Population of Cameroon (2025)

Cameroon population

2,382,031

Births this year: 0 Births today 0
Deaths this year 54,049 Deaths today 14

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 29,529,988 14,776,370 14,753,618 100 100 100 100.2
00-04 4,246,995 2,142,061 2,104,934 14.4 14.5 14.3 101.8
05-09 3,876,009 1,949,682 1,926,327 13.1 13.2 13.1 101.2
10-14 3,564,743 1,792,911 1,771,832 12.1 12.1 12 101.2
15-19 3,208,918 1,611,797 1,597,121 10.9 10.9 10.8 100.9
20-24 2,807,939 1,407,698 1,400,241 9.5 9.5 9.5 100.5
25-29 2,407,332 1,204,931 1,202,401 8.2 8.2 8.1 100.2
30-34 2,101,907 1,052,067 1,049,840 7.1 7.1 7.1 100.2
35-39 1,790,645 897,085 893,560 6.1 6.1 6.1 100.4
40-44 1,441,799 724,421 717,378 4.9 4.9 4.9 101
45-49 1,100,505 553,087 547,418 3.7 3.7 3.7 101
50-54 851,703 425,315 426,388 2.9 2.9 2.9 99.7
55-59 662,680 326,733 335,947 2.2 2.2 2.3 97.3
60-64 510,059 247,034 263,025 1.7 1.7 1.8 93.9
65-69 377,554 179,221 198,333 1.3 1.2 1.3 90.4
70-74 270,567 125,778 144,789 0.9 0.9 1 86.9
75-79 174,055 78,521 95,534 0.6 0.5 0.6 82.2
80-84 91,389 39,821 51,568 0.3 0.3 0.3 77.2
85-89 35,072 14,489 20,583 0.1 0.1 0.1 70.4
90-94 8,754 3,291 5,463 0 0 0 60.2
95-99 1,260 401 859 0 0 0 46.7
100+ 103 26 77 0 0 0 33.8

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 - 2025)

Year Population Yearly %
Change		 Yearly
Change		 Sex ratio Density
(P/Km²)
2024 28,873,241 2.29 647,728 100.15 61.08
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 - 2025)