Cameroon vs Niger
Cameroon has 7% more people than Niger: 29,879,337 vs 27,917,831, a gap of 2.0 million. Niger is growing faster (+3.22% vs +2.56% a year), adding about 899,764 people a year against +765,311. Using continuous exponential growth from the stated base year, if these rates held, Niger would overtake Cameroon in about 10 years (from the 2025 population bases, around 2035) — a projection, not a forecast. Cameroon is 2.9× as densely populated (60.0 vs 20.7 people per km²). People in Cameroon live 2.5 years longer on average (64.0 vs 61.4). GDP per capita is 2.5× higher in Cameroon ($1,972 vs $775).
Country/territory population bases: World Bank 2025 (Cameroon) and 2025 (Niger); growth years 2025 / 2025. Annual source values, not live counts; years may differ. Growth is national, not local.
Cameroon vs Niger — side by side
 Cameroon |  Niger | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 29,879,3372025 | 27,917,8312025 |
| Growth rate / yr | +2.56%2025 | +3.22%2025 |
| Births per 1,000 | 33.32024 | 41.42024 |
| Deaths per 1,000 | 7.02024 | 8.72024 |
| Children per woman | 4.262024 | 5.932024 |
| Life expectancy | 64.0 yrs2024 | 61.4 yrs2024 |
| Aged 0–14 | 41.1%2025 | 46.2%2025 |
| Aged 65+ | 2.8%2025 | 2.6%2025 |
| Density | 60.0 /km²2023 | 20.7 /km²2023 |
| Area | 475,440 km²2023 | 1,267,000 km²2023 |
| Urban population | 55.7%2025 | 18.4%2025 |
| Net migration / yr | -15,3792025 | -7,7042025 |
| GDP per capita | $1,9722025 | $7752025 |
| Country population rank (available records) | #51 | #54 |
| Base / world population (World Bank 2025) | 0.36% | 0.34% |
Highlighted cell = the higher value (not "better"). Small print under each value is its own data year. Source: World Bank; country/territory population bases may have different years. These are not live counts.
Population since 1960
World Bank population history (not the separate UN WPP timeline). Cameroon: 5.8× from 1960 to 2025; Niger: 8.0× from 1960 to 2025. Left: absolute population. Right: each series indexed to its own first available year = 100; baseline years may differ.
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