Cameroon vs Malawi: Rural population growth
Cameroon
2.0%
in 2025
Malawi
2.2%
in 2025
Cameroon rank
19th
Malawi rank
16th
Rural population growth over time
- Cameroon
- Malawi
How they compare
Malawi currently reports 2.2% against 2.0% in Cameroon, a difference of 0.2%.
That makes Malawi's figure about 1.1 times Cameroon's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Malawi ahead.
Globally, Cameroon ranks 19th and Malawi ranks 16th of 207 countries.
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About this data
Annual rural population growth rate for year t is the exponential rate of growth of midyear rural population from year t-1 to t, expressed as a percentage. Rural population refers to people living in rural areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated as the difference between total population and urban population.