Population in Cameroon compared to Sao Tome and Principe: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Cameroon and Sao Tome and Principe: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Cameroon	Sao Tome	Cameroon	Sao Tome
1960	5,159,057	68,012	-	-
1961	5,239,273	68,707	1.55%	1.02%
1962	5,338,620	69,403	1.9%	1.01%
1963	5,456,623	70,112	2.21%	1.02%
1964	5,578,257	70,865	2.23%	1.07%
1965	5,704,686	71,680	2.27%	1.15%
1966	5,837,295	72,576	2.32%	1.25%
1967	5,977,318	73,596	2.4%	1.41%
1968	6,125,863	74,765	2.49%	1.59%
1969	6,283,462	76,083	2.57%	1.76%
1970	6,449,793	77,626	2.65%	2.03%
1971	6,624,408	79,330	2.71%	2.2%
1972	6,806,872	81,041	2.75%	2.16%
1973	6,996,660	82,798	2.79%	2.17%
1974	7,193,583	84,672	2.81%	2.26%
1975	7,397,120	86,708	2.83%	2.4%
1976	7,597,962	88,922	2.72%	2.55%
1977	7,796,501	91,301	2.61%	2.68%
1978	8,011,921	93,794	2.76%	2.73%
1979	8,239,641	96,252	2.84%	2.62%
1980	8,512,219	98,544	3.31%	2.38%
1981	8,816,377	100,615	3.57%	2.1%
1982	9,028,678	102,508	2.41%	1.88%
1983	9,215,397	104,380	2.07%	1.83%
1984	9,475,078	106,394	2.82%	1.93%
1985	9,761,730	108,658	3.03%	2.13%
1986	10,060,342	111,150	3.06%	2.29%
1987	10,370,749	113,919	3.09%	2.49%
1988	10,684,968	116,939	3.03%	2.65%
1989	11,002,745	119,979	2.97%	2.6%
1990	11,331,821	122,980	2.99%	2.5%
1991	11,667,180	125,697	2.96%	2.21%
1992	12,006,353	128,110	2.91%	1.92%
1993	12,353,131	130,467	2.89%	1.84%
1994	12,704,903	132,732	2.85%	1.74%
1995	13,058,516	134,895	2.78%	1.63%
1996	13,414,757	136,962	2.73%	1.53%
1997	13,775,214	138,922	2.69%	1.43%
1998	14,144,860	140,751	2.68%	1.32%
1999	14,525,140	142,442	2.69%	1.2%
2000	14,912,631	144,018	2.67%	1.11%
2001	15,309,490	146,375	2.66%	1.64%
2002	15,725,528	149,922	2.72%	2.42%
2003	16,160,340	153,814	2.77%	2.6%
2004	16,610,487	157,705	2.79%	2.53%
2005	17,074,594	161,639	2.79%	2.49%
2006	17,550,407	165,638	2.79%	2.47%
2007	18,049,896	169,700	2.85%	2.45%
2008	18,574,056	173,793	2.9%	2.41%
2009	19,113,974	177,853	2.91%	2.34%
2010	19,668,066	181,802	2.9%	2.22%
2011	20,232,304	185,649	2.87%	2.12%
2012	20,809,529	189,439	2.85%	2.04%
2013	21,402,376	193,148	2.85%	1.96%
2014	22,059,893	196,767	3.07%	1.87%
2015	22,763,414	200,291	3.19%	1.79%
2016	23,454,161	203,689	3.03%	1.7%
2017	24,128,601	206,970	2.88%	1.61%
2018	24,806,383	210,187	2.81%	1.55%
2019	25,506,095	213,392	2.82%	1.52%
2020	26,210,558	217,435	2.76%	1.89%
2021	26,915,758	221,961	2.69%	2.08%
2022	27,632,771	226,305	2.66%	1.96%
2023	28,372,687	230,871	2.68%	2.02%
2024	29,123,744	235,536	2.65%	2.02%
2025	29,879,335	240,251	2.59%	2%
2026	30,640,810	244,987	2.55%	1.97%
2027	31,410,378	249,783	2.51%	1.96%
2028	32,190,667	254,657	2.48%	1.95%
2029	32,979,275	259,597	2.45%	1.94%
2030	33,777,182	264,560	2.42%	1.91%
2031	34,584,118	269,566	2.39%	1.89%
2032	35,399,666	274,643	2.36%	1.88%
2033	36,223,480	279,761	2.33%	1.86%
2034	37,054,803	284,911	2.29%	1.84%
2035	37,893,817	290,082	2.26%	1.81%
2036	38,742,461	295,269	2.24%	1.79%
2037	39,600,369	300,439	2.21%	1.75%
2038	40,463,007	305,590	2.18%	1.71%
2039	41,332,840	310,729	2.15%	1.68%
2040	42,207,999	315,833	2.12%	1.64%
2041	43,089,974	320,875	2.09%	1.6%
2042	43,976,014	325,888	2.06%	1.56%
2043	44,857,795	330,908	2.01%	1.54%
2044	45,741,469	335,919	1.97%	1.51%
2045	46,629,033	340,911	1.94%	1.49%
2046	47,519,028	345,883	1.91%	1.46%
2047	48,413,775	350,758	1.88%	1.41%
2048	49,308,762	355,569	1.85%	1.37%
2049	50,203,267	360,353	1.81%	1.35%
2050	51,096,315	365,103	1.78%	1.32%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Cameroon increased by 5,688,820 people (a 33.3% growth), while Sao Tome and Principe gained 38,652 people (a 23.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Cameroon gained 7,727,597 (a 33.9% growth), while Sao Tome and Principe's population increased by 43,764 (a 21.9% growth).

Cameroon was ranked 59th most populous country in 2005 and is 51st in 2025. Sao Tome and Principe was ranked 178th in 2005 and ranked 176th 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 Sao Tome and Principe will increase by 49.6% to 365,103 people and rank change from 176th to 175th.