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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Cameroon	Suriname	Cameroon	Suriname
1960	5,159,057	263,918	-	-
1961	5,239,273	272,791	1.55%	3.36%
1962	5,338,620	283,912	1.9%	4.08%
1963	5,456,623	297,034	2.21%	4.62%
1964	5,578,257	309,041	2.23%	4.04%
1965	5,704,686	320,000	2.27%	3.55%
1966	5,837,295	331,135	2.32%	3.48%
1967	5,977,318	342,679	2.4%	3.49%
1968	6,125,863	354,616	2.49%	3.48%
1969	6,283,462	366,906	2.57%	3.47%
1970	6,449,793	379,442	2.65%	3.42%
1971	6,624,408	391,932	2.71%	3.29%
1972	6,806,872	397,413	2.75%	1.4%
1973	6,996,660	395,772	2.79%	-0.41%
1974	7,193,583	393,676	2.81%	-0.53%
1975	7,397,120	391,170	2.83%	-0.64%
1976	7,597,962	388,289	2.72%	-0.74%
1977	7,796,501	385,067	2.61%	-0.83%
1978	8,011,921	381,502	2.76%	-0.93%
1979	8,239,641	377,602	2.84%	-1.02%
1980	8,512,219	375,377	3.31%	-0.59%
1981	8,816,377	375,459	3.57%	0.02%
1982	9,028,678	376,555	2.41%	0.29%
1983	9,215,397	378,746	2.07%	0.58%
1984	9,475,078	382,193	2.82%	0.91%
1985	9,761,730	386,972	3.03%	1.25%
1986	10,060,342	392,330	3.06%	1.38%
1987	10,370,749	396,911	3.09%	1.17%
1988	10,684,968	402,227	3.03%	1.34%
1989	11,002,745	408,409	2.97%	1.54%
1990	11,331,821	412,493	2.99%	1%
1991	11,667,180	415,013	2.96%	0.61%
1992	12,006,353	417,589	2.91%	0.62%
1993	12,353,131	419,352	2.89%	0.42%
1994	12,704,903	422,375	2.85%	0.72%
1995	13,058,516	429,606	2.78%	1.71%
1996	13,414,757	438,830	2.73%	2.15%
1997	13,775,214	448,067	2.69%	2.1%
1998	14,144,860	457,406	2.68%	2.08%
1999	14,525,140	466,916	2.69%	2.08%
2000	14,912,631	476,643	2.67%	2.08%
2001	15,309,490	486,560	2.66%	2.08%
2002	15,725,528	496,551	2.72%	2.05%
2003	16,160,340	506,414	2.77%	1.99%
2004	16,610,487	513,923	2.79%	1.48%
2005	17,074,594	519,313	2.79%	1.05%
2006	17,550,407	524,997	2.79%	1.09%
2007	18,049,896	531,016	2.85%	1.15%
2008	18,574,056	537,245	2.9%	1.17%
2009	19,113,974	543,568	2.91%	1.18%
2010	19,668,066	549,923	2.9%	1.17%
2011	20,232,304	556,269	2.87%	1.15%
2012	20,809,529	562,633	2.85%	1.14%
2013	21,402,376	569,020	2.85%	1.14%
2014	22,059,893	575,373	3.07%	1.12%
2015	22,763,414	581,627	3.19%	1.09%
2016	23,454,161	587,757	3.03%	1.05%
2017	24,128,601	593,713	2.88%	1.01%
2018	24,806,383	599,513	2.81%	0.98%
2019	25,506,095	605,768	2.82%	1.04%
2020	26,210,558	612,317	2.76%	1.08%
2021	26,915,758	617,896	2.69%	0.91%
2022	27,632,771	623,164	2.66%	0.85%
2023	28,372,687	628,886	2.68%	0.92%
2024	29,123,744	634,431	2.65%	0.88%
2025	29,879,335	639,852	2.59%	0.85%
2026	30,640,810	645,257	2.55%	0.84%
2027	31,410,378	650,564	2.51%	0.82%
2028	32,190,667	655,783	2.48%	0.8%
2029	32,979,275	660,793	2.45%	0.76%
2030	33,777,182	665,650	2.42%	0.74%
2031	34,584,118	670,421	2.39%	0.72%
2032	35,399,666	675,070	2.36%	0.69%
2033	36,223,480	679,573	2.33%	0.67%
2034	37,054,803	683,911	2.29%	0.64%
2035	37,893,817	688,189	2.26%	0.63%
2036	38,742,461	692,343	2.24%	0.6%
2037	39,600,369	696,213	2.21%	0.56%
2038	40,463,007	699,908	2.18%	0.53%
2039	41,332,840	703,569	2.15%	0.52%
2040	42,207,999	707,156	2.12%	0.51%
2041	43,089,974	710,619	2.09%	0.49%
2042	43,976,014	713,900	2.06%	0.46%
2043	44,857,795	716,999	2.01%	0.43%
2044	45,741,469	719,920	1.97%	0.41%
2045	46,629,033	722,759	1.94%	0.39%
2046	47,519,028	725,322	1.91%	0.35%
2047	48,413,775	727,726	1.88%	0.33%
2048	49,308,762	730,038	1.85%	0.32%
2049	50,203,267	732,021	1.81%	0.27%
2050	51,096,315	733,898	1.78%	0.26%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Cameroon increased by 5,688,820 people (a 33.3% growth), while Suriname gained 62,314 people (a 12% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Cameroon gained 7,727,597 (a 33.9% growth), while Suriname's population increased by 62,566 (a 10.8% growth).

Cameroon was ranked 59th most populous country in 2005 and is 51st in 2025. Suriname was ranked 164th in 2005 and ranked 165th 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 Suriname will increase by 13.9% to 733,898 people and will still be ranked 165th.