Which has higher population, Australia or Cameroon?

Cameroon, at 29.12 million against 27.20 million in Australia as of 2024.

What is the difference in population between Australia and Cameroon?

1.92 million, with Cameroon ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Cameroon?

65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

International Monetary Fund, published as Population. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Australia vs Cameroon: Population

Australia

27.20 million

in 2024

Cameroon

29.12 million

in 2024

Australia rank

54th

Cameroon rank

52nd

Population over time

Australia
Cameroon

How they compare

Cameroon currently reports 29.12 million against 27.20 million in Australia, a difference of 1.92 million.

That makes Cameroon's figure about 1.1 times Australia's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Australia ahead.

Australia ranks 54th and Cameroon ranks 52nd of 186 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 6 and Cameroon in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Australia	Cameroon	Difference	Ahead
1960s	11.27 million	5.67 million	5.60 million	Australia
1970s	13.67 million	7.31 million	6.36 million	Australia
1980s	15.72 million	9.69 million	6.03 million	Australia
1990s	17.93 million	12.90 million	5.04 million	Australia
2000s	20.18 million	16.91 million	3.28 million	Australia
2010s	23.66 million	22.48 million	1.18 million	Australia
2020s	26.24 million	27.65 million	1.41 million	Cameroon

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher population, Australia or Cameroon?: Cameroon, at 29.12 million against 27.20 million in Australia as of 2024.
What is the difference in population between Australia and Cameroon?: 1.92 million, with Cameroon ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Cameroon?: 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Australia and Cameroon rank globally for population?: Australia ranks 54th and Cameroon ranks 52nd of 186 countries.
Where does this data come from?: International Monetary Fund, published as Population. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Australia vs Cameroon: Population. Statizoid, drawing on International Monetary Fund. Retrieved 18 August 2026, from https://gender.statizoid.com/compare/population-5/australia/cameroon/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under IMF Terms and Conditions (attribution required); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://gender.statizoid.com/compare/population-5/australia/cameroon/">Australia vs Cameroon: Population</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator: Population
Source: International Monetary Fund
Licence: IMF Terms and Conditions (attribution required)
Coverage: 186 places, 12,090 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 18 August 2026

Data on Gender-disaggregated on selected population characteristics.