Cameroon vs Malawi: Population growth rate

Cameroon

2.6%

in 2023

Malawi

2.6%

in 2023

Cameroon rank

24th

Malawi rank

26th

Population growth rate over time

Cameroon currently reports 2.6% against 2.6% in Malawi, a difference of 0.1%.

The two have swapped places 9 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Malawi ahead.

Globally, Cameroon ranks 24th and Malawi ranks 26th of 236 countries.

Indicator: Population growth rate
Unit: %
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

The annual rate at which the population is growing, expressed as a percentage.