	2.18%
2040	42,207,999	45,743,921	2.12%	2.16%
2041	43,089,974	46,717,434	2.09%	2.13%
2042	43,976,014	47,702,165	2.06%	2.11%
2043	44,857,795	48,700,670	2.01%	2.09%
2044	45,741,469	49,709,049	1.97%	2.07%
2045	46,629,033	50,716,074	1.94%	2.03%
2046	47,519,028	51,718,057	1.91%	1.98%
2047	48,413,775	52,721,465	1.88%	1.94%
2048	49,308,762	53,730,594	1.85%	1.91%
2049	50,203,267	54,739,405	1.81%	1.88%
2050	51,096,315	55,746,988	1.78%	1.84%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Cameroon increased by 5,688,820 people (a 33.3% growth), while Ivory Coast gained 5,177,884 people (a 25.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Cameroon gained 7,727,597 (a 33.9% growth), while Ivory Coast's population increased by 8,094,005 (a 32.1% growth).

Cameroon was ranked 59th most populous country in 2005 and is 51st in 2025. Ivory Coast was ranked 55th in 2005 and ranked 50th 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 Ivory Coast will increase by 67.2% to 55,746,988 people and rank change from 50th to 36th.