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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Cameroon	South Korea	Cameroon	South Korea
1960	5,159,057	25,012,374	-	-
1961	5,239,273	25,765,673	1.55%	3.01%
1962	5,338,620	26,513,030	1.9%	2.9%
1963	5,456,623	27,261,747	2.21%	2.82%
1964	5,578,257	27,984,155	2.23%	2.65%
1965	5,704,686	28,704,674	2.27%	2.57%
1966	5,837,295	29,435,571	2.32%	2.55%
1967	5,977,318	30,130,983	2.4%	2.36%
1968	6,125,863	30,838,302	2.49%	2.35%
1969	6,283,462	31,544,266	2.57%	2.29%
1970	6,449,793	32,240,827	2.65%	2.21%
1971	6,624,408	32,882,704	2.71%	1.99%
1972	6,806,872	33,505,406	2.75%	1.89%
1973	6,996,660	34,103,149	2.79%	1.78%
1974	7,193,583	34,692,266	2.81%	1.73%
1975	7,397,120	35,280,725	2.83%	1.7%
1976	7,597,962	35,848,523	2.72%	1.61%
1977	7,796,501	36,411,795	2.61%	1.57%
1978	8,011,921	36,969,185	2.76%	1.53%
1979	8,239,641	37,534,236	2.84%	1.53%
1980	8,512,219	38,123,775	3.31%	1.57%
1981	8,816,377	38,723,248	3.57%	1.57%
1982	9,028,678	39,326,352	2.41%	1.56%
1983	9,215,397	39,910,403	2.07%	1.49%
1984	9,475,078	40,405,956	2.82%	1.24%
1985	9,761,730	40,805,744	3.03%	0.99%
1986	10,060,342	41,213,674	3.06%	1%
1987	10,370,749	41,621,690	3.09%	0.99%
1988	10,684,968	42,031,247	3.03%	0.98%
1989	11,002,745	42,449,038	2.97%	0.99%
1990	11,331,821	42,869,283	2.99%	0.99%
1991	11,667,180	43,295,704	2.96%	0.99%
1992	12,006,353	43,747,962	2.91%	1.04%
1993	12,353,131	44,194,628	2.89%	1.02%
1994	12,704,903	44,641,540	2.85%	1.01%
1995	13,058,516	45,092,991	2.78%	1.01%
1996	13,414,757	45,524,681	2.73%	0.96%
1997	13,775,214	45,953,580	2.69%	0.94%
1998	14,144,860	46,286,503	2.68%	0.72%
1999	14,525,140	46,616,677	2.69%	0.71%
2000	14,912,631	47,008,111	2.67%	0.84%
2001	15,309,490	47,370,164	2.66%	0.77%
2002	15,725,528	47,644,736	2.72%	0.58%
2003	16,160,340	47,892,330	2.77%	0.52%
2004	16,610,487	48,082,519	2.79%	0.4%
2005	17,074,594	48,184,561	2.79%	0.21%
2006	17,550,407	48,438,292	2.79%	0.53%
2007	18,049,896	48,683,638	2.85%	0.51%
2008	18,574,056	49,054,708	2.9%	0.76%
2009	19,113,974	49,307,835	2.91%	0.52%
2010	19,668,066	49,554,112	2.9%	0.5%
2011	20,232,304	49,936,638	2.87%	0.77%
2012	20,809,529	50,199,853	2.85%	0.53%
2013	21,402,376	50,428,893	2.85%	0.46%
2014	22,059,893	50,746,659	3.07%	0.63%
2015	22,763,414	51,014,947	3.19%	0.53%
2016	23,454,161	51,217,803	3.03%	0.4%
2017	24,128,601	51,361,911	2.88%	0.28%
2018	24,806,383	51,585,058	2.81%	0.43%
2019	25,506,095	51,764,822	2.82%	0.35%
2020	26,210,558	51,836,239	2.76%	0.14%
2021	26,915,758	51,769,539	2.69%	-0.13%
2022	27,632,771	51,672,569	2.66%	-0.19%
2023	28,372,687	51,712,619	2.68%	0.08%
2024	29,123,744	51,751,065	2.65%	0.07%
2025	29,879,335	51,700,480	2.59%	-0.1%
2026	30,640,810	51,633,793	2.55%	-0.13%
2027	31,410,378	51,552,198	2.51%	-0.16%
2028	32,190,667	51,456,707	2.48%	-0.19%
2029	32,979,275	51,347,230	2.45%	-0.21%
2030	33,777,182	51,221,713	2.42%	-0.24%
2031	34,584,118	51,081,220	2.39%	-0.27%
2032	35,399,666	50,924,233	2.36%	-0.31%
2033	36,223,480	50,747,132	2.33%	-0.35%
2034	37,054,803	50,549,508	2.29%	-0.39%
2035	37,893,817	50,333,286	2.26%	-0.43%
2036	38,742,461	50,098,951	2.24%	-0.47%
2037	39,600,369	49,845,669	2.21%	-0.51%
2038	40,463,007	49,573,234	2.18%	-0.55%
2039	41,332,840	49,283,770	2.15%	-0.58%
2040	42,207,999	48,980,369	2.12%	-0.62%
2041	43,089,974	48,661,905	2.09%	-0.65%
2042	43,976,014	48,331,004	2.06%	-0.68%
2043	44,857,795	47,990,085	2.01%	-0.71%
2044	45,741,469	47,634,183	1.97%	-0.74%
2045	46,629,033	47,263,526	1.94%	-0.78%
2046	47,519,028	46,881,228	1.91%	-0.81%
2047	48,413,775	46,482,133	1.88%	-0.85%
2048	49,308,762	46,063,595	1.85%	-0.9%
2049	50,203,267	45,626,805	1.81%	-0.95%
2050	51,096,315	45,172,356	1.78%	-1%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Cameroon increased by 5,688,820 people (a 33.3% growth), while South Korea gained 2,830,386 people (a 5.87% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Cameroon gained 7,727,597 (a 33.9% growth), while South Korea's population increased by 685,533 (a 1.34% growth).

Cameroon was ranked 59th most populous country in 2005 and is 51st in 2025. South Korea was ranked 25th in 2005 and ranked 31st 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 Korea will decrease by 12.6% to 45,172,356 people and rank change from 31st to 48th.