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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Cameroon	South Sudan	Cameroon	South Sudan
1960	5,159,057	2,931,559	-	-
1961	5,239,273	2,976,724	1.55%	1.54%
1962	5,338,620	3,024,308	1.9%	1.6%
1963	5,456,623	3,072,669	2.21%	1.6%
1964	5,578,257	3,129,918	2.23%	1.86%
1965	5,704,686	3,189,835	2.27%	1.91%
1966	5,837,295	3,236,423	2.32%	1.46%
1967	5,977,318	3,277,648	2.4%	1.27%
1968	6,125,863	3,321,528	2.49%	1.34%
1969	6,283,462	3,365,533	2.57%	1.32%
1970	6,449,793	3,409,614	2.65%	1.31%
1971	6,624,408	3,468,646	2.71%	1.73%
1972	6,806,872	3,542,497	2.75%	2.13%
1973	6,996,660	3,627,383	2.79%	2.4%
1974	7,193,583	3,723,259	2.81%	2.64%
1975	7,397,120	3,821,494	2.83%	2.64%
1976	7,597,962	3,921,910	2.72%	2.63%
1977	7,796,501	4,024,032	2.61%	2.6%
1978	8,011,921	4,127,657	2.76%	2.58%
1979	8,239,641	4,232,605	2.84%	2.54%
1980	8,512,219	4,339,030	3.31%	2.51%
1981	8,816,377	4,447,272	3.57%	2.49%
1982	9,028,678	4,557,686	2.41%	2.48%
1983	9,215,397	4,661,574	2.07%	2.28%
1984	9,475,078	4,750,627	2.82%	1.91%
1985	9,761,730	4,834,296	3.03%	1.76%
1986	10,060,342	4,921,240	3.06%	1.8%
1987	10,370,749	4,962,395	3.09%	0.84%
1988	10,684,968	4,848,029	3.03%	-2.3%
1989	11,002,745	4,713,229	2.97%	-2.78%
1990	11,331,821	4,737,633	2.99%	0.52%
1991	11,667,180	4,836,677	2.96%	2.09%
1992	12,006,353	4,909,749	2.91%	1.51%
1993	12,353,131	4,956,002	2.89%	0.94%
1994	12,704,903	5,071,184	2.85%	2.32%
1995	13,058,516	5,225,836	2.78%	3.05%
1996	13,414,757	5,356,925	2.73%	2.51%
1997	13,775,214	5,509,136	2.69%	2.84%
1998	14,144,860	5,620,068	2.68%	2.01%
1999	14,525,140	5,771,628	2.69%	2.7%
2000	14,912,631	6,032,267	2.67%	4.52%
2001	15,309,490	6,308,391	2.66%	4.58%
2002	15,725,528	6,596,806	2.72%	4.57%
2003	16,160,340	6,903,127	2.77%	4.64%
2004	16,610,487	7,233,041	2.79%	4.78%
2005	17,074,594	7,590,143	2.79%	4.94%
2006	17,550,407	7,976,526	2.79%	5.09%
2007	18,049,896	8,388,788	2.85%	5.17%
2008	18,574,056	8,817,647	2.9%	5.11%
2009	19,113,974	9,243,556	2.91%	4.83%
2010	19,668,066	9,745,953	2.9%	5.44%
2011	20,232,304	10,288,109	2.87%	5.56%
2012	20,809,529	10,756,240	2.85%	4.55%
2013	21,402,376	11,166,275	2.85%	3.81%
2014	22,059,893	11,235,073	3.07%	0.62%
2015	22,763,414	11,107,561	3.19%	-1.13%
2016	23,454,161	10,830,102	3.03%	-2.5%
2017	24,128,601	10,259,154	2.88%	-5.27%
2018	24,806,383	10,122,977	2.81%	-1.33%
2019	25,506,095	10,423,384	2.82%	2.97%
2020	26,210,558	10,698,467	2.76%	2.64%
2021	26,915,758	10,865,780	2.69%	1.56%
2022	27,632,771	11,021,177	2.66%	1.43%
2023	28,372,687	11,483,374	2.68%	4.19%
2024	29,123,744	11,943,408	2.65%	4.01%
2025	29,879,335	12,188,793	2.59%	2.05%
2026	30,640,810	12,436,036	2.55%	2.03%
2027	31,410,378	12,687,301	2.51%	2.02%
2028	32,190,667	12,941,503	2.48%	2%
2029	32,979,275	13,198,080	2.45%	1.98%
2030	33,777,182	13,457,446	2.42%	1.97%
2031	34,584,118	13,725,413	2.39%	1.99%
2032	35,399,666	13,996,343	2.36%	1.97%
2033	36,223,480	14,261,762	2.33%	1.9%
2034	37,054,803	14,527,550	2.29%	1.86%
2035	37,893,817	14,798,602	2.26%	1.87%
2036	38,742,461	15,070,098	2.24%	1.83%
2037	39,600,369	15,335,700	2.21%	1.76%
2038	40,463,007	15,595,968	2.18%	1.7%
2039	41,332,840	15,850,696	2.15%	1.63%
2040	42,207,999	16,101,470	2.12%	1.58%
2041	43,089,974	16,350,149	2.09%	1.54%
2042	43,976,014	16,593,361	2.06%	1.49%
2043	44,857,795	16,829,209	2.01%	1.42%
2044	45,741,469	17,060,176	1.97%	1.37%
2045	46,629,033	17,286,412	1.94%	1.33%
2046	47,519,028	17,509,693	1.91%	1.29%
2047	48,413,775	17,728,331	1.88%	1.25%
2048	49,308,762	17,938,437	1.85%	1.19%
2049	50,203,267	18,142,893	1.81%	1.14%
2050	51,096,315	18,341,968	1.78%	1.1%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Cameroon increased by 5,903,754 people (a 33.6% growth), while South Sudan gained 2,853,576 people (a 35.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Cameroon gained 7,195,059 (a 30.7% growth), while South Sudan's population increased by 1,608,680 (a 14.9% growth).

Cameroon was ranked 59th most populous country in 2006 and is 51st in 2026. South Sudan was ranked 92nd in 2006 and ranked 80th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Cameroon's population will grow by 66.7% to 51,096,315 people with a rank change from 51st to 41st. The population of South Sudan will increase by 47.5% to 18,341,968 people and rank change from 80th to 78th.