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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Cameroon	Zambia	Cameroon	Zambia
1960	5,159,057	3,153,729	-	-
1961	5,239,273	3,254,086	1.55%	3.18%
1962	5,338,620	3,358,099	1.9%	3.2%
1963	5,456,623	3,465,907	2.21%	3.21%
1964	5,578,257	3,577,017	2.23%	3.21%
1965	5,704,686	3,692,086	2.27%	3.22%
1966	5,837,295	3,812,003	2.32%	3.25%
1967	5,977,318	3,936,343	2.4%	3.26%
1968	6,125,863	4,065,593	2.49%	3.28%
1969	6,283,462	4,197,116	2.57%	3.24%
1970	6,449,793	4,321,718	2.65%	2.97%
1971	6,624,408	4,442,525	2.71%	2.8%
1972	6,806,872	4,569,309	2.75%	2.85%
1973	6,996,660	4,702,693	2.79%	2.92%
1974	7,193,583	4,842,746	2.81%	2.98%
1975	7,397,120	4,990,086	2.83%	3.04%
1976	7,597,962	5,143,842	2.72%	3.08%
1977	7,796,501	5,302,480	2.61%	3.08%
1978	8,011,921	5,465,374	2.76%	3.07%
1979	8,239,641	5,631,728	2.84%	3.04%
1980	8,512,219	5,802,833	3.31%	3.04%
1981	8,816,377	5,983,289	3.57%	3.11%
1982	9,028,678	6,178,637	2.41%	3.26%
1983	9,215,397	6,381,038	2.07%	3.28%
1984	9,475,078	6,580,490	2.82%	3.13%
1985	9,761,730	6,780,953	3.03%	3.05%
1986	10,060,342	6,986,471	3.06%	3.03%
1987	10,370,749	7,191,282	3.09%	2.93%
1988	10,684,968	7,391,440	3.03%	2.78%
1989	11,002,745	7,589,216	2.97%	2.68%
1990	11,331,821	7,786,169	2.99%	2.6%
1991	11,667,180	7,981,650	2.96%	2.51%
1992	12,006,353	8,176,680	2.91%	2.44%
1993	12,353,131	8,373,921	2.89%	2.41%
1994	12,704,903	8,576,269	2.85%	2.42%
1995	13,058,516	8,785,763	2.78%	2.44%
1996	13,414,757	9,004,053	2.73%	2.48%
1997	13,775,214	9,237,063	2.69%	2.59%
1998	14,144,860	9,482,408	2.68%	2.66%
1999	14,525,140	9,740,005	2.69%	2.72%
2000	14,912,631	10,017,631	2.67%	2.85%
2001	15,309,490	10,325,185	2.66%	3.07%
2002	15,725,528	10,647,949	2.72%	3.13%
2003	16,160,340	10,983,595	2.77%	3.15%
2004	16,610,487	11,338,198	2.79%	3.23%
2005	17,074,594	11,718,819	2.79%	3.36%
2006	17,550,407	12,129,553	2.79%	3.5%
2007	18,049,896	12,565,085	2.85%	3.59%
2008	18,574,056	13,021,324	2.9%	3.63%
2009	19,113,974	13,490,389	2.91%	3.6%
2010	19,668,066	13,965,594	2.9%	3.52%
2011	20,232,304	14,437,796	2.87%	3.38%
2012	20,809,529	14,913,629	2.85%	3.3%
2013	21,402,376	15,398,997	2.85%	3.25%
2014	22,059,893	15,895,315	3.07%	3.22%
2015	22,763,414	16,399,089	3.19%	3.17%
2016	23,454,161	16,914,423	3.03%	3.14%
2017	24,128,601	17,441,320	2.88%	3.12%
2018	24,806,383	17,973,569	2.81%	3.05%
2019	25,506,095	18,513,839	2.82%	3.01%
2020	26,210,558	19,059,395	2.76%	2.95%
2021	26,915,758	19,603,607	2.69%	2.86%
2022	27,632,771	20,152,938	2.66%	2.8%
2023	28,372,687	20,723,965	2.68%	2.83%
2024	29,123,744	21,314,956	2.65%	2.85%
2025	29,879,335	21,913,869	2.59%	2.81%
2026	30,640,810	22,521,905	2.55%	2.77%
2027	31,410,378	23,138,716	2.51%	2.74%
2028	32,190,667	23,761,368	2.48%	2.69%
2029	32,979,275	24,389,681	2.45%	2.64%
2030	33,777,182	25,024,887	2.42%	2.6%
2031	34,584,118	25,666,496	2.39%	2.56%
2032	35,399,666	26,311,946	2.36%	2.51%
2033	36,223,480	26,960,073	2.33%	2.46%
2034	37,054,803	27,611,621	2.29%	2.42%
2035	37,893,817	28,266,887	2.26%	2.37%
2036	38,742,461	28,925,103	2.24%	2.33%
2037	39,600,369	29,583,482	2.21%	2.28%
2038	40,463,007	30,240,549	2.18%	2.22%
2039	41,332,840	30,895,586	2.15%	2.17%
2040	42,207,999	31,550,394	2.12%	2.12%
2041	43,089,974	32,204,340	2.09%	2.07%
2042	43,976,014	32,856,596	2.06%	2.03%
2043	44,857,795	33,510,500	2.01%	1.99%
2044	45,741,469	34,165,920	1.97%	1.96%
2045	46,629,033	34,821,101	1.94%	1.92%
2046	47,519,028	35,475,795	1.91%	1.88%
2047	48,413,775	36,129,270	1.88%	1.84%
2048	49,308,762	36,782,260	1.85%	1.81%
2049	50,203,267	37,434,667	1.81%	1.77%
2050	51,096,315	38,083,369	1.78%	1.73%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Cameroon increased by 5,688,820 people (a 33.3% growth), while Zambia gained 4,680,270 people (a 39.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Cameroon gained 7,727,597 (a 33.9% growth), while Zambia's population increased by 6,003,202 (a 36.6% growth).

Cameroon was ranked 59th most populous country in 2005 and is 51st in 2025. Zambia was ranked 71st in 2005 and ranked 62nd 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 Zambia will increase by 70% to 38,083,369 people and rank change from 62nd to 53rd.