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 - : 40.5% (male 4,027,381/female 3,956,219)

15-64 years - : 56.2% (male 5,564,570/female 5,505,857)

65 years and over - : 3.3% (male 300,929/female 356,335) (2011 est.)

Median Age

Total: 19.4 years

Male: 19.3 years

Female: 19.6 years (2011 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 (2011 est.)

Infant Mortality Rate

Total: 60.91 deaths/1,000 live births

Male: 65.48 deaths/1,000 live births

Female: 56.2 deaths/1,000 live births (2011 est.)

Life Expectancy at Birth

Total population: 54.39 years

Male: 53.52 years

Female: 55.28 years (2011 est.)

Drinking Water Source

Improved:

Urban: 8% of population

Rural: 49% of population

Total: 26% of population (2008)

Unimproved:

Sanitation Facility Access

Array

AIDS - adult prevalence rate

5.3% (2009 est.)country comparison to the world: 13

AIDS - people living with HIV

AIDS - deaths

37,000 (2009 est.)country comparison to the world: 11

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)

Children Under the Age of 5 Years Underweight

16.6% (2006)country comparison to the world: 48

Education Expenditures

3.7% of GDP (2009)country comparison to the world: 113

Literacy

Definition: age 15 and over can read and write

Total population: 67.9%

Male: 77%

Female: 59.8% (2001 est.)

Year

Population

  • 19,711,291

Nationality

  • Cameroonian(s) noun


  • Cameroonian adjective


Religions

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

Population Growth Rate

  • Growth Rate
    2.121% (2011 est.)country comparison to the world: 41

Birth Rate

  • 33.04 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)country comparison to the world: 37

Death Rate

  • 11.83 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)country comparison to the world: 30

Migration Rate

  • 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)country comparison to the world: 80

Health Expenditure

  • 5.6% of GDP (2009)country comparison to the world: 126

Physicians Density

  • 0.19 physicians/1,000 population (2004)country comparison to the world: 151

Hospital Bed Density

  • 1.5 beds/1,000 population (2006)country comparison to the world: 120

Total fertility rate

  • 4.17 children born/woman (2011 est.)country comparison to the world: 39