2 GeoFroggy

Languages

24 major African language groups, English (official), French (official)

Ethnic Groups

Cameroon Highlanders 31%
Equatorial Bantu 19%
Kirdi 11%
Fulani 10%
Northwestern Bantu 8%
Eastern Nigritic 7%
Other African 13%
Non-African less than 1%
%

Age Structure

0-14 years - : 42.1% (male 3,443,505; female 3,367,571)

15-64 years - : 54.5% (male 4,431,524; female 4,392,155)

65 years and over - : 3.4% (male 253,242; female 296,751) (2002 est.)

Sex Ratio

at birth - : 1.03 male(s)/female

under 15 years - : 1.02 male(s)/female

15-64 years - : 1.01 male(s)/female

65 years and over - : 0.85 male(s)/female

total population - : 1.01 male(s)/female (2002 est.)

Infant Mortality Rate

68.79 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)

Life Expectancy at Birth

Total population: 54.36 years

Female: 55.23 years (2002 est.)

Male: 53.51 years

AIDS - adult prevalence rate

7.73% (1999 est.)

AIDS - people living with HIV

AIDS - deaths

52,000 (1999 est.)

Literacy

Definition: Age 15 and over can read and write

Total population: 63.4%

Male: 75%

Female: 52.1% (1995 est.)

Year

Population

  • 16,184,748

Nationality

  • Cameroonian(s) noun


  • Cameroonian adjective


Religions

  • Indigenous Beliefs
    40.00%
  • Christian
    40.00%
  • Muslim
    20.00%

Population Growth Rate

  • Growth Rate
    2.36% (2002 est.)

Birth Rate

  • 35.66 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)

Death Rate

  • 12.08 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)

Migration Rate

  • NA migrant(s)/1,000 population (2002 est.)

Total fertility rate

  • 4.72 children born/woman (2002 est.)