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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Cameroon	Tonga	Cameroon	Tonga
1960	5,159,057	66,170	-	-
1961	5,239,273	68,037	1.55%	2.82%
1962	5,338,620	69,940	1.9%	2.8%
1963	5,456,623	71,885	2.21%	2.78%
1964	5,578,257	73,879	2.23%	2.77%
1965	5,704,686	75,924	2.27%	2.77%
1966	5,837,295	78,002	2.32%	2.74%
1967	5,977,318	79,814	2.4%	2.32%
1968	6,125,863	81,353	2.49%	1.93%
1969	6,283,462	82,885	2.57%	1.88%
1970	6,449,793	84,401	2.65%	1.83%
1971	6,624,408	85,896	2.71%	1.77%
1972	6,806,872	87,356	2.75%	1.7%
1973	6,996,660	88,805	2.79%	1.66%
1974	7,193,583	90,683	2.81%	2.11%
1975	7,397,120	93,017	2.83%	2.57%
1976	7,597,962	95,325	2.72%	2.48%
1977	7,796,501	96,725	2.61%	1.47%
1978	8,011,921	97,204	2.76%	0.5%
1979	8,239,641	97,544	2.84%	0.35%
1980	8,512,219	97,769	3.31%	0.23%
1981	8,816,377	97,909	3.57%	0.14%
1982	9,028,678	97,980	2.41%	0.07%
1983	9,215,397	97,998	2.07%	0.02%
1984	9,475,078	97,990	2.82%	-0.008%
1985	9,761,730	97,984	3.03%	-0.006%
1986	10,060,342	98,010	3.06%	0.03%
1987	10,370,749	98,376	3.09%	0.37%
1988	10,684,968	98,969	3.03%	0.6%
1989	11,002,745	99,403	2.97%	0.44%
1990	11,331,821	99,700	2.99%	0.3%
1991	11,667,180	99,895	2.96%	0.2%
1992	12,006,353	100,022	2.91%	0.13%
1993	12,353,131	100,103	2.89%	0.08%
1994	12,704,903	100,166	2.85%	0.06%
1995	13,058,516	100,225	2.78%	0.06%
1996	13,414,757	100,275	2.73%	0.05%
1997	13,775,214	100,674	2.69%	0.4%
1998	14,144,860	101,388	2.68%	0.71%
1999	14,525,140	102,046	2.69%	0.65%
2000	14,912,631	102,677	2.67%	0.62%
2001	15,309,490	103,288	2.66%	0.6%
2002	15,725,528	103,874	2.72%	0.57%
2003	16,160,340	104,464	2.77%	0.57%
2004	16,610,487	105,071	2.79%	0.58%
2005	17,074,594	105,671	2.79%	0.57%
2006	17,550,407	106,253	2.79%	0.55%
2007	18,049,896	106,726	2.85%	0.45%
2008	18,574,056	107,020	2.9%	0.28%
2009	19,113,974	107,203	2.91%	0.17%
2010	19,668,066	107,400	2.9%	0.18%
2011	20,232,304	107,570	2.87%	0.16%
2012	20,809,529	107,460	2.85%	-0.1%
2013	21,402,376	107,078	2.85%	-0.36%
2014	22,059,893	106,609	3.07%	-0.44%
2015	22,763,414	106,095	3.19%	-0.48%
2016	23,454,161	105,524	3.03%	-0.54%
2017	24,128,601	105,356	2.88%	-0.16%
2018	24,806,383	105,567	2.81%	0.2%
2019	25,506,095	105,669	2.82%	0.1%
2020	26,210,558	105,704	2.76%	0.03%
2021	26,915,758	105,490	2.69%	-0.2%
2022	27,632,771	105,042	2.66%	-0.42%
2023	28,372,687	104,597	2.68%	-0.42%
2024	29,123,744	104,175	2.65%	-0.4%
2025	29,879,335	103,744	2.59%	-0.41%
2026	30,640,810	103,290	2.55%	-0.44%
2027	31,410,378	102,899	2.51%	-0.38%
2028	32,190,667	102,568	2.48%	-0.32%
2029	32,979,275	102,280	2.45%	-0.28%
2030	33,777,182	102,069	2.42%	-0.21%
2031	34,584,118	101,927	2.39%	-0.14%
2032	35,399,666	101,837	2.36%	-0.09%
2033	36,223,480	101,807	2.33%	-0.03%
2034	37,054,803	101,806	2.29%	-0.001%
2035	37,893,817	101,833	2.26%	0.03%
2036	38,742,461	101,895	2.24%	0.06%
2037	39,600,369	101,993	2.21%	0.1%
2038	40,463,007	102,173	2.18%	0.18%
2039	41,332,840	102,367	2.15%	0.19%
2040	42,207,999	102,568	2.12%	0.2%
2041	43,089,974	102,805	2.09%	0.23%
2042	43,976,014	103,038	2.06%	0.23%
2043	44,857,795	103,306	2.01%	0.26%
2044	45,741,469	103,612	1.97%	0.3%
2045	46,629,033	103,928	1.94%	0.3%
2046	47,519,028	104,232	1.91%	0.29%
2047	48,413,775	104,502	1.88%	0.26%
2048	49,308,762	104,744	1.85%	0.23%
2049	50,203,267	104,975	1.81%	0.22%
2050	51,096,315	105,193	1.78%	0.21%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Cameroon increased by 5,688,820 people (a 33.3% growth), while Tonga gained 424 people (a 0.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Cameroon gained 7,727,597 (a 33.9% growth), while Tonga's population decreased by -2,351 (a 2.22% decline).

Cameroon was ranked 59th most populous country in 2005 and is 51st in 2025. Tonga was ranked 182nd in 2005 and ranked 183rd 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 Tonga will increase by 1.4% to 105,193 people and will still be ranked 183rd.