UIS · Demographics

Cameroon: Rural population

40.11percent · 2024-12.9% since 2014

Rural population (% of total population). UNESCO Institute for Statistics indicator SP.RUR.TOTL.ZS. Annual figures for Cameroon from 2000 to 2024.

20002024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202440.108
202340.685
202241.267
202141.852
202042.44
201943.032
201843.626
201744.223
201644.821
201545.422
201446.024
201346.627
201247.231
201147.836
201048.441
200949.046
200849.65
200750.254
200650.857
200551.459
200452.06
200352.662
200253.262
200153.861
200054.458

Source

Published by UIS, produced by UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO. Retrieved 2026-11-08.

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UIS (2026). Rural population. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/uis-sp-rur-totl-zs (accessed 2026-11-14). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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