Country or area · Middle Africa · Africa · UN WPP 2024

Cameroon population

Cameroon population now

30,828,196

A projection read at this second, not a count: the UN's totals for 1 January 2026 and 2027, joined by a straight line. 95% range for 31 December 2026: 30.5–31.5 million.

Mid-2023, UN estimate: 28,372,687

Year: 2026; projection · medium
Population, mid-2026: 30.6408 million; 95% range, 31 Dec: 30.5–31.5 million
Median age: 19.2
Aged 65+: 2.8%

Move through time, 1950–2100

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male female projection · one cell = 10,000 people

How to read this: one row for each age, newborns at the bottom; men on the left, women on the right.

Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries

CMR · 1950–2100 · in brief

Cameroon in numbers

In mid-2023 there were 28,372,687 people in Cameroon: the 52nd-largest population of the 236 countries and areas the UN reports, and 0.35% of the world's people. That is 6.6 times its 1950 population of 4.3 million.

In the UN's medium projection it is still growing in 2100, when it reaches 88.9 million. The projection is uncertain: on 1 January 2100 the UN's 95% range runs from 46.6 million to 174 million.

Births outnumber deaths in every year from 1950 to 2100, estimates and projection alike.

The median age was 20.3 in 1950 and 18.8 in 2023; the projection has 35.0 in 2100. 2.8% of people were 65 or older in 2023, against 13.8% projected for 2100. The working-age population (15–64) is still growing in 2100 in the medium projection.

By size it is the 52nd country in 2023; the projection puts it 41st in 2050 and 28th in 2100. In the medium projection it overtakes Nepal in 2025, Poland in 2034 and Peru in 2035. It is overtaken by Niger in 2040.

Population, mid-2023: 28,372,687
Rank by population, 2023: 52 of 236
Share of the world, 2023: 0.35%
Change in a year, mid-2022 to mid-2023: +2.68% · +739,915 people
People per km² of land, 2023: 60
Land area, 2023: 472,710 km²
Births, 2023: 957,392
Deaths, 2023: 202,882
Net migration, 2023: −4,798
Children per woman, 2023: 4.32
Median age, 2023: 18.8 years
Life expectancy at birth, 2023: 63.7 years
In a city, 2025: 54 of every 100
Population, mid-1950: 4,330,084
Projected, mid-2050: 51,096,317
Projected, mid-2100: 88,875,688

CMR · 1950–2100 · total population

Population, 1950–2100

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Show the numbers: Cameroon, 1950–2100

