Population in Cameroon compared to Sri Lanka: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Cameroon and Sri Lanka: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Cameroon	Sri Lanka	Cameroon	Sri Lanka
1960	5,159,057	9,661,389	-	-
1961	5,239,273	9,899,372	1.55%	2.46%
1962	5,338,620	10,143,754	1.9%	2.47%
1963	5,456,623	10,395,040	2.21%	2.48%
1964	5,578,257	10,653,397	2.23%	2.49%
1965	5,704,686	10,916,965	2.27%	2.47%
1966	5,837,295	11,183,928	2.32%	2.45%
1967	5,977,318	11,457,328	2.4%	2.44%
1968	6,125,863	11,736,088	2.49%	2.43%
1969	6,283,462	12,013,858	2.57%	2.37%
1970	6,449,793	12,287,110	2.65%	2.27%
1971	6,624,408	12,551,910	2.71%	2.16%
1972	6,806,872	12,809,205	2.75%	2.05%
1973	6,996,660	13,060,916	2.79%	1.97%
1974	7,193,583	13,305,693	2.81%	1.87%
1975	7,397,120	13,548,984	2.83%	1.83%
1976	7,597,962	13,796,770	2.72%	1.83%
1977	7,796,501	14,049,371	2.61%	1.83%
1978	8,011,921	14,310,128	2.76%	1.86%
1979	8,239,641	14,579,614	2.84%	1.88%
1980	8,512,219	14,847,974	3.31%	1.84%
1981	8,816,377	15,099,414	3.57%	1.69%
1982	9,028,678	15,286,567	2.41%	1.24%
1983	9,215,397	15,388,794	2.07%	0.67%
1984	9,475,078	15,441,860	2.82%	0.34%
1985	9,761,730	15,544,154	3.03%	0.66%
1986	10,060,342	15,731,256	3.06%	1.2%
1987	10,370,749	15,916,576	3.09%	1.18%
1988	10,684,968	16,078,621	3.03%	1.02%
1989	11,002,745	16,248,557	2.97%	1.06%
1990	11,331,821	16,352,458	2.99%	0.64%
1991	11,667,180	16,475,354	2.96%	0.75%
1992	12,006,353	16,739,284	2.91%	1.6%
1993	12,353,131	17,025,918	2.89%	1.71%
1994	12,704,903	17,275,773	2.85%	1.47%
1995	13,058,516	17,564,068	2.78%	1.67%
1996	13,414,757	17,905,018	2.73%	1.94%
1997	13,775,214	18,248,200	2.69%	1.92%
1998	14,144,860	18,596,003	2.68%	1.91%
1999	14,525,140	18,944,731	2.69%	1.88%
2000	14,912,631	19,293,054	2.67%	1.84%
2001	15,309,490	19,600,362	2.66%	1.59%
2002	15,725,528	19,805,752	2.72%	1.05%
2003	16,160,340	19,951,521	2.77%	0.74%
2004	16,610,487	20,087,605	2.79%	0.68%
2005	17,074,594	20,216,524	2.79%	0.64%
2006	17,550,407	20,352,411	2.79%	0.67%
2007	18,049,896	20,492,545	2.85%	0.69%
2008	18,574,056	20,629,378	2.9%	0.67%
2009	19,113,974	20,756,435	2.91%	0.62%
2010	19,668,066	20,879,089	2.9%	0.59%
2011	20,232,304	21,009,048	2.87%	0.62%
2012	20,809,529	21,169,458	2.85%	0.76%
2013	21,402,376	20,585,000	2.85%	-2.76%
2014	22,059,893	20,778,000	3.07%	0.94%
2015	22,763,414	20,970,000	3.19%	0.92%
2016	23,454,161	21,209,000	3.03%	1.14%
2017	24,128,601	21,453,000	2.88%	1.15%
2018	24,806,383	21,670,000	2.81%	1.01%
2019	25,506,095	21,803,000	2.82%	0.61%
2020	26,210,558	21,919,000	2.76%	0.53%
2021	26,915,758	22,156,000	2.69%	1.08%
2022	27,632,771	22,181,000	2.66%	0.11%
2023	28,372,687	22,037,000	2.68%	-0.65%
2024	29,123,744	21,916,000	2.65%	-0.55%
2025	29,879,335	22,035,440	2.59%	0.54%
2026	30,640,810	22,148,172	2.55%	0.51%
2027	31,410,378	22,255,601	2.51%	0.49%
2028	32,190,667	22,357,682	2.48%	0.46%
2029	32,979,275	22,453,922	2.45%	0.43%
2030	33,777,182	22,546,245	2.42%	0.41%
2031	34,584,118	22,635,106	2.39%	0.39%
2032	35,399,666	22,720,118	2.36%	0.38%
2033	36,223,480	22,802,043	2.33%	0.36%
2034	37,054,803	22,879,527	2.29%	0.34%
2035	37,893,817	22,952,739	2.26%	0.32%
2036	38,742,461	23,022,027	2.24%	0.3%
2037	39,600,369	23,088,877	2.21%	0.29%
2038	40,463,007	23,152,480	2.18%	0.28%
2039	41,332,840	23,211,633	2.15%	0.26%
2040	42,207,999	23,265,986	2.12%	0.23%
2041	43,089,974	23,315,260	2.09%	0.21%
2042	43,976,014	23,359,578	2.06%	0.19%
2043	44,857,795	23,398,752	2.01%	0.17%
2044	45,741,469	23,433,096	1.97%	0.15%
2045	46,629,033	23,464,943	1.94%	0.14%
2046	47,519,028	23,492,738	1.91%	0.12%
2047	48,413,775	23,512,629	1.88%	0.08%
2048	49,308,762	23,525,953	1.85%	0.06%
2049	50,203,267	23,533,940	1.81%	0.03%
2050	51,096,315	23,538,230	1.78%	0.02%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Cameroon increased by 5,903,754 people (a 33.6% growth), while Sri Lanka gained 856,589 people (a 4.21% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Cameroon gained 7,195,059 (a 30.7% growth), while Sri Lanka's population increased by 940,346 (a 4.43% growth).

Cameroon was ranked 59th most populous country in 2006 and is 51st in 2026. Sri Lanka was ranked 55th in 2006 and ranked 63rd 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 Sri Lanka will increase by 6.27% to 23,538,230 people and rank change from 63rd to 70th.