Population aged 15–64 — all countries

Population aged 15–64 — Cameroon

Population aged 15–64 in Cameroon in 2025 — 16,751,853 people. Ranked 56 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 474.3%.

2025 16.75M people +3.15% vs 2024
World rank 56of 217
Period maximum 16.75M people2025
Period minimum 2.92M people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Population aged 15–64 — Cameroon, 1960–202505M10M15M20M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 2,917,112 people1962: 2,981,958 people1964: 3,086,428 people1966: 3,201,884 people1968: 3,332,151 people1970: 3,477,330 people1972: 3,637,002 people1974: 3,810,254 people1976: 3,987,261 people1978: 4,157,933 people1980: 4,388,506 people1982: 4,614,308 people1984: 4,779,641 people1986: 5,062,472 people1988: 5,366,916 people1990: 5,688,021 people1992: 6,033,930 people1994: 6,411,935 people1996: 6,820,333 people1998: 7,263,724 people2000: 7,719,800 people2002: 8,212,914 people2004: 8,739,363 people2006: 9,278,966 people2008: 9,864,689 people2010: 10,481,253 people2012: 11,121,238 people2014: 11,859,881 people2016: 12,696,542 people2018: 13,472,748 people2020: 14,331,770 people2022: 15,247,384 people2024: 16,240,266 people2025: 16,751,853 people
Change over the period: +13.83M (+474.26%) Average annual rate: 2.73 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Cameroon 16.75M people
World 5.36B people
Sub-Saharan Africa 745M people
Middle Africa computed 115M people
Lower-middle-income countries computed 2.13B people
Population aged 15–64 — Cameroon, by year Cameroon All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 16.75M +511,587 +3.15%
2024 16.24M +503,467 +3.2%
2023 15.74M +489,415 +3.21%
2022 15.25M +465,764 +3.15%
2021 14.78M +449,850 +3.14%
2020 14.33M +438,097 +3.15%
2019 13.89M +420,925 +3.12%
2018 13.47M +391,578 +2.99%
2017 13.08M +384,628 +3.03%
2016 12.7M +405,496 +3.3%
2015 12.29M +431,165 +3.64%
2014 11.86M +398,832 +3.48%
2013 11.46M +339,811 +3.06%
2012 11.12M +324,479 +3.01%
2011 10.8M +315,506 +3.01%
2010 10.48M +311,186 +3.06%
2009 10.17M +305,378 +3.1%
2008 9.86M +299,633 +3.13%
2007 9.57M +286,090 +3.08%
2006 9.28M +271,780 +3.02%
2005 9.01M +267,823 +3.06%
2004 8.74M +264,713 +3.12%
2003 8.47M +261,736 +3.19%
2002 8.21M +253,688 +3.19%
2001 7.96M +239,426 +3.1%
2000 7.72M +230,064 +3.07%
1999 7.49M +226,012 +3.11%
1998 7.26M +224,215 +3.19%
1997 7.04M +219,176 +3.21%
1996 6.82M +208,966 +3.16%
1995 6.61M +199,432 +3.11%
1994 6.41M +193,027 +3.1%
1993 6.22M +184,978 +3.07%
1992 6.03M +175,496 +3%
1991 5.86M +170,413 +3%
1990 5.69M +165,237 +2.99%
1989 5.52M +155,868 +2.9%
1988 5.37M +152,872 +2.93%
1987 5.21M +151,572 +2.99%
1986 5.06M +144,893 +2.95%
1985 4.92M +137,938 +2.89%
1984 4.78M +115,883 +2.48%
1983 4.66M +49,450 +1.07%
1982 4.61M +70,478 +1.55%
1981 4.54M +155,324 +3.54%
1980 4.39M +132,864 +3.12%
1979 4.26M +97,709 +2.35%
1978 4.16M +90,858 +2.23%
1977 4.07M +79,814 +2%
1976 3.99M +85,735 +2.2%
1975 3.9M +91,272 +2.4%
1974 3.81M +88,275 +2.37%
1973 3.72M +84,977 +2.34%
1972 3.64M +81,530 +2.29%
1971 3.56M +78,142 +2.25%
1970 3.48M +74,501 +2.19%
1969 3.4M +70,678 +2.12%
1968 3.33M +66,976 +2.05%
1967 3.27M +63,291 +1.98%
1966 3.2M +59,877 +1.91%
1965 3.14M +55,579 +1.8%
1964 3.09M +52,130 +1.72%
1963 3.03M +52,340 +1.76%
1962 2.98M +39,522 +1.34%
1961 2.94M +25,324 +0.87%
1960 2.92M

About the indicator

The population aged 15 to 64 inclusive — the group that international statistics treat as working age regardless of the national retirement age. Its growth relative to the other groups is called the demographic dividend: it gives a country a period when workers are many and dependents are few. That period is finite, and this series shows which countries are passing through it now and which have already passed it.

Important: The 15–64 bounds are a convention and do not coincide with the retirement age in any country. This is not the number of people employed — the labor force indicator covers that.

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