Cameroon: population on 1 January, births, deaths, fertility and life expectancy, 1950–2100
Year	Kind	Population, 1 Jan	95% range	Births	Deaths	Children per woman	Life expectancy
1950	estimate	4,298,444		190,920	127,644	5.73	33.1
1951	estimate	4,361,724		193,813	126,552	5.72	33.9
1952	estimate	4,428,982		197,344	125,870	5.74	34.6
1953	estimate	4,500,450		200,581	124,594	5.74	35.5
1954	estimate	4,576,442		203,947	123,063	5.74	36.5
1955	estimate	4,657,329		207,455	121,587	5.74	37.5
1956	estimate	4,743,186		210,700	120,407	5.73	38.4
1957	estimate	4,833,487		214,205	123,319	5.72	38.3
1958	estimate	4,924,379		218,292	122,602	5.73	39.1
1959	estimate	5,020,058		222,207	122,180	5.73	39.8
1960	estimate	5,120,084		225,997	148,051	5.72	34.7
1961	estimate	5,198,031		230,255	147,782	5.73	35.2
1962	estimate	5,280,514		234,117	117,883	5.73	42.6
1963	estimate	5,396,727		238,229	118,449	5.73	43.1
1964	estimate	5,516,519		242,246	118,778	5.74	43.6
1965	estimate	5,639,995		248,474	119,045	5.80	44.2
1966	estimate	5,769,377		255,011	119,084	5.85	44.8
1967	estimate	5,905,213		263,299	118,931	5.95	45.6
1968	estimate	6,049,423		271,876	118,798	6.04	46.4
1969	estimate	6,202,303		281,318	118,710	6.14	47.2
1970	estimate	6,364,622		289,434	118,722	6.20	48.0
1971	estimate	6,534,964		298,612	119,298	6.26	48.6
1972	estimate	6,713,853		306,634	120,111	6.29	49.1
1973	estimate	6,899,891		315,573	121,571	6.33	49.5
1974	estimate	7,093,429		324,519	123,825	6.36	49.7
1975	estimate	7,293,738		333,351	126,364	6.40	49.9
1976	estimate	7,500,503		344,096	129,182	6.45	50.0
1977	estimate	7,695,420		354,669	131,883	6.51	50.1
1978	estimate	7,897,582		364,115	134,161	6.54	50.3
1979	estimate	8,126,260		375,417	136,538	6.58	50.5
1980	estimate	8,353,023		386,028	138,222	6.61	50.9
1981	estimate	8,671,414		402,924	140,853	6.61	51.2
1982	estimate	8,961,339		416,501	141,852	6.59	51.8
1983	estimate	9,096,017		415,703	139,596	6.58	52.5
1984	estimate	9,334,777		423,607	139,504	6.56	52.9
1985	estimate	9,615,379		435,841	139,529	6.56	53.5
1986	estimate	9,908,081		450,568	142,380	6.57	53.6
1987	estimate	10,212,603		462,411	142,278	6.54	54.2
1988	estimate	10,528,896		472,860	144,701	6.48	54.4
1989	estimate	10,841,040		482,441	147,793	6.41	54.4
1990	estimate	11,164,450		494,558	151,650	6.36	54.4
1991	estimate	11,499,192		507,154	156,659	6.32	54.2
1992	estimate	11,835,168		517,256	161,187	6.26	54.0
1993	estimate	12,177,539		527,033	166,247	6.16	53.9
1994	estimate	12,528,723		536,740	172,359	6.04	53.5
1995	estimate	12,881,083		544,986	177,448	5.92	53.4
1996	estimate	13,235,949		552,639	182,280	5.79	53.2
1997	estimate	13,593,566		563,890	186,746	5.71	53.1
1998	estimate	13,956,862		579,842	191,413	5.66	53.0
1999	estimate	14,332,857		596,954	194,989	5.60	53.2
2000	estimate	14,717,424		609,606	197,970	5.51	53.3
2001	estimate	15,107,838		622,620	200,117	5.44	53.6
2002	estimate	15,511,143		641,602	202,055	5.43	53.9
2003	estimate	15,939,912		663,763	204,347	5.43	54.3
2004	estimate	16,380,768		685,601	206,716	5.44	54.6
2005	estimate	16,840,207		705,512	208,964	5.42	54.9
2006	estimate	17,308,981		721,591	210,219	5.37	55.3
2007	estimate	17,791,832		738,190	211,246	5.34	55.7
2008	estimate	18,307,960		755,313	212,394	5.29	56.1
2009	estimate	18,840,153		771,425	213,583	5.24	56.5
2010	estimate	19,387,794		783,507	213,597	5.15	57.0
2011	estimate	19,948,338		793,453	212,852	5.05	57.5
2012	estimate	20,516,269		804,318	210,280	4.98	58.2
2013	estimate	21,102,789		814,923	208,848	4.91	58.7
2014	estimate	21,701,963		828,313	209,064	4.84	59.1
2015	estimate	22,417,823		858,607	209,421	4.84	59.7
2016	estimate	23,109,006		885,986	208,928	4.84	60.3
2017	estimate	23,799,317		905,199	208,719	4.80	60.8
2018	estimate	24,457,885		915,335	209,154	4.74	61.2
2019	estimate	25,154,881		922,896	208,209	4.65	61.7
2020	estimate	25,857,309		928,861	212,482	4.56	61.7
2021	estimate	26,563,807		936,082	222,281	4.47	61.1
2022	estimate	27,267,710		946,933	212,026	4.40	62.4
2023	estimate	27,997,833		957,392	202,882	4.32	63.7
2024	estimate	28,747,541		971,107	204,805	4.26	64.0
2025	projection	29,499,946	29.3–29.7 million	980,661	206,509	4.18	64.3
2026	projection	30,258,728	29.9–30.6 million	991,664	208,554	4.12	64.5
2027	projection	31,022,905	30.5–31.5 million	1,002,767	210,655	4.05	64.8
2028	projection	31,797,863	31.1–32.5 million	1,017,054	212,936	4.00	65.0
2029	projection	32,583,473	31.7–33.4 million	1,026,451	215,362	3.93	65.3
2030	projection	33,375,092	32.2–34.4 million	1,038,634	217,966	3.88	65.5
2031	projection	34,179,287	32.8–35.4 million	1,048,294	220,786	3.81	65.8
2032	projection	34,988,947	33.3–36.5 million	1,061,037	223,749	3.76	66.0
2033	projection	35,810,395	33.8–37.6 million	1,072,048	227,062	3.70	66.2
2034	projection	36,636,571	34.3–38.7 million	1,085,973	230,638	3.65	66.4
2035	projection	37,473,048	34.9–39.7 million	1,094,052	234,245	3.58	66.6
