Yaounde, Cameroon Metro Area Population 1950-2020
NOTE: All data from 2020 and beyond are UN projections and DO NOT include any impacts of the COVID-19 virus.
Chart and table of population level and growth rate for the Yaounde, Cameroon metro area from 1950 to 2020. United Nations population projections are also included through the year 2035.
- The current metro area population of Yaounde in 2020 is 3,992,000, a 4.45% increase from 2019.
- The metro area population of Yaounde in 2019 was 3,822,000, a 4.54% increase from 2018.
- The metro area population of Yaounde in 2018 was 3,656,000, a 5.7% increase from 2017.
- The metro area population of Yaounde in 2017 was 3,459,000, a 5.68% increase from 2016.
| Other Cities in Cameroon | |
|---|---|
| City Name | Population |
| Yaounde | 3,992,000 |
| Douala | 3,663,000 |
| Bamenda | 533,000 |
| Loum | 498,000 |
| Mbouda | 486,000 |
| Bafoussam | 424,000 |
| Garoua | 346,000 |
| Yaounde - Historical Population Data | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Population | Growth Rate |
| 2020 | 3,992,000 | 4.45% |
| 2019 | 3,822,000 | 4.54% |
| 2018 | 3,656,000 | 5.70% |
| 2017 | 3,459,000 | 5.68% |
| 2016 | 3,273,000 | 5.68% |
| 2015 | 3,097,000 | 5.70% |
| 2014 | 2,930,000 | 5.66% |
| 2013 | 2,773,000 | 5.72% |
| 2012 | 2,623,000 | 5.68% |
| 2011 | 2,482,000 | 5.66% |
| 2010 | 2,349,000 | 5.72% |
| 2009 | 2,222,000 | 5.66% |
| 2008 | 2,103,000 | 5.68% |
| 2007 | 1,990,000 | 5.68% |
| 2006 | 1,883,000 | 5.73% |
| 2005 | 1,781,000 | 5.63% |
| 2004 | 1,686,000 | 5.71% |
| 2003 | 1,595,000 | 5.70% |
| 2002 | 1,509,000 | 5.67% |
| 2001 | 1,428,000 | 5.70% |
| 2000 | 1,351,000 | 5.71% |
| 1999 | 1,278,000 | 5.71% |
| 1998 | 1,209,000 | 5.68% |
| 1997 | 1,144,000 | 5.63% |
| 1996 | 1,083,000 | 5.66% |
| 1995 | 1,025,000 | 5.78% |
| 1994 | 969,000 | 5.67% |
| 1993 | 917,000 | 5.65% |
| 1992 | 868,000 | 5.72% |
| 1991 | 821,000 | 5.66% |
| 1990 | 777,000 | 5.71% |
| 1989 | 735,000 | 5.60% |
| 1988 | 696,000 | 5.78% |
| 1987 | 658,000 | 6.47% |
| 1986 | 618,000 | 6.92% |
| 1985 | 578,000 | 6.84% |
| 1984 | 541,000 | 6.92% |
| 1983 | 506,000 | 6.75% |
| 1982 | 474,000 | 6.76% |
| 1981 | 444,000 | 6.99% |
| 1980 | 415,000 | 6.96% |
| 1979 | 388,000 | 6.59% |
| 1978 | 364,000 | 7.06% |
| 1977 | 340,000 | 6.92% |
| 1976 | 318,000 | 8.90% |
| 1975 | 292,000 | 9.77% |
| 1974 | 266,000 | 9.92% |
| 1973 | 242,000 | 9.50% |
| 1972 | 221,000 | 9.95% |
| 1971 | 201,000 | 9.84% |
| 1970 | 183,000 | 9.58% |
| 1969 | 167,000 | 10.60% |
| 1968 | 151,000 | 10.22% |
| 1967 | 137,000 | 10.48% |
| 1966 | 124,000 | 10.71% |
| 1965 | 112,000 | 10.89% |
| 1964 | 101,000 | 6.32% |
| 1963 | 95,000 | 5.56% |
| 1962 | 90,000 | 9.76% |
| 1961 | 82,000 | 9.33% |
| 1960 | 75,000 | 8.70% |
| 1959 | 69,000 | 9.52% |
| 1958 | 63,000 | 8.62% |
| 1957 | 58,000 | 9.43% |
| 1956 | 53,000 | 8.16% |
| 1955 | 49,000 | 8.89% |
| 1954 | 45,000 | 9.76% |
| 1953 | 41,000 | 7.89% |
| 1952 | 38,000 | 8.57% |
| 1951 | 35,000 | 9.38% |
| 1950 | 32,000 | 0.00% |
