Cameroon vs Mali: Population by world region

Cameroon

88.88 million people

in 2100

Mali

79.35 million people

in 2100

Cameroon rank

28th

Mali rank

31st

Population by world region over time

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 28th and Mali ranks 31st of 238 countries.

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
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2100, based on data and estimates from different sources.