Population in Cameroon compared to Saudi Arabia: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Cameroon and Saudi Arabia: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Cameroon	Saudi Arabia	Cameroon	Saudi Arabia
1960	5,159,057	2,435,403	-	-
1961	5,239,273	2,526,347	1.55%	3.73%
1962	5,338,620	2,620,910	1.9%	3.74%
1963	5,456,623	2,719,341	2.21%	3.76%
1964	5,578,257	2,821,968	2.23%	3.77%
1965	5,704,686	2,928,771	2.27%	3.78%
1966	5,837,295	3,039,887	2.32%	3.79%
1967	5,977,318	3,157,242	2.4%	3.86%
1968	6,125,863	3,282,711	2.49%	3.97%
1969	6,283,462	3,417,114	2.57%	4.09%
1970	6,449,793	3,562,470	2.65%	4.25%
1971	6,624,408	3,724,031	2.71%	4.54%
1972	6,806,872	3,905,722	2.75%	4.88%
1973	6,996,660	4,106,344	2.79%	5.14%
1974	7,193,583	4,323,632	2.81%	5.29%
1975	7,397,120	4,556,287	2.83%	5.38%
1976	7,597,962	4,807,933	2.72%	5.52%
1977	7,796,501	5,083,048	2.61%	5.72%
1978	8,011,921	5,381,902	2.76%	5.88%
1979	8,239,641	5,703,698	2.84%	5.98%
1980	8,512,219	6,047,997	3.31%	6.04%
1981	8,816,377	6,420,551	3.57%	6.16%
1982	9,028,678	6,824,486	2.41%	6.29%
1983	9,215,397	7,252,941	2.07%	6.28%
1984	9,475,078	7,697,307	2.82%	6.13%
1985	9,761,730	8,151,779	3.03%	5.9%
1986	10,060,342	8,628,639	3.06%	5.85%
1987	10,370,749	9,130,194	3.09%	5.81%
1988	10,684,968	9,629,165	3.03%	5.47%
1989	11,002,745	10,128,394	2.97%	5.18%
1990	11,331,821	10,640,691	2.99%	5.06%
1991	11,667,180	11,160,744	2.96%	4.89%
1992	12,006,353	11,686,676	2.91%	4.71%
1993	12,353,131	12,215,862	2.89%	4.53%
1994	12,704,903	12,750,040	2.85%	4.37%
1995	13,058,516	13,289,245	2.78%	4.23%
1996	13,414,757	13,831,009	2.73%	4.08%
1997	13,775,214	14,374,943	2.69%	3.93%
1998	14,144,860	14,922,185	2.68%	3.81%
1999	14,525,140	15,472,075	2.69%	3.69%
2000	14,912,631	16,177,722	2.67%	4.56%
2001	15,309,490	17,041,397	2.66%	5.34%
2002	15,725,528	17,910,910	2.72%	5.1%
2003	16,160,340	18,786,767	2.77%	4.89%
2004	16,610,487	19,669,480	2.79%	4.7%
2005	17,074,594	20,559,890	2.79%	4.53%
2006	17,550,407	21,459,144	2.79%	4.37%
2007	18,049,896	22,368,313	2.85%	4.24%
2008	18,574,056	23,287,877	2.9%	4.11%
2009	19,113,974	24,217,654	2.91%	3.99%
2010	19,668,066	23,978,487	2.9%	-0.99%
2011	20,232,304	25,091,867	2.87%	4.64%
2012	20,809,529	26,168,861	2.85%	4.29%
2013	21,402,376	27,624,004	2.85%	5.56%
2014	22,059,893	28,309,273	3.07%	2.48%
2015	22,763,414	29,816,382	3.19%	5.32%
2016	23,454,161	30,954,198	3.03%	3.82%
2017	24,128,601	30,977,355	2.88%	0.07%
2018	24,806,383	30,196,281	2.81%	-2.52%
2019	25,506,095	30,063,799	2.82%	-0.44%
2020	26,210,558	31,552,510	2.76%	4.95%
2021	26,915,758	30,784,383	2.69%	-2.43%
2022	27,632,771	32,175,224	2.66%	4.52%
2023	28,372,687	33,702,731	2.68%	4.75%
2024	29,123,744	35,300,280	2.65%	4.74%
2025	29,879,335	35,927,625	2.59%	1.78%
2026	30,640,810	36,550,694	2.55%	1.73%
2027	31,410,378	37,167,513	2.51%	1.69%
2028	32,190,667	37,775,810	2.48%	1.64%
2029	32,979,275	38,364,377	2.45%	1.56%
2030	33,777,182	38,918,375	2.42%	1.44%
2031	34,584,118	39,450,880	2.39%	1.37%
2032	35,399,666	39,983,934	2.36%	1.35%
2033	36,223,480	40,517,599	2.33%	1.33%
2034	37,054,803	41,052,423	2.29%	1.32%
2035	37,893,817	41,588,429	2.26%	1.31%
2036	38,742,461	42,125,184	2.24%	1.29%
2037	39,600,369	42,661,908	2.21%	1.27%
2038	40,463,007	43,198,420	2.18%	1.26%
2039	41,332,840	43,734,316	2.15%	1.24%
2040	42,207,999	44,269,571	2.12%	1.22%
2041	43,089,974	44,804,338	2.09%	1.21%
2042	43,976,014	45,338,111	2.06%	1.19%
2043	44,857,795	45,870,896	2.01%	1.18%
2044	45,741,469	46,403,116	1.97%	1.16%
2045	46,629,033	46,934,822	1.94%	1.15%
2046	47,519,028	47,465,267	1.91%	1.13%
2047	48,413,775	47,993,976	1.88%	1.11%
2048	49,308,762	48,521,364	1.85%	1.1%
2049	50,203,267	49,047,461	1.81%	1.08%
2050	51,096,315	49,572,202	1.78%	1.07%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Cameroon increased by 5,688,820 people (a 33.3% growth), while Saudi Arabia gained 9,256,492 people (a 45% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Cameroon gained 7,727,597 (a 33.9% growth), while Saudi Arabia's population increased by 6,611,741 (a 22.2% growth).

Cameroon was ranked 59th most populous country in 2005 and is 51st in 2025. Saudi Arabia was ranked 51st in 2005 and ranked 44th 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 Saudi Arabia will increase by 36.1% to 49,572,202 people and rank change from 44th to 43rd.