Cameroon's population rose from 13.4M in 1996 to 29.9M in 2025.
Cameroon · Population & demographics
Size, growth, ages, births, deaths, urbanisation and migration.
23 indicators · 23 with data
Cameroon's population growth fell from 2.7 % in 1996 to 2.6 % in 2025.
Cameroon's population density rose from 26.9 in 1994 to 60.0 in 2023.
Cameroon's population, female (% of total) fell from 50.4 % in 1996 to 50.2 % in 2025.
Cameroon's urbanisation rose from 44.0 % in 1996 to 55.7 % in 2025.
Cameroon's urban population rose from 5.9M in 1996 to 16.6M in 2025.
Cameroon's rural population rose from 7.52M in 1996 to 13.2M in 2025.
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- Fertilitydown −1.4 %17th of 217
- Birth rate, crudedown −1.2 %15th of 217
- Death rate, crudedown −1.7 %116th of 217
- Adolescent fertility ratedown −1.2 %202nd of 217
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- Median ageup +0.1 yrs200th of 216
- Children (0–14)down −0.3 pts16th of 217
- Working age (15–64)up +0.3 pts200th of 217
- Seniors (65+)up +0.0 pts200th of 217
- Age dependency ratiodown −1.0 pts18th of 217
- Old-age dependency ratioup +0.0 pts200th of 217
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- Net migrationdown −10.7 %166th of 217
- Migrant stockunchanged +0.0 pts150th of 216
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- Refugees hosteddown −11.9 %20th of 178
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- Life expectancyup +0.3 yrs194th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, femaleup +0.3 yrs195th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, maleup +0.3 yrs196th of 217