Bertoua — UN urban centre
Bertoua: 235,399 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #2,491 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 2941; territory: Cameroon (CMR). UN source workbook.
Method: Degree of Urbanisation (contiguous 1 km2 cells, density 1,500+ people/km2, total 50,000+). This is a source-defined urban centre, not a municipality or province. No association with a separate administrative entity is inferred from proximity or name.
Source centroid: 4.5773, 13.6862. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 56,035 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 59,829 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 64,493 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 75,607 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 99,203 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 119,742 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 137,250 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 160,451 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 171,088 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 168,110 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 235,399 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 290,983 | Projection |
| 2035 | 344,320 | Projection |
| 2040 | 404,620 | Projection |
| 2045 | 463,373 | Projection |
| 2050 | 519,845 | Projection |
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