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 - : 40.3% (male 4,091,453/ female 4,018,699)

15-64 years - : 56.3% (male 5,702,336/ female 5,638,464)

65 years and over - : 3.4% (male 310,129/ female 368,797) (2012 est.)

population pyramid - :

Median Age

Total: 19.6 years

Male: 19.5 years

Female: 19.7 years (2012 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 - : 0.84 male(s)/female

total population - : 1.01 male(s)/female (2011 est.)

Infant Mortality Rate

Total: 59.7 deaths/1,000 live births

Male: 64.19 deaths/1,000 live births

Female: 55.07 deaths/1,000 live births (2012 est.)

Life Expectancy at Birth

Total population: 54.71 years

Male: 53.82 years

Female: 55.63 years (2012 est.)

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: 75.9%

Male: 84%

Female: 67.8% (2001 est.)

Year

Population

  • 20,129,878

Nationality

  • Cameroonian(s) noun


  • Cameroonian adjective


Religions

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

Population Growth Rate

  • Growth Rate
    2.082% (2012 est.)country comparison to the world: 47

Birth Rate

  • 32.49 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)country comparison to the world: 36

Death Rate

  • 11.66 deaths/1,000 population (July 2012 est.)country comparison to the world: 32

Migration Rate

  • 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2012 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)

Hospital Bed Density

  • 1.5 beds/1,000 population (2006)

Total fertility rate

  • 4.09 children born/woman (2012 est.)country comparison to the world: 42