Rural population growth in Cameroon
Cameroon: Rural population growth was 2.0% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Rural population growth in Cameroon, 1961–2025
Source: World Urbanization Prospects, United Nations (UN). Measured in annual %.
Analysis
Cameroon recorded 2.0% for rural population growth in 2025.
That represents a change of down 1.8% on the previous year and down 18.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rural population growth in Cameroon peaked at 2.4% in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0.7%, in 1974.
Cameroon ranks 19th of 207 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 65 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.4% | 1.2% | 1.6% | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.1% | 0.7% | 1.5% | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.7% | 0.8% | 2.2% | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.7% | 1.6% | 1.8% | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.8% | 1.5% | 2.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.2% | 2.1% | 2.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.0% | 2.0% | 2.1% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
More agriculture & rural data for Cameroon
- Agricultural raw materials exports 14.9% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2023)
- Rural population 44.3% (2025)
- Rural population 13.25 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 16.8% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 9.93 billion current US$ (2025)
- Land under cereal production 2.17 million hectares (2024)
- Cereal yield 1,770 kg per hectare (2024)
- Cereal production 3.85 million metric tons (2024)
- Fertilizer consumption 16.4 kilograms per hectare of arable land (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is rural population growth in Cameroon?
- Rural population growth in Cameroon was 2.0% in 2025, according to World Urbanization Prospects, United Nations (UN).
- What is the highest rural population growth recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 2.4% in 2015.
- What is the lowest rural population growth recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7% in 1974.
- How does Cameroon rank for rural population growth?
- Cameroon ranks 19th out of 207 countries with data for 2025.
- Is rural population growth rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is down 18.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cameroon data come from?
- The figures come from World Urbanization Prospects, United Nations (UN), published as part of Rural population growth (annual %). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.