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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Cameroon	Syria	Cameroon	Syria
1960	5,159,057	4,673,500	-	-
1961	5,239,273	4,815,466	1.55%	3.04%
1962	5,338,620	4,959,340	1.9%	2.99%
1963	5,456,623	5,110,467	2.21%	3.05%
1964	5,578,257	5,269,087	2.23%	3.1%
1965	5,704,686	5,435,267	2.27%	3.15%
1966	5,837,295	5,609,047	2.32%	3.2%
1967	5,977,318	5,790,198	2.4%	3.23%
1968	6,125,863	5,978,742	2.49%	3.26%
1969	6,283,462	6,175,166	2.57%	3.29%
1970	6,449,793	6,380,609	2.65%	3.33%
1971	6,624,408	6,598,094	2.71%	3.41%
1972	6,806,872	6,826,024	2.75%	3.45%
1973	6,996,660	7,060,321	2.79%	3.43%
1974	7,193,583	7,302,160	2.81%	3.43%
1975	7,397,120	7,554,364	2.83%	3.45%
1976	7,597,962	7,817,320	2.72%	3.48%
1977	7,796,501	8,090,501	2.61%	3.49%
1978	8,011,921	8,372,759	2.76%	3.49%
1979	8,239,641	8,661,909	2.84%	3.45%
1980	8,512,219	8,957,663	3.31%	3.41%
1981	8,816,377	9,260,189	3.57%	3.38%
1982	9,028,678	9,572,511	2.41%	3.37%
1983	9,215,397	9,904,809	2.07%	3.47%
1984	9,475,078	10,258,398	2.82%	3.57%
1985	9,761,730	10,625,672	3.03%	3.58%
1986	10,060,342	11,002,844	3.06%	3.55%
1987	10,370,749	11,388,923	3.09%	3.51%
1988	10,684,968	11,782,264	3.03%	3.45%
1989	11,002,745	12,179,060	2.97%	3.37%
1990	11,331,821	12,579,208	2.99%	3.29%
1991	11,667,180	12,980,821	2.96%	3.19%
1992	12,006,353	13,385,571	2.91%	3.12%
1993	12,353,131	13,795,686	2.89%	3.06%
1994	12,704,903	14,208,583	2.85%	2.99%
1995	13,058,516	14,616,801	2.78%	2.87%
1996	13,414,757	15,018,104	2.73%	2.75%
1997	13,775,214	15,417,542	2.69%	2.66%
1998	14,144,860	15,820,413	2.68%	2.61%
1999	14,525,140	16,228,061	2.69%	2.58%
2000	14,912,631	16,637,888	2.67%	2.53%
2001	15,309,490	17,051,338	2.66%	2.48%
2002	15,725,528	17,468,332	2.72%	2.45%
2003	16,160,340	17,889,296	2.77%	2.41%
2004	16,610,487	18,336,875	2.79%	2.5%
2005	17,074,594	18,814,091	2.79%	2.6%
2006	17,550,407	19,637,022	2.79%	4.37%
2007	18,049,896	20,884,125	2.85%	6.35%
2008	18,574,056	21,636,564	2.9%	3.6%
2009	19,113,974	21,976,969	2.91%	1.57%
2010	19,668,066	22,482,421	2.9%	2.3%
2011	20,232,304	22,878,098	2.87%	1.76%
2012	20,809,529	22,759,763	2.85%	-0.52%
2013	21,402,376	21,666,917	2.85%	-4.8%
2014	22,059,893	20,273,659	3.07%	-6.43%
2015	22,763,414	19,424,618	3.19%	-4.19%
2016	23,454,161	19,193,834	3.03%	-1.19%
2017	24,128,601	19,224,668	2.88%	0.16%
2018	24,806,383	19,577,845	2.81%	1.84%
2019	25,506,095	20,353,534	2.82%	3.96%
2020	26,210,558	21,049,429	2.76%	3.42%
2021	26,915,758	21,628,839	2.69%	2.75%
2022	27,632,771	22,462,173	2.66%	3.85%
2023	28,372,687	23,594,623	2.68%	5.04%
2024	29,123,744	24,672,760	2.65%	4.57%
2025	29,879,335	25,620,422	2.59%	3.84%
2026	30,640,810	26,472,499	2.55%	3.33%
2027	31,410,378	27,261,544	2.51%	2.98%
2028	32,190,667	28,006,558	2.48%	2.73%
2029	32,979,275	28,719,309	2.45%	2.54%
2030	33,777,182	29,395,545	2.42%	2.35%
2031	34,584,118	30,029,824	2.39%	2.16%
2032	35,399,666	30,633,661	2.36%	2.01%
2033	36,223,480	31,212,478	2.33%	1.89%
2034	37,054,803	31,768,138	2.29%	1.78%
2035	37,893,817	32,294,792	2.26%	1.66%
2036	38,742,461	32,788,153	2.24%	1.53%
2037	39,600,369	33,258,407	2.21%	1.43%
2038	40,463,007	33,710,718	2.18%	1.36%
2039	41,332,840	34,131,238	2.15%	1.25%
2040	42,207,999	34,533,185	2.12%	1.18%
2041	43,089,974	34,916,936	2.09%	1.11%
2042	43,976,014	35,279,863	2.06%	1.04%
2043	44,857,795	35,623,325	2.01%	0.97%
2044	45,741,469	35,944,394	1.97%	0.9%
2045	46,629,033	36,265,295	1.94%	0.89%
2046	47,519,028	36,583,260	1.91%	0.88%
2047	48,413,775	36,878,640	1.88%	0.81%
2048	49,308,762	37,171,029	1.85%	0.79%
2049	50,203,267	37,477,690	1.81%	0.83%
2050	51,096,315	37,793,378	1.78%	0.84%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Cameroon increased by 5,688,820 people (a 33.3% growth), while Syria gained 610,527 people (a 3.25% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Cameroon gained 7,727,597 (a 33.9% growth), while Syria's population increased by 6,880,259 (a 35.4% growth).

Cameroon was ranked 59th most populous country in 2005 and is 51st in 2025. Syria was ranked 58th in 2005 and ranked 57th 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 Syria will increase by 43.7% to 37,793,378 people and rank change from 57th to 54th.