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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Cameroon	Lesotho	Cameroon	Lesotho
1960	5,159,057	736,500	-	-
1961	5,239,273	758,824	1.55%	3.03%
1962	5,338,620	781,814	1.9%	3.03%
1963	5,456,623	805,373	2.21%	3.01%
1964	5,578,257	829,437	2.23%	2.99%
1965	5,704,686	854,090	2.27%	2.97%
1966	5,837,295	881,870	2.32%	3.25%
1967	5,977,318	913,982	2.4%	3.64%
1968	6,125,863	948,105	2.49%	3.73%
1969	6,283,462	983,202	2.57%	3.7%
1970	6,449,793	1,019,273	2.65%	3.67%
1971	6,624,408	1,056,246	2.71%	3.63%
1972	6,806,872	1,094,063	2.75%	3.58%
1973	6,996,660	1,132,697	2.79%	3.53%
1974	7,193,583	1,172,420	2.81%	3.51%
1975	7,397,120	1,213,643	2.83%	3.52%
1976	7,597,962	1,253,214	2.72%	3.26%
1977	7,796,501	1,289,967	2.61%	2.93%
1978	8,011,921	1,327,240	2.76%	2.89%
1979	8,239,641	1,366,169	2.84%	2.93%
1980	8,512,219	1,406,521	3.31%	2.95%
1981	8,816,377	1,448,069	3.57%	2.95%
1982	9,028,678	1,490,732	2.41%	2.95%
1983	9,215,397	1,534,413	2.07%	2.93%
1984	9,475,078	1,578,986	2.82%	2.9%
1985	9,761,730	1,624,379	3.03%	2.87%
1986	10,060,342	1,666,138	3.06%	2.57%
1987	10,370,749	1,703,390	3.09%	2.24%
1988	10,684,968	1,739,841	3.03%	2.14%
1989	11,002,745	1,775,436	2.97%	2.05%
1990	11,331,821	1,809,696	2.99%	1.93%
1991	11,667,180	1,842,379	2.96%	1.81%
1992	12,006,353	1,873,274	2.91%	1.68%
1993	12,353,131	1,901,793	2.89%	1.52%
1994	12,704,903	1,927,707	2.85%	1.36%
1995	13,058,516	1,951,437	2.78%	1.23%
1996	13,414,757	1,972,418	2.73%	1.08%
1997	13,775,214	1,988,130	2.69%	0.8%
1998	14,144,860	1,998,049	2.68%	0.5%
1999	14,525,140	2,003,234	2.69%	0.26%
2000	14,912,631	2,003,913	2.67%	0.03%
2001	15,309,490	2,000,853	2.66%	-0.15%
2002	15,725,528	1,994,679	2.72%	-0.31%
2003	16,160,340	1,985,059	2.77%	-0.48%
2004	16,610,487	1,971,129	2.79%	-0.7%
2005	17,074,594	1,953,076	2.79%	-0.92%
2006	17,550,407	1,945,063	2.79%	-0.41%
2007	18,049,896	1,953,268	2.85%	0.42%
2008	18,574,056	1,966,541	2.9%	0.68%
2009	19,113,974	1,980,883	2.91%	0.73%
2010	19,668,066	1,996,251	2.9%	0.78%
2011	20,232,304	2,014,009	2.87%	0.89%
2012	20,809,529	2,034,354	2.85%	1.01%
2013	21,402,376	2,056,504	2.85%	1.09%
2014	22,059,893	2,080,089	3.07%	1.15%
2015	22,763,414	2,104,611	3.19%	1.18%
2016	23,454,161	2,130,422	3.03%	1.23%
2017	24,128,601	2,157,110	2.88%	1.25%
2018	24,806,383	2,183,603	2.81%	1.23%
2019	25,506,095	2,209,405	2.82%	1.18%
2020	26,210,558	2,235,727	2.76%	1.19%
2021	26,915,758	2,261,542	2.69%	1.15%
2022	27,632,771	2,286,110	2.66%	1.09%
2023	28,372,687	2,311,472	2.68%	1.11%
2024	29,123,744	2,337,423	2.65%	1.12%
2025	29,879,335	2,363,324	2.59%	1.11%
2026	30,640,810	2,389,334	2.55%	1.1%
2027	31,410,378	2,415,365	2.51%	1.09%
2028	32,190,667	2,441,435	2.48%	1.08%
2029	32,979,275	2,467,677	2.45%	1.07%
2030	33,777,182	2,493,816	2.42%	1.06%
2031	34,584,118	2,520,014	2.39%	1.05%
2032	35,399,666	2,546,489	2.36%	1.05%
2033	36,223,480	2,573,106	2.33%	1.05%
2034	37,054,803	2,599,777	2.29%	1.04%
2035	37,893,817	2,626,560	2.26%	1.03%
2036	38,742,461	2,653,503	2.24%	1.03%
2037	39,600,369	2,680,081	2.21%	1%
2038	40,463,007	2,706,197	2.18%	0.97%
2039	41,332,840	2,732,138	2.15%	0.96%
2040	42,207,999	2,757,868	2.12%	0.94%
2041	43,089,974	2,783,361	2.09%	0.92%
2042	43,976,014	2,808,538	2.06%	0.9%
2043	44,857,795	2,833,257	2.01%	0.88%
2044	45,741,469	2,857,499	1.97%	0.86%
2045	46,629,033	2,881,333	1.94%	0.83%
2046	47,519,028	2,904,780	1.91%	0.81%
2047	48,413,775	2,927,859	1.88%	0.79%
2048	49,308,762	2,950,411	1.85%	0.77%
2049	50,203,267	2,972,156	1.81%	0.74%
2050	51,096,315	2,993,080	1.78%	0.7%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Cameroon increased by 5,903,754 people (a 33.6% growth), while Lesotho gained 185,359 people (a 9.53% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Cameroon gained 7,195,059 (a 30.7% growth), while Lesotho's population increased by 259,196 (a 12.2% growth).

Cameroon was ranked 59th most populous country in 2006 and is 51st in 2026. Lesotho was ranked 144th in 2006 and ranked 143rd 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 Lesotho will increase by 25.3% to 2,993,080 people and rank change from 143rd to 141st.