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Cameroon: cities by population

Cameroon has a population of 25,216,237, with Yaounde as its capital. The 50 largest of its 145 recorded towns and cities, ranked.

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 GeoNames country data. Sources & method.

#	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.