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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Cameroon	Nigeria	Cameroon	Nigeria
1960	5,159,057	45,053,782	-	-
1961	5,239,273	45,989,310	1.55%	2.08%
1962	5,338,620	46,965,292	1.9%	2.12%
1963	5,456,623	47,973,575	2.21%	2.15%
1964	5,578,257	49,012,016	2.23%	2.16%
1965	5,704,686	50,086,764	2.27%	2.19%
1966	5,837,295	51,188,234	2.32%	2.2%
1967	5,977,318	52,293,065	2.4%	2.16%
1968	6,125,863	53,432,783	2.49%	2.18%
1969	6,283,462	54,631,914	2.57%	2.24%
1970	6,449,793	55,893,838	2.65%	2.31%
1971	6,624,408	57,214,684	2.71%	2.36%
1972	6,806,872	58,601,748	2.75%	2.42%
1973	6,996,660	60,082,139	2.79%	2.53%
1974	7,193,583	61,679,144	2.81%	2.66%
1975	7,397,120	63,410,815	2.83%	2.81%
1976	7,597,962	65,258,009	2.72%	2.91%
1977	7,796,501	67,234,590	2.61%	3.03%
1978	8,011,921	69,326,532	2.76%	3.11%
1979	8,239,641	71,498,242	2.84%	3.13%
1980	8,512,219	73,764,641	3.31%	3.17%
1981	8,816,377	76,068,103	3.57%	3.12%
1982	9,028,678	78,378,701	2.41%	3.04%
1983	9,215,397	80,438,260	2.07%	2.63%
1984	9,475,078	82,526,443	2.82%	2.6%
1985	9,761,730	84,897,973	3.03%	2.87%
1986	10,060,342	87,235,953	3.06%	2.75%
1987	10,370,749	89,591,716	3.09%	2.7%
1988	10,684,968	92,020,090	3.03%	2.71%
1989	11,002,745	94,531,014	2.97%	2.73%
1990	11,331,821	97,120,925	2.99%	2.74%
1991	11,667,180	99,720,162	2.96%	2.68%
1992	12,006,353	102,372,770	2.91%	2.66%
1993	12,353,131	105,122,069	2.89%	2.69%
1994	12,704,903	107,935,714	2.85%	2.68%
1995	13,058,516	110,819,428	2.78%	2.67%
1996	13,414,757	113,754,779	2.73%	2.65%
1997	13,775,214	116,754,792	2.69%	2.64%
1998	14,144,860	119,846,254	2.68%	2.65%
1999	14,525,140	123,047,320	2.69%	2.67%
2000	14,912,631	126,382,494	2.67%	2.71%
2001	15,309,490	129,862,595	2.66%	2.75%
2002	15,725,528	133,471,989	2.72%	2.78%
2003	16,160,340	137,202,644	2.77%	2.8%
2004	16,610,487	141,057,045	2.79%	2.81%
2005	17,074,594	145,017,253	2.79%	2.81%
2006	17,550,407	149,077,334	2.79%	2.8%
2007	18,049,896	153,267,261	2.85%	2.81%
2008	18,574,056	157,595,014	2.9%	2.82%
2009	19,113,974	162,049,464	2.91%	2.83%
2010	19,668,066	166,642,886	2.9%	2.83%
2011	20,232,304	171,379,598	2.87%	2.84%
2012	20,809,529	176,200,625	2.85%	2.81%
2013	21,402,376	181,049,443	2.85%	2.75%
2014	22,059,893	185,896,915	3.07%	2.68%
2015	22,763,414	190,671,878	3.19%	2.57%
2016	23,454,161	195,443,700	3.03%	2.5%
2017	24,128,601	200,254,579	2.88%	2.46%
2018	24,806,383	204,938,755	2.81%	2.34%
2019	25,506,095	209,485,641	2.82%	2.22%
2020	26,210,558	213,996,181	2.76%	2.15%
2021	26,915,758	218,529,286	2.69%	2.12%
2022	27,632,771	223,150,896	2.66%	2.11%
2023	28,372,687	227,882,945	2.68%	2.12%
2024	29,123,744	232,679,478	2.65%	2.1%
2025	29,879,335	237,527,783	2.59%	2.08%
2026	30,640,810	242,431,830	2.55%	2.06%
2027	31,410,378	247,374,258	2.51%	2.04%
2028	32,190,667	252,346,128	2.48%	2.01%
2029	32,979,275	257,352,638	2.45%	1.98%
2030	33,777,182	262,380,975	2.42%	1.95%
2031	34,584,118	267,421,079	2.39%	1.92%
2032	35,399,666	272,483,635	2.36%	1.89%
2033	36,223,480	277,555,116	2.33%	1.86%
2034	37,054,803	282,622,388	2.29%	1.83%
2035	37,893,817	287,685,757	2.26%	1.79%
2036	38,742,461	292,739,390	2.24%	1.76%
2037	39,600,369	297,773,236	2.21%	1.72%
2038	40,463,007	302,782,350	2.18%	1.68%
2039	41,332,840	307,764,754	2.15%	1.65%
2040	42,207,999	312,710,403	2.12%	1.61%
2041	43,089,974	317,607,237	2.09%	1.57%
2042	43,976,014	322,450,302	2.06%	1.52%
2043	44,857,795	327,243,941	2.01%	1.49%
2044	45,741,469	331,983,354	1.97%	1.45%
2045	46,629,033	336,662,502	1.94%	1.41%
2046	47,519,028	341,281,757	1.91%	1.37%
2047	48,413,775	345,844,004	1.88%	1.34%
2048	49,308,762	350,347,757	1.85%	1.3%
2049	50,203,267	354,792,418	1.81%	1.27%
2050	51,096,315	359,185,550	1.78%	1.24%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Cameroon increased by 5,688,820 people (a 33.3% growth), while Nigeria gained 45,654,625 people (a 31.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Cameroon gained 7,727,597 (a 33.9% growth), while Nigeria's population increased by 50,795,221 (a 26.6% growth).

Cameroon was ranked 59th most populous country in 2005 and is 51st in 2025. Nigeria was ranked 7th in 2005 and ranked 6th 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 Nigeria will increase by 48.8% to 359,185,550 people and rank change from 6th to 5th.