Cameroon vs Kenya: Number of people living in cities with more than 1 million residents

Cameroon
8.11 million people
in 2020
Kenya
6.97 million people
in 2020
Cameroon rank
37th
Kenya rank
39th

Number of people living in cities with more than 1 million residents over time

  • Cameroon
  • Kenya
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How they compare

Cameroon currently reports 8.11 million people against 6.97 million people in Kenya, a difference of 1.15 million people.

That makes Cameroon's figure about 1.2 times Kenya's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 15 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Kenya ahead.

Cameroon ranks 37th and Kenya ranks 39th of 182 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Number of people living in cities with more than 1 million residents
Unit
people
Source
European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
182 places, 2,532 data points, 1950–2020
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Total population living in cities with 1 million or more people. City boundaries are defined using a consistent global approach based on satellite imagery and population data.