Cameroon vs Zambia: World population growth

Cameroon

0.6%

in 2100

Zambia

0.5%

in 2100

Cameroon rank

18th

Zambia rank

20th

World population growth over time

Cameroon
Zambia

How they compare

Cameroon currently reports 0.6% against 0.5% in Zambia, a difference of 0.1%.

That makes Cameroon's figure about 1.1 times Zambia's.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 163 shared years of data; in 1700 it was Cameroon ahead.

Cameroon ranks 18th and Zambia ranks 20th of 238 countries.

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About this data

Indicator: World population growth
Unit: %
Source: HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 239 places, 38,302 data points, 1700–2100
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Average exponential rate of growth of the population over a given period. It is calculated as ln(P2/P1) where P1 and P2 are the populations on subsequent years. Available from 1700 to 2100, based on data and estimates from different sources.