Population in Cameroon compared to the United States: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Cameroon and the United States: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Cameroon	United States	Cameroon	United States
1900	-	76,094,000	-	-
1901	-	77,584,000	-	1.96%
1902	-	79,163,000	-	2.04%
1903	-	80,632,000	-	1.86%
1904	-	82,166,000	-	1.9%
1905	-	83,822,000	-	2.02%
1906	-	85,450,000	-	1.94%
1907	-	87,008,000	-	1.82%
1908	-	88,710,000	-	1.96%
1909	-	90,490,000	-	2.01%
1910	-	92,407,000	-	2.12%
1911	-	93,863,000	-	1.58%
1912	-	95,335,000	-	1.57%
1913	-	97,225,000	-	1.98%
1914	-	99,111,000	-	1.94%
1915	-	100,546,000	-	1.45%
1916	-	101,961,000	-	1.41%
1917	-	103,268,000	-	1.28%
1918	-	103,208,000	-	-0.06%
1919	-	104,514,000	-	1.27%
1920	-	106,461,000	-	1.86%
1921	-	108,538,000	-	1.95%
1922	-	110,049,000	-	1.39%
1923	-	111,947,000	-	1.72%
1924	-	114,109,000	-	1.93%
1925	-	115,829,000	-	1.51%
1926	-	117,397,000	-	1.35%
1927	-	119,035,000	-	1.4%
1928	-	120,509,000	-	1.24%
1929	-	121,767,000	-	1.04%
1930	-	123,076,741	-	1.08%
1931	-	124,039,648	-	0.78%
1932	-	124,840,471	-	0.65%
1933	-	125,578,763	-	0.59%
1934	-	126,373,773	-	0.63%
1935	-	127,250,232	-	0.69%
1936	-	128,053,180	-	0.63%
1937	-	128,824,829	-	0.6%
1938	-	129,824,939	-	0.78%
1939	-	130,879,718	-	0.81%
1940	-	132,122,446	-	0.95%
1941	-	133,402,471	-	0.97%
1942	-	134,859,553	-	1.09%
1943	-	136,739,353	-	1.39%
1944	-	138,397,345	-	1.21%
1945	-	139,928,165	-	1.11%
1946	-	141,388,566	-	1.04%
1947	-	144,126,071	-	1.94%
1948	-	146,631,302	-	1.74%
1949	-	149,188,130	-	1.74%
1950	-	152,271,417	-	2.07%
1951	-	154,877,889	-	1.71%
1952	-	157,552,740	-	1.73%
1953	-	160,184,192	-	1.67%
1954	-	163,025,854	-	1.77%
1955	-	165,931,202	-	1.78%
1956	-	168,903,031	-	1.79%
1957	-	171,984,130	-	1.82%
1958	-	174,881,904	-	1.68%
1959	-	177,829,628	-	1.69%
1960	5,159,057	180,671,158	-	1.6%
1961	5,239,273	183,691,481	1.55%	1.67%
1962	5,338,620	186,537,737	1.9%	1.55%
1963	5,456,623	189,241,798	2.21%	1.45%
1964	5,578,257	191,888,791	2.23%	1.4%
1965	5,704,686	194,302,963	2.27%	1.26%
1966	5,837,295	196,560,338	2.32%	1.16%
1967	5,977,318	198,712,056	2.4%	1.09%
1968	6,125,863	200,706,052	2.49%	1%
1969	6,283,462	202,676,946	2.57%	0.98%
1970	6,449,793	205,052,174	2.65%	1.17%
1971	6,624,408	207,660,677	2.71%	1.27%
1972	6,806,872	209,896,021	2.75%	1.08%
1973	6,996,660	211,908,788	2.79%	0.96%
1974	7,193,583	213,853,928	2.81%	0.92%
1975	7,397,120	215,973,199	2.83%	0.99%
1976	7,597,962	218,035,164	2.72%	0.95%
1977	7,796,501	220,239,425	2.61%	1.01%
1978	8,011,921	222,584,545	2.76%	1.06%
1979	8,239,641	225,055,487	2.84%	1.11%
1980	8,512,219	226,542,250	3.31%	0.66%
1981	8,816,377	229,465,744	3.57%	1.29%
1982	9,028,678	231,664,432	2.41%	0.96%
1983	9,215,397	233,792,014	2.07%	0.92%
1984	9,475,078	235,824,908	2.82%	0.87%
1985	9,761,730	237,923,734	3.03%	0.89%
1986	10,060,342	240,132,831	3.06%	0.93%
1987	10,370,749	242,288,936	3.09%	0.9%
1988	10,684,968	244,499,004	3.03%	0.91%
1989	11,002,745	246,819,222	2.97%	0.95%
1990	11,331,821	250,131,894	2.99%	1.34%
