Male population — all countries

Male population — Cameroon

Male population in Cameroon in 2025 — 14,890,229 people. Ranked 51 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 490.5%.

2025 14.89M people +2.59% vs 2024
World rank 51of 217
Period maximum 14.89M people2025
Period minimum 2.52M people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Male population — Cameroon, 1960–202505M10M15M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 2,521,567 people1962: 2,592,515 people1964: 2,713,798 people1966: 2,844,763 people1968: 2,990,633 people1970: 3,154,560 people1972: 3,335,104 people1974: 3,530,024 people1976: 3,733,590 people1978: 3,941,733 people1980: 4,192,846 people1982: 4,451,785 people1984: 4,675,431 people1986: 4,968,768 people1988: 5,282,136 people1990: 5,606,417 people1992: 5,944,334 people1994: 6,294,468 people1996: 6,650,450 people1998: 7,016,578 people2000: 7,402,949 people2002: 7,813,274 people2004: 8,259,516 people2006: 8,733,151 people2008: 9,247,586 people2010: 9,796,361 people2012: 10,368,264 people2014: 10,993,641 people2016: 11,689,960 people2018: 12,364,936 people2020: 13,064,540 people2022: 13,772,296 people2024: 14,514,341 people2025: 14,890,229 people
Change over the period: +12.37M (+490.51%) Average annual rate: 2.77 %

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Cameroon

Cameroon 14.89M people
World 4.13B people
Sub-Saharan Africa 659M people
Middle Africa computed 109M people
Lower-middle-income countries computed 1.66B people
Male population — Cameroon, by year Cameroon All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 14.89M +375,888 +2.59%
2024 14.51M +373,756 +2.64%
2023 14.14M +368,289 +2.67%
2022 13.77M +356,964 +2.66%
2021 13.42M +350,792 +2.69%
2020 13.06M +350,704 +2.76%
2019 12.71M +348,900 +2.82%
2018 12.36M +338,168 +2.81%
2017 12.03M +336,808 +2.88%
2016 11.69M +344,986 +3.04%
2015 11.34M +351,333 +3.2%
2014 10.99M +328,663 +3.08%
2013 10.66M +296,714 +2.86%
2012 10.37M +289,114 +2.87%
2011 10.08M +282,789 +2.89%
2010 9.8M +277,818 +2.92%
2009 9.52M +270,957 +2.93%
2008 9.25M +263,286 +2.93%
2007 8.98M +251,149 +2.88%
2006 8.73M +239,670 +2.82%
2005 8.49M +233,965 +2.83%
2004 8.26M +226,929 +2.83%
2003 8.03M +219,313 +2.81%
2002 7.81M +210,000 +2.76%
2001 7.6M +200,325 +2.71%
2000 7.4M +195,241 +2.71%
1999 7.21M +191,130 +2.72%
1998 7.02M +185,402 +2.71%
1997 6.83M +180,726 +2.72%
1996 6.65M +178,680 +2.76%
1995 6.47M +177,302 +2.82%
1994 6.29M +176,338 +2.88%
1993 6.12M +173,796 +2.92%
1992 5.94M +169,921 +2.94%
1991 5.77M +167,996 +3%
1990 5.61M +164,913 +3.03%
1989 5.44M +159,368 +3.02%
1988 5.28M +157,632 +3.08%
1987 5.12M +155,736 +3.13%
1986 4.97M +149,766 +3.11%
1985 4.82M +143,571 +3.07%
1984 4.68M +130,046 +2.86%
1983 4.55M +93,600 +2.1%
1982 4.45M +106,427 +2.45%
1981 4.35M +152,512 +3.64%
1980 4.19M +136,768 +3.37%
1979 4.06M +114,345 +2.9%
1978 3.94M +108,263 +2.82%
1977 3.83M +99,880 +2.68%
1976 3.73M +101,096 +2.78%
1975 3.63M +102,470 +2.9%
1974 3.53M +99,178 +2.89%
1973 3.43M +95,742 +2.87%
1972 3.34M +92,219 +2.84%
1971 3.24M +88,325 +2.8%
1970 3.15M +84,177 +2.74%
1969 3.07M +79,750 +2.67%
1968 2.99M +75,099 +2.58%
1967 2.92M +70,771 +2.49%
1966 2.84M +67,032 +2.41%
1965 2.78M +63,933 +2.36%
1964 2.71M +61,534 +2.32%
1963 2.65M +59,749 +2.3%
1962 2.59M +43,699 +1.71%
1961 2.55M +27,249 +1.08%
1960 2.52M

About the indicator

The male population of a country as of mid-year. The series follows the World Population Prospects revisions of the UN and is compiled on the de facto definition of population, so it may diverge from national statistics that use the concept of resident population. Together with the female population it gives the sex structure, and that structure differs markedly: from a pronounced male surplus in the Gulf states with their labor migration to a female surplus where male mortality is high.

Important: The sum of the male and the female population matches total population — the UN reconciles them to a single total. For comparing countries the share is more useful than the absolute number: it says more about the structure of the population than size does.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.