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Australia vs Cameroon: The global population hockey stick

Australia
26.45 million people
in 2023
Cameroon
28.37 million people
in 2023
Australia rank
55th
Cameroon rank
53rd

The global population hockey stick over time

  • Australia
  • Cameroon
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How they compare

Cameroon currently reports 28.37 million people against 26.45 million people in Australia, a difference of 1.92 million people.

That makes Cameroon's figure about 1.1 times Australia's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Cameroon ahead.

Australia ranks 55th and Cameroon ranks 53rd of 239 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 13 and Cameroon in 27.

Head to head by decade

Decade Australia Cameroon Difference Ahead
1000s 314,851 people 706,737 people 391,886 people Cameroon
1100s 315,026 people 807,700 people 492,674 people Cameroon
1200s 315,290 people 923,086 people 607,796 people Cameroon
1300s 315,685 people 1.05 million people 739,275 people Cameroon
1400s 316,277 people 1.21 million people 889,383 people Cameroon
1500s 317,166 people 1.38 million people 1.06 million people Cameroon
1600s 318,500 people 1.57 million people 1.26 million people Cameroon
1700s 314,500 people 1.80 million people 1.49 million people Cameroon
1710s 314,500 people 1.72 million people 1.41 million people Cameroon
1720s 314,500 people 1.74 million people 1.42 million people Cameroon
1730s 314,500 people 1.76 million people 1.44 million people Cameroon
1740s 314,500 people 1.77 million people 1.46 million people Cameroon
1750s 314,500 people 1.79 million people 1.48 million people Cameroon
1760s 314,500 people 1.82 million people 1.50 million people Cameroon
1770s 314,667 people 1.84 million people 1.52 million people Cameroon
1780s 315,087 people 1.86 million people 1.55 million people Cameroon
1790s 316,556 people 1.89 million people 1.57 million people Cameroon
1800s 225,070 people 1.86 million people 1.63 million people Cameroon
1810s 290,865 people 1.86 million people 1.57 million people Cameroon
1820s 331,661 people 1.98 million people 1.65 million people Cameroon
1830s 369,690 people 2.26 million people 1.89 million people Cameroon
1840s 499,291 people 2.57 million people 2.08 million people Cameroon
1850s 888,154 people 2.82 million people 1.93 million people Cameroon
1860s 1.51 million people 2.95 million people 1.44 million people Cameroon
1870s 1.95 million people 3.10 million people 1.15 million people Cameroon
1880s 2.56 million people 3.27 million people 705,978 people Cameroon
1890s 3.35 million people 3.30 million people 43,015 people Australia
1900s 3.97 million people 3.10 million people 872,765 people Australia
1910s 4.73 million people 2.88 million people 1.85 million people Australia
1920s 5.75 million people 2.99 million people 2.76 million people Australia
1930s 6.62 million people 3.40 million people 3.22 million people Australia
1940s 7.47 million people 3.94 million people 3.53 million people Australia
1950s 9.12 million people 4.68 million people 4.45 million people Australia
1960s 11.26 million people 5.67 million people 5.59 million people Australia
1970s 13.72 million people 7.31 million people 6.41 million people Australia
1980s 15.76 million people 9.69 million people 6.07 million people Australia
1990s 18.02 million people 12.90 million people 5.12 million people Australia
2000s 20.30 million people 16.91 million people 3.39 million people Australia
2010s 23.79 million people 22.48 million people 1.31 million people Australia
2020s 26.09 million people 27.28 million people 1.19 million people Cameroon

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Australia or Cameroon?
Cameroon, at 28.37 million people against 26.45 million people in Australia as of 2023.
What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Australia and Cameroon?
1.92 million people, with Cameroon ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Cameroon?
241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Australia and Cameroon rank globally for the global population hockey stick?
Australia ranks 55th and Cameroon ranks 53rd 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 The global population hockey stick. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
The global population hockey stick
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

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