COUNTRY / INDICATOR
Cameroon Population
Cameroon population: latest available value for 2025, historical series from 1980, ranking context and source documentation.
Series overview
SP.POP.TOTL| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 29,88 m | 755.593 |
| 2024 | 29,12 m | 751.057 |
| 2023 | 28,37 m | 739.916 |
| 2022 | 27,63 m | 717.013 |
| 2021 | 26,92 m | 705.200 |
| 2020 | 26,21 m | 704.463 |
| 2019 | 25,51 m | 699.712 |
| 2018 | 24,81 m | 677.782 |
| 2017 | 24,13 m | 674.440 |
| 2016 | 23,45 m | 691.161 |
| 2015 | 22,76 m | 703.000 |
| 2014 | 22,06 m | 658.000 |
| 2013 | 21,40 m | 592.000 |
| 2012 | 20,81 m | 578.000 |
| 2011 | 20,23 m | 564.000 |
| 2010 | 19,67 m | 554.000 |
| 2009 | 19,11 m | 540.000 |
| 2008 | 18,57 m | 524.000 |
| 2007 | 18,05 m | 500.000 |
| 2006 | 17,55 m | 475.000 |
| 2005 | 17,08 m | 465.000 |
| 2004 | 16,61 m | 450.000 |
| 2003 | 16,16 m | 434.000 |
| 2002 | 15,73 m | 417.000 |
| 2001 | 15,31 m | 396.000 |
| 2000 | 14,91 m | 407.000 |
| 1999 | 14,51 m | 395.000 |
| 1998 | 14,11 m | 384.000 |
| 1997 | 13,73 m | 374.000 |
| 1996 | 13,35 m | 364.000 |
| 1995 | 12,99 m | 353.000 |
| 1994 | 12,64 m | 366.000 |
| 1993 | 12,27 m | 359.000 |
| 1992 | 11,91 m | 353.000 |
| 1991 | 11,56 m | 345.000 |
| 1990 | 11,21 m | 339.000 |
| 1989 | 10,87 m | 320.000 |
| 1988 | 10,55 m | 300.000 |
| 1987 | 10,25 m | 284.000 |
| 1986 | 9,97 m | 268.000 |
| 1985 | 9,70 m | 252.000 |
| 1984 | 9,45 m | 247.000 |
| 1983 | 9,20 m | 245.000 |
| 1982 | 8,96 m | 246.000 |
| 1981 | 8,71 m | 246.000 |
| 1980 | 8,47 m | — |
Source methodology
World Development IndicatorsIndicator note: 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.
Source organization: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), uri: https://population.un.org/wpp/, publisher: UN Population Division; Statistical databases and publications from national statistical offices, National Statistical Offices (NSOs), uri: https://unstats.un.org/home/nso_sites/, publisher: National Statistical Offices; Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, Eurostat (ESTAT), uri: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/data/database?node_code=earn_ses_monthly, publisher: Eurostat; Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), United Nations (UN), uri: https://unstats.un.org, publisher: UN Statistics Division
Metadata fetched: 2026-09-27 04:53:33. Open original metadata response.
Country-specific interpretation
Automatically derived from the displayed seriesCameroon recorded 29,88 m people in 2025, the latest year available in this series.
Compared with 2024, the population increased by 755.593.
Across the latest five-year comparison window, the series shows an upward direction.
Across 46 observations from 1980 to 2025, the average was 17,10 m; the minimum was 8,47 m in 1980 and the maximum was 29,88 m in 2025.
Cameroon ranks 51 out of 217 countries with a current value in the portal ranking.
The latest value is above the available average for Sub-Saharan Africa.
It is also below the available average for the Lower middle income group.
Demographic scale and market size.