Cameroon vs North Korea: Number of pigs
Cameroon
2.26 million animals
in 2024
North Korea
2.46 million animals
in 2024
Cameroon rank
45th
North Korea rank
42nd
Number of pigs over time
- Cameroon
- North Korea
How they compare
North Korea currently reports 2.46 million animals against 2.26 million animals in Cameroon, a difference of 207,230 animals.
That makes North Korea's figure about 1.1 times Cameroon's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was North Korea ahead.
Cameroon ranks 45th and North Korea ranks 42nd of 179 countries.
North Korea has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cameroon | North Korea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 282,111 animals | 1.43 million animals | 1.15 million animals | North Korea |
| 1970s | 691,500 animals | 3.02 million animals | 2.33 million animals | North Korea |
| 1980s | 1.11 million animals | 4.82 million animals | 3.71 million animals | North Korea |
| 1990s | 1.09 million animals | 3.71 million animals | 2.62 million animals | North Korea |
| 2000s | 1.49 million animals | 2.88 million animals | 1.39 million animals | North Korea |
| 2010s | 2.03 million animals | 2.43 million animals | 401,451 animals | North Korea |
| 2020s | 2.23 million animals | 2.38 million animals | 152,056 animals | North Korea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher number of pigs, Cameroon or North Korea?
- North Korea, at 2.46 million animals against 2.26 million animals in Cameroon as of 2024.
- What is the difference in number of pigs between Cameroon and North Korea?
- 207,230 animals, with North Korea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and North Korea?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Cameroon and North Korea rank globally for number of pigs?
- Cameroon ranks 45th and North Korea ranks 42nd of 179 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Number of pigs. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.