# Population in Cameroon

Population in Cameroon was 29.88 million in 2025. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `population`
- Place id: `cm`
- Unit: persons
- Definition: Resident population. Spain and the EU: 1 January, with Spanish figures from the official municipal register (Padrón). United States: Census Bureau population estimates for 1 July. Other countries and the World: World Bank mid-year estimates, which count all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.
- Note: For Denmark, Statistics Denmark counts the registered resident population on 1 January. Greenland and the Faroe Islands are excluded. The annual series selects the first-quarter reference date from FOLK1A. The World Bank series exists for every country, so use it (through compare) to rank countries on one basis.
- Source: World Bank, Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-09
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/population/cameroon
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/population/cameroon.csv
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=population&place=cm

| Period | persons |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 29,879,337 |
| 2024 | 29,123,744 |
| 2023 | 28,372,687 |
| 2022 | 27,632,771 |
| 2021 | 26,915,758 |
| 2020 | 26,210,558 |
| 2019 | 25,506,095 |
| 2018 | 24,806,383 |
| 2017 | 24,128,601 |
| 2016 | 23,454,161 |
| 2015 | 22,763,414 |
| 2014 | 22,059,893 |
| 2013 | 21,402,376 |
| 2012 | 20,809,529 |
| 2011 | 20,232,304 |
| 2010 | 19,668,066 |
| 2009 | 19,113,974 |
| 2008 | 18,574,056 |
| 2007 | 18,049,896 |
| 2006 | 17,550,407 |
| 2005 | 17,074,594 |
| 2004 | 16,610,487 |
| 2003 | 16,160,340 |
| 2002 | 15,725,528 |
| 2001 | 15,309,490 |
| 2000 | 14,912,631 |
| 1999 | 14,525,140 |
| 1998 | 14,144,860 |
| 1997 | 13,775,214 |
| 1996 | 13,414,757 |
| 1995 | 13,058,516 |
| 1994 | 12,704,903 |
| 1993 | 12,353,131 |
| 1992 | 12,006,353 |
| 1991 | 11,667,180 |
| 1990 | 11,331,821 |
| 1989 | 11,002,745 |
| 1988 | 10,684,968 |
| 1987 | 10,370,749 |
| 1986 | 10,060,342 |
| 1985 | 9,761,730 |
| 1984 | 9,475,078 |
| 1983 | 9,215,397 |
| 1982 | 9,028,678 |
| 1981 | 8,816,377 |
| 1980 | 8,512,219 |
| 1979 | 8,239,641 |
| 1978 | 8,011,921 |
| 1977 | 7,796,501 |
| 1976 | 7,597,962 |
| 1975 | 7,397,120 |
| 1974 | 7,193,583 |
| 1973 | 6,996,660 |
| 1972 | 6,806,872 |
| 1971 | 6,624,408 |
| 1970 | 6,449,793 |
| 1969 | 6,283,462 |
| 1968 | 6,125,863 |
| 1967 | 5,977,318 |
| 1966 | 5,837,295 |
| 1965 | 5,704,686 |
| 1964 | 5,578,257 |
| 1963 | 5,456,623 |
| 1962 | 5,338,620 |
| 1961 | 5,239,273 |
| 1960 | 5,159,057 |