Number of immigrants — all countries

Number of immigrants — Cameroon

Number of immigrants in Cameroon in 2024 — 642,948 people. Ranked 75 in the world out of 215. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 141.7%.

2024 642,948 people +11% vs 2020
World rank 75of 215
Period maximum 642,948 people2024
Period minimum 227,242 people2000

Trend over time

1990–2024 · people

Number of immigrants — Cameroon, 1990–2024200,000400,000600,000800,00019901994199820022006201020142018202220241990: 265,967 people1995: 244,791 people2000: 227,242 people2005: 265,503 people2010: 291,474 people2015: 508,346 people2020: 579,209 people2024: 642,948 people
Change over the period: +376,981 (+141.74%) Average annual rate: 2.63 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Cameroon 642,948 people
World 303M people
Sub-Saharan Africa 26.3M people
Middle Africa computed 4.85M people
Lower-middle-income countries computed 42.16M people
Number of immigrants — Cameroon, by year Cameroon All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2024 642,948
2020 579,209
2015 508,346
2010 291,474
2005 265,503
2000 227,242
1995 244,791
1990 265,967

About the indicator

The number of people living in a country but born outside it — the international migrant stock. These are estimates of the UN Population Division, built from census and population register data. It is a stock, not a flow: the indicator answers the question of how many newcomers live in the country now, not how many arrived during the year. For the flow there is a separate indicator, net migration.

Important: The series is updated once every five years, so values may repeat in the intervening years. Foreign-born people and foreign citizens are not the same thing: in many countries most of the former have long held local citizenship.

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