Population of Cameroon

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2024)
Date	19 Aug 2025

The current population of Cameroon is 30,050,271 as of September 22, 2025, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Cameroon is projected at 29,879,337, or 29.88 million, as of July 1, 2025. The total population in Cameroon is projected at 29,123,744, or 29.12 million people, for the year 2024.

Cameroon ranks 51st in the world by population on the 237 countries and territories list. Cameroon is ranked 17th among 58 countries and territories in Africa.

Cameroon population projections

Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2024	28,747,541	29,123,744	752,405	2.584	0.357
2025	29,499,946	29,879,337	758,782	2.540	0.363
2026	30,258,728	30,640,817	764,177	2.494	0.369
2027	31,022,905	31,410,384	774,958	2.467	0.375
2028	31,797,863	32,190,668	785,610	2.441	0.382
2029	32,583,473	32,979,283	791,619	2.400	0.388
2030	33,375,092	33,777,190	804,195	2.381	0.394
2031	34,179,287	34,584,117	809,660	2.341	0.401
2032	34,988,947	35,399,671	821,448	2.321	0.407
2033	35,810,395	36,223,483	826,176	2.281	0.413
2034	36,636,571	37,054,810	836,477	2.258	0.420
2035	37,473,048	37,893,818	841,540	2.221	0.426
2036	38,314,588	38,742,467	855,759	2.209	0.433
2037	39,170,347	39,600,372	860,051	2.172	0.440
2038	40,030,398	40,463,012	865,227	2.138	0.446
2039	40,895,625	41,332,840	874,431	2.116	0.453
2040	41,770,056	42,208,003	875,894	2.075	0.460
2041	42,645,950	43,089,980	888,059	2.061	0.467
2042	43,534,009	43,976,016	884,015	2.010	0.474
2043	44,418,024	44,857,801	879,554	1.961	0.480
2044	45,297,578	45,741,474	887,793	1.941	0.487
2045	46,185,371	46,629,039	887,336	1.903	0.494
2046	47,072,707	47,519,038	892,662	1.879	0.501
2047	47,965,369	48,413,783	896,828	1.852	0.508
2048	48,862,197	49,308,765	893,136	1.811	0.515
2049	49,755,333	50,203,270	895,873	1.785	0.522
2050	50,651,206	51,096,317	890,222	1.742	0.529
2051	51,541,428	51,989,016	895,176	1.722	0.536
2052	52,436,604	52,885,711	898,214	1.698	0.543
2053	53,334,818	53,780,179	890,722	1.656	0.550
2054	54,225,540	54,670,862	890,644	1.629	0.557
2055	55,116,184	55,557,082	881,795	1.587	0.564
2056	55,997,979	56,438,109	880,260	1.560	0.571
2057	56,878,239	57,320,853	885,228	1.544	0.579
2058	57,763,467	58,204,677	882,420	1.516	0.586
2059	58,645,887	59,084,925	878,077	1.486	0.593
2060	59,523,964	59,960,896	873,864	1.457	0.600
2061	60,397,828	60,830,908	866,159	1.424	0.607
2062	61,263,987	61,695,067	862,159	1.397	0.615
2063	62,126,146	62,554,749	857,206	1.370	0.622
2064	62,983,352	63,411,694	856,684	1.351	0.629
2065	63,840,036	64,266,376	852,680	1.327	0.636
2066	64,692,716	65,117,257	849,083	1.304	0.643
2067	65,541,799	65,962,217	840,837	1.275	0.651
2068	66,382,636	66,799,157	833,042	1.247	0.658
2069	67,215,678	67,630,705	830,054	1.227	0.665
2070	68,045,732	68,458,220	824,977	1.205	0.672
2071	68,870,709	69,281,001	820,585	1.184	0.679
2072	69,691,294	70,100,398	818,209	1.167	0.686
2073	70,509,503	70,912,212	805,418	1.136	0.693
2074	71,314,921	71,716,675	803,508	1.120	0.700
2075	72,118,429	72,513,577	790,297	1.090	0.707
2076	72,908,726	73,296,756	776,060	1.059	0.714
2077	73,684,786	74,071,103	772,635	1.043	0.721
2078	74,457,421	74,837,842	760,843	1.017	0.728
2079	75,218,264	75,593,957	751,385	0.994	0.735
2080	75,969,649	76,344,375	749,451	0.982	0.742
2081	76,719,100	77,085,039	731,878	0.949	0.749
2082	77,450,978	77,810,057	718,159	0.923	0.756
2083	78,169,137	78,523,921	709,569	0.904	0.763
2084	78,878,706	79,226,074	694,736	0.877	0.770
2085	79,573,442	79,916,765	686,647	0.859	0.777
2086	80,260,089	80,595,177	670,176	0.832	0.783
2087	80,930,265	81,262,709	664,889	0.818	0.790
2088	81,595,154	81,920,827	651,346	0.795	0.797
2089	82,246,500	82,567,871	642,742	0.778	0.803
2090	82,889,242	83,203,329	628,173	0.755	0.810
2091	83,517,415	83,825,950	617,070	0.736	0.817
2092	84,134,485	84,434,007	599,044	0.709	0.823
2093	84,733,529	85,029,323	591,589	0.696	0.829
2094	85,325,118	85,616,518	582,799	0.681	0.836
2095	85,907,917	86,190,175	564,517	0.655	0.842
2096	86,472,434	86,750,799	556,730	0.642	0.848
2097	87,029,164	87,301,733	545,138	0.624	0.855
2098	87,574,302	87,838,657	528,710	0.602	0.861
2099	88,103,012	88,362,383	518,741	0.587	0.867
2100	88,621,753	88,875,688	507,869	0.571	0.873

