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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Cameroon	Romania	Cameroon	Romania
1960	5,159,057	18,406,905	-	-
1961	5,239,273	18,555,250	1.55%	0.81%
1962	5,338,620	18,676,550	1.9%	0.65%
1963	5,456,623	18,797,850	2.21%	0.65%
1964	5,578,257	18,919,126	2.23%	0.65%
1965	5,704,686	19,031,576	2.27%	0.59%
1966	5,837,295	19,215,450	2.32%	0.97%
1967	5,977,318	19,534,242	2.4%	1.66%
1968	6,125,863	19,799,831	2.49%	1.36%
1969	6,283,462	20,009,141	2.57%	1.06%
1970	6,449,793	20,250,398	2.65%	1.21%
1971	6,624,408	20,461,567	2.71%	1.04%
1972	6,806,872	20,657,957	2.75%	0.96%
1973	6,996,660	20,835,681	2.79%	0.86%
1974	7,193,583	21,029,429	2.81%	0.93%
1975	7,397,120	21,293,583	2.83%	1.26%
1976	7,597,962	21,551,634	2.72%	1.21%
1977	7,796,501	21,756,096	2.61%	0.95%
1978	8,011,921	21,951,464	2.76%	0.9%
1979	8,239,641	22,090,488	2.84%	0.63%
1980	8,512,219	22,207,282	3.31%	0.53%
1981	8,816,377	22,353,070	3.57%	0.66%
1982	9,028,678	22,475,741	2.41%	0.55%
1983	9,215,397	22,560,478	2.07%	0.38%
1984	9,475,078	22,640,547	2.82%	0.35%
1985	9,761,730	22,732,999	3.03%	0.41%
1986	10,060,342	22,836,841	3.06%	0.46%
1987	10,370,749	22,949,430	3.09%	0.49%
1988	10,684,968	23,057,662	3.03%	0.47%
1989	11,002,745	23,161,458	2.97%	0.45%
1990	11,331,821	23,201,835	2.99%	0.17%
1991	11,667,180	23,001,155	2.96%	-0.86%
1992	12,006,353	22,794,284	2.91%	-0.9%
1993	12,353,131	22,763,280	2.89%	-0.14%
1994	12,704,903	22,730,211	2.85%	-0.15%
1995	13,058,516	22,684,270	2.78%	-0.2%
1996	13,414,757	22,619,004	2.73%	-0.29%
1997	13,775,214	22,553,978	2.69%	-0.29%
1998	14,144,860	22,507,344	2.68%	-0.21%
1999	14,525,140	22,472,040	2.69%	-0.16%
2000	14,912,631	22,442,971	2.67%	-0.13%
2001	15,309,490	22,131,970	2.66%	-1.39%
2002	15,725,528	21,730,496	2.72%	-1.81%
2003	16,160,340	21,574,326	2.77%	-0.72%
2004	16,610,487	21,451,748	2.79%	-0.57%
2005	17,074,594	21,319,685	2.79%	-0.62%
2006	17,550,407	21,193,760	2.79%	-0.59%
2007	18,049,896	20,882,982	2.85%	-1.47%
2008	18,574,056	20,537,875	2.9%	-1.65%
2009	19,113,974	20,367,487	2.91%	-0.83%
2010	19,668,066	20,246,871	2.9%	-0.59%
2011	20,232,304	20,147,528	2.87%	-0.49%
2012	20,809,529	20,058,035	2.85%	-0.44%
2013	21,402,376	19,983,693	2.85%	-0.37%
2014	22,059,893	19,908,979	3.07%	-0.37%
2015	22,763,414	19,815,616	3.19%	-0.47%
2016	23,454,161	19,702,267	3.03%	-0.57%
2017	24,128,601	19,588,715	2.88%	-0.58%
2018	24,806,383	19,473,970	2.81%	-0.59%
2019	25,506,095	19,371,648	2.82%	-0.53%
2020	26,210,558	19,265,250	2.76%	-0.55%
2021	26,915,758	19,122,059	2.69%	-0.74%
2022	27,632,771	19,048,502	2.66%	-0.38%
2023	28,372,687	19,061,062	2.68%	0.07%
2024	29,123,744	19,051,804	2.65%	-0.05%
2025	29,879,335	18,945,157	2.59%	-0.56%
2026	30,640,810	18,836,893	2.55%	-0.57%
2027	31,410,378	18,727,645	2.51%	-0.58%
2028	32,190,667	18,617,757	2.48%	-0.59%
2029	32,979,275	18,506,702	2.45%	-0.6%
2030	33,777,182	18,394,947	2.42%	-0.6%
2031	34,584,118	18,282,991	2.39%	-0.61%
2032	35,399,666	18,170,681	2.36%	-0.61%
2033	36,223,480	18,057,661	2.33%	-0.62%
2034	37,054,803	17,943,814	2.29%	-0.63%
2035	37,893,817	17,828,772	2.26%	-0.64%
2036	38,742,461	17,712,177	2.24%	-0.65%
2037	39,600,369	17,595,189	2.21%	-0.66%
2038	40,463,007	17,477,597	2.18%	-0.67%
2039	41,332,840	17,360,012	2.15%	-0.67%
2040	42,207,999	17,242,939	2.12%	-0.67%
2041	43,089,974	17,124,773	2.09%	-0.69%
2042	43,976,014	17,006,515	2.06%	-0.69%
2043	44,857,795	16,888,882	2.01%	-0.69%
2044	45,741,469	16,770,593	1.97%	-0.7%
2045	46,629,033	16,652,406	1.94%	-0.7%
2046	47,519,028	16,534,847	1.91%	-0.71%
2047	48,413,775	16,416,456	1.88%	-0.72%
2048	49,308,762	16,297,099	1.85%	-0.73%
2049	50,203,267	16,177,534	1.81%	-0.73%
2050	51,096,315	16,058,209	1.78%	-0.74%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Cameroon increased by 5,903,754 people (a 33.6% growth), while Romania lost 1,491,493 people (a 7.04% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Cameroon gained 7,195,059 (a 30.7% growth), while Romania's population decreased by -865,374 (a 4.39% decline).

Cameroon was ranked 59th most populous country in 2006 and is 51st in 2026. Romania was ranked 51st in 2006 and ranked 70th 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 Romania will decrease by 14.8% to 16,058,209 people and rank change from 70th to 81st.