Largest Cities by Population in Cameroon (2025)

Below are the urban areas with more than 100,000 inhabitants in Cameroon ranked by population.

Urban Area (or urban agglomeration) population refers to the population contained within the contours of a contiguous territory inhabited at urban density levels, typically comprising a city and its surrounding suburban fringe.

Rank	Urban Area	Population Estimate (2025)	1 Year Change (over 2024)	Land Area (Km²)	Density (P/Km²)	Global Rank	Projections (2030)	Projections (2050)
1	Yaoundé	5,106,087	2.68%	334	15,288	79	5,799,222	8,661,147
2	Douala	4,104,516	2.15%	285	14,402	109	4,593,481	6,448,516
3	Garoua	678,769	1.42%	67	10,131	797	738,241	947,023
4	Maroua	526,702	2.12%	70	7,524	1,052	574,923	752,049
5	Bamenda	394,155	0.68%	82	4,807	1,442	407,952	507,393
6	Ngaoundéré	345,148	1.47%	53	6,512	1,658	377,974	474,470
7	Kumba	329,340	3.06%	35	9,410	1,745	390,740	623,134
8	Bafoussam	321,489	0.65%	56	5,741	1,789	331,579	364,027
9	Kousseri	244,247	1.66%	27	9,046	2,389	264,042	361,228
10	Bertoua	235,399	6.07%	50	4,708	2,491	290,983	519,845
11	Limbe	233,212	3.71%	38	6,137	2,519	274,844	498,748
12	Buea	222,996	4.51%	42	5,309	2,649	268,156	510,955
13	Mokolo	190,418	2.24%	21	9,068	3,154	209,209	318,468
14	Guider	187,887	2.28%	22	8,540	3,214	205,113	302,108
15	Foumban	182,273	0.91%	24	7,595	3,306	190,651	216,671
16	Nkongsamba	176,511	3.33%	21	8,405	3,422	203,185	310,620
17	Ebolowa	173,565	3.8%	23	7,546	3,495	211,432	420,309
18	Kribi	142,534	3.84%	21	6,787	4,282	176,366	324,381
19	Kumbo	129,917	1.27%	25	5,197	4,701	136,089	165,633
20	Yagoua	123,388	2.12%	16	7,712	4,964	134,597	200,456
21	Kaélé	118,855	2.12%	16	7,428	5,168	142,098	216,428
22	Meiganga	108,222	1.8%	18	6,012	5,709	122,612	166,002
23	Mora	104,703	1.82%	13	8,054	5,897	115,157	160,572
24	Edéa	104,307	4.16%	19	5,490	5,926	146,599	289,541
25	Sangmélima	103,495	4.11%	17	6,088	5,989	125,456	245,402
26	Tiko	102,345	4.09%	20	5,117	6,043	119,668	248,263
27	Mbalmayo	101,426	4.9%	18	5,635	6,093	126,545	251,466
28	Bafia	98,823	4.3%	18	5,490	6,252	121,061	242,395
29	Banyo	98,101	0.88%	10	9,810	6,304	101,723	115,824
30	Batouri	90,493	3.43%	12	7,541	6,848	107,883	205,276
31	Mamfe	86,473	0.88%	10	8,647	7,188	90,906	106,180
32	Touboro	84,155	1.54%	8	10,519	7,410	91,179	128,164
33	Ngong	83,347	1.64%	12	6,946	7,466	92,234	130,981
34	Ngaoundal	72,361	1.86%	12	6,030	8,592	79,991	109,581
35	Wum	69,786	1.34%	12	5,816	8,890	75,297	89,468
36	Pouss	69,353	2.36%	12	5,779	8,953	77,444	122,295
37	Dschang	67,936	0.92%	17	3,996	9,127	70,078	78,748
38	Mbouda	65,870	0.33%	13	5,067	9,411	67,454	77,567
39	Figuil	62,445	1.93%	11	5,677	9,937	68,826	100,304
40	Ndop	61,107	0.6%	12	5,092	10,157	63,406	75,187
41	Yokadouma	60,679	–	10	6,068	10,222	74,179	154,323
42	Loum	55,485	–	9	6,165	11,100	62,074	110,679
43	Foumbot	54,125	1.22%	12	4,510	11,380	56,312	64,770
44	Tibati	51,653	–	9	5,739	11,879	59,670	81,875

Largest Cities by Population in Cameroon (2025)

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