2036	projection	38,314,588	35.3–40.8 million	1,110,353	238,087	3.54	66.9
2037	projection	39,170,347	35.8–42.0 million	1,123,296	242,208	3.50	67.1
2038	projection	40,030,398	36.2–43.2 million	1,131,492	246,511	3.44	67.3
2039	projection	40,895,625	36.7–44.4 million	1,143,871	250,876	3.40	67.5
2040	projection	41,770,056	37.1–45.6 million	1,152,820	255,461	3.35	67.7
2041	projection	42,645,950	37.6–46.9 million	1,162,931	260,133	3.31	67.8
2042	projection	43,534,009	38.0–48.2 million	1,167,550	264,756	3.25	68.0
2043	projection	44,418,024	38.5–49.5 million	1,176,771	269,992	3.21	68.2
2044	projection	45,297,578	38.9–50.8 million	1,186,560	275,073	3.17	68.4
2045	projection	46,185,371	39.3–52.2 million	1,191,501	280,226	3.13	68.6
2046	projection	47,072,707	39.7–53.6 million	1,199,292	285,789	3.09	68.8
2047	projection	47,965,369	40.1–55.0 million	1,207,234	291,543	3.06	69.0
2048	projection	48,862,197	40.5–56.4 million	1,213,751	297,542	3.02	69.2
2049	projection	49,755,333	41.0–57.8 million	1,220,775	303,565	2.99	69.3
2050	projection	50,651,206	41.3–59.1 million	1,228,280	310,041	2.96	69.5
2051	projection	51,541,428	41.5–60.5 million	1,234,609	316,590	2.93	69.7
2052	projection	52,436,604	41.9–62.1 million	1,241,034	322,954	2.90	69.8
2053	projection	53,334,818	42.3–63.7 million	1,246,829	329,927	2.87	70.0
2054	projection	54,225,540	42.7–65.3 million	1,251,214	337,070	2.84	70.2
2055	projection	55,116,184	43.0–66.9 million	1,256,822	344,315	2.81	70.3
2056	projection	55,997,979	43.3–68.6 million	1,261,472	351,612	2.78	70.5
2057	projection	56,878,239	43.6–70.3 million	1,267,391	359,045	2.76	70.7
2058	projection	57,763,467	43.9–71.7 million	1,272,917	366,914	2.74	70.8
2059	projection	58,645,887	44.2–73.7 million	1,277,056	374,759	2.71	71.0
2060	projection	59,523,964	44.3–75.8 million	1,280,591	382,304	2.68	71.1
2061	projection	60,397,828	44.6–77.8 million	1,283,951	390,064	2.66	71.3
2062	projection	61,263,987	44.7–79.8 million	1,288,897	398,297	2.64	71.4
2063	projection	62,126,146	45.0–81.7 million	1,294,186	406,359	2.62	71.6
2064	projection	62,983,352	45.0–83.6 million	1,297,812	414,395	2.60	71.8
2065	projection	63,840,036	45.1–85.7 million	1,301,189	422,844	2.58	71.9
2066	projection	64,692,716	45.3–87.6 million	1,304,583	431,078	2.56	72.1
2067	projection	65,541,799	45.5–89.3 million	1,308,025	439,400	2.54	72.2
2068	projection	66,382,636	45.5–91.4 million	1,311,352	447,659	2.52	72.4
2069	projection	67,215,678	45.7–93.4 million	1,315,032	455,661	2.50	72.5
2070	projection	68,045,732	45.8–95.7 million	1,316,418	463,568	2.48	72.7
2071	projection	68,870,709	45.9–98.1 million	1,319,279	471,408	2.46	72.9
2072	projection	69,691,294	46.0–100.6 million	1,321,442	479,861	2.45	73.0
2073	projection	70,509,503	46.2–103.1 million	1,322,857	488,627	2.43	73.2
2074	projection	71,314,921	46.4–105.4 million	1,323,892	497,755	2.41	73.3
2075	projection	72,118,429	46.4–107.7 million	1,324,182	506,680	2.40	73.5
2076	projection	72,908,726	46.4–110.0 million	1,324,879	515,567	2.38	73.6
2077	projection	73,684,786	46.4–112.8 million	1,325,613	524,403	2.36	73.8
2078	projection	74,457,421	46.5–115.2 million	1,325,354	533,459	2.35	73.9
2079	projection	75,218,264	46.5–117.2 million	1,324,783	543,115	2.33	74.0
2080	projection	75,969,649	46.5–119.9 million	1,324,078	552,833	2.32	74.2
2081	projection	76,719,100	46.5–121.9 million	1,323,352	562,821	2.30	74.3
2082	projection	77,450,978	46.5–124.2 million	1,322,837	572,407	2.29	74.5
2083	projection	78,169,137	46.7–127.0 million	1,321,674	582,594	2.27	74.6
2084	projection	78,878,706	46.7–129.5 million	1,320,402	592,802	2.26	74.8
2085	projection	79,573,442	46.6–132.1 million	1,319,936	602,862	2.25	74.9
2086	projection	80,260,089	46.5–135.0 million	1,318,490	613,272	2.24	75.1
2087	projection	80,930,265	46.5–137.9 million	1,317,920	623,513	2.23	75.2
2088	projection	81,595,154	46.5–140.7 million	1,317,356	633,639	2.21	75.4
2089	projection	82,246,500	46.5–143.2 million	1,316,943	644,053	2.21	75.5
2090	projection	82,889,242	46.6–145.6 million	1,316,268	654,088	2.19	75.7
2091	projection	83,517,415	46.6–148.1 million	1,314,277	664,873	2.18	75.8
2092	projection	84,134,485	46.6–151.3 million	1,313,266	675,220	2.17	75.9
2093	projection	84,733,529	46.7–154.4 million	1,311,302	685,901	2.16	76.1
2094	projection	85,325,118	46.3–156.6 million	1,309,659	696,085	2.15	76.2
2095	projection	85,907,917	46.1–159.0 million	1,306,950	706,613	2.14	76.4
2096	projection	86,472,434	45.9–161.7 million	1,304,413	716,480	2.13	76.5
2097	projection	87,029,164	46.0–165.2 million	1,301,577	726,542	2.13	76.7
2098	projection	87,574,302	46.2–168.4 million	1,298,889	736,824	2.12	76.8
2099	projection	88,103,012	46.7–171.9 million	1,296,814	747,336	2.11	77.0
2100	projection	88,621,753	46.6–174.3 million	1,293,547	757,585	2.10	77.1

