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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Cameroon	Sweden	Cameroon	Sweden
1960	5,159,057	7,484,656	-	-
1961	5,239,273	7,519,998	1.55%	0.47%
1962	5,338,620	7,561,588	1.9%	0.55%
1963	5,456,623	7,604,328	2.21%	0.57%
1964	5,578,257	7,661,354	2.23%	0.75%
1965	5,704,686	7,733,853	2.27%	0.95%
1966	5,837,295	7,807,797	2.32%	0.96%
1967	5,977,318	7,867,931	2.4%	0.77%
1968	6,125,863	7,912,273	2.49%	0.56%
1969	6,283,462	7,968,072	2.57%	0.71%
1970	6,449,793	8,042,801	2.65%	0.94%
1971	6,624,408	8,098,334	2.71%	0.69%
1972	6,806,872	8,122,300	2.75%	0.3%
1973	6,996,660	8,136,312	2.79%	0.17%
1974	7,193,583	8,159,955	2.81%	0.29%
1975	7,397,120	8,192,437	2.83%	0.4%
1976	7,597,962	8,222,286	2.72%	0.36%
1977	7,796,501	8,251,540	2.61%	0.36%
1978	8,011,921	8,275,599	2.76%	0.29%
1979	8,239,641	8,293,678	2.84%	0.22%
1980	8,512,219	8,310,531	3.31%	0.2%
1981	8,816,377	8,320,503	3.57%	0.12%
1982	9,028,678	8,325,263	2.41%	0.06%
1983	9,215,397	8,329,033	2.07%	0.05%
1984	9,475,078	8,336,605	2.82%	0.09%
1985	9,761,730	8,350,386	3.03%	0.17%
1986	10,060,342	8,369,829	3.06%	0.23%
1987	10,370,749	8,397,804	3.09%	0.33%
1988	10,684,968	8,436,489	3.03%	0.46%
1989	11,002,745	8,492,964	2.97%	0.67%
1990	11,331,821	8,558,835	2.99%	0.78%
1991	11,667,180	8,617,375	2.96%	0.68%
1992	12,006,353	8,668,067	2.91%	0.59%
1993	12,353,131	8,718,561	2.89%	0.58%
1994	12,704,903	8,780,745	2.85%	0.71%
1995	13,058,516	8,826,939	2.78%	0.53%
1996	13,414,757	8,840,998	2.73%	0.16%
1997	13,775,214	8,846,062	2.69%	0.06%
1998	14,144,860	8,850,974	2.68%	0.06%
1999	14,525,140	8,857,874	2.69%	0.08%
2000	14,912,631	8,872,109	2.67%	0.16%
2001	15,309,490	8,895,960	2.66%	0.27%
2002	15,725,528	8,924,958	2.72%	0.33%
2003	16,160,340	8,958,229	2.77%	0.37%
2004	16,610,487	8,993,531	2.79%	0.39%
2005	17,074,594	9,029,572	2.79%	0.4%
2006	17,550,407	9,080,505	2.79%	0.56%
2007	18,049,896	9,148,092	2.85%	0.74%
2008	18,574,056	9,219,637	2.9%	0.78%
2009	19,113,974	9,298,515	2.91%	0.86%
2010	19,668,066	9,378,126	2.9%	0.86%
2011	20,232,304	9,449,213	2.87%	0.76%
2012	20,809,529	9,519,374	2.85%	0.74%
2013	21,402,376	9,600,379	2.85%	0.85%
2014	22,059,893	9,696,110	3.07%	1%
2015	22,763,414	9,799,186	3.19%	1.06%
2016	23,454,161	9,923,085	3.03%	1.26%
2017	24,128,601	10,057,698	2.88%	1.36%
2018	24,806,383	10,175,214	2.81%	1.17%
2019	25,506,095	10,278,887	2.82%	1.02%
2020	26,210,558	10,353,442	2.76%	0.73%
2021	26,915,758	10,415,811	2.69%	0.6%
2022	27,632,771	10,486,941	2.66%	0.68%
2023	28,372,687	10,536,632	2.68%	0.47%
2024	29,123,744	10,569,709	2.65%	0.31%
2025	29,879,335	10,619,177	2.59%	0.47%
2026	30,640,810	10,663,427	2.55%	0.42%
2027	31,410,378	10,703,497	2.51%	0.38%
2028	32,190,667	10,740,420	2.48%	0.34%
2029	32,979,275	10,773,692	2.45%	0.31%
2030	33,777,182	10,803,699	2.42%	0.28%
2031	34,584,118	10,830,583	2.39%	0.25%
2032	35,399,666	10,855,855	2.36%	0.23%
2033	36,223,480	10,880,544	2.33%	0.23%
2034	37,054,803	10,903,924	2.29%	0.21%
2035	37,893,817	10,926,433	2.26%	0.21%
2036	38,742,461	10,949,062	2.24%	0.21%
2037	39,600,369	10,971,259	2.21%	0.2%
2038	40,463,007	10,993,203	2.18%	0.2%
2039	41,332,840	11,015,926	2.15%	0.21%
2040	42,207,999	11,039,663	2.12%	0.22%
2041	43,089,974	11,063,604	2.09%	0.22%
2042	43,976,014	11,088,299	2.06%	0.22%
2043	44,857,795	11,113,927	2.01%	0.23%
2044	45,741,469	11,139,125	1.97%	0.23%
2045	46,629,033	11,163,492	1.94%	0.22%
2046	47,519,028	11,186,803	1.91%	0.21%
2047	48,413,775	11,209,183	1.88%	0.2%
2048	49,308,762	11,230,526	1.85%	0.19%
2049	50,203,267	11,250,663	1.81%	0.18%
2050	51,096,315	11,269,877	1.78%	0.17%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Cameroon increased by 5,903,754 people (a 33.6% growth), while Sweden gained 842,580 people (a 9.28% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Cameroon gained 7,195,059 (a 30.7% growth), while Sweden's population increased by 740,779 (a 7.47% growth).

Cameroon was ranked 59th most populous country in 2006 and is 51st in 2026. Sweden was ranked 88th in 2006 and ranked 93rd 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 Sweden will increase by 5.68% to 11,269,877 people and will still be ranked 93rd.