Cameroon vs Mali: Population by world region
Cameroon
88.88 million people
in 2100
Mali
79.35 million people
in 2100
Cameroon rank
29th
Mali rank
32nd
Population by world region over time
- Cameroon
- Mali
How they compare
Cameroon currently reports 88.88 million people against 79.35 million people in Mali, a difference of 9.52 million people.
That makes Cameroon's figure about 1.1 times Mali's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 318 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Mali ahead.
Cameroon ranks 29th and Mali ranks 32nd of 239 countries.
Across the 48 decades both report, Cameroon averaged higher in 42 and Mali in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cameroon | Mali | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 706,737 people | 722,000 people | 15,263 people | Mali |
| 1100s | 807,700 people | 776,150 people | 31,550 people | Cameroon |
| 1200s | 923,086 people | 830,300 people | 92,786 people | Cameroon |
| 1300s | 1.05 million people | 900,000 people | 154,960 people | Cameroon |
| 1400s | 1.21 million people | 1.00 million people | 205,660 people | Cameroon |
| 1500s | 1.38 million people | 1.08 million people | 294,900 people | Cameroon |
| 1600s | 1.57 million people | 1.26 million people | 311,240 people | Cameroon |
| 1700s | 1.80 million people | 1.44 million people | 355,710 people | Cameroon |
| 1710s | 1.72 million people | 1.62 million people | 100,760 people | Cameroon |
| 1720s | 1.74 million people | 1.64 million people | 99,310 people | Cameroon |
| 1730s | 1.76 million people | 1.66 million people | 97,760 people | Cameroon |
| 1740s | 1.77 million people | 1.68 million people | 96,100 people | Cameroon |
| 1750s | 1.79 million people | 1.70 million people | 94,300 people | Cameroon |
| 1760s | 1.82 million people | 1.72 million people | 92,350 people | Cameroon |
| 1770s | 1.84 million people | 1.75 million people | 90,220 people | Cameroon |
| 1780s | 1.86 million people | 1.77 million people | 87,890 people | Cameroon |
| 1790s | 1.89 million people | 1.80 million people | 85,340 people | Cameroon |
| 1800s | 1.86 million people | 1.40 million people | 456,650 people | Cameroon |
| 1810s | 1.86 million people | 1.40 million people | 457,082 people | Cameroon |
| 1820s | 1.98 million people | 1.42 million people | 559,882 people | Cameroon |
| 1830s | 2.26 million people | 1.45 million people | 805,417 people | Cameroon |
| 1840s | 2.57 million people | 1.48 million people | 1.09 million people | Cameroon |
| 1850s | 2.82 million people | 1.56 million people | 1.26 million people | Cameroon |
| 1860s | 2.95 million people | 1.68 million people | 1.26 million people | Cameroon |
| 1870s | 3.10 million people | 1.83 million people | 1.26 million people | Cameroon |
| 1880s | 3.27 million people | 2.01 million people | 1.26 million people | Cameroon |
| 1890s | 3.30 million people | 2.20 million people | 1.10 million people | Cameroon |
| 1900s | 3.10 million people | 2.49 million people | 601,439 people | Cameroon |
| 1910s | 2.88 million people | 2.87 million people | 18,093 people | Cameroon |
| 1920s | 2.99 million people | 3.23 million people | 241,398 people | Mali |
| 1930s | 3.40 million people | 3.69 million people | 293,466 people | Mali |
| 1940s | 3.94 million people | 4.28 million people | 344,643 people | Mali |
| 1950s | 4.68 million people | 5.01 million people | 333,851 people | Mali |
| 1960s | 5.67 million people | 5.78 million people | 109,430 people | Mali |
| 1970s | 7.31 million people | 6.79 million people | 516,966 people | Cameroon |
| 1980s | 9.69 million people | 8.27 million people | 1.42 million people | Cameroon |
| 1990s | 12.90 million people | 10.12 million people | 2.78 million people | Cameroon |
| 2000s | 16.91 million people | 13.39 million people | 3.52 million people | Cameroon |
| 2010s | 22.48 million people | 18.40 million people | 4.09 million people | Cameroon |
| 2020s | 29.54 million people | 24.89 million people | 4.65 million people | Cameroon |
| 2030s | 37.51 million people | 32.73 million people | 4.78 million people | Cameroon |
| 2040s | 46.19 million people | 41.34 million people | 4.85 million people | Cameroon |
| 2050s | 55.10 million people | 50.06 million people | 5.04 million people | Cameroon |
| 2060s | 63.82 million people | 58.51 million people | 5.32 million people | Cameroon |
| 2070s | 72.08 million people | 66.22 million people | 5.86 million people | Cameroon |
| 2080s | 79.53 million people | 72.63 million people | 6.90 million people | Cameroon |
| 2090s | 85.86 million people | 77.39 million people | 8.46 million people | Cameroon |
| 2100s | 88.88 million people | 79.35 million people | 9.52 million people | Cameroon |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher population by world region, Cameroon or Mali?
- Cameroon, at 88.88 million people against 79.35 million people in Mali as of 2100.
- What is the difference in population by world region between Cameroon and Mali?
- 9.52 million people, with Cameroon ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Mali?
- 318 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2100.
- How do Cameroon and Mali rank globally for population by world region?
- Cameroon ranks 29th and Mali ranks 32nd 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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About this data
Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2100, based on data and estimates from different sources.