Rural population share — all countries

Rural population share — Cameroon

Rural population share in Cameroon in 2025 — 44.3%. Ranked 76 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 42.1 pp.

2025 44.3% −0.3 pp vs 2024
World rank 76of 217
Period maximum 86.4%1960
Period minimum 44.3%2025

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Rural population share — Cameroon, 1960–202540608010019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 86.4%1962: 85.6%1964: 84.5%1966: 83.1%1968: 81.4%1970: 79.7%1972: 77.3%1974: 74.2%1976: 71.6%1978: 69.6%1980: 67.7%1982: 65.9%1984: 64.3%1986: 62.7%1988: 61.3%1990: 59.9%1992: 58.6%1994: 57.3%1996: 56%1998: 54.9%2000: 53.8%2002: 52.7%2004: 51.8%2006: 50.8%2008: 49.9%2010: 49.1%2012: 48.4%2014: 47.7%2016: 47%2018: 46.4%2020: 45.7%2022: 45.2%2024: 44.6%2025: 44.3%
Change over the period: −42.1 pp Annual average: -0.65 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Cameroon 44.3%
World 42.2%
Middle Africa computed 49.1%
Rural population share — Cameroon, by year Cameroon All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 44.3 −0.3 pp
2024 44.6 −0.3 pp
2023 44.9 −0.3 pp
2022 45.2 −0.3 pp
2021 45.4 −0.3 pp
2020 45.7 −0.3 pp
2019 46.1 −0.3 pp
2018 46.4 −0.3 pp
2017 46.7 −0.3 pp
2016 47 −0.3 pp
2015 47.4 −0.3 pp
2014 47.7 −0.4 pp
2013 48.1 −0.4 pp
2012 48.4 −0.4 pp
2011 48.8 −0.4 pp
2010 49.1 −0.4 pp
2009 49.5 −0.4 pp
2008 49.9 −0.4 pp
2007 50.3 −0.5 pp
2006 50.8 −0.6 pp
2005 51.4 −0.4 pp
2004 51.8 −0.5 pp
2003 52.3 −0.5 pp
2002 52.7 −0.5 pp
2001 53.2 −0.5 pp
2000 53.8 −0.5 pp
1999 54.3 −0.6 pp
1998 54.9 −0.6 pp
1997 55.4 −0.6 pp
1996 56 −0.6 pp
1995 56.6 −0.6 pp
1994 57.3 −0.6 pp
1993 57.9 −0.7 pp
1992 58.6 −0.7 pp
1991 59.2 −0.7 pp
1990 59.9 −0.7 pp
1989 60.6 −0.7 pp
1988 61.3 −0.7 pp
1987 62 −0.7 pp
1986 62.7 −0.7 pp
1985 63.5 −0.8 pp
1984 64.3 −0.8 pp
1983 65.1 −0.8 pp
1982 65.9 −0.9 pp
1981 66.8 −0.9 pp
1980 67.7 −0.9 pp
1979 68.6 −1 pp
1978 69.6 −1 pp
1977 70.6 −1.1 pp
1976 71.6 −1.2 pp
1975 72.8 −1.4 pp
1974 74.2 −1.5 pp
1973 75.8 −1.5 pp
1972 77.3 −1.4 pp
1971 78.6 −1.1 pp
1970 79.7 −0.9 pp
1969 80.6 −0.9 pp
1968 81.4 −0.8 pp
1967 82.3 −0.8 pp
1966 83.1 −0.7 pp
1965 83.8 −0.7 pp
1964 84.5 −0.6 pp
1963 85.1 −0.5 pp
1962 85.6 −0.4 pp
1961 86.1 −0.3 pp
1960 86.4

About the indicator

The share of population living outside urban settlements, as a percent of the total. It is computed as the difference between total and urban population, and therefore inherits every particularity of national definitions of urban areas.

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