1991	11,667,180	253,492,503	2.96%	1.34%
1992	12,006,353	256,894,189	2.91%	1.34%
1993	12,353,131	260,255,352	2.89%	1.31%
1994	12,704,903	263,435,673	2.85%	1.22%
1995	13,058,516	266,557,091	2.78%	1.18%
1996	13,414,757	269,667,391	2.73%	1.17%
1997	13,775,214	272,911,760	2.69%	1.2%
1998	14,144,860	276,115,288	2.68%	1.17%
1999	14,525,140	279,294,713	2.69%	1.15%
2000	14,912,631	282,162,411	2.67%	1.03%
2001	15,309,490	284,968,955	2.66%	0.99%
2002	15,725,528	287,625,193	2.72%	0.93%
2003	16,160,340	290,107,933	2.77%	0.86%
2004	16,610,487	292,805,298	2.79%	0.93%
2005	17,074,594	295,516,599	2.79%	0.93%
2006	17,550,407	298,379,912	2.79%	0.97%
2007	18,049,896	301,231,207	2.85%	0.96%
2008	18,574,056	304,093,966	2.9%	0.95%
2009	19,113,974	306,771,529	2.91%	0.88%
2010	19,668,066	309,327,143	2.9%	0.83%
2011	20,232,304	311,583,481	2.87%	0.73%
2012	20,809,529	313,877,662	2.85%	0.74%
2013	21,402,376	316,059,947	2.85%	0.7%
2014	22,059,893	318,386,329	3.07%	0.74%
2015	22,763,414	320,738,994	3.19%	0.74%
2016	23,454,161	323,071,755	3.03%	0.73%
2017	24,128,601	325,122,128	2.88%	0.63%
2018	24,806,383	326,838,199	2.81%	0.53%
2019	25,506,095	328,329,953	2.82%	0.46%
2020	26,210,558	331,526,933	2.76%	0.97%
2021	26,915,758	331,893,745	2.69%	0.11%
2022	27,632,771	333,271,411	2.66%	0.42%
2023	28,372,687	334,914,895	2.68%	0.49%
2024	29,123,744	340,110,988	2.65%	1.55%
2025	29,879,335	341,931,772	2.59%	0.54%
2026	30,640,810	343,664,369	2.55%	0.51%
2027	31,410,378	345,331,185	2.51%	0.49%
2028	32,190,667	346,981,137	2.48%	0.48%
2029	32,979,275	348,601,982	2.45%	0.47%
2030	33,777,182	350,176,974	2.42%	0.45%
2031	34,584,118	351,725,612	2.39%	0.44%
2032	35,399,666	353,249,060	2.36%	0.43%
2033	36,223,480	354,749,644	2.33%	0.42%
2034	37,054,803	356,234,239	2.29%	0.42%
2035	37,893,817	357,694,316	2.26%	0.41%
2036	38,742,461	359,119,002	2.24%	0.4%
2037	39,600,369	360,517,853	2.21%	0.39%
2038	40,463,007	361,895,407	2.18%	0.38%
2039	41,332,840	363,229,908	2.15%	0.37%
2040	42,207,999	364,512,364	2.12%	0.35%
2041	43,089,974	365,753,139	2.09%	0.34%
2042	43,976,014	366,969,419	2.06%	0.33%
2043	44,857,795	368,146,925	2.01%	0.32%
2044	45,741,469	369,258,123	1.97%	0.3%
2045	46,629,033	370,318,770	1.94%	0.29%
2046	47,519,028	371,328,255	1.91%	0.27%
2047	48,413,775	372,299,116	1.88%	0.26%
2048	49,308,762	373,230,539	1.85%	0.25%
2049	50,203,267	374,119,803	1.81%	0.24%
2050	51,096,315	374,986,259	1.78%	0.23%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Cameroon increased by 5,688,820 people (a 33.3% growth), while the United States gained 25,222,395 people (a 8.54% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Cameroon gained 7,727,597 (a 33.9% growth), while the United States' population increased by 22,584,536 (a 7.04% growth).

Cameroon was ranked 59th most populous country in 2005 and is 51st in 2025. The United States was ranked 3rd in 2005 and still ranked 3rd 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 the United States will increase by 9.22% to 374,986,259 people and will still be ranked 3rd.