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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Cameroon	Vietnam	Cameroon	Vietnam
1960	5,159,057	32,531,933	-	-
1961	5,239,273	33,409,059	1.55%	2.7%
1962	5,338,620	34,288,560	1.9%	2.63%
1963	5,456,623	35,249,101	2.21%	2.8%
1964	5,578,257	36,201,563	2.23%	2.7%
1965	5,704,686	37,129,656	2.27%	2.56%
1966	5,837,295	38,024,836	2.32%	2.41%
1967	5,977,318	38,895,080	2.4%	2.29%
1968	6,125,863	39,734,609	2.49%	2.16%
1969	6,283,462	40,582,096	2.57%	2.13%
1970	6,449,793	41,475,230	2.65%	2.2%
1971	6,624,408	42,449,276	2.71%	2.35%
1972	6,806,872	43,429,168	2.75%	2.31%
1973	6,996,660	44,409,861	2.79%	2.26%
1974	7,193,583	45,413,537	2.81%	2.26%
1975	7,397,120	46,482,903	2.83%	2.35%
1976	7,597,962	47,684,931	2.72%	2.59%
1977	7,796,501	48,954,872	2.61%	2.66%
1978	8,011,921	50,249,552	2.76%	2.64%
1979	8,239,641	51,378,211	2.84%	2.25%
1980	8,512,219	52,490,101	3.31%	2.16%
1981	8,816,377	53,738,141	3.57%	2.38%
1982	9,028,678	55,011,289	2.41%	2.37%
1983	9,215,397	56,337,921	2.07%	2.41%
1984	9,475,078	57,706,067	2.82%	2.43%
1985	9,761,730	59,060,622	3.03%	2.35%
1986	10,060,342	60,347,048	3.06%	2.18%
1987	10,370,749	61,584,651	3.09%	2.05%
1988	10,684,968	62,843,228	3.03%	2.04%
1989	11,002,745	64,147,348	2.97%	2.08%
1990	11,331,821	65,504,552	2.99%	2.12%
1991	11,667,180	66,891,775	2.96%	2.12%
1992	12,006,353	68,260,337	2.91%	2.05%
1993	12,353,131	69,586,384	2.89%	1.94%
1994	12,704,903	70,854,391	2.85%	1.82%
1995	13,058,516	72,049,940	2.78%	1.69%
1996	13,414,757	73,156,447	2.73%	1.54%
1997	13,775,214	74,226,889	2.69%	1.46%
1998	14,144,860	75,299,660	2.68%	1.45%
1999	14,525,140	76,287,452	2.69%	1.31%
2000	14,912,631	77,154,011	2.67%	1.14%
2001	15,309,490	77,969,361	2.66%	1.06%
2002	15,725,528	78,772,224	2.72%	1.03%
2003	16,160,340	79,563,777	2.77%	1%
2004	16,610,487	80,338,971	2.79%	0.97%
2005	17,074,594	81,088,313	2.79%	0.93%
2006	17,550,407	82,167,897	2.79%	1.33%
2007	18,049,896	83,633,375	2.85%	1.78%
2008	18,574,056	85,175,788	2.9%	1.84%
2009	19,113,974	86,460,018	2.91%	1.51%
2010	19,668,066	87,455,152	2.9%	1.15%
2011	20,232,304	88,468,314	2.87%	1.16%
2012	20,809,529	89,510,356	2.85%	1.18%
2013	21,402,376	90,573,104	2.85%	1.19%
2014	22,059,893	91,679,578	3.07%	1.22%
2015	22,763,414	92,823,254	3.19%	1.25%
2016	23,454,161	94,000,117	3.03%	1.27%
2017	24,128,601	95,176,977	2.88%	1.25%
2018	24,806,383	96,237,319	2.81%	1.11%
2019	25,506,095	97,173,776	2.82%	0.97%
2020	26,210,558	98,079,191	2.76%	0.93%
2021	26,915,758	98,935,098	2.69%	0.87%
2022	27,632,771	99,680,655	2.66%	0.75%
2023	28,372,687	100,352,192	2.68%	0.67%
2024	29,123,744	100,987,686	2.65%	0.63%
2025	29,879,335	101,598,531	2.59%	0.6%
2026	30,640,810	102,177,434	2.55%	0.57%
2027	31,410,378	102,727,392	2.51%	0.54%
2028	32,190,667	103,255,746	2.48%	0.51%
2029	32,979,275	103,761,151	2.45%	0.49%
2030	33,777,182	104,254,900	2.42%	0.48%
2031	34,584,118	104,737,913	2.39%	0.46%
2032	35,399,666	105,204,401	2.36%	0.45%
2033	36,223,480	105,656,307	2.33%	0.43%
2034	37,054,803	106,097,515	2.29%	0.42%
2035	37,893,817	106,530,671	2.26%	0.41%
2036	38,742,461	106,945,842	2.24%	0.39%
2037	39,600,369	107,346,046	2.21%	0.37%
2038	40,463,007	107,732,019	2.18%	0.36%
2039	41,332,840	108,097,653	2.15%	0.34%
2040	42,207,999	108,437,634	2.12%	0.31%
2041	43,089,974	108,752,199	2.09%	0.29%
2042	43,976,014	109,040,314	2.06%	0.26%
2043	44,857,795	109,292,559	2.01%	0.23%
2044	45,741,469	109,506,274	1.97%	0.2%
2045	46,629,033	109,685,396	1.94%	0.16%
2046	47,519,028	109,827,664	1.91%	0.13%
2047	48,413,775	109,930,243	1.88%	0.09%
2048	49,308,762	109,994,024	1.85%	0.06%
2049	50,203,267	110,018,017	1.81%	0.02%
2050	51,096,315	110,008,910	1.78%	-0.008%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Cameroon increased by 5,688,820 people (a 33.3% growth), while Vietnam gained 11,734,941 people (a 14.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Cameroon gained 7,727,597 (a 33.9% growth), while Vietnam's population increased by 9,240,297 (a 9.95% growth).

Cameroon was ranked 59th most populous country in 2005 and is 51st in 2025. Vietnam was ranked 15th in 2005 and ranked 16th 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 Vietnam will increase by 7.78% to 110,008,910 people and will still be ranked 16th.