Show the numbers: Cameroon, mid-2026, by single year of age

Cameroon: population by single year of age, mid-2026
Age	Male	Female
0	480,301	470,464
1	468,020	459,182
2	458,392	449,976
3	449,784	441,242
4	442,422	434,609
5	436,114	428,984
6	431,096	423,696
7	426,064	418,874
8	419,949	413,089
9	411,211	404,808
10	398,787	392,953
11	384,088	378,902
12	372,339	367,686
13	364,556	360,430
14	357,192	353,743
15	349,928	347,114
16	342,282	340,045
17	333,173	331,547
18	323,018	321,937
19	312,794	312,086
20	302,924	302,391
21	292,550	292,228
22	281,210	281,182
23	269,708	270,015
24	259,114	259,704
25	250,620	251,490
26	243,599	244,822
27	235,974	237,509
28	227,943	229,658
29	221,305	223,112
30	216,452	218,383
31	212,282	214,367
32	207,791	209,975
33	202,966	205,290
34	197,934	200,510
35	192,338	195,033
36	186,302	188,966
37	180,684	183,250
38	175,196	177,704
39	169,058	171,580
40	161,932	164,480
41	154,631	157,211
42	148,397	151,023
43	144,016	146,746
44	138,872	141,700
45	131,372	134,265
46	124,384	127,358
47	118,286	121,354
48	112,530	115,678
49	107,030	110,233
50	101,522	104,817
51	96,464	99,881
52	91,773	95,316
53	87,116	90,775
54	82,612	86,392
55	78,066	81,970
56	73,497	77,534
57	68,902	73,068
58	64,278	68,571
59	59,870	64,296
60	55,811	60,364
61	52,118	56,802
62	48,827	53,654
63	45,862	50,839
64	42,995	48,106
65	40,191	45,396
66	37,452	42,717
67	34,774	40,091
68	32,097	37,432
69	29,491	34,808
70	26,986	32,252
71	24,540	29,709
72	22,167	27,200
73	19,902	24,763
74	17,739	22,392
75	15,707	20,129
76	13,680	17,796
77	11,893	15,684
78	10,584	14,216
79	9,428	12,904
80	8,222	11,424
81	7,008	9,898
82	5,882	8,444
83	4,869	7,111
84	3,980	5,916
85	3,214	4,860
86	2,571	3,942
87	2,038	3,154
88	1,588	2,466
89	1,205	1,870
90	892	1,378
91	649	996
92	466	707
93	328	490
94	226	332
95	152	218
96	100	140
97	64	88
98	40	53
99	24	30
100+	30	38

