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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Cameroon	Sudan	Cameroon	Sudan
1960	5,159,057	8,364,489	-	-
1961	5,239,273	8,634,941	1.55%	3.23%
1962	5,338,620	8,919,028	1.9%	3.29%
1963	5,456,623	9,218,077	2.21%	3.35%
1964	5,578,257	9,531,109	2.23%	3.4%
1965	5,704,686	9,858,030	2.27%	3.43%
1966	5,837,295	10,197,578	2.32%	3.44%
1967	5,977,318	10,550,597	2.4%	3.46%
1968	6,125,863	10,917,999	2.49%	3.48%
1969	6,283,462	11,298,936	2.57%	3.49%
1970	6,449,793	11,695,771	2.65%	3.51%
1971	6,624,408	12,105,539	2.71%	3.5%
1972	6,806,872	12,527,856	2.75%	3.49%
1973	6,996,660	13,049,315	2.79%	4.16%
1974	7,193,583	13,580,723	2.81%	4.07%
1975	7,397,120	14,064,798	2.83%	3.56%
1976	7,597,962	14,569,716	2.72%	3.59%
1977	7,796,501	15,086,614	2.61%	3.55%
1978	8,011,921	15,695,003	2.76%	4.03%
1979	8,239,641	16,355,352	2.84%	4.21%
1980	8,512,219	17,058,905	3.31%	4.3%
1981	8,816,377	17,780,572	3.57%	4.23%
1982	9,028,678	18,486,645	2.41%	3.97%
1983	9,215,397	19,109,770	2.07%	3.37%
1984	9,475,078	19,546,528	2.82%	2.29%
1985	9,761,730	19,905,872	3.03%	1.84%
1986	10,060,342	20,288,238	3.06%	1.92%
1987	10,370,749	20,704,904	3.09%	2.05%
1988	10,684,968	21,138,431	3.03%	2.09%
1989	11,002,745	21,578,022	2.97%	2.08%
1990	11,331,821	22,021,481	2.99%	2.06%
1991	11,667,180	22,470,676	2.96%	2.04%
1992	12,006,353	22,927,355	2.91%	2.03%
1993	12,353,131	23,445,592	2.89%	2.26%
1994	12,704,903	24,043,948	2.85%	2.55%
1995	13,058,516	24,672,143	2.78%	2.61%
1996	13,414,757	25,231,528	2.73%	2.27%
1997	13,775,214	25,799,821	2.69%	2.25%
1998	14,144,860	26,458,999	2.68%	2.55%
1999	14,525,140	27,130,613	2.69%	2.54%
2000	14,912,631	27,816,745	2.67%	2.53%
2001	15,309,490	28,516,770	2.66%	2.52%
2002	15,725,528	29,228,727	2.72%	2.5%
2003	16,160,340	29,896,035	2.77%	2.28%
2004	16,610,487	30,556,637	2.79%	2.21%
2005	17,074,594	31,262,444	2.79%	2.31%
2006	17,550,407	31,992,435	2.79%	2.34%
2007	18,049,896	32,764,135	2.85%	2.41%
2008	18,574,056	33,623,980	2.9%	2.62%
2009	19,113,974	34,569,113	2.91%	2.81%
2010	19,668,066	35,414,399	2.9%	2.45%
2011	20,232,304	36,140,806	2.87%	2.05%
2012	20,809,529	36,923,178	2.85%	2.16%
2013	21,402,376	37,785,849	2.85%	2.34%
2014	22,059,893	38,823,318	3.07%	2.75%
2015	22,763,414	40,024,431	3.19%	3.09%
2016	23,454,161	41,259,892	3.03%	3.09%
2017	24,128,601	42,714,306	2.88%	3.53%
2018	24,806,383	44,230,596	2.81%	3.55%
2019	25,506,095	45,548,175	2.82%	2.98%
2020	26,210,558	46,789,231	2.76%	2.72%
2021	26,915,758	48,066,924	2.69%	2.73%
2022	27,632,771	49,383,346	2.66%	2.74%
2023	28,372,687	50,042,791	2.68%	1.34%
2024	29,123,744	50,448,963	2.65%	0.81%
2025	29,879,335	51,662,152	2.59%	2.4%
2026	30,640,810	53,282,718	2.55%	3.14%
2027	31,410,378	54,724,215	2.51%	2.71%
2028	32,190,667	55,993,833	2.48%	2.32%
2029	32,979,275	57,275,443	2.45%	2.29%
2030	33,777,182	58,571,624	2.42%	2.26%
2031	34,584,118	59,872,936	2.39%	2.22%
2032	35,399,666	61,179,476	2.36%	2.18%
2033	36,223,480	62,497,205	2.33%	2.15%
2034	37,054,803	63,822,356	2.29%	2.12%
2035	37,893,817	65,148,317	2.26%	2.08%
2036	38,742,461	66,470,018	2.24%	2.03%
2037	39,600,369	67,791,240	2.21%	1.99%
2038	40,463,007	69,107,712	2.18%	1.94%
2039	41,332,840	70,416,631	2.15%	1.89%
2040	42,207,999	71,730,604	2.12%	1.87%
2041	43,089,974	73,056,213	2.09%	1.85%
2042	43,976,014	74,387,562	2.06%	1.82%
2043	44,857,795	75,723,670	2.01%	1.8%
2044	45,741,469	77,066,454	1.97%	1.77%
2045	46,629,033	78,415,205	1.94%	1.75%
2046	47,519,028	79,767,271	1.91%	1.72%
2047	48,413,775	81,115,241	1.88%	1.69%
2048	49,308,762	82,463,202	1.85%	1.66%
2049	50,203,267	83,828,356	1.81%	1.66%
2050	51,096,315	85,206,384	1.78%	1.64%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Cameroon increased by 5,903,754 people (a 33.6% growth), while Sudan gained 9,267,457 people (a 29% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Cameroon gained 7,195,059 (a 30.7% growth), while Sudan's population increased by 12,038,580 (a 29.2% growth).

Cameroon was ranked 59th most populous country in 2006 and is 51st in 2026. Sudan was ranked 36th in 2006 and ranked 29th 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 Sudan will increase by 59.9% to 85,206,384 people and rank change from 29th to 21st.