Population in Cameroon compared to the Philippines: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Cameroon and the Philippines: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Cameroon	Philippines	Cameroon	Philippines
1960	5,159,057	27,891,897	-	-
1961	5,239,273	28,792,621	1.55%	3.23%
1962	5,338,620	29,723,536	1.9%	3.23%
1963	5,456,623	30,674,731	2.21%	3.2%
1964	5,578,257	31,643,032	2.23%	3.16%
1965	5,704,686	32,625,316	2.27%	3.1%
1966	5,837,295	33,617,170	2.32%	3.04%
1967	5,977,318	34,621,320	2.4%	2.99%
1968	6,125,863	35,638,342	2.49%	2.94%
1969	6,283,462	36,660,799	2.57%	2.87%
1970	6,449,793	37,622,204	2.65%	2.62%
1971	6,624,408	38,518,659	2.71%	2.38%
1972	6,806,872	39,408,560	2.75%	2.31%
1973	6,996,660	40,294,130	2.79%	2.25%
1974	7,193,583	41,174,341	2.81%	2.18%
1975	7,397,120	42,120,826	2.83%	2.3%
1976	7,597,962	43,201,488	2.72%	2.57%
1977	7,796,501	44,367,962	2.61%	2.7%
1978	8,011,921	45,575,281	2.76%	2.72%
1979	8,239,641	46,807,103	2.84%	2.7%
1980	8,512,219	48,043,740	3.31%	2.64%
1981	8,816,377	49,311,727	3.57%	2.64%
1982	9,028,678	50,695,707	2.41%	2.81%
1983	9,215,397	52,194,620	2.07%	2.96%
1984	9,475,078	53,726,181	2.82%	2.93%
1985	9,761,730	55,213,006	3.03%	2.77%
1986	10,060,342	56,645,077	3.06%	2.59%
1987	10,370,749	58,157,496	3.09%	2.67%
1988	10,684,968	59,739,052	3.03%	2.72%
1989	11,002,745	61,265,260	2.97%	2.55%
1990	11,331,821	62,854,666	2.99%	2.59%
1991	11,667,180	64,382,249	2.96%	2.43%
1992	12,006,353	65,926,125	2.91%	2.4%
1993	12,353,131	67,530,621	2.89%	2.43%
1994	12,704,903	69,019,291	2.85%	2.2%
1995	13,058,516	70,546,246	2.78%	2.21%
1996	13,414,757	72,190,242	2.73%	2.33%
1997	13,775,214	73,908,810	2.69%	2.38%
1998	14,144,860	75,791,024	2.68%	2.55%
1999	14,525,140	77,753,257	2.69%	2.59%
2000	14,912,631	79,625,397	2.67%	2.41%
2001	15,309,490	81,401,488	2.66%	2.23%
2002	15,725,528	83,068,889	2.72%	2.05%
2003	16,160,340	84,731,835	2.77%	2%
2004	16,610,487	86,394,504	2.79%	1.96%
2005	17,074,594	88,015,962	2.79%	1.88%
2006	17,550,407	89,508,986	2.79%	1.7%
2007	18,049,896	91,075,184	2.85%	1.75%
2008	18,574,056	92,699,095	2.9%	1.78%
2009	19,113,974	94,384,250	2.91%	1.82%
2010	19,668,066	96,337,125	2.9%	2.07%
2011	20,232,304	98,248,614	2.87%	1.98%
2012	20,809,529	100,175,512	2.85%	1.96%
2013	21,402,376	102,076,336	2.85%	1.9%
2014	22,059,893	103,767,130	3.07%	1.66%
2015	22,763,414	105,312,992	3.19%	1.49%
2016	23,454,161	106,735,719	3.03%	1.35%
2017	24,128,601	108,119,693	2.88%	1.3%
2018	24,806,383	109,465,287	2.81%	1.24%
2019	25,506,095	110,804,683	2.82%	1.22%
2020	26,210,558	112,081,264	2.76%	1.15%
2021	26,915,758	113,100,950	2.69%	0.91%
2022	27,632,771	113,964,338	2.66%	0.76%
2023	28,372,687	114,891,199	2.68%	0.81%
2024	29,123,744	115,843,670	2.65%	0.83%
2025	29,879,335	116,786,968	2.59%	0.81%
2026	30,640,810	117,724,479	2.55%	0.8%
2027	31,410,378	118,656,426	2.51%	0.79%
2028	32,190,667	119,583,984	2.48%	0.78%
2029	32,979,275	120,502,132	2.45%	0.77%
2030	33,777,182	121,408,897	2.42%	0.75%
2031	34,584,118	122,301,606	2.39%	0.74%
2032	35,399,666	123,180,341	2.36%	0.72%
2033	36,223,480	124,049,036	2.33%	0.71%
2034	37,054,803	124,904,124	2.29%	0.69%
2035	37,893,817	125,740,977	2.26%	0.67%
2036	38,742,461	126,558,232	2.24%	0.65%
2037	39,600,369	127,352,607	2.21%	0.63%
2038	40,463,007	128,118,535	2.18%	0.6%
2039	41,332,840	128,850,047	2.15%	0.57%
2040	42,207,999	129,546,666	2.12%	0.54%
2041	43,089,974	130,209,810	2.09%	0.51%
2042	43,976,014	130,837,005	2.06%	0.48%
2043	44,857,795	131,427,404	2.01%	0.45%
2044	45,741,469	131,979,673	1.97%	0.42%
2045	46,629,033	132,492,038	1.94%	0.39%
2046	47,519,028	132,962,001	1.91%	0.35%
2047	48,413,775	133,385,290	1.88%	0.32%
2048	49,308,762	133,759,436	1.85%	0.28%
2049	50,203,267	134,089,011	1.81%	0.25%
2050	51,096,315	134,373,439	1.78%	0.21%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Cameroon increased by 5,903,754 people (a 33.6% growth), while the Philippines gained 17,226,733 people (a 19.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Cameroon gained 7,195,059 (a 30.7% growth), while the Philippines' population increased by 10,998,945 (a 10.3% growth).

Cameroon was ranked 59th most populous country in 2006 and is 51st in 2026. The Philippines was ranked 12th in 2006 and ranked 14th 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 the Philippines will increase by 14.1% to 134,373,439 people and will still be ranked 14th.