Cameroon vs Côte d'Ivoire: The global population hockey stick
Cameroon
28.37 million people
in 2023
Côte d'Ivoire
31.17 million people
in 2023
Cameroon rank
53rd
Côte d'Ivoire rank
51st
The global population hockey stick over time
- Cameroon
- Côte d'Ivoire
How they compare
Côte d'Ivoire currently reports 31.17 million people against 28.37 million people in Cameroon, a difference of 2.79 million people.
That makes Côte d'Ivoire'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 53rd and Côte d'Ivoire ranks 51st of 239 countries.
Across the 40 decades both report, Cameroon averaged higher in 35 and Côte d'Ivoire in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cameroon | Côte d'Ivoire | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 706,737 people | 528,506 people | 178,231 people | Cameroon |
| 1100s | 807,700 people | 604,007 people | 203,693 people | Cameroon |
| 1200s | 923,086 people | 690,294 people | 232,792 people | Cameroon |
| 1300s | 1.05 million people | 788,907 people | 266,053 people | Cameroon |
| 1400s | 1.21 million people | 901,608 people | 304,052 people | Cameroon |
| 1500s | 1.38 million people | 1.03 million people | 347,490 people | Cameroon |
| 1600s | 1.57 million people | 1.18 million people | 397,130 people | Cameroon |
| 1700s | 1.80 million people | 1.35 million people | 453,870 people | Cameroon |
| 1710s | 1.72 million people | 1.35 million people | 367,120 people | Cameroon |
| 1720s | 1.74 million people | 1.36 million people | 374,170 people | Cameroon |
| 1730s | 1.76 million people | 1.37 million people | 381,630 people | Cameroon |
| 1740s | 1.77 million people | 1.39 million people | 389,550 people | Cameroon |
| 1750s | 1.79 million people | 1.40 million people | 397,960 people | Cameroon |
| 1760s | 1.82 million people | 1.41 million people | 406,940 people | Cameroon |
| 1770s | 1.84 million people | 1.42 million people | 416,540 people | Cameroon |
| 1780s | 1.86 million people | 1.43 million people | 426,860 people | Cameroon |
| 1790s | 1.89 million people | 1.45 million people | 437,980 people | Cameroon |
| 1800s | 1.86 million people | 1.09 million people | 771,520 people | Cameroon |
| 1810s | 1.86 million people | 1.09 million people | 772,053 people | Cameroon |
| 1820s | 1.98 million people | 1.08 million people | 898,004 people | Cameroon |
| 1830s | 2.26 million people | 1.06 million people | 1.19 million people | Cameroon |
| 1840s | 2.57 million people | 1.04 million people | 1.53 million people | Cameroon |
| 1850s | 2.82 million people | 1.07 million people | 1.74 million people | Cameroon |
| 1860s | 2.95 million people | 1.16 million people | 1.79 million people | Cameroon |
| 1870s | 3.10 million people | 1.25 million people | 1.84 million people | Cameroon |
| 1880s | 3.27 million people | 1.34 million people | 1.93 million people | Cameroon |
| 1890s | 3.30 million people | 1.44 million people | 1.86 million people | Cameroon |
| 1900s | 3.10 million people | 1.54 million people | 1.55 million people | Cameroon |
| 1910s | 2.88 million people | 1.64 million people | 1.24 million people | Cameroon |
| 1920s | 2.99 million people | 1.82 million people | 1.17 million people | Cameroon |
| 1930s | 3.40 million people | 2.10 million people | 1.30 million people | Cameroon |
| 1940s | 3.94 million people | 2.46 million people | 1.48 million people | Cameroon |
| 1950s | 4.68 million people | 3.11 million people | 1.56 million people | Cameroon |
| 1960s | 5.67 million people | 4.39 million people | 1.28 million people | Cameroon |
| 1970s | 7.31 million people | 6.63 million people | 682,170 people | Cameroon |
| 1980s | 9.69 million people | 9.89 million people | 200,813 people | Côte d'Ivoire |
| 1990s | 12.90 million people | 14.63 million people | 1.73 million people | Côte d'Ivoire |
| 2000s | 16.91 million people | 19.84 million people | 2.93 million people | Côte d'Ivoire |
| 2010s | 22.48 million people | 25.10 million people | 2.62 million people | Côte d'Ivoire |
| 2020s | 27.28 million people | 30.03 million people | 2.75 million people | Côte d'Ivoire |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Cameroon or Côte d'Ivoire?
- Côte d'Ivoire, at 31.17 million people against 28.37 million people in Cameroon as of 2023.
- What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Cameroon and Côte d'Ivoire?
- 2.79 million people, with Côte d'Ivoire ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Côte d'Ivoire?
- 241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
- How do Cameroon and Côte d'Ivoire rank globally for the global population hockey stick?
- Cameroon ranks 53rd and Côte d'Ivoire ranks 51st 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
Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2023, based on data and estimates from different sources.