Cameroon: cities by population
Cameroon has a population of 30,640,817 (UN estimate, 2026), with Yaounde as its capital. The 50 largest of its 145 recorded towns and cities, ranked.
+105%
since 2000 (14,912,631)
+67%
projected by 2050 (51,096,317)
66
people per km²
Figures are the latest available in GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), which draws on national censuses of varying dates — treat them as recent, not same-year. Country totals are UN World Population Prospects 2024 (medium variant) where the UN lists the country separately; the handful it reports under a parent state keep a GeoNames figure and are marked as such. Sources & method.
Largest cities in Cameroon
| # | Place | Region | Population |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Douala | Littoral | 1,338,082 |
| 2 | Yaoundé | Centre | 1,299,369 |
| 3 | Bamenda | North-West | 420,445 |
| 4 | Bafoussam | West | 373,268 |
| 5 | Maroua | Far North | 314,122 |
| 6 | Ngaoundéré | Adamaoua | 238,196 |
| 7 | Kumba | South-West | 225,046 |
| 8 | Nkongsamba | Littoral | 162,309 |
| 9 | Buea | South-West | 140,533 |
| 10 | Kousséri | Far North | 139,024 |
| 11 | Bertoua | East | 137,993 |
| 12 | Limbe | South-West | 131,381 |
| 13 | Foumban | West | 130,287 |
| 14 | Kumbo | North-West | 125,124 |
| 15 | Edéa | Littoral | 103,861 |
| 16 | Ébolowa | South | 101,363 |
| 17 | Dschang | West | 99,582 |
| 18 | Tiko | South-West | 94,836 |
| 19 | Kribi | South | 93,482 |
| 20 | Mbalmayo | Centre | 82,384 |
| 21 | Guider | North | 81,608 |
| 22 | Sangmélima | South | 80,036 |
| 23 | Melong | Littoral | 76,716 |
| 24 | Foumbot | West | 74,319 |
| 25 | Bafia | Centre | 74,050 |
| 26 | Mbouda | West | 71,867 |
| 27 | Mutengene | South-West | 64,054 |
| 28 | Mora | Far North | 61,523 |
| 29 | Meïganga | Adamaoua | 59,426 |
| 30 | Yagoua | Far North | 59,069 |
| 31 | Loum | Littoral | 58,554 |
| 32 | Bafang | West | 54,505 |
| 33 | Mokolo | Far North | 51,999 |
| 34 | Batouri | East | 49,422 |
| 35 | Banyo | Adamaoua | 47,936 |
| 36 | Garoua Boulaï | East | 46,615 |
| 37 | Obala | Centre | 45,321 |
| 38 | Oku | North-West | 44,443 |
| 39 | Mbanga | Littoral | 44,155 |
| 40 | Muyuka | South-West | 43,749 |
| 41 | Bangangté | West | 43,694 |
| 42 | Fundong | North-West | 43,509 |
| 43 | Fontem | South-West | 42,689 |
| 44 | Wum | North-West | 42,457 |
| 45 | Manjo | Littoral | 41,740 |
| 46 | Ngaoundal | Adamaoua | 40,328 |
| 47 | Ndop | North-West | 40,152 |
| 48 | Tibati | Adamaoua | 35,673 |
| 49 | Tchéboa | North | 35,199 |
| 50 | Garoua | North | 34,957 |
Twenty years earlier: Cameroon in the 2005 World Gazetteer — population then 16,983,434.
Common questions
What is the population of Cameroon?
Cameroon has a population of 30,640,817, the UN World Population Prospects estimate for 2026. The UN's medium-variant projection for 2050 is 51,096,317 — a forecast, not a measurement.
What is the capital of Cameroon?
Yaounde. The largest place we record there is Douala, with 1,338,082 people.