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 - : 40.9% (male 3,891,762/female 3,822,870)

15-64 years - : 55.9% (male 5,298,143/female 5,250,493)

65 years and over - : 3.3% (male 283,289/female 332,744) (2010 est.)

Median Age

Total: 19.3 years

Male: 19.2 years

Female: 19.4 years (2010 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 (2010 est.)

Infant Mortality Rate

Total: 62.15 deaths/1,000 live births

Male: 66.8 deaths/1,000 live births

Female: 57.36 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Life Expectancy at Birth

Total population: 54.04 years

Male: 53.21 years

Female: 54.9 years (2010 est.)

AIDS - adult prevalence rate

5.1% (2007 est.)country comparison to the world: 15

AIDS - people living with HIV

AIDS - deaths

39,000 (2007 est.)country comparison to the world: 14

Major Infectious Diseases

Degree of risk: very high

Food or waterborne diseases: bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A and E, and typhoid fever

Vectorborne diseases: malaria and yellow fever

Water contact disease: schistosomiasis

Respiratory disease: meningococcal meningitis

Animal contact disease: rabies (2009)

Education Expenditures

2.9% of GDP (2008)country comparison to the world: 150

Literacy

Definition: age 15 and over can read and write

Total population: 67.9%

Male: 77%

Female: 59.8% (2001 est.)

Year

Population

  • 19,294,149country

Nationality

  • Cameroonian(s) noun


  • Cameroonian adjective


Religions

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

Population Growth Rate

  • Growth Rate
    2.157% (2010 est.)country comparison to the world: 42

Birth Rate

  • 33.58 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)country comparison to the world: 38

Death Rate

  • 12.01 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)country comparison to the world: 30

Migration Rate

  • 0 migrant(s)/1,000 populationcountry comparison to the world: 79

Total fertility rate

  • 4.25 children born/woman (2010 est.)country comparison to the world: 41