Population in Cameroon compared to South Africa: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Cameroon and South Africa: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Cameroon	South Africa	Cameroon	South Africa
1960	5,159,057	16,440,172	-	-
1961	5,239,273	16,908,035	1.55%	2.85%
1962	5,338,620	17,418,522	1.9%	3.02%
1963	5,456,623	17,954,564	2.21%	3.08%
1964	5,578,257	18,511,361	2.23%	3.1%
1965	5,704,686	19,089,380	2.27%	3.12%
1966	5,837,295	19,690,087	2.32%	3.15%
1967	5,977,318	20,314,066	2.4%	3.17%
1968	6,125,863	20,957,287	2.49%	3.17%
1969	6,283,462	21,614,676	2.57%	3.14%
1970	6,449,793	22,279,984	2.65%	3.08%
1971	6,624,408	22,942,143	2.71%	2.97%
1972	6,806,872	23,609,456	2.75%	2.91%
1973	6,996,660	24,294,263	2.79%	2.9%
1974	7,193,583	24,989,108	2.81%	2.86%
1975	7,397,120	25,690,940	2.83%	2.81%
1976	7,597,962	26,395,450	2.72%	2.74%
1977	7,796,501	27,118,952	2.61%	2.74%
1978	8,011,921	27,869,507	2.76%	2.77%
1979	8,239,641	28,634,162	2.84%	2.74%
1980	8,512,219	29,518,857	3.31%	3.09%
1981	8,816,377	30,541,044	3.57%	3.46%
1982	9,028,678	31,615,339	2.41%	3.52%
1983	9,215,397	32,739,304	2.07%	3.56%
1984	9,475,078	33,892,788	2.82%	3.52%
1985	9,761,730	35,042,093	3.03%	3.39%
1986	10,060,342	36,180,515	3.06%	3.25%
1987	10,370,749	37,326,190	3.09%	3.17%
1988	10,684,968	38,480,649	3.03%	3.09%
1989	11,002,745	39,628,575	2.97%	2.98%
1990	11,331,821	40,746,268	2.99%	2.82%
1991	11,667,180	41,687,898	2.96%	2.31%
1992	12,006,353	42,443,509	2.91%	1.81%
1993	12,353,131	43,297,156	2.89%	2.01%
1994	12,704,903	44,004,139	2.85%	1.63%
1995	13,058,516	44,541,554	2.78%	1.22%
1996	13,414,757	45,123,018	2.73%	1.31%
1997	13,775,214	45,666,838	2.69%	1.21%
1998	14,144,860	46,223,880	2.68%	1.22%
1999	14,525,140	46,730,335	2.69%	1.1%
2000	14,912,631	47,159,719	2.67%	0.92%
2001	15,309,490	47,566,800	2.66%	0.86%
2002	15,725,528	48,019,415	2.72%	0.95%
2003	16,160,340	48,500,348	2.77%	1%
2004	16,610,487	48,991,421	2.79%	1.01%
2005	17,074,594	49,490,033	2.79%	1.02%
2006	17,550,407	49,998,277	2.79%	1.03%
2007	18,049,896	50,528,584	2.85%	1.06%
2008	18,574,056	51,114,599	2.9%	1.16%
2009	19,113,974	51,728,516	2.91%	1.2%
2010	19,668,066	52,344,051	2.9%	1.19%
2011	20,232,304	52,995,205	2.87%	1.24%
2012	20,809,529	53,782,567	2.85%	1.49%
2013	21,402,376	54,678,791	2.85%	1.67%
2014	22,059,893	55,594,838	3.07%	1.68%
2015	22,763,414	56,723,537	3.19%	2.03%
2016	23,454,161	57,259,551	3.03%	0.94%
2017	24,128,601	57,635,162	2.88%	0.66%
2018	24,806,383	58,613,001	2.81%	1.7%
2019	25,506,095	59,587,885	2.82%	1.66%
2020	26,210,558	60,562,381	2.76%	1.64%
2021	26,915,758	61,502,603	2.69%	1.55%
2022	27,632,771	62,378,410	2.66%	1.42%
2023	28,372,687	63,212,384	2.68%	1.34%
2024	29,123,744	64,007,187	2.65%	1.26%
2025	29,879,335	64,747,317	2.59%	1.16%
2026	30,640,810	65,453,086	2.55%	1.09%
2027	31,410,378	66,143,018	2.51%	1.05%
2028	32,190,667	66,830,384	2.48%	1.04%
2029	32,979,275	67,506,850	2.45%	1.01%
2030	33,777,182	68,161,357	2.42%	0.97%
2031	34,584,118	68,798,574	2.39%	0.93%
2032	35,399,666	69,426,441	2.36%	0.91%
2033	36,223,480	70,040,484	2.33%	0.88%
2034	37,054,803	70,641,572	2.29%	0.86%
2035	37,893,817	71,234,749	2.26%	0.84%
2036	38,742,461	71,816,372	2.24%	0.82%
2037	39,600,369	72,387,807	2.21%	0.8%
2038	40,463,007	72,949,611	2.18%	0.78%
2039	41,332,840	73,496,152	2.15%	0.75%
2040	42,207,999	74,035,615	2.12%	0.73%
2041	43,089,974	74,575,444	2.09%	0.73%
2042	43,976,014	75,111,899	2.06%	0.72%
2043	44,857,795	75,641,512	2.01%	0.71%
2044	45,741,469	76,164,461	1.97%	0.69%
2045	46,629,033	76,681,448	1.94%	0.68%
2046	47,519,028	77,199,542	1.91%	0.68%
2047	48,413,775	77,716,650	1.88%	0.67%
2048	49,308,762	78,215,323	1.85%	0.64%
2049	50,203,267	78,699,584	1.81%	0.62%
2050	51,096,315	79,177,329	1.78%	0.61%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Cameroon increased by 5,688,820 people (a 33.3% growth), while South Africa gained 7,233,504 people (a 14.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Cameroon gained 7,727,597 (a 33.9% growth), while South Africa's population increased by 8,590,709 (a 15.1% growth).

Cameroon was ranked 59th most populous country in 2005 and is 51st in 2025. South Africa was ranked 24th in 2005 and still ranked 24th 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 South Africa will increase by 21.2% to 79,177,329 people and rank change from 24th to 23rd.