Population of Cameroon (2024)

Cameroon population

2,387,012

Births this year: 0 Births today 0
Deaths this year 49,068 Deaths today 10

Cameroon Population by Religions

Region Name Percents Number
indigenous beliefs 40% 974,432 people
Christian 40% 974,432 people
Muslim 20% 487,216 people

Cameroon Population by Ethnic groups

Ethnic groups Name Percents Number
Cameroon Highlanders 31% 755,185 people
Equatorial Bantu 19% 462,855 people
Kirdi 11% 267,969 people
Fulani 10% 243,608 people
Northwestern Bantu 8% 194,886 people
Eastern Nigritic 7% 170,526 people
other African 13% 316,690 people
non-African less than 1% 24,361 people

Cameroon population by Age group

Age Both Sexes Population Male Population Female Population Both Sexes (%) Male (%) Female (%) Sex ratio (female/male)
Total 26,332,965 13,173,376 13,159,589 100 100 100 100.1
00-04 3,993,969 2,013,025 1,980,944 15.2 15.3 15.1 101.6
05-09 3,609,246 1,816,762 1,792,484 13.7 13.8 13.6 101.4
10-14 3,246,915 1,632,466 1,614,449 12.3 12.4 12.3 101.1
15-19 2,855,767 1,435,380 1,420,387 10.8 10.9 10.8 101.1
20-24 2,463,022 1,235,246 1,227,776 9.4 9.4 9.3 100.6
25-29 2,167,092 1,084,672 1,082,420 8.2 8.2 8.2 100.2
30-34 1,865,548 933,606 931,942 7.1 7.1 7.1 100.2
35-39 1,516,701 761,362 755,339 5.8 5.8 5.7 100.8
40-44 1,163,716 585,472 578,244 4.4 4.4 4.4 101.2
45-49 907,044 454,807 452,237 3.4 3.5 3.4 100.6
50-54 711,399 353,198 358,201 2.7 2.7 2.7 98.6
55-59 558,700 273,303 285,397 2.1 2.1 2.2 95.8
60-64 431,328 207,602 223,726 1.6 1.6 1.7 92.8
65-69 332,042 157,084 174,958 1.3 1.2 1.3 89.8
70-74 240,511 111,116 129,395 0.9 0.8 1 85.9
75-79 152,838 68,762 84,076 0.6 0.5 0.6 81.8
80-84 78,968 34,259 44,709 0.3 0.3 0.3 76.6
85-89 29,779 12,214 17,565 0.1 0.1 0.1 69.5
90-94 7,268 2,699 4,569 0 0 0 59.1
95-99 1,029 321 708 0 0 0 45.3
100+ 83 20 63 0 0 0 31.7

Cameroon Age structure and Population pyramid

Cameroon Age structure and Population pyramid

Cameroon Sex ratio

Cameroon Sex ratio

Cameroon Dependency ratios

Chart working age in Cameroon

Cameroon Population (1950 - 2024)

Year Population Yearly %
Change		 Yearly
Change		 Sex ratio Density
(P/Km²)
2023 28,225,513 2.32 639,021 100.14 59.71
2022 27,586,492 2.34 630,756 100.13 58.36
2021 26,955,736 2.36 622,771 100.12 57.02
2020 26,332,965 2.39 614,753 100.10 55.71
2019 25,718,212 2.42 606,493 100.09 54.41
2018 25,111,719 2.44 598,030 100.07 53.12
2017 24,513,689 2.46 589,282 100.05 51.86
2016 23,924,407 2.49 580,228 100.03 50.61
2015 23,344,179 2.51 571,165 100.00 49.38
2014 22,773,014 2.53 561,848 99.98 48.18
2013 22,211,166 2.55 551,678 99.96 46.99
2012 21,659,488 2.56 540,423 99.93 45.82
2011 21,119,065 2.57 528,399 99.90 44.68
2010 20,590,666 2.57 516,144 99.87 43.56
2005 18,126,999 13.81 2,199,286 99.60 38.35
2000 15,927,713 14.34 1,998,138 99.25 33.69
1995 13,929,575 15.40 1,859,216 98.95 29.47
1990 12,070,359 16.27 1,689,261 98.69 25.53
1985 10,381,098 16.22 1,448,977 98.39 21.96
1980 8,932,121 15.40 1,191,925 98.05 18.90
1975 7,740,196 14.31 969,229 97.73 16.37
1970 6,770,967 13.08 783,296 97.44 14.32
1965 5,987,671 11.68 626,304 97.05 12.67
1960 5,361,367 10.01 487,641 96.69 11.34
1955 4,873,726 9.12 407,228 96.39 10.31
1950 4,466,498 96.13 9.45
Chart population Cameroon Population (1950 - 2024)