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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Cameroon	Luxembourg	Cameroon	Luxembourg
1960	5,159,057	313,970	-	-
1961	5,239,273	316,845	1.55%	0.92%
1962	5,338,620	320,750	1.9%	1.23%
1963	5,456,623	324,100	2.21%	1.04%
1964	5,578,257	327,750	2.23%	1.13%
1965	5,704,686	331,500	2.27%	1.14%
1966	5,837,295	333,895	2.32%	0.72%
1967	5,977,318	334,995	2.4%	0.33%
1968	6,125,863	335,850	2.49%	0.26%
1969	6,283,462	337,500	2.57%	0.49%
1970	6,449,793	339,171	2.65%	0.5%
1971	6,624,408	342,421	2.71%	0.96%
1972	6,806,872	346,600	2.75%	1.22%
1973	6,996,660	350,450	2.79%	1.11%
1974	7,193,583	355,050	2.81%	1.31%
1975	7,397,120	358,950	2.83%	1.1%
1976	7,597,962	360,731	2.72%	0.5%
1977	7,796,501	361,358	2.61%	0.17%
1978	8,011,921	362,007	2.76%	0.18%
1979	8,239,641	362,856	2.84%	0.23%
1980	8,512,219	364,150	3.31%	0.36%
1981	8,816,377	365,225	3.57%	0.3%
1982	9,028,678	365,525	2.41%	0.08%
1983	9,215,397	365,622	2.07%	0.03%
1984	9,475,078	365,998	2.82%	0.1%
1985	9,761,730	366,706	3.03%	0.19%
1986	10,060,342	368,355	3.06%	0.45%
1987	10,370,749	370,750	3.09%	0.65%
1988	10,684,968	373,450	3.03%	0.73%
1989	11,002,745	377,100	2.97%	0.98%
1990	11,331,821	381,850	2.99%	1.26%
1991	11,667,180	387,000	2.96%	1.35%
1992	12,006,353	392,175	2.91%	1.34%
1993	12,353,131	397,475	2.89%	1.35%
1994	12,704,903	402,925	2.85%	1.37%
1995	13,058,516	408,625	2.78%	1.41%
1996	13,414,757	414,225	2.73%	1.37%
1997	13,775,214	419,450	2.69%	1.26%
1998	14,144,860	424,700	2.68%	1.25%
1999	14,525,140	430,475	2.69%	1.36%
2000	14,912,631	436,300	2.67%	1.35%
2001	15,309,490	441,525	2.66%	1.2%
2002	15,725,528	446,175	2.72%	1.05%
2003	16,160,340	451,630	2.77%	1.22%
2004	16,610,487	458,095	2.79%	1.43%
2005	17,074,594	465,158	2.79%	1.54%
2006	17,550,407	472,637	2.79%	1.61%
2007	18,049,896	479,993	2.85%	1.56%
2008	18,574,056	488,650	2.9%	1.8%
2009	19,113,974	497,783	2.91%	1.87%
2010	19,668,066	506,953	2.9%	1.84%
2011	20,232,304	518,347	2.87%	2.25%
2012	20,809,529	530,946	2.85%	2.43%
2013	21,402,376	543,360	2.85%	2.34%
2014	22,059,893	556,319	3.07%	2.38%
2015	22,763,414	569,604	3.19%	2.39%
2016	23,454,161	582,014	3.03%	2.18%
2017	24,128,601	596,336	2.88%	2.46%
2018	24,806,383	607,950	2.81%	1.95%
2019	25,506,095	620,001	2.82%	1.98%
2020	26,210,558	630,419	2.76%	1.68%
2021	26,915,758	640,064	2.69%	1.53%
2022	27,632,771	653,103	2.66%	2.04%
2023	28,372,687	666,430	2.68%	2.04%
2024	29,123,744	677,717	2.65%	1.69%
2025	29,879,335	685,180	2.59%	1.1%
2026	30,640,810	692,217	2.55%	1.03%
2027	31,410,378	699,102	2.51%	0.99%
2028	32,190,667	705,956	2.48%	0.98%
2029	32,979,275	712,502	2.45%	0.93%
2030	33,777,182	718,627	2.42%	0.86%
2031	34,584,118	724,433	2.39%	0.81%
2032	35,399,666	730,118	2.36%	0.78%
2033	36,223,480	735,604	2.33%	0.75%
2034	37,054,803	740,767	2.29%	0.7%
2035	37,893,817	745,776	2.26%	0.68%
2036	38,742,461	750,596	2.24%	0.65%
2037	39,600,369	755,119	2.21%	0.6%
2038	40,463,007	759,551	2.18%	0.59%
2039	41,332,840	763,923	2.15%	0.58%
2040	42,207,999	767,972	2.12%	0.53%
2041	43,089,974	771,757	2.09%	0.49%
2042	43,976,014	775,418	2.06%	0.47%
2043	44,857,795	778,811	2.01%	0.44%
2044	45,741,469	781,936	1.97%	0.4%
2045	46,629,033	784,957	1.94%	0.39%
2046	47,519,028	787,788	1.91%	0.36%
2047	48,413,775	790,356	1.88%	0.33%
2048	49,308,762	792,821	1.85%	0.31%
2049	50,203,267	795,064	1.81%	0.28%
2050	51,096,315	796,958	1.78%	0.24%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Cameroon increased by 5,688,820 people (a 33.3% growth), while Luxembourg gained 104,446 people (a 22.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Cameroon gained 7,727,597 (a 33.9% growth), while Luxembourg's population increased by 121,228 (a 21.3% growth).

Cameroon was ranked 59th most populous country in 2005 and is 51st in 2025. Luxembourg was ranked 167th in 2005 and ranked 164th 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 Luxembourg will increase by 15.4% to 796,958 people and will still be ranked 164th.