CMR · 1950–2100 · every age, every year

Cameroon, every age in every year

Each column is a year and each row an age; the denser the ink in a cell, the more people. Everyone born in the same year climbs one 45° diagonal, so famines, baby booms and migration show up as streaks. Select a cell to follow its generation.

CMR · ages 15–64

Who does the work in Cameroon

In Cameroon the number of people aged 15–64 is still growing in 2100, the last year the UN projects. In 2023 there were 15,736,800 of them.

100 aged 15–64

75 children

5 aged 65+

aged 15–64 children under 15 aged 65 and over

How to read this: one orange square for each of 100 people aged 15–64 in 2023. Beneath them, teal for the children living alongside those 100 and violet for the people aged 65 or older.

At no point between 1950 and 2100 do fewer than 50 dependants live alongside every 100 people aged 15–64 here.

fewer than 50 dependants per 100 the same, projected 50 or more

How to read this: 1950 on the left, 2100 on the right; coloured in the years with fewer than 50 dependants per 100 working-age people, grey in the rest, hatched where that is a projection.

How every country compares

CMR · arrivals minus departures

Who arrives in Cameroon, and who leaves

In 2020–2025 Cameroon loses 9,201 people a year: everyone who arrives, minus everyone who leaves. The age at which that happens most is 20–24, at 2,573 a year more leaving than arriving.

one square = 500 people a year

020406080+

more arrive than leave more leave than arrive

How to read this: each column is one age, youngest on the left. Above the line, in blue, are the ages gaining people; below it, in orange, the ages losing them. This is the UN's projection for 2020–2025 — the record of migration by age does not go back beyond 2020.

In the years that were counted, 1950–2023, the most it gained in one year was 96,599 (2014) and the most it lost was 139,974 (1982).

In 2024, 642,948 people living in Cameroon had been born in another country, 2 of every 100 people there, against 2 in 1990.

How migration works everywhere

CMR · births by the mother's age · 1950–2100

Who has the babies in Cameroon

Of every 100 babies born in Cameroon in 2023, 18 had a mother under 20, 68 a mother aged 20 to 34 and 14 a mother aged 35 or older. In 1950 it was 20 under 20 and 17 aged 35 or older.

1950
20 · 63 · 17

2023
18 · 68 · 14

2050 · projected
14 · 70 · 16

The mother's age: under 20 20 to 34 35 or older projected

How to read this: shrink a year's babies to 100 and colour each one by the age of its mother — that is a block. Under it, the same three groups as numbers, starting with the youngest mothers.

Babies born, 2023: 957,392
Average age when women have a baby: 28.4 years; 28.9 in 1950
Babies a year per 1,000 girls aged 15–19: 107; 151 in 1950

Babies by the mother's age, 1950–2100

Babies born in Cameroon by the mother's age
Mother's age	1950	1975	2000	2023	2050 projected	2100 projected
10–14	4,551	6,734	10,431	7,775	3,908	895
15–19	32,935	61,802	116,434	162,474	173,151	91,719
20–24	47,613	86,285	170,790	249,071	302,347	243,000
25–29	41,301	70,789	142,769	226,050	299,776	342,489
30–34	31,112	51,111	93,312	176,720	256,956	350,222
35–39	19,279	34,421	51,178	99,228	146,400	209,553
40–44	11,076	17,395	19,930	31,143	40,594	50,662
45–49	2,891	4,571	4,548	4,777	5,029	4,924
50–54	162	243	214	154	119	83
All babies	190,920	333,351	609,606	957,392	1,228,280	1,293,547

The UN's births for each year, split by the mother's age in the UN's own proportions.

