Cameroon vs Nepal: The global population hockey stick

Cameroon
28.37 million people
in 2023
Nepal
29.69 million people
in 2023
Cameroon rank
53rd
Nepal rank
52nd

The global population hockey stick over time

  • Cameroon
  • Nepal
010.0M20.0M30.0M100015112023

How they compare

Nepal currently reports 29.69 million people against 28.37 million people in Cameroon, a difference of 1.32 million people.

Across all 241 years both countries report, Nepal has been ahead every year.

Cameroon ranks 53rd and Nepal ranks 52nd of 239 countries.

Nepal has averaged higher in every one of the 40 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Cameroon Nepal Difference Ahead
1000s 706,737 people 1.50 million people 793,263 people Nepal
1100s 807,700 people 1.60 million people 792,300 people Nepal
1200s 923,086 people 1.70 million people 776,914 people Nepal
1300s 1.05 million people 1.80 million people 745,040 people Nepal
1400s 1.21 million people 1.90 million people 694,340 people Nepal
1500s 1.38 million people 2.00 million people 622,100 people Nepal
1600s 1.57 million people 2.50 million people 925,260 people Nepal
1700s 1.80 million people 3.00 million people 1.20 million people Nepal
1710s 1.72 million people 3.07 million people 1.35 million people Nepal
1720s 1.74 million people 3.15 million people 1.41 million people Nepal
1730s 1.76 million people 3.22 million people 1.46 million people Nepal
1740s 1.77 million people 3.29 million people 1.52 million people Nepal
1750s 1.79 million people 3.37 million people 1.57 million people Nepal
1760s 1.82 million people 3.44 million people 1.63 million people Nepal
1770s 1.84 million people 3.51 million people 1.68 million people Nepal
1780s 1.86 million people 3.59 million people 1.73 million people Nepal
1790s 1.89 million people 3.66 million people 1.77 million people Nepal
1800s 1.86 million people 3.97 million people 2.11 million people Nepal
1810s 1.86 million people 3.91 million people 2.05 million people Nepal
1820s 1.98 million people 3.95 million people 1.97 million people Nepal
1830s 2.26 million people 4.10 million people 1.85 million people Nepal
1840s 2.57 million people 4.26 million people 1.69 million people Nepal
1850s 2.82 million people 4.41 million people 1.60 million people Nepal
1860s 2.95 million people 4.55 million people 1.61 million people Nepal
1870s 3.10 million people 4.72 million people 1.63 million people Nepal
1880s 3.27 million people 4.93 million people 1.66 million people Nepal
1890s 3.30 million people 5.07 million people 1.77 million people Nepal
1900s 3.10 million people 5.24 million people 2.14 million people Nepal
1910s 2.88 million people 5.38 million people 2.50 million people Nepal
1920s 2.99 million people 5.35 million people 2.36 million people Nepal
1930s 3.40 million people 5.35 million people 1.95 million people Nepal
1940s 3.94 million people 6.70 million people 2.76 million people Nepal
1950s 4.68 million people 9.17 million people 4.50 million people Nepal
1960s 5.67 million people 11.09 million people 5.42 million people Nepal
1970s 7.31 million people 13.76 million people 6.44 million people Nepal
1980s 9.69 million people 17.28 million people 7.59 million people Nepal
1990s 12.90 million people 21.91 million people 9.01 million people Nepal
2000s 16.91 million people 26.04 million people 9.13 million people Nepal
2010s 22.48 million people 27.79 million people 5.31 million people Nepal
2020s 27.28 million people 29.46 million people 2.18 million people Nepal

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Cameroon or Nepal?
Nepal, at 29.69 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 Nepal?
1.32 million people, with Nepal ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Nepal?
241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Cameroon and Nepal rank globally for the global population hockey stick?
Cameroon ranks 53rd and Nepal ranks 52nd 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.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Cameroon vs Nepal: The global population hockey stick. Statizoid, drawing on HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Retrieved 01 September 2026, from https://population.statizoid.com/compare/world-population-over-the-last-12000-years-and-un-projection-until-2100/cameroon/nepal/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://population.statizoid.com/compare/world-population-over-the-last-12000-years-and-un-projection-until-2100/cameroon/nepal/">Cameroon vs Nepal: The global population hockey stick</a> β€” Statizoid

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.