Cameroon vs Madagascar: Population

Cameroon

28.37 million people

in 2023

Madagascar

31.20 million people

in 2023

Cameroon rank

52nd

Madagascar rank

49th

Population over time

Madagascar currently reports 31.20 million people against 28.37 million people in Cameroon, a difference of 2.82 million people.

That makes Madagascar'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 Madagascar ranks 49th of 238 countries.

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: 07 August 2026

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