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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Cameroon	Madagascar	Cameroon	Madagascar
1960	5,159,057	5,111,029	-	-
1961	5,239,273	5,246,158	1.55%	2.64%
1962	5,338,620	5,384,150	1.9%	2.63%
1963	5,456,623	5,525,185	2.21%	2.62%
1964	5,578,257	5,669,863	2.23%	2.62%
1965	5,704,686	5,819,116	2.27%	2.63%
1966	5,837,295	5,974,279	2.32%	2.67%
1967	5,977,318	6,136,486	2.4%	2.72%
1968	6,125,863	6,306,493	2.49%	2.77%
1969	6,283,462	6,484,716	2.57%	2.83%
1970	6,449,793	6,672,003	2.65%	2.89%
1971	6,624,408	6,868,868	2.71%	2.95%
1972	6,806,872	7,074,398	2.75%	2.99%
1973	6,996,660	7,288,048	2.79%	3.02%
1974	7,193,583	7,509,726	2.81%	3.04%
1975	7,397,120	7,739,336	2.83%	3.06%
1976	7,597,962	7,976,831	2.72%	3.07%
1977	7,796,501	8,222,240	2.61%	3.08%
1978	8,011,921	8,475,864	2.76%	3.08%
1979	8,239,641	8,737,581	2.84%	3.09%
1980	8,512,219	9,006,032	3.31%	3.07%
1981	8,816,377	9,279,011	3.57%	3.03%
1982	9,028,678	9,557,671	2.41%	3%
1983	9,215,397	9,843,044	2.07%	2.99%
1984	9,475,078	10,134,550	2.82%	2.96%
1985	9,761,730	10,433,142	3.03%	2.95%
1986	10,060,342	10,736,857	3.06%	2.91%
1987	10,370,749	11,047,291	3.09%	2.89%
1988	10,684,968	11,369,462	3.03%	2.92%
1989	11,002,745	11,704,998	2.97%	2.95%
1990	11,331,821	12,055,639	2.99%	3%
1991	11,667,180	12,421,412	2.96%	3.03%
1992	12,006,353	12,800,870	2.91%	3.05%
1993	12,353,131	13,197,345	2.89%	3.1%
1994	12,704,903	13,613,850	2.85%	3.16%
1995	13,058,516	14,051,275	2.78%	3.21%
1996	13,414,757	14,510,711	2.73%	3.27%
1997	13,775,214	14,990,814	2.69%	3.31%
1998	14,144,860	15,489,364	2.68%	3.33%
1999	14,525,140	16,000,506	2.69%	3.3%
2000	14,912,631	16,516,338	2.67%	3.22%
2001	15,309,490	17,032,939	2.66%	3.13%
2002	15,725,528	17,549,913	2.72%	3.04%
2003	16,160,340	18,071,854	2.77%	2.97%
2004	16,610,487	18,606,608	2.79%	2.96%
2005	17,074,594	19,159,707	2.79%	2.97%
2006	17,550,407	19,730,909	2.79%	2.98%
2007	18,049,896	20,318,583	2.85%	2.98%
2008	18,574,056	20,923,840	2.9%	2.98%
2009	19,113,974	21,547,280	2.91%	2.98%
2010	19,668,066	22,183,340	2.9%	2.95%
2011	20,232,304	22,822,300	2.87%	2.88%
2012	20,809,529	23,462,438	2.85%	2.8%
2013	21,402,376	24,109,290	2.85%	2.76%
2014	22,059,893	24,764,348	3.07%	2.72%
2015	22,763,414	25,426,702	3.19%	2.67%
2016	23,454,161	26,099,952	3.03%	2.65%
2017	24,128,601	26,788,375	2.88%	2.64%
2018	24,806,383	27,494,926	2.81%	2.64%
2019	25,506,095	28,219,554	2.82%	2.64%
2020	26,210,558	28,953,556	2.76%	2.6%
2021	26,915,758	29,691,083	2.69%	2.55%
2022	27,632,771	30,437,261	2.66%	2.51%
2023	28,372,687	31,195,932	2.68%	2.49%
2024	29,123,744	31,964,956	2.65%	2.47%
2025	29,879,335	32,740,675	2.59%	2.43%
2026	30,640,810	33,522,048	2.55%	2.39%
2027	31,410,378	34,308,785	2.51%	2.35%
2028	32,190,667	35,099,853	2.48%	2.31%
2029	32,979,275	35,894,674	2.45%	2.26%
2030	33,777,182	36,693,182	2.42%	2.22%
2031	34,584,118	37,495,701	2.39%	2.19%
2032	35,399,666	38,301,308	2.36%	2.15%
2033	36,223,480	39,109,380	2.33%	2.11%
2034	37,054,803	39,919,948	2.29%	2.07%
2035	37,893,817	40,733,841	2.26%	2.04%
2036	38,742,461	41,551,309	2.24%	2.01%
2037	39,600,369	42,371,330	2.21%	1.97%
2038	40,463,007	43,194,142	2.18%	1.94%
2039	41,332,840	44,019,285	2.15%	1.91%
2040	42,207,999	44,846,889	2.12%	1.88%
2041	43,089,974	45,676,973	2.09%	1.85%
2042	43,976,014	46,508,810	2.06%	1.82%
2043	44,857,795	47,342,285	2.01%	1.79%
2044	45,741,469	48,176,594	1.97%	1.76%
2045	46,629,033	49,011,270	1.94%	1.73%
2046	47,519,028	49,846,522	1.91%	1.7%
2047	48,413,775	50,682,055	1.88%	1.68%
2048	49,308,762	51,517,342	1.85%	1.65%
2049	50,203,267	52,351,981	1.81%	1.62%
2050	51,096,315	53,185,464	1.78%	1.59%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Cameroon increased by 5,903,754 people (a 33.6% growth), while Madagascar gained 6,369,043 people (a 32.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Cameroon gained 7,195,059 (a 30.7% growth), while Madagascar's population increased by 7,430,694 (a 28.5% growth).

Cameroon was ranked 59th most populous country in 2006 and is 51st in 2026. Madagascar was ranked 57th in 2006 and ranked 49th 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 Madagascar will increase by 58.6% to 53,185,464 people and rank change from 49th to 37th.