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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Cameroon	Uganda	Cameroon	Uganda
1960	5,159,057	7,640,973	-	-
1961	5,239,273	7,862,217	1.55%	2.9%
1962	5,338,620	8,092,231	1.9%	2.93%
1963	5,456,623	8,333,663	2.21%	2.98%
1964	5,578,257	8,586,363	2.23%	3.03%
1965	5,704,686	8,849,203	2.27%	3.06%
1966	5,837,295	9,122,864	2.32%	3.09%
1967	5,977,318	9,408,924	2.4%	3.14%
1968	6,125,863	9,708,632	2.49%	3.19%
1969	6,283,462	10,014,858	2.57%	3.15%
1970	6,449,793	10,321,603	2.65%	3.06%
1971	6,624,408	10,618,206	2.71%	2.87%
1972	6,806,872	10,885,796	2.75%	2.52%
1973	6,996,660	11,144,236	2.79%	2.37%
1974	7,193,583	11,424,846	2.81%	2.52%
1975	7,397,120	11,725,240	2.83%	2.63%
1976	7,597,962	12,037,294	2.72%	2.66%
1977	7,796,501	12,359,669	2.61%	2.68%
1978	8,011,921	12,692,113	2.76%	2.69%
1979	8,239,641	13,002,163	2.84%	2.44%
1980	8,512,219	13,275,741	3.31%	2.1%
1981	8,816,377	13,556,452	3.57%	2.11%
1982	9,028,678	13,873,631	2.41%	2.34%
1983	9,215,397	14,221,881	2.07%	2.51%
1984	9,475,078	14,607,677	2.82%	2.71%
1985	9,761,730	15,023,681	3.03%	2.85%
1986	10,060,342	15,467,579	3.06%	2.95%
1987	10,370,749	15,954,170	3.09%	3.15%
1988	10,684,968	16,470,483	3.03%	3.24%
1989	11,002,745	17,010,698	2.97%	3.28%
1990	11,331,821	17,569,897	2.99%	3.29%
1991	11,667,180	18,155,901	2.96%	3.34%
1992	12,006,353	18,785,032	2.91%	3.47%
1993	12,353,131	19,445,161	2.89%	3.51%
1994	12,704,903	20,108,801	2.85%	3.41%
1995	13,058,516	20,665,667	2.78%	2.77%
1996	13,414,757	21,231,550	2.73%	2.74%
1997	13,775,214	21,856,046	2.69%	2.94%
1998	14,144,860	22,515,806	2.68%	3.02%
1999	14,525,140	23,257,281	2.69%	3.29%
2000	14,912,631	24,000,150	2.67%	3.19%
2001	15,309,490	24,745,676	2.66%	3.11%
2002	15,725,528	25,532,870	2.72%	3.18%
2003	16,160,340	26,352,124	2.77%	3.21%
2004	16,610,487	27,154,515	2.79%	3.04%
2005	17,074,594	27,963,289	2.79%	2.98%
2006	17,550,407	28,794,003	2.79%	2.97%
2007	18,049,896	29,653,430	2.85%	2.98%
2008	18,574,056	30,539,553	2.9%	2.99%
2009	19,113,974	31,451,151	2.91%	2.98%
2010	19,668,066	32,390,802	2.9%	2.99%
2011	20,232,304	33,354,543	2.87%	2.98%
2012	20,809,529	34,337,438	2.85%	2.95%
2013	21,402,376	35,337,042	2.85%	2.91%
2014	22,059,893	36,395,539	3.07%	3%
2015	22,763,414	37,531,446	3.19%	3.12%
2016	23,454,161	38,799,152	3.03%	3.38%
2017	24,128,601	40,177,388	2.88%	3.55%
2018	24,806,383	41,565,831	2.81%	3.46%
2019	25,506,095	42,999,637	2.82%	3.45%
2020	26,210,558	44,457,152	2.76%	3.39%
2021	26,915,758	45,910,930	2.69%	3.27%
2022	27,632,771	47,312,719	2.66%	3.05%
2023	28,372,687	48,656,601	2.68%	2.84%
2024	29,123,744	50,015,092	2.65%	2.79%
2025	29,879,335	51,384,895	2.59%	2.74%
2026	30,640,810	52,761,471	2.55%	2.68%
2027	31,410,378	54,144,274	2.51%	2.62%
2028	32,190,667	55,532,564	2.48%	2.56%
2029	32,979,275	56,922,797	2.45%	2.5%
2030	33,777,182	58,312,944	2.42%	2.44%
2031	34,584,118	59,703,537	2.39%	2.38%
2032	35,399,666	61,089,060	2.36%	2.32%
2033	36,223,480	62,464,116	2.33%	2.25%
2034	37,054,803	63,833,872	2.29%	2.19%
2035	37,893,817	65,205,570	2.26%	2.15%
2036	38,742,461	66,573,737	2.24%	2.1%
2037	39,600,369	67,942,634	2.21%	2.06%
2038	40,463,007	69,312,210	2.18%	2.02%
2039	41,332,840	70,669,875	2.15%	1.96%
2040	42,207,999	72,020,414	2.12%	1.91%
2041	43,089,974	73,372,658	2.09%	1.88%
2042	43,976,014	74,730,004	2.06%	1.85%
2043	44,857,795	76,090,991	2.01%	1.82%
2044	45,741,469	77,449,517	1.97%	1.79%
2045	46,629,033	78,797,995	1.94%	1.74%
2046	47,519,028	80,139,174	1.91%	1.7%
2047	48,413,775	81,478,503	1.88%	1.67%
2048	49,308,762	82,812,102	1.85%	1.64%
2049	50,203,267	84,130,056	1.81%	1.59%
2050	51,096,315	85,431,202	1.78%	1.55%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Cameroon increased by 5,688,820 people (a 33.3% growth), while Uganda gained 9,568,157 people (a 34.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Cameroon gained 7,727,597 (a 33.9% growth), while Uganda's population increased by 14,959,223 (a 39.9% growth).

Cameroon was ranked 59th most populous country in 2005 and is 51st in 2025. Uganda was ranked 40th in 2005 and ranked 30th 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 Uganda will increase by 62.8% to 85,431,202 people and rank change from 30th to 20th.