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Cameroon vs Cote d'Ivoire: Population

Cameroon
28.37 million people
in 2023
Cote d'Ivoire
31.17 million people
in 2023
Cameroon rank
52nd
Cote d'Ivoire rank
50th

Population over time

  • Cameroon
  • Cote d'Ivoire
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How they compare

Cote d'Ivoire currently reports 31.17 million people against 28.37 million people in Cameroon, a difference of 2.79 million people.

That makes Cote d'Ivoire's figure about 1.1 times Cameroon's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Cameroon ahead.

Cameroon ranks 52nd and Cote d'Ivoire ranks 50th of 238 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Cameroon averaged higher in 35 and Cote d'Ivoire in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade Cameroon Cote d'Ivoire Difference Ahead
1000s 706,737 people 528,506 people 178,231 people Cameroon
1100s 807,700 people 604,007 people 203,693 people Cameroon
1200s 923,086 people 690,294 people 232,792 people Cameroon
1300s 1.05 million people 788,907 people 266,053 people Cameroon
1400s 1.21 million people 901,608 people 304,052 people Cameroon
1500s 1.38 million people 1.03 million people 347,490 people Cameroon
1600s 1.57 million people 1.18 million people 397,130 people Cameroon
1700s 1.80 million people 1.35 million people 453,870 people Cameroon
1710s 1.72 million people 1.35 million people 367,120 people Cameroon
1720s 1.74 million people 1.36 million people 374,170 people Cameroon
1730s 1.76 million people 1.37 million people 381,630 people Cameroon
1740s 1.77 million people 1.39 million people 389,550 people Cameroon
1750s 1.79 million people 1.40 million people 397,960 people Cameroon
1760s 1.82 million people 1.41 million people 406,940 people Cameroon
1770s 1.84 million people 1.42 million people 416,540 people Cameroon
1780s 1.86 million people 1.43 million people 426,860 people Cameroon
1790s 1.89 million people 1.45 million people 437,980 people Cameroon
1800s 1.86 million people 1.09 million people 771,520 people Cameroon
1810s 1.86 million people 1.09 million people 772,053 people Cameroon
1820s 1.98 million people 1.08 million people 898,004 people Cameroon
1830s 2.26 million people 1.06 million people 1.19 million people Cameroon
1840s 2.57 million people 1.04 million people 1.53 million people Cameroon
1850s 2.82 million people 1.07 million people 1.74 million people Cameroon
1860s 2.95 million people 1.16 million people 1.79 million people Cameroon
1870s 3.10 million people 1.25 million people 1.84 million people Cameroon
1880s 3.27 million people 1.34 million people 1.93 million people Cameroon
1890s 3.30 million people 1.44 million people 1.86 million people Cameroon
1900s 3.10 million people 1.54 million people 1.55 million people Cameroon
1910s 2.88 million people 1.64 million people 1.24 million people Cameroon
1920s 2.99 million people 1.82 million people 1.17 million people Cameroon
1930s 3.40 million people 2.10 million people 1.30 million people Cameroon
1940s 3.94 million people 2.46 million people 1.48 million people Cameroon
1950s 4.68 million people 3.11 million people 1.56 million people Cameroon
1960s 5.67 million people 4.39 million people 1.28 million people Cameroon
1970s 7.31 million people 6.63 million people 682,170 people Cameroon
1980s 9.69 million people 9.89 million people 200,813 people Cote d'Ivoire
1990s 12.90 million people 14.63 million people 1.73 million people Cote d'Ivoire
2000s 16.91 million people 19.84 million people 2.93 million people Cote d'Ivoire
2010s 22.48 million people 25.10 million people 2.62 million people Cote d'Ivoire
2020s 27.28 million people 30.03 million people 2.75 million people Cote d'Ivoire

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher population, Cameroon or Cote d'Ivoire?
Cote d'Ivoire, at 31.17 million people against 28.37 million people in Cameroon as of 2023.
What is the difference in population between Cameroon and Cote d'Ivoire?
2.79 million people, with Cote d'Ivoire ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Cote d'Ivoire?
241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Cameroon and Cote d'Ivoire rank globally for population?
Cameroon ranks 52nd and Cote d'Ivoire ranks 50th of 238 countries.
Where does this data come from?
HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Population. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Population
Unit
people
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, 51,002 data points, 1000–2023
Last refreshed

Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2023, based on data and estimates from different sources.