Population in Cameroon compared to North Korea: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Cameroon and North Korea: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Cameroon	North Korea	Cameroon	North Korea
1960	5,159,057	11,722,953	-	-
1961	5,239,273	11,990,713	1.55%	2.28%
1962	5,338,620	12,262,882	1.9%	2.27%
1963	5,456,623	12,567,057	2.21%	2.48%
1964	5,578,257	12,889,770	2.23%	2.57%
1965	5,704,686	13,219,369	2.27%	2.56%
1966	5,837,295	13,569,094	2.32%	2.65%
1967	5,977,318	13,958,350	2.4%	2.87%
1968	6,125,863	14,365,596	2.49%	2.92%
1969	6,283,462	14,767,615	2.57%	2.8%
1970	6,449,793	15,172,775	2.65%	2.74%
1971	6,624,408	15,572,457	2.71%	2.63%
1972	6,806,872	15,975,069	2.75%	2.59%
1973	6,996,660	16,350,367	2.79%	2.35%
1974	7,193,583	16,673,121	2.81%	1.97%
1975	7,397,120	16,971,055	2.83%	1.79%
1976	7,597,962	17,243,450	2.72%	1.61%
1977	7,796,501	17,492,798	2.61%	1.45%
1978	8,011,921	17,735,995	2.76%	1.39%
1979	8,239,641	17,983,470	2.84%	1.4%
1980	8,512,219	18,236,786	3.31%	1.41%
1981	8,816,377	18,501,295	3.57%	1.45%
1982	9,028,678	18,776,357	2.41%	1.49%
1983	9,215,397	19,054,034	2.07%	1.48%
1984	9,475,078	19,335,043	2.82%	1.47%
1985	9,761,730	19,620,388	3.03%	1.48%
1986	10,060,342	19,910,855	3.06%	1.48%
1987	10,370,749	20,205,483	3.09%	1.48%
1988	10,684,968	20,503,161	3.03%	1.47%
1989	11,002,745	20,804,367	2.97%	1.47%
1990	11,331,821	21,112,137	2.99%	1.48%
1991	11,667,180	21,428,638	2.96%	1.5%
1992	12,006,353	21,750,911	2.91%	1.5%
1993	12,353,131	22,073,352	2.89%	1.48%
1994	12,704,903	22,393,975	2.85%	1.45%
1995	13,058,516	22,669,304	2.78%	1.23%
1996	13,414,757	22,895,746	2.73%	1%
1997	13,775,214	23,110,830	2.69%	0.94%
1998	14,144,860	23,311,564	2.68%	0.87%
1999	14,525,140	23,497,599	2.69%	0.8%
2000	14,912,631	23,665,910	2.67%	0.72%
2001	15,309,490	23,815,358	2.66%	0.63%
2002	15,725,528	23,943,973	2.72%	0.54%
2003	16,160,340	24,090,380	2.77%	0.61%
2004	16,610,487	24,254,943	2.79%	0.68%
2005	17,074,594	24,396,433	2.79%	0.58%
2006	17,550,407	24,524,507	2.79%	0.52%
2007	18,049,896	24,646,383	2.85%	0.5%
2008	18,574,056	24,764,618	2.9%	0.48%
2009	19,113,974	24,878,332	2.91%	0.46%
2010	19,668,066	24,987,258	2.9%	0.44%
2011	20,232,304	25,097,874	2.87%	0.44%
2012	20,809,529	25,211,728	2.85%	0.45%
2013	21,402,376	25,329,451	2.85%	0.47%
2014	22,059,893	25,451,262	3.07%	0.48%
2015	22,763,414	25,575,350	3.19%	0.49%
2016	23,454,161	25,698,326	3.03%	0.48%
2017	24,128,601	25,817,709	2.88%	0.46%
2018	24,806,383	25,931,147	2.81%	0.44%
2019	25,506,095	26,037,632	2.82%	0.41%
2020	26,210,558	26,136,312	2.76%	0.38%
2021	26,915,758	26,232,534	2.69%	0.37%
2022	27,632,771	26,328,845	2.66%	0.37%
2023	28,372,687	26,418,204	2.68%	0.34%
2024	29,123,744	26,498,823	2.65%	0.31%
2025	29,879,335	26,571,033	2.59%	0.27%
2026	30,640,810	26,633,682	2.55%	0.24%
2027	31,410,378	26,686,492	2.51%	0.2%
2028	32,190,667	26,729,261	2.48%	0.16%
2029	32,979,275	26,762,008	2.45%	0.12%
2030	33,777,182	26,784,894	2.42%	0.09%
2031	34,584,118	26,797,946	2.39%	0.05%
2032	35,399,666	26,801,071	2.36%	0.01%
2033	36,223,480	26,795,061	2.33%	-0.02%
2034	37,054,803	26,780,481	2.29%	-0.05%
2035	37,893,817	26,757,705	2.26%	-0.09%
2036	38,742,461	26,727,309	2.24%	-0.11%
2037	39,600,369	26,689,907	2.21%	-0.14%
2038	40,463,007	26,646,323	2.18%	-0.16%
2039	41,332,840	26,596,967	2.15%	-0.19%
2040	42,207,999	26,542,417	2.12%	-0.21%
2041	43,089,974	26,483,475	2.09%	-0.22%
2042	43,976,014	26,420,812	2.06%	-0.24%
2043	44,857,795	26,354,324	2.01%	-0.25%
2044	45,741,469	26,284,000	1.97%	-0.27%
2045	46,629,033	26,210,196	1.94%	-0.28%
2046	47,519,028	26,132,922	1.91%	-0.29%
2047	48,413,775	26,052,086	1.88%	-0.31%
2048	49,308,762	25,967,581	1.85%	-0.32%
2049	50,203,267	25,879,244	1.81%	-0.34%
2050	51,096,315	25,787,120	1.78%	-0.36%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Cameroon increased by 5,688,820 people (a 33.3% growth), while North Korea gained 1,178,917 people (a 4.83% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Cameroon gained 7,727,597 (a 33.9% growth), while North Korea's population increased by 1,046,007 (a 4.09% growth).

Cameroon was ranked 59th most populous country in 2005 and is 51st in 2025. North Korea was ranked 46th in 2005 and ranked 56th 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 North Korea will decrease by 3.13% to 25,787,120 people and rank change from 56th to 66th.