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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Cameroon	Russia	Cameroon	Russia
1960	5,159,057	119,897,000	-	-
1961	5,239,273	121,236,000	1.55%	1.12%
1962	5,338,620	122,591,000	1.9%	1.12%
1963	5,456,623	123,960,000	2.21%	1.12%
1964	5,578,257	125,345,000	2.23%	1.12%
1965	5,704,686	126,745,000	2.27%	1.12%
1966	5,837,295	127,468,000	2.32%	0.57%
1967	5,977,318	128,196,000	2.4%	0.57%
1968	6,125,863	128,928,000	2.49%	0.57%
1969	6,283,462	129,664,000	2.57%	0.57%
1970	6,449,793	130,404,000	2.65%	0.57%
1971	6,624,408	131,155,000	2.71%	0.58%
1972	6,806,872	131,909,000	2.75%	0.57%
1973	6,996,660	132,669,000	2.79%	0.58%
1974	7,193,583	133,432,000	2.81%	0.58%
1975	7,397,120	134,200,000	2.83%	0.58%
1976	7,597,962	135,147,000	2.72%	0.71%
1977	7,796,501	136,100,000	2.61%	0.71%
1978	8,011,921	137,060,000	2.76%	0.71%
1979	8,239,641	138,027,000	2.84%	0.71%
1980	8,512,219	139,010,000	3.31%	0.71%
1981	8,816,377	139,941,000	3.57%	0.67%
1982	9,028,678	140,823,000	2.41%	0.63%
1983	9,215,397	141,668,000	2.07%	0.6%
1984	9,475,078	142,745,000	2.82%	0.76%
1985	9,761,730	143,858,000	3.03%	0.78%
1986	10,060,342	144,894,000	3.06%	0.72%
1987	10,370,749	145,908,000	3.09%	0.7%
1988	10,684,968	146,857,000	3.03%	0.65%
1989	11,002,745	147,721,000	2.97%	0.59%
1990	11,331,821	147,969,406	2.99%	0.17%
1991	11,667,180	148,394,216	2.96%	0.29%
1992	12,006,353	148,538,197	2.91%	0.1%
1993	12,353,131	148,458,777	2.89%	-0.05%
1994	12,704,903	148,407,912	2.85%	-0.03%
1995	13,058,516	148,375,787	2.78%	-0.02%
1996	13,414,757	148,160,129	2.73%	-0.15%
1997	13,775,214	147,915,361	2.69%	-0.17%
1998	14,144,860	147,670,784	2.68%	-0.17%
1999	14,525,140	147,214,776	2.69%	-0.31%
2000	14,912,631	146,596,869	2.67%	-0.42%
2001	15,309,490	145,976,482	2.66%	-0.42%
2002	15,725,528	145,306,497	2.72%	-0.46%
2003	16,160,340	144,648,618	2.77%	-0.45%
2004	16,610,487	144,067,316	2.79%	-0.4%
2005	17,074,594	143,518,814	2.79%	-0.38%
2006	17,550,407	143,049,637	2.79%	-0.33%
2007	18,049,896	142,805,114	2.85%	-0.17%
2008	18,574,056	142,742,366	2.9%	-0.04%
2009	19,113,974	142,785,348	2.91%	0.03%
2010	19,668,066	142,849,468	2.9%	0.04%
2011	20,232,304	143,018,195	2.87%	0.12%
2012	20,809,529	143,378,447	2.85%	0.25%
2013	21,402,376	143,805,638	2.85%	0.3%
2014	22,059,893	144,237,223	3.07%	0.3%
2015	22,763,414	144,640,716	3.19%	0.28%
2016	23,454,161	145,015,460	3.03%	0.26%
2017	24,128,601	145,293,260	2.88%	0.19%
2018	24,806,383	145,398,106	2.81%	0.07%
2019	25,506,095	145,453,291	2.82%	0.04%
2020	26,210,558	145,245,148	2.76%	-0.14%
2021	26,915,758	144,746,762	2.69%	-0.34%
2022	27,632,771	144,236,933	2.66%	-0.35%
2023	28,372,687	143,826,130	2.68%	-0.28%
2024	29,123,744	143,533,851	2.65%	-0.2%
2025	29,879,335	142,718,132	2.59%	-0.57%
2026	30,640,810	142,120,553	2.55%	-0.42%
2027	31,410,378	141,773,330	2.51%	-0.24%
2028	32,190,667	141,402,326	2.48%	-0.26%
2029	32,979,275	141,021,009	2.45%	-0.27%
2030	33,777,182	140,628,883	2.42%	-0.28%
2031	34,584,118	140,218,596	2.39%	-0.29%
2032	35,399,666	139,807,207	2.36%	-0.29%
2033	36,223,480	139,414,947	2.33%	-0.28%
2034	37,054,803	139,034,543	2.29%	-0.27%
2035	37,893,817	138,666,694	2.26%	-0.26%
2036	38,742,461	138,311,757	2.24%	-0.26%
2037	39,600,369	137,968,177	2.21%	-0.25%
2038	40,463,007	137,643,032	2.18%	-0.24%
2039	41,332,840	137,336,299	2.15%	-0.22%
2040	42,207,999	137,053,347	2.12%	-0.21%
2041	43,089,974	136,795,588	2.09%	-0.19%
2042	43,976,014	136,558,692	2.06%	-0.17%
2043	44,857,795	136,335,849	2.01%	-0.16%
2044	45,741,469	136,124,845	1.97%	-0.15%
2045	46,629,033	135,933,758	1.94%	-0.14%
2046	47,519,028	135,756,848	1.91%	-0.13%
2047	48,413,775	135,574,181	1.88%	-0.13%
2048	49,308,762	135,372,557	1.85%	-0.15%
2049	50,203,267	135,156,911	1.81%	-0.16%
2050	51,096,315	134,923,391	1.78%	-0.17%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Cameroon increased by 5,688,820 people (a 33.3% growth), while Russia gained 1,121,902 people (a 0.78% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Cameroon gained 7,727,597 (a 33.9% growth), while Russia's population decreased by -1,922,584 (a 1.33% decline).

Cameroon was ranked 59th most populous country in 2005 and is 51st in 2025. Russia was ranked 9th in 2005 and still ranked 9th 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 Russia will decrease by 5.46% to 134,923,391 people and rank change from 9th to 13th.