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Cameroon — World Gazetteer, 2005 edition

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Cameroon had an estimated population of 16,983,434 in 2005, with 154 places recorded. Archived from the World Gazetteer, the reference work formerly published at this domain.

About these figures. This page is part of the restored World Gazetteer archive: the 2005 edition of Stefan Helders' reference work, which was published at this domain until 2013 and is preserved here. Figures are as of 2005 and are kept for citation continuity and historical comparison. Esta página conserva la edición de 2005 del World Gazetteer. Las cifras corresponden a 2005; para datos actuales, consulte las fuentes oficiales.

For current figures: Cameroon today — population now 30,640,817, against 16,983,434 in 2005.

Source2005NowChange
World Gazetteer (the work cited)16,983,434
UN World Population Prospects17,074,59430,640,817+79%

The two 2005 figures agree closely. Use the UN pair for a like-for-like change.

Agglomerations, 2005

#NamePopulation (2005)
1Yaoundé1,744,541
2Douala1,703,540

Cities and towns, 2005

#PlaceRegionPopulation (2005)Today
1DoualaLittoral1,338,0821,338,082 now
2YaoundéCentre1,299,3691,299,369 now
3GarouaNord436,899
4KoussériNord Extrème435,547
5BamendaNordouest393,835420,445 now
6MarouaNord Extrème319,941314,122 now
7BafoussamOuest290,768373,268 now
8MokoloNord Extrème275,239
9NgaoundéréAdamaoua231,357238,196 now
10BertouaEst218,111137,993 now
11EdéaLittoral203,149103,861 now
12LoumLittoral177,42958,554 now
13KumbaSudouest144,413225,046 now
14NkongsambaLittoral117,063162,309 now
15MboudaOuest111,32071,867 now
16DjangOuest96,112
17FoumbanOuest92,673130,287 now
18EbolowaSud87,875101,363 now
19GuiderNord84,64781,608 now
20FoumbotOuest84,06574,319 now
21BafangOuest80,68854,505 now
22YagouaNord Extrème80,23559,069 now
23MbalmayoCentre80,20682,384 now
24MeigangaAdamaoua80,10059,426 now
25BaliOuest72,606
26LimbeSudouest72,106131,381 now
27BafiaCentre69,27074,050 now
28WumNordouest68,83642,457 now
29BangangtéOuest65,38543,694 now
30BuéaSudouest64,152140,533 now
31TikoSudouest55,91494,836 now
32KribiSud55,22493,482 now
33MoraNord Extrème55,21661,523 now
34SangmélimaSud54,25180,036 now
35KumboNordouest53,970125,124 now
36NkotengCentre50,334
37MutengeneSudouest47,47864,054 now
38NdopNord47,25240,152 now
39Garoua BoulaïEst46,61546,615 now
40BatouriEst43,82149,422 now
41FundongNordouest43,50943,509 now
42FontemOuest42,68942,689 now
43MbangaLittoral42,59044,155 now
44BanyoAdamaoua40,79847,936 now
45ManjoLittoral37,66141,740 now
46MelongLittoral37,08676,716 now
47TibatiAdamaoua35,58935,673 now
48MuyukaSudouest31,38443,749 now
49ObalaCentre30,01245,321 now
50Nanga EbokoCentre29,909
51PenjaLittoral28,406
52MbandjockCentre26,947
53TouboroNord26,505
54NyombéLittoral25,886
55KaéléNord Extrème25,199
56BamussoSudouest24,741
57LagdoNord24,596
58KékemOuest23,366
59TcholliréNord23,187
60BélaboEst22,553
61LolodorfSud22,252
62EsékaCentre22,221
63MamfeSudouest19,472
64DizanguéLittoral19,243
65TombelLittoral19,243
66IdenaoSudouest17,800
67AkonolingaCentre17,181
68BogoNord Extrème16,952
69TongaOuest16,036
70BaréNord Extrème15,349
71Abong MbangEst14,661
72NkambéNordouest14,661
73MakénénéCentre14,432
74YokadoumaEst13,287
75BazouOuest13,058
76MundembaSudouest11,912
77Bétaré OyaEst11,866
78PitoaNord11,454
79Rey BoubaNord11,454
80FiguifNord11,327
81MonatéléCentre11,327
82Ekondo TitiSudouest10,767
83MindifNord Extrème10,538
84MfouCentre10,033
85BabankiNordouest9,851
86MbengwiNordouest9,734
87AkomSud9,709
88Ekoumbe BondjiSudouest9,621
89BatiboNordouest9,163
90NdoungéLittoral9,163
91AyosCentre8,705
92BeloNordouest8,705
93NgwaNordouest8,705
94AmbamSud8,476
95DimakoEst8,476
96ManengoléLittoral8,476
97NdikinimékiCentre8,247
98NjinikomNordouest8,247
99BonabériLittoral8,091
100KontchaAdamaoua8,018
101MakakCentre7,789
102NkwenNordouest7,789
103BangouOuest7,560
104BansoaOuest7,560
105EkonaSudouest7,560
106YabassiLittoral7,560
107BekondoSudouest7,331
108MakariNord Extrème7,331
109BandjounOuest6,872
110BélelNord6,831
111BamendjouOuest6,643
112NgambéLittoral6,414
113NtuiCentre6,185
114MmeNordouest6,149
115BanaOuest5,727
116BankimAdamaoua5,727
117PoliNord5,727
118SaaCentre5,727
119DouméEst5,581
120MbéAdamaoua5,498
121NdomLittoral5,498
122NgutiSudouest5,498
123OkolaCentre5,390
124JakiriNordouest5,269
125Mayo OuloNord5,269
126YokoCentre5,269
127Logone BirniNord Extrème5,040
128NdéléléEst5,040
129MintaCentre4,934
130DjohongAdamaoua4,813
131DibombariLittoral4,811
132KettéNord Extrème4,811
133BangemOuest4,582
134Kar HayNord4,582
135TignèreAdamaoua4,353
136NgoumouCentre4,320
137NgomedzapCentre4,284
138AkonoCentre3,821
139EsseCentre3,803
140KozaNord Extrème3,665
141SoaCentre3,358
142MbankomoCentre2,387
143NgoroCentre2,305
144DiangLittoral2,062
145MvanguéSud1,908
146AkwayaNordouest1,833
147OmbessaCentre1,833
148ZoétéléSud1,833
149MouankoLittoral1,604
150EvodoulaCentre1,521
151MbangEst1,237
152MaanSud875
153DibangLittoral646
154BikokCentre584

The Today column links to our current page for the same place, where one matches by name and plausible size; the figure shown there is today's, never 2005's. A dash means no confident match, which is more honest than a guessed link.

Administrative divisions, 2005

#NamePopulation (2005)
1Nord Extrème3,002,797
2Centre2,672,533
3Littoral2,192,267
4Ouest2,167,995
5Nordouest2,002,135
6Sudouest1,356,007
7Nord1,346,623
8Est836,906
9Adamaoua801,307
10Sud604,864

The complete dataset is available as a free CSV download, with attribution to Stefan Helders / World Gazetteer.