Cameroon vs Niger: Population by world region
Cameroon
88.88 million people
in 2100
Niger
90.82 million people
in 2100
Cameroon rank
29th
Niger rank
28th
Population by world region over time
- Cameroon
- Niger
How they compare
Niger currently reports 90.82 million people against 88.88 million people in Cameroon, a difference of 1.94 million people.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 318 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Cameroon ahead.
Cameroon ranks 29th and Niger ranks 28th of 239 countries.
Across the 48 decades both report, Cameroon averaged higher in 41 and Niger in 7.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cameroon | Niger | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 706,737 people | 548,000 people | 158,737 people | Cameroon |
| 1100s | 807,700 people | 589,100 people | 218,600 people | Cameroon |
| 1200s | 923,086 people | 630,200 people | 292,886 people | Cameroon |
| 1300s | 1.05 million people | 700,000 people | 354,960 people | Cameroon |
| 1400s | 1.21 million people | 750,000 people | 455,660 people | Cameroon |
| 1500s | 1.38 million people | 822,000 people | 555,900 people | Cameroon |
| 1600s | 1.57 million people | 959,000 people | 615,740 people | Cameroon |
| 1700s | 1.80 million people | 1.10 million people | 703,710 people | Cameroon |
| 1710s | 1.72 million people | 1.16 million people | 561,560 people | Cameroon |
| 1720s | 1.74 million people | 1.17 million people | 568,470 people | Cameroon |
| 1730s | 1.76 million people | 1.18 million people | 575,760 people | Cameroon |
| 1740s | 1.77 million people | 1.19 million people | 583,490 people | Cameroon |
| 1750s | 1.79 million people | 1.20 million people | 591,690 people | Cameroon |
| 1760s | 1.82 million people | 1.22 million people | 600,420 people | Cameroon |
| 1770s | 1.84 million people | 1.23 million people | 609,740 people | Cameroon |
| 1780s | 1.86 million people | 1.24 million people | 619,720 people | Cameroon |
| 1790s | 1.89 million people | 1.26 million people | 630,470 people | Cameroon |
| 1800s | 1.86 million people | 852,737 people | 1.01 million people | Cameroon |
| 1810s | 1.86 million people | 856,297 people | 1.00 million people | Cameroon |
| 1820s | 1.98 million people | 878,260 people | 1.10 million people | Cameroon |
| 1830s | 2.26 million people | 920,687 people | 1.34 million people | Cameroon |
| 1840s | 2.57 million people | 970,265 people | 1.60 million people | Cameroon |
| 1850s | 2.82 million people | 1.02 million people | 1.80 million people | Cameroon |
| 1860s | 2.95 million people | 1.06 million people | 1.88 million people | Cameroon |
| 1870s | 3.10 million people | 1.13 million people | 1.97 million people | Cameroon |
| 1880s | 3.27 million people | 1.20 million people | 2.07 million people | Cameroon |
| 1890s | 3.30 million people | 1.27 million people | 2.03 million people | Cameroon |
| 1900s | 3.10 million people | 1.40 million people | 1.70 million people | Cameroon |
| 1910s | 2.88 million people | 1.56 million people | 1.32 million people | Cameroon |
| 1920s | 2.99 million people | 1.75 million people | 1.24 million people | Cameroon |
| 1930s | 3.40 million people | 2.00 million people | 1.40 million people | Cameroon |
| 1940s | 3.94 million people | 2.32 million people | 1.61 million people | Cameroon |
| 1950s | 4.68 million people | 3.00 million people | 1.68 million people | Cameroon |
| 1960s | 5.67 million people | 4.00 million people | 1.67 million people | Cameroon |
| 1970s | 7.31 million people | 5.27 million people | 2.04 million people | Cameroon |
| 1980s | 9.69 million people | 7.04 million people | 2.65 million people | Cameroon |
| 1990s | 12.90 million people | 9.62 million people | 3.28 million people | Cameroon |
| 2000s | 16.91 million people | 13.60 million people | 3.31 million people | Cameroon |
| 2010s | 22.48 million people | 19.65 million people | 2.83 million people | Cameroon |
| 2020s | 29.54 million people | 27.54 million people | 2.00 million people | Cameroon |
| 2030s | 37.51 million people | 36.89 million people | 622,010 people | Cameroon |
| 2040s | 46.19 million people | 46.88 million people | 683,610 people | Niger |
| 2050s | 55.10 million people | 57.14 million people | 2.04 million people | Niger |
| 2060s | 63.82 million people | 67.06 million people | 3.24 million people | Niger |
| 2070s | 72.08 million people | 75.93 million people | 3.85 million people | Niger |
| 2080s | 79.53 million people | 83.21 million people | 3.69 million people | Niger |
| 2090s | 85.86 million people | 88.60 million people | 2.75 million people | Niger |
| 2100s | 88.88 million people | 90.82 million people | 1.94 million people | Niger |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher population by world region, Cameroon or Niger?
- Niger, at 90.82 million people against 88.88 million people in Cameroon as of 2100.
- What is the difference in population by world region between Cameroon and Niger?
- 1.94 million people, with Niger ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Niger?
- 318 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2100.
- How do Cameroon and Niger rank globally for population by world region?
- Cameroon ranks 29th and Niger ranks 28th 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.