Cameroon population estimates

Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	4,298,444	4,330,084	63,280	1.461	0.174
1951	4,361,724	4,395,353	67,258	1.530	0.173
1952	4,428,982	4,464,716	71,468	1.601	0.173
1953	4,500,450	4,538,446	75,992	1.674	0.172
1954	4,576,442	4,616,886	80,887	1.752	0.172
1955	4,657,329	4,700,257	85,857	1.827	0.172
1956	4,743,186	4,788,337	90,301	1.886	0.171
1957	4,833,487	4,878,933	90,892	1.863	0.171
1958	4,924,379	4,972,218	95,679	1.924	0.171
1959	5,020,058	5,070,071	100,026	1.973	0.171
1960	5,120,084	5,159,057	77,947	1.511	0.171
1961	5,198,031	5,239,273	82,483	1.574	0.171
1962	5,280,514	5,338,620	116,213	2.177	0.171
1963	5,396,727	5,456,623	119,792	2.195	0.171
1964	5,516,519	5,578,257	123,476	2.214	0.171
1965	5,639,995	5,704,686	129,382	2.268	0.171
1966	5,769,377	5,837,295	135,836	2.327	0.171
1967	5,905,213	5,977,318	144,210	2.413	0.172
1968	6,049,423	6,125,863	152,880	2.496	0.173
1969	6,202,303	6,283,462	162,319	2.583	0.174
1970	6,364,622	6,449,793	170,342	2.641	0.175
1971	6,534,964	6,624,408	178,889	2.701	0.176
1972	6,713,853	6,806,872	186,038	2.733	0.177
1973	6,899,891	6,996,660	193,538	2.766	0.178
1974	7,093,429	7,193,583	200,309	2.785	0.180
1975	7,293,738	7,397,120	206,765	2.795	0.182
1976	7,500,503	7,597,962	194,917	2.566	0.183
1977	7,695,420	7,796,501	202,162	2.593	0.185
1978	7,897,582	8,011,921	228,678	2.854	0.187
1979	8,126,260	8,239,641	226,763	2.752	0.189
1980	8,353,023	8,512,219	318,391	3.741	0.191
1981	8,671,414	8,816,377	289,925	3.289	0.195
1982	8,961,339	9,028,678	134,678	1.492	0.196
1983	9,096,017	9,215,397	238,760	2.591	0.196
1984	9,334,777	9,475,078	280,602	2.962	0.198
1985	9,615,379	9,761,730	292,702	2.999	0.200
1986	9,908,081	10,060,342	304,522	3.027	0.203
1987	10,212,603	10,370,749	316,293	3.050	0.205
1988	10,528,896	10,684,968	312,144	2.922	0.208
1989	10,841,040	11,002,745	323,410	2.940	0.210
1990	11,164,450	11,331,821	334,742	2.954	0.213
1991	11,499,192	11,667,180	335,976	2.880	0.215
1992	11,835,168	12,006,353	342,371	2.852	0.218
1993	12,177,539	12,353,131	351,184	2.843	0.221
1994	12,528,723	12,704,903	352,360	2.774	0.224
1995	12,881,083	13,058,516	354,866	2.718	0.227
1996	13,235,949	13,414,757	357,617	2.666	0.230
1997	13,593,566	13,775,214	363,296	2.637	0.233
1998	13,956,862	14,144,860	375,995	2.658	0.235
1999	14,332,857	14,525,140	384,567	2.648	0.239
2000	14,717,424	14,912,631	390,414	2.618	0.242
2001	15,107,838	15,309,490	403,305	2.634	0.245
2002	15,511,143	15,725,528	428,769	2.727	0.248
2003	15,939,912	16,160,340	440,856	2.728	0.252
2004	16,380,768	16,610,487	459,439	2.766	0.255
2005	16,840,207	17,074,594	468,774	2.746	0.259
2006	17,308,981	17,550,407	482,851	2.751	0.263
2007	17,791,832	18,049,896	516,128	2.860	0.267
2008	18,307,960	18,574,056	532,193	2.865	0.271
2009	18,840,153	19,113,974	547,641	2.865	0.276
2010	19,387,794	19,668,066	560,544	2.850	0.280
2011	19,948,338	20,232,304	567,931	2.807	0.285
2012	20,516,269	20,809,529	586,520	2.819	0.289
2013	21,102,789	21,402,376	599,174	2.800	0.294
2014	21,701,963	22,059,893	715,860	3.245	0.299
2015	22,417,823	22,763,414	691,183	3.037	0.305
2016	23,109,006	23,454,161	690,311	2.943	0.310
2017	23,799,317	24,128,601	658,568	2.730	0.316
2018	24,457,885	24,806,383	696,996	2.810	0.321
2019	25,154,881	25,506,095	702,428	2.754	0.327
2020	25,857,309	26,210,558	706,498	2.696	0.332
2021	26,563,807	26,915,758	703,903	2.615	0.338
2022	27,267,710	27,632,771	730,123	2.642	0.344
2023	27,997,833	28,372,687	749,708	2.643	0.351