Population in Cameroon compared to Spain: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Cameroon and Spain: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Cameroon	Spain	Cameroon	Spain
1960	5,159,057	30,455,000	-	-
1961	5,239,273	30,739,250	1.55%	0.93%
1962	5,338,620	31,023,366	1.9%	0.92%
1963	5,456,623	31,296,651	2.21%	0.88%
1964	5,578,257	31,609,195	2.23%	1%
1965	5,704,686	31,954,292	2.27%	1.09%
1966	5,837,295	32,283,194	2.32%	1.03%
1967	5,977,318	32,682,947	2.4%	1.24%
1968	6,125,863	33,113,134	2.49%	1.32%
1969	6,283,462	33,441,054	2.57%	0.99%
1970	6,449,793	33,814,531	2.65%	1.12%
1971	6,624,408	34,224,490	2.71%	1.21%
1972	6,806,872	34,604,469	2.75%	1.11%
1973	6,996,660	34,988,947	2.79%	1.11%
1974	7,193,583	35,373,335	2.81%	1.1%
1975	7,397,120	35,757,900	2.83%	1.09%
1976	7,597,962	36,137,812	2.72%	1.06%
1977	7,796,501	36,511,638	2.61%	1.03%
1978	8,011,921	36,864,898	2.76%	0.97%
1979	8,239,641	37,191,330	2.84%	0.89%
1980	8,512,219	37,491,165	3.31%	0.81%
1981	8,816,377	37,758,631	3.57%	0.71%
1982	9,028,678	37,986,012	2.41%	0.6%
1983	9,215,397	38,171,525	2.07%	0.49%
1984	9,475,078	38,330,364	2.82%	0.42%
1985	9,761,730	38,469,512	3.03%	0.36%
1986	10,060,342	38,584,624	3.06%	0.3%
1987	10,370,749	38,684,815	3.09%	0.26%
1988	10,684,968	38,766,939	3.03%	0.21%
1989	11,002,745	38,827,764	2.97%	0.16%
1990	11,331,821	38,867,322	2.99%	0.1%
1991	11,667,180	38,966,376	2.96%	0.25%
1992	12,006,353	39,157,685	2.91%	0.49%
1993	12,353,131	39,361,262	2.89%	0.52%
1994	12,704,903	39,549,108	2.85%	0.48%
1995	13,058,516	39,724,050	2.78%	0.44%
1996	13,414,757	39,889,852	2.73%	0.42%
1997	13,775,214	40,057,389	2.69%	0.42%
1998	14,144,860	40,223,509	2.68%	0.41%
1999	14,525,140	40,386,875	2.69%	0.41%
2000	14,912,631	40,567,864	2.67%	0.45%
2001	15,309,490	40,850,412	2.66%	0.7%
2002	15,725,528	41,431,558	2.72%	1.42%
2003	16,160,340	42,187,645	2.77%	1.82%
2004	16,610,487	42,921,895	2.79%	1.74%
2005	17,074,594	43,653,155	2.79%	1.7%
2006	17,550,407	44,397,319	2.79%	1.7%
2007	18,049,896	45,226,803	2.85%	1.87%
2008	18,574,056	45,954,106	2.9%	1.61%
2009	19,113,974	46,362,946	2.91%	0.89%
2010	19,668,066	46,576,897	2.9%	0.46%
2011	20,232,304	46,742,697	2.87%	0.36%
2012	20,809,529	46,773,055	2.85%	0.06%
2013	21,402,376	46,604,197	2.85%	-0.36%
2014	22,059,893	46,460,733	3.07%	-0.31%
2015	22,763,414	46,422,303	3.19%	-0.08%
2016	23,454,161	46,458,139	3.03%	0.08%
2017	24,128,601	46,571,232	2.88%	0.24%
2018	24,806,383	46,782,011	2.81%	0.45%
2019	25,506,095	47,118,501	2.82%	0.72%
2020	26,210,558	47,359,424	2.76%	0.51%
2021	26,915,758	47,443,821	2.69%	0.18%
2022	27,632,771	47,786,102	2.66%	0.72%
2023	28,372,687	48,352,528	2.68%	1.19%
2024	29,123,744	48,848,840	2.65%	1.03%
2025	29,879,335	48,827,866	2.59%	-0.04%
2026	30,640,810	48,787,930	2.55%	-0.08%
2027	31,410,378	48,738,456	2.51%	-0.1%
2028	32,190,667	48,683,694	2.48%	-0.11%
2029	32,979,275	48,619,674	2.45%	-0.13%
2030	33,777,182	48,542,955	2.42%	-0.16%
2031	34,584,118	48,454,221	2.39%	-0.18%
2032	35,399,666	48,362,482	2.36%	-0.19%
2033	36,223,480	48,271,264	2.33%	-0.19%
2034	37,054,803	48,177,551	2.29%	-0.19%
2035	37,893,817	48,077,695	2.26%	-0.21%
2036	38,742,461	47,970,911	2.24%	-0.22%
2037	39,600,369	47,860,116	2.21%	-0.23%
2038	40,463,007	47,747,343	2.18%	-0.24%
2039	41,332,840	47,629,540	2.15%	-0.25%
2040	42,207,999	47,504,152	2.12%	-0.26%
2041	43,089,974	47,373,061	2.09%	-0.28%
2042	43,976,014	47,234,914	2.06%	-0.29%
2043	44,857,795	47,092,497	2.01%	-0.3%
2044	45,741,469	46,942,712	1.97%	-0.32%
2045	46,629,033	46,778,501	1.94%	-0.35%
2046	47,519,028	46,604,170	1.91%	-0.37%
2047	48,413,775	46,421,312	1.88%	-0.39%
2048	49,308,762	46,230,109	1.85%	-0.41%
2049	50,203,267	46,024,720	1.81%	-0.44%
2050	51,096,315	45,808,469	1.78%	-0.47%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Cameroon increased by 5,903,754 people (a 33.6% growth), while Spain gained 2,060,820 people (a 4.64% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Cameroon gained 7,195,059 (a 30.7% growth), while Spain's population increased by 2,329,791 (a 5.01% growth).

Cameroon was ranked 59th most populous country in 2006 and is 51st in 2026. Spain was ranked 28th in 2006 and ranked 32nd 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 Spain will decrease by 6.11% to 45,808,469 people and rank change from 32nd to 47th.