Douala — UN urban centre
Douala: 4,104,516 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #109 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 813; 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: 4.0513, 9.7397. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 359,009 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 542,191 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 701,292 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 902,305 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 1,143,550 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 1,454,511 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 1,851,210 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 2,350,315 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 2,959,032 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 3,673,217 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 4,104,516 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 4,593,481 | Projection |
| 2035 | 5,081,204 | Projection |
| 2040 | 5,559,880 | Projection |
| 2045 | 5,995,394 | Projection |
| 2050 | 6,448,516 | Projection |
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