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Cameroon vs Madagascar: The global population hockey stick

Cameroon
28.37 million people
in 2023
Madagascar
31.20 million people
in 2023
Cameroon rank
53rd
Madagascar rank
50th

The global population hockey stick over time

  • Cameroon
  • Madagascar
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How they compare

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 53rd and Madagascar ranks 50th of 239 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Cameroon averaged higher in 33 and Madagascar in 7.

Head to head by decade

Decade Cameroon Madagascar Difference Ahead
1000s 706,737 people 200,000 people 506,737 people Cameroon
1100s 807,700 people 283,333 people 524,367 people Cameroon
1200s 923,086 people 366,666 people 556,420 people Cameroon
1300s 1.05 million people 450,000 people 604,960 people Cameroon
1400s 1.21 million people 533,333 people 672,327 people Cameroon
1500s 1.38 million people 700,000 people 677,900 people Cameroon
1600s 1.57 million people 850,000 people 724,740 people Cameroon
1700s 1.80 million people 1.00 million people 799,710 people Cameroon
1710s 1.72 million people 1.02 million people 703,140 people Cameroon
1720s 1.74 million people 1.03 million people 705,250 people Cameroon
1730s 1.76 million people 1.05 million people 707,390 people Cameroon
1740s 1.77 million people 1.07 million people 709,590 people Cameroon
1750s 1.79 million people 1.08 million people 711,810 people Cameroon
1760s 1.82 million people 1.10 million people 714,080 people Cameroon
1770s 1.84 million people 1.12 million people 716,380 people Cameroon
1780s 1.86 million people 1.14 million people 718,700 people Cameroon
1790s 1.89 million people 1.17 million people 721,050 people Cameroon
1800s 1.86 million people 1.54 million people 320,482 people Cameroon
1810s 1.86 million people 1.63 million people 229,402 people Cameroon
1820s 1.98 million people 1.80 million people 175,085 people Cameroon
1830s 2.26 million people 2.09 million people 164,818 people Cameroon
1840s 2.57 million people 2.43 million people 148,605 people Cameroon
1850s 2.82 million people 2.65 million people 166,486 people Cameroon
1860s 2.95 million people 2.71 million people 238,616 people Cameroon
1870s 3.10 million people 2.77 million people 323,485 people Cameroon
1880s 3.27 million people 2.85 million people 417,442 people Cameroon
1890s 3.30 million people 2.79 million people 508,495 people Cameroon
1900s 3.10 million people 2.61 million people 482,539 people Cameroon
1910s 2.88 million people 2.51 million people 376,620 people Cameroon
1920s 2.99 million people 2.65 million people 339,989 people Cameroon
1930s 3.40 million people 3.06 million people 343,820 people Cameroon
1940s 3.94 million people 3.58 million people 358,644 people Cameroon
1950s 4.68 million people 4.45 million people 228,324 people Cameroon
1960s 5.67 million people 5.77 million people 95,704 people Madagascar
1970s 7.31 million people 7.66 million people 345,041 people Madagascar
1980s 9.69 million people 10.31 million people 618,390 people Madagascar
1990s 12.90 million people 13.91 million people 1.01 million people Madagascar
2000s 16.91 million people 18.95 million people 2.04 million people Madagascar
2010s 22.48 million people 25.14 million people 2.65 million people Madagascar
2020s 27.28 million people 30.07 million people 2.79 million people Madagascar

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Cameroon or Madagascar?
Madagascar, at 31.20 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 Madagascar?
2.82 million people, with Madagascar ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Madagascar?
241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Cameroon and Madagascar rank globally for the global population hockey stick?
Cameroon ranks 53rd and Madagascar ranks 50th 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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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.