🇨🇲Cameroon

Yaounde

Africa

Lower middle income

CMR

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Population

29.9M

2.6%as of 2025

Fertility Rate

4.26

births/woman

Life Expectancy

64.0y

GDP / capita

$2K

Pop. Growth

2.56%

Net Migration

-15.4K

Population over time

Total population · observed (solid) and UN medium projection to 2100 (dashed)

Source: World Bank · UN World Population Prospects 2024

Fertility rate over time

Births per woman · dashed line = replacement (2.1)

Source: World Bank

Where immigrants come from

Largest foreign-born communities in Cameroon by country of birth (2024) · arrow shows change since 2010.

🇨🇫Central African Republic336.3K(53.8%)

+218%

🇳🇬Nigeria188.3K(30.1%)

+128%

Population projections to 2100

Official UN projections — Low / Medium / High variants

Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024

Population pyramid (2025)

Age & sex structure · share of total population by 5-year cohort

Male14.9MTotal 29.9M15MFemale

Source: birthrate.io model

GDP per capita over time

Current US$

Source: World Bank

Life expectancy over time

Years at birth

Source: World Bank

Society, housing & beliefs

Family, crime, housing and religion indicators

Homicide rate

6.8

per 100,000

Divorce rate

—

per 1,000

Births outside marriage

—

of births

Home ownership

—

of households

Homicide rate over time

Intentional homicides per 100,000 people

Source: World Bank / UNODC

GDP over time

Current US$

Source: World Bank

Net migration over time

Net migrants per year (immigrants − emigrants)

Source: World Bank

Foreign-born population over time

Immigrant / diaspora population living in the country

Source: World Bank / UN DESA

Foreign-born share over time

Foreign-born residents as % of the population

Source: World Bank / UN DESA

🇳🇪Niger13.6K(2.2%)

+62%

🇲🇱Mali10.6K(1.7%)

+62%

🇫🇷France6K(1.0%)

+62%

🇬🇳Guinea5.9K(0.9%)

+61%

🇱🇷Liberia5.5K(0.9%)

+61%

🇨🇩Congo, Dem. Rep.5.3K(0.8%)

+62%

🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea4.3K(0.7%)

+61%

🇸🇳Senegal4.1K(0.7%)

+62%

🇨🇬Congo, Rep.3.8K(0.6%)

+61%

Source: UN DESA International Migrant Stock 2024

Where the Cameroon diaspora lives

Top destinations for people born in Cameroon who now live abroad (2024) · arrow shows change since 2010.

🇫🇷France128K(31.2%)

+58%

🇳🇬Nigeria56.3K(13.7%)

+153%

🇬🇦Gabon54.9K(13.4%)

+66%

🇨🇦Canada43.7K(10.7%)

+467%

🇹🇩Chad40.5K(9.9%)

+36%

🇧🇪Belgium30.6K(7.5%)

+181%

🇮🇹Italy16.2K(4.0%)

+110%

🇨🇬Congo, Rep.11.2K(2.7%)

+31%

🇿🇦South Africa4.9K(1.2%)

+17%

🇲🇱Mali2.3K(0.6%)

+62%

🇨🇳China2.1K(0.5%)

+284%

🇨🇾Cyprus2K(0.5%)

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Source: UN DESA International Migrant Stock 2024