Demographics of Cameroon

Source UN (World Population Prospects 2022)
Date13 May 2024

There are 14.66 million males and 14.73 million females in Cameroon. The percentage of the male population is 49.89%, compared to 50.11% of the female population. Cameroon has 66k more females than males. The sex ratio in Cameroon in 2024 will be 99.552 males per 100 females. Cameroon is in the 142nd position in terms of the female-to-male ratio.

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  • Population
  • Growth rate

Cameroon population

Year Population Growth (%)
19504,315,8161.52
19554,670,5381.73
19605,117,6081.55
19655,690,0862.40
19706,452,7872.64
19757,397,4172.79
19808,519,8913.79
19859,804,2543.08
199011,430,5203.04
199513,211,6472.75
200015,091,5942.62
200517,275,1712.71
201019,878,0362.85
201523,012,6463.04
202026,491,0872.67
202127,198,6282.60
202227,914,5362.60
202328,647,2932.59
202429,394,4332.56
  • Total
  • Crude

Cameroon death and birth rate

Year Total Crude(per 1000)
DeathBirthCrude deathCrude birth
1950121,121186,65728.05043.228
1955120,134200,78425.71842.983
1960146,603226,13928.64044.178
1965121,704258,43721.38445.409
1970120,047290,95518.59945.078
1975126,013332,48217.03044.935
1980137,125389,69116.15745.917
1985137,688443,52114.03845.218
1990149,707504,79413.09044.137
1995180,312556,40313.64042.090
2000202,799619,55213.42641.018
2005214,559710,50812.40841.088
2010218,583794,59010.99239.958
2015211,090869,4759.17937.807
2020223,080940,8918.41935.507
2021233,498950,5468.58234.938
2022229,648959,0968.22534.352
2023222,073967,7367.75133.775
2024220,497978,7167.50033.290
  • Population
  • Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Cameroon

Year Population Urban (%)
UrbanRural
1950401,9883,905,0349.333
1955537,9044,166,32911.434
1960721,3994,454,86913.937
1965975,3144,802,52016.880
19701,325,1105,202,52520.300
19752,035,2485,422,11427.292
19802,751,1065,867,24831.921
19853,641,3116,408,71236.232
19904,645,9417,069,27739.657
19955,730,7117,730,28342.573
20006,956,1188,318,11645.542
20058,456,1758,964,62048.541
201010,296,6089,673,88751.559
201512,462,61510,371,90754.578
202014,941,52311,016,66157.560
202115,475,48911,138,27658.148
202216,022,26211,257,34658.733
202316,581,87711,373,87859.315
202417,154,34811,487,88659.892
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  • Gender ratio

Cameroon population by Age Group (2024)

Age group Male Female Total M per 100 F
PersonsShare (%)
00-04 2,278,392 2,231,758 4,510,151 15.34 102.090
05-09 2,073,595 2,040,419 4,114,015 14.00 101.626
10-14 1,819,299 1,801,036 3,620,336 12.32 101.014
15-19 1,589,810 1,583,264 3,173,074 10.79 100.413
20-24 1,337,995 1,336,909 2,674,903 9.10 100.081
25-29 1,139,920 1,145,540 2,285,461 7.78 99.509
30-34 1,013,039 1,022,452 2,035,492 6.92 99.079
35-39 863,262 872,286 1,735,548 5.90 98.965
40-44 698,340 707,759 1,406,099 4.78 98.669
45-49 537,951 550,033 1,087,984 3.70 97.803
50-54 417,863 432,668 850,530 2.89 96.578
55-59 315,033 333,205 648,237 2.21 94.546
60-64 225,715 246,627 472,342 1.61 91.521
65-69 152,298 173,831 326,129 1.11 87.613
70-74 96,426 115,751 212,177 0.72 83.305
75-79 59,569 75,082 134,650 0.46 79.339
80-84 30,808 40,568 71,376 0.24 75.942
85-89 11,340 16,031 27,371 0.09 70.738
90-94 2,970 4,253 7,223 0.02 69.833
95-99 520 701 1,221 0.00 74.180
100+ 51 64 114 0.00 79.688
Total 14,664,196 14,730,237 29,394,433 99.552