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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Cameroon	Mexico	Cameroon	Mexico
1960	5,159,057	36,724,615	-	-
1961	5,239,273	37,890,118	1.55%	3.17%
1962	5,338,620	39,129,200	1.9%	3.27%
1963	5,456,623	40,424,065	2.21%	3.31%
1964	5,578,257	41,772,049	2.23%	3.33%
1965	5,704,686	43,174,477	2.27%	3.36%
1966	5,837,295	44,629,106	2.32%	3.37%
1967	5,977,318	46,129,608	2.4%	3.36%
1968	6,125,863	47,668,303	2.49%	3.34%
1969	6,283,462	49,233,194	2.57%	3.28%
1970	6,449,793	50,814,953	2.65%	3.21%
1971	6,624,408	52,412,558	2.71%	3.14%
1972	6,806,872	54,030,168	2.75%	3.09%
1973	6,996,660	55,667,284	2.79%	3.03%
1974	7,193,583	57,320,149	2.81%	2.97%
1975	7,397,120	58,982,400	2.83%	2.9%
1976	7,597,962	60,645,512	2.72%	2.82%
1977	7,796,501	62,308,493	2.61%	2.74%
1978	8,011,921	63,979,046	2.76%	2.68%
1979	8,239,641	65,648,865	2.84%	2.61%
1980	8,512,219	67,300,334	3.31%	2.52%
1981	8,816,377	68,892,108	3.57%	2.37%
1982	9,028,678	70,433,260	2.41%	2.24%
1983	9,215,397	71,971,240	2.07%	2.18%
1984	9,475,078	73,506,846	2.82%	2.13%
1985	9,761,730	75,043,414	3.03%	2.09%
1986	10,060,342	76,585,637	3.06%	2.06%
1987	10,370,749	78,136,651	3.09%	2.03%
1988	10,684,968	79,695,531	3.03%	2%
1989	11,002,745	81,247,182	2.97%	1.95%
1990	11,331,821	82,820,170	2.99%	1.94%
1991	11,667,180	84,430,572	2.96%	1.94%
1992	12,006,353	86,044,809	2.91%	1.91%
1993	12,353,131	87,653,807	2.89%	1.87%
1994	12,704,903	89,259,205	2.85%	1.83%
1995	13,058,516	90,862,455	2.78%	1.8%
1996	13,414,757	92,452,702	2.73%	1.75%
1997	13,775,214	94,021,207	2.69%	1.7%
1998	14,144,860	95,575,245	2.68%	1.65%
1999	14,525,140	97,115,707	2.69%	1.61%
2000	14,912,631	98,625,552	2.67%	1.55%
2001	15,309,490	100,099,099	2.66%	1.49%
2002	15,725,528	101,548,624	2.72%	1.45%
2003	16,160,340	102,978,515	2.77%	1.41%
2004	16,610,487	104,394,131	2.79%	1.37%
2005	17,074,594	105,811,504	2.79%	1.36%
2006	17,550,407	107,253,666	2.79%	1.36%
2007	18,049,896	108,774,360	2.85%	1.42%
2008	18,574,056	110,374,288	2.9%	1.47%
2009	19,113,974	111,999,721	2.91%	1.47%
2010	19,668,066	113,623,895	2.9%	1.45%
2011	20,232,304	115,243,504	2.87%	1.43%
2012	20,809,529	116,818,208	2.85%	1.37%
2013	21,402,376	118,343,573	2.85%	1.31%
2014	22,059,893	119,784,261	3.07%	1.22%
2015	22,763,414	121,072,306	3.19%	1.08%
2016	23,454,161	122,251,351	3.03%	0.97%
2017	24,128,601	123,400,057	2.88%	0.94%
2018	24,806,383	124,573,711	2.81%	0.95%
2019	25,506,095	125,762,982	2.82%	0.95%
2020	26,210,558	126,799,054	2.76%	0.82%
2021	26,915,758	127,648,148	2.69%	0.67%
2022	27,632,771	128,613,117	2.66%	0.76%
2023	28,372,687	129,739,759	2.68%	0.88%
2024	29,123,744	130,861,007	2.65%	0.86%
2025	29,879,335	131,946,905	2.59%	0.83%
2026	30,640,810	132,997,664	2.55%	0.8%
2027	31,410,378	134,017,711	2.51%	0.77%
2028	32,190,667	135,008,697	2.48%	0.74%
2029	32,979,275	135,970,893	2.45%	0.71%
2030	33,777,182	136,904,747	2.42%	0.69%
2031	34,584,118	137,811,068	2.39%	0.66%
2032	35,399,666	138,690,189	2.36%	0.64%
2033	36,223,480	139,542,087	2.33%	0.61%
2034	37,054,803	140,362,026	2.29%	0.59%
2035	37,893,817	141,150,818	2.26%	0.56%
2036	38,742,461	141,909,168	2.24%	0.54%
2037	39,600,369	142,637,546	2.21%	0.51%
2038	40,463,007	143,336,222	2.18%	0.49%
2039	41,332,840	143,998,296	2.15%	0.46%
2040	42,207,999	144,624,328	2.12%	0.43%
2041	43,089,974	145,217,780	2.09%	0.41%
2042	43,976,014	145,777,459	2.06%	0.39%
2043	44,857,795	146,300,011	2.01%	0.36%
2044	45,741,469	146,787,722	1.97%	0.33%
2045	46,629,033	147,240,096	1.94%	0.31%
2046	47,519,028	147,654,160	1.91%	0.28%
2047	48,413,775	148,030,153	1.88%	0.25%
2048	49,308,762	148,372,233	1.85%	0.23%
2049	50,203,267	148,677,894	1.81%	0.21%
2050	51,096,315	148,946,272	1.78%	0.18%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Cameroon increased by 5,903,754 people (a 33.6% growth), while Mexico gained 14,997,685 people (a 14% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Cameroon gained 7,195,059 (a 30.7% growth), while Mexico's population increased by 10,757,461 (a 8.8% growth).

Cameroon was ranked 59th most populous country in 2006 and is 51st in 2026. Mexico was ranked 11th in 2006 and still ranked 11th 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 Mexico will increase by 12% to 148,946,272 people and rank change from 11th to 12th.