Population 29,879,337
people· 2025
Published observation
Over time Full published history Cameroon 2025 · 29.88M
0 7.47M 14.94M 22.41M 29.88M 1960 1993 2025 1960: 5,159,057 1961: 5,239,273 1962: 5,338,620 1963: 5,456,623 1964: 5,578,257 1965: 5,704,686 1966: 5,837,295 1967: 5,977,318 1968: 6,125,863 1969: 6,283,462 1970: 6,449,793 1971: 6,624,408 1972: 6,806,872 1973: 6,996,660 1974: 7,193,583 1975: 7,397,120 1976: 7,597,962 1977: 7,796,501 1978: 8,011,921 1979: 8,239,641 1980: 8,512,219 1981: 8,816,377 1982: 9,028,678 1983: 9,215,397 1984: 9,475,078 1985: 9,761,730 1986: 10,060,342 1987: 10,370,749 1988: 10,684,968 1989: 11,002,745 1990: 11,331,821 1991: 11,667,180 1992: 12,006,353 1993: 12,353,131 1994: 12,704,903 1995: 13,058,516 1996: 13,414,757 1997: 13,775,214 1998: 14,144,860 1999: 14,525,140 2000: 14,912,631 2001: 15,309,490 2002: 15,725,528 2003: 16,160,340 2004: 16,610,487 2005: 17,074,594 2006: 17,550,407 2007: 18,049,896 2008: 18,574,056 2009: 19,113,974 2010: 19,668,066 2011: 20,232,304 2012: 20,809,529 2013: 21,402,376 2014: 22,059,893 2015: 22,763,414 2016: 23,454,161 2017: 24,128,601 2018: 24,806,383 2019: 25,506,095 2020: 26,210,558 2021: 26,915,758 2022: 27,632,771 2023: 28,372,687 2024: 29,123,744 2025: 29,879,337 Total population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship. The values shown are midyear estimates.
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