Demographics of Cameroon

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date	30 Oct 2021

As of 2021, the population of Cameroon is projected at 27.22 million, up by 2.56% compared with 26.55 million in 2020. Cameroon is ranked 52nd in terms of population and 25th in terms of population growth rate.

There are 0.93 million births in Cameroon in 2021. That is 2,537 per day, which is ranked 31st. The crude birth rate is 34 per 1000 people. There are 0.24 million deaths in Cameroon in 2021. That is 652 per day, which is ranked 43rd. The crude death rate is 8.72 per 1000 people.

15.48 million people are living in urban areas, which is 58.15% of Cameroon population. Cameroon is ranked 131st in terms of urbanization.

The Sex Ratio in Cameroon in 2021 is 100.09 males per 100 females. There are 13.62 million males and 13.61 million females in Cameroon. The percentage of female population is 49.98% compare to 50.02% male population. Cameroon has 12.6 thousand more males than females. Cameroon is at 129th position out of 201 countries/territories in terms of female to male ratio.

Cameroon population

Year	Population	Growth (%)
1950	4,307,021	-
1955	4,707,000	1.81
1960	5,176,920	2.02
1965	5,773,538	2.31
1970	6,519,754	2.56
1975	7,451,057	2.81
1980	8,621,409	3.06
1985	10,070,806	3.21
1990	11,780,086	3.1
1995	13,599,984	2.79
2000	15,513,944	2.66
2005	17,733,408	2.75
2010	20,341,236	2.79
2015	23,298,376	2.72
2016	23,926,549	2.7
2017	24,566,070	2.67
2018	25,216,261	2.65
2019	25,876,387	2.62
2020	26,545,864	2.59
2021	27,224,262	2.56

Total
Crude

Cameroon death and birth rate

Year	Total		Crude(per 1000)
Year	Death	Birth	Crude death	Crude birth
1950	109,215	186,533	25.08	42.73
1955	111,911	197,053	23.75	41.88
1960	115,499	220,859	22.24	42.55
1965	120,435	253,830	20.79	43.87
1970	125,352	292,081	19.17	44.70
1975	129,269	338,010	17.29	45.24
1980	135,791	399,060	15.69	46.10
1985	145,922	467,782	14.46	46.31
1990	165,988	528,128	14.07	44.82
1995	200,139	580,510	14.69	42.69
2000	225,330	644,420	14.50	41.42
2005	233,035	726,154	13.10	40.83
2010	236,240	803,400	11.58	39.42
2015	234,358	862,279	10.05	36.96
2020	236,223	914,863	8.88	34.42
2021	237,958	926,164	8.72	33.98

Population
Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Cameroon

Year	Population		Urbanization
Year	Urban	Rural	growth rate (%)	Urban (%)
1950	401,988	3,905,034	-	9.333
1955	537,904	4,166,329	5.99	11.434
1960	721,399	4,454,869	6.11	13.937
1965	975,314	4,802,520	6.27	16.880
1970	1,325,110	5,202,525	6.35	20.300
1975	2,035,248	5,422,114	8.82	27.292
1980	2,751,106	5,867,248	5.78	31.921
1985	3,641,311	6,408,712	5.73	36.232
1990	4,645,941	7,069,277	4.53	39.657
1995	5,730,711	7,730,283	4.12	42.573
2000	6,956,118	8,318,116	3.93	45.542
2005	8,456,175	8,964,620	4.01	48.541
2010	10,296,608	9,673,887	3.99	51.559
2015	12,462,615	10,371,907	3.82	54.578
2020	14,941,523	11,016,661	3.61	57.560
2021	15,475,489	11,138,276	3.57	58.148

Population pyramid
Gender ratio

Cameroon population by Age Group (2011)

Age group	Male	Female	Total		M per 100 F
Age group	Male	Female	Persons	Share (%)	M per 100 F
00-04	2,107,309	2,067,090	4,174,399	15.33	101.946
05-09	1,916,801	1,882,462	3,799,263	13.96	101.824
10-14	1,713,480	1,686,966	3,400,446	12.49	101.572
15-19	1,479,011	1,462,304	2,941,315	10.80	101.143
20-24	1,247,176	1,238,807	2,485,983	9.13	100.676
25-29	1,088,304	1,085,587	2,173,891	7.99	100.250
30-34	954,015	953,738	1,907,753	7.01	100.029
35-39	798,445	797,372	1,595,817	5.86	100.135
40-44	628,827	627,277	1,256,104	4.61	100.247
45-49	487,346	489,086	976,432	3.59	99.644
50-54	375,023	382,125	757,148	2.78	98.141
55-59	283,112	296,721	579,833	2.13	95.414
60-64	207,153	226,171	433,324	1.59	91.591
65-69	148,971	170,991	319,962	1.18	87.122
70-74	96,773	118,686	215,459	0.79	81.537
75-79	54,290	71,829	126,119	0.46	75.582
80-84	24,238	35,191	59,429	0.22	68.876
85-89	7,084	11,438	18,522	0.07	61.934
90-94	1,018	1,871	2,889	0.01	54.409
95-99	58	112	170	0.00	51.786
100+	1	3	4	0.00	33.333
Total	13,618,435	13,605,827	27,224,262		100.093