Cameroon vs Malawi: Natural population growth rate

Cameroon

2.7%

in 2023

Malawi

2.6%

in 2023

Cameroon rank

18th

Malawi rank

19th

Natural population growth rate over time

Cameroon currently reports 2.7% against 2.6% in Malawi, a difference of 0.1%.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Malawi ahead.

Cameroon ranks 18th and Malawi ranks 19th of 236 countries.

Indicator: Natural population growth rate
Unit: %
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Births minus deaths, as a share of the population. This is the part of population change that comes only from births and deaths, ignoring migration.