Which are the 10 largest cities in Cameroon? The 10 largest cities in Cameroon concentrate a good part of the total population of the country. In this ranking, two towns are vying for first place on the podium.

The ranking of the 10 largest cities in Cameroon offers an upstream battle between the political capital Yaoundé, and the economic capital Douala. With a total population estimated at more than 5 million inhabitants, the two main cities of the country concentrate more than a fifth of the total population of Cameroon. According to the demographic data made available to us, it is the economic capital Douala that currently dominates the ranking of the 10 largest cities in Cameroon. The total population residing in Douala, according to the latest census data, is estimated at 2,768,436 inhabitants.

The political capital Yaoundé occupies second place in the ranking with only three thousand fewer inhabitants than Douala. According to the demographic data made available to us, the current population of the city of Yaoundé is estimated at 2,765,568 inhabitants. Considered the capital of the northern region of the country, Garoua comes third in the ranking of the 10 largest cities in Cameroon. According to the demographic data made available to us, its population is currently estimated at approximately 546,060 inhabitants.

Bamenda, an English-speaking Cameroonian city, comes in the fourth position in the ranking of the largest agglomerations in Cameroon. The demographic data available to us indicate that this agglomeration is currently inhabited by approximately 515,593 inhabitants. Located in the far north of the country, Maroua follows closely in the ranking of the ten largest Cameroonian cities.

The population of this northern city is currently estimated at around 415,251 inhabitants. Bafoussam is one of the best-known cities in Cameroon. It is also in the ranking of the ten largest Cameroonian cities, with an estimated population of around 365,017 inhabitants.

Ranking of the most populated Cameroonian agglomerations

• 1st Douala with an estimated population of 2,768,436 inhabitants
• 2nd Yaoundé with an estimated population of 2,765,568 inhabitants
• 3rd Garoua with an estimated population of 546,060 inhabitants
• 4th Bamenda with an estimated population of 515,593 inhabitants
• 5th Maroua with an estimated population of 415,251 inhabitants
• 6th Bafoussam with an estimated population of 365,017 inhabitants
• 7th Ngaoundéré with an estimated population of 298,016 inhabitants
• 8th Bertoua with an estimated population of 281,139 inhabitants
• 9th Edéa with an estimated population of 263,997 inhabitants
• 10th Loum with an estimated population of 234,471 inhabitants.