Cameroon vs Madagascar: Population by world region

Cameroon
88.88 million people
in 2100
Madagascar
85.34 million people
in 2100
Cameroon rank
29th
Madagascar rank
30th

Population by world region over time

  • Cameroon
  • Madagascar
020.0M40.0M60.0M80.0M100015502100

How they compare

Cameroon currently reports 88.88 million people against 85.34 million people in Madagascar, a difference of 3.53 million people.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 318 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Cameroon ahead.

Cameroon ranks 29th and Madagascar ranks 30th of 239 countries.

Across the 48 decades both report, Cameroon averaged higher in 37 and Madagascar in 11.

Head to head by decade

Decade Cameroon Madagascar Difference Ahead
1000s 706,737 people 200,000 people 506,737 people Cameroon
1100s 807,700 people 283,333 people 524,367 people Cameroon
1200s 923,086 people 366,666 people 556,420 people Cameroon
1300s 1.05 million people 450,000 people 604,960 people Cameroon
1400s 1.21 million people 533,333 people 672,327 people Cameroon
1500s 1.38 million people 700,000 people 677,900 people Cameroon
1600s 1.57 million people 850,000 people 724,740 people Cameroon
1700s 1.80 million people 1.00 million people 799,710 people Cameroon
1710s 1.72 million people 1.02 million people 703,140 people Cameroon
1720s 1.74 million people 1.03 million people 705,250 people Cameroon
1730s 1.76 million people 1.05 million people 707,390 people Cameroon
1740s 1.77 million people 1.07 million people 709,590 people Cameroon
1750s 1.79 million people 1.08 million people 711,810 people Cameroon
1760s 1.82 million people 1.10 million people 714,080 people Cameroon
1770s 1.84 million people 1.12 million people 716,380 people Cameroon
1780s 1.86 million people 1.14 million people 718,700 people Cameroon
1790s 1.89 million people 1.17 million people 721,050 people Cameroon
1800s 1.86 million people 1.54 million people 320,482 people Cameroon
1810s 1.86 million people 1.63 million people 229,402 people Cameroon
1820s 1.98 million people 1.80 million people 175,085 people Cameroon
1830s 2.26 million people 2.09 million people 164,818 people Cameroon
1840s 2.57 million people 2.43 million people 148,605 people Cameroon
1850s 2.82 million people 2.65 million people 166,486 people Cameroon
1860s 2.95 million people 2.71 million people 238,616 people Cameroon
1870s 3.10 million people 2.77 million people 323,485 people Cameroon
1880s 3.27 million people 2.85 million people 417,442 people Cameroon
1890s 3.30 million people 2.79 million people 508,495 people Cameroon
1900s 3.10 million people 2.61 million people 482,539 people Cameroon
1910s 2.88 million people 2.51 million people 376,620 people Cameroon
1920s 2.99 million people 2.65 million people 339,989 people Cameroon
1930s 3.40 million people 3.06 million people 343,820 people Cameroon
1940s 3.94 million people 3.58 million people 358,644 people Cameroon
1950s 4.68 million people 4.45 million people 228,324 people Cameroon
1960s 5.67 million people 5.77 million people 95,704 people Madagascar
1970s 7.31 million people 7.66 million people 345,041 people Madagascar
1980s 9.69 million people 10.31 million people 618,390 people Madagascar
1990s 12.90 million people 13.91 million people 1.01 million people Madagascar
2000s 16.91 million people 18.95 million people 2.04 million people Madagascar
2010s 22.48 million people 25.14 million people 2.65 million people Madagascar
2020s 29.54 million people 32.38 million people 2.85 million people Madagascar
2030s 37.51 million people 40.34 million people 2.83 million people Madagascar
2040s 46.19 million people 48.60 million people 2.40 million people Madagascar
2050s 55.10 million people 56.89 million people 1.79 million people Madagascar
2060s 63.82 million people 64.83 million people 1.01 million people Madagascar
2070s 72.08 million people 71.98 million people 93,910 people Cameroon
2080s 79.53 million people 78.07 million people 1.46 million people Cameroon
2090s 85.86 million people 83.05 million people 2.81 million people Cameroon
2100s 88.88 million people 85.34 million people 3.53 million people Cameroon

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher population by world region, Cameroon or Madagascar?
Cameroon, at 88.88 million people against 85.34 million people in Madagascar as of 2100.
What is the difference in population by world region between Cameroon and Madagascar?
3.53 million people, with Cameroon ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Madagascar?
318 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2100.
How do Cameroon and Madagascar rank globally for population by world region?
Cameroon ranks 29th and Madagascar ranks 30th of 239 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 by world region. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Population by world region
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, 69,174 data points, 1000–2100
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Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2100, based on data and estimates from different sources.