Cameroon - Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million

Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million

The value for Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million in Cameroon was 7,957,530 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 61 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 7,957,530 in 2021 and a minimum value of 228,067 in 1960.

Definition: Population in urban agglomerations of more than one million is the country's population living in metropolitan areas that in 2018 had a population of more than one million people.

Source: United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects.

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Year Value
1960 228,067
1961 243,525
1962 260,113
1963 275,248
1964 291,286
1965 316,700
1966 344,423
1967 374,629
1968 407,594
1969 443,323
1970 481,051
1971 522,030
1972 566,610
1973 614,906
1974 667,447
1975 724,534
1976 782,304
1977 828,738
1978 878,044
1979 930,329
1980 985,857
1981 1,044,584
1982 1,106,955
1983 1,173,110
1984 1,243,381
1985 1,317,718
1986 1,396,683
1987 1,477,464
1988 1,553,586
1989 1,633,439
1990 1,717,551
1991 1,806,033
1992 1,899,246
1993 1,997,035
1994 2,100,050
1995 2,208,426
1996 2,322,606
1997 2,442,403
1998 2,568,611
1999 2,701,399
2000 2,841,310
2001 2,988,118
2002 3,142,795
2003 3,305,551
2004 3,477,052
2005 3,657,020
2006 3,846,654
2007 4,046,208
2008 4,256,207
2009 4,477,200
2010 4,709,770
2011 4,954,528
2012 5,212,117
2013 5,483,216
2014 5,768,541
2015 6,068,843
2016 6,384,915
2017 6,717,594
2018 7,067,759
2019 7,358,544
2020 7,655,638
2021 7,957,530

Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million (% of total population)

Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million (% of total population) in Cameroon was 29.23 as of 2021. Its highest value over the past 61 years was 29.23 in 2021, while its lowest value was 4.41 in 1960.

Definition: Population in urban agglomerations of more than one million is the percentage of a country's population living in metropolitan areas that in 2018 had a population of more than one million people.

Source: United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects.

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Year Value
1960 4.41
1961 4.61
1962 4.82
1963 4.99
1964 5.16
1965 5.49
1966 5.83
1967 6.19
1968 6.57
1969 6.97
1970 7.38
1971 7.80
1972 8.25
1973 8.72
1974 9.21
1975 9.72
1976 10.21
1977 10.51
1978 10.81
1979 11.12
1980 11.43
1981 11.75
1982 12.08
1983 12.41
1984 12.74
1985 13.08
1986 13.44
1987 13.77
1988 14.03
1989 14.30
1990 14.58
1991 14.88
1992 15.19
1993 15.52
1994 15.87
1995 16.24
1996 16.62
1997 17.03
1998 17.45
1999 17.88
2000 18.31
2001 18.76
2002 19.21
2003 19.67
2004 20.15
2005 20.62
2006 21.11
2007 21.60
2008 22.11
2009 22.62
2010 23.15
2011 23.70
2012 24.26
2013 24.84
2014 25.43
2015 26.05
2016 26.69
2017 27.35
2018 28.03
2019 28.44
2020 28.84
2021 29.23

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization