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Cameroon: Population in the largest city

29.18percent · 2025+12.9% since 2015

Population in largest city is the percentage of a country's urban population living in that country's largest metropolitan area. Annual figures for Cameroon from 1960 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202529.183
202429.015
202328.829
202228.615
202128.359
202028.075
201927.779
201827.477
201726.89
201626.338
201525.842
201425.398
201324.937
201224.436
201123.951
201023.608
200923.374
200823.148
200722.924
200622.744
200522.612
200422.384
200322.179
200221.985
200121.795
200021.609
199921.436
199821.282
199721.14
199621.014
199520.905
199420.822
199320.764
199220.727
199120.703
199020.703
198920.721
198820.749
198720.797
198620.782
198520.752
198420.74
198320.71
198220.559
198120.509
198020.73
197920.938
197821.099
197721.297
197621.521
197521.52
197421.663
197321.97
197222.346
197122.656
197022.736
196922.644
196822.56
196722.463
196622.346
196522.191
196421.985
196322.14
196222.202
196122.076
196021.732

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by United Nations. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Population in the largest city. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-population-in-the-largest-city (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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