CMR · healthy years · 2021

Years in good health in Cameroon

Of the 61.8 years a baby born in Cameroon in 2021 could expect, about 54.0 would be lived in full health (95% range 53.2–55.0). The years in less than full health come to 7.8, below the world's 9.5: shorter lives leave fewer years in which to be ill.

Women

54.6 in full health, 9.1 not: 63.7 years

Men

53.4 in full health, 6.5 not: 59.9 years

a year in full health a year in less than full health

How to read this: each square is a year of life, each row ten years; filled squares are years in full health, rounded to whole years.

Women: 54.6 healthy years of 63.7. Men: 53.4 of 59.9.

CMR · forced from home · end of 2025

Displacement in Cameroon

At the end of 2025, 1,004,257 people were displaced inside Cameroon, about 34 of every 1,000 people living there.

hosted from abroad427,166
displaced inside it1,004,257
Cameroon nationals abroad178,357

stayed inside their own country crossed a border

How to read this: each square is 20,000 people, so the rows can be compared with one another. The last row is people from Cameroon living in another country, wherever they are.

In 2025, 7,719 people asked for asylum in Cameroon for the first time; 16,980 people from Cameroon asked for asylum in another country. Of every 100 people from Cameroon whose claims were decided that year, 76 were given protection. Who asks for asylum, and who is given it

How the world's displacement is counted

CMR · of every 100 people

How people live in Cameroon

Of every 100 people in Cameroon in 2025, 54 lived in a city, 22 in a town or suburb and 24 in the countryside.

cities towns and suburbs rural areas

28 of every 100 have no electricity at home (2024). 53.7 of every 100 do not use the internet (2024).

How to read this: one square for every hundredth person, coloured as the key shows. Because the rule behind the colours is the same everywhere, two countries' squares can be compared directly.

How the world's people live

CMR · adults 25 and over · 2020

How far people in Cameroon went in school

Of every 100 adults in Cameroon in 2020, 25 never went to school and 22 finished upper secondary or went further.

25 never went to school 6 some primary 31 finished primary 16 finished lower secondary 12 finished upper secondary 10 studied after school

Compare two generations. Aged 60–64, 35.3 of every 100 women and 22.7 of every 100 men never went to school; aged 25–29, 20.1 and 12.9.

The middle projection has its working-age people most numerous in 2090; those among them who finished upper secondary are still growing in 2100.

How to read this: 100 squares, one for every hundredth adult aged 25 or over, from least schooling on the left to most on the right. Counted by the Wittgenstein Centre for 2020.

How far the world's people went in school

CMR · cities · 2025

Cities in Cameroon

Cameroon had 44 cities in 2025, home to 16.0 million people. The largest, Yaoundé, holds 17 of every 100 people in Cameroon.

Yaoundé5,106,087
Douala4,104,516
Garoua678,769
Maroua526,702
Bamenda394,155
Ngaoundéré345,148
Kumba329,340
Bafoussam321,489
Kousseri244,247
Bertoua235,399

All 17 cities in Cameroon that reach 300,000 people

Yaoundé 5,106,087
Douala 4,104,516
Garoua 678,769
Maroua 526,702
Bamenda 394,155
Ngaoundéré 345,148
Kumba 329,340
Bafoussam 321,489
Kousseri 244,247
Bertoua 235,399
Limbe 233,212
Buea 222,996
Mokolo 190,418
Guider 187,887
Nkongsamba 176,511
Ebolowa 173,565
Kribi 142,534

How to read this: the 10 largest cities in 2025, bars on one scale. A city is the whole built-up area on the UN's rule, not the city's own boundary.

All the world's cities

Apparatus

Sources and method

Every figure on this page comes from the UN's World Population Prospects 2024: the annual country tables (estimates to 2023, projections with 95% intervals from 2024), and the population by single year of age and sex for the pyramid.

The censuses, surveys and registers behind the UN's estimates for Cameroon are listed, source by source, on the UN's own data sources page.

Sources: UN WPP 2024 · World Bank · UNHCR · country code lists · UN WUP 2025 · Wittgenstein Centre · WHO GHO · flag-icons · Natural Earth. Every source, its licence and how to cite it →

Checked before it was drawn

Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries The pyramid for every year was checked against the published total. What that stamp counts, and what every page here has to pass before it can be built: how this site checks its figures.