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%
%

Urbanization

urban population: 52.1% of total population (2011)

rate of urbanization: 3.23% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)

Age Structure

0-14 years - : 42.9% (male 5,001,984/female 4,927,122)

15-24 years - : 19.6% (male 2,286,244/female 2,257,231)

25-54 years - : 30.4% (male 3,529,203/female 3,491,125)

55-64 years - : 3.9% (male 445,181/female 468,388)

65 years and over - : 3.4% (male 337,490/female 386,740) (2014 est.)

Dependency Ratios

total dependency ratio: 85.1 %

youth dependency ratio: 79.1 %

elderly dependency ratio: 6 %

potential support ratio: 16.8 (2014 est.)

Median Age

total: 18.3 years

male: 18.2 years

female: 18.4 years (2014 est.)

Sex Ratio

at birth - : 1.03 male(s)/female

0-14 years - : 1.02 male(s)/female

15-24 years - : 1.01 male(s)/female

25-54 years - : 1.01 male(s)/female

55-64 years - : 1.01 male(s)/female

65 years and over - : 0.84 male(s)/female

total population - : 1.01 male(s)/female (2014 est.)

Maternal Mortality Rate

690 deaths/100,000 live births (2010) country comparison to the world: 10

Infant Mortality Rate

total: 55.1 deaths/1,000 live births

male: 56.09 years

female: 58.65 years (2014 est.)

total population: 57.35 years

Life Expectancy at Birth

Total Fertility Rate

4.82 children born/woman (2014 est.) country comparison to the world: 20

Contraceptive Prevalence Rate

23.4% (2011)

Drinking Water Source

Urban: 5.9% of population

Rural: 48.1% of population

Total: 25.9% of population (2012 est.)

Physicians Density

0.08 physicians/1,000 population (2009)

Sanitation Facility Access

Urban: 38.3% of population

Rural: 73.2% of population

Total: 54.8% of population (2012 est.)

HIV Aids Adult Prevalence Rate

4.5% (2012 est.) country comparison to the world: 15

HIV Aids People Living with HIV Aids

600,500 (2012 est.) country comparison to the world: 16

HIV Aids Deaths

34,600 (2012 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 typhoid fever

vectorborne diseases: malaria, dengue fever, and yellow fever

water contact disease: schistosomiasis

respiratory disease: meningococcal meningitis

animal contact disease: rabies (2013)

Obesity Adult Prevalence Rate

10.3% (2008) country comparison to the world: 130

Children Under the Age of 5 Years Underweight

15.1% (2011) country comparison to the world: 48

Education Expenditures

3.2% of GDP (2011) country comparison to the world: 133

Literacy

definition: age 15 and over can read and write

total population: 71.3%

male: 78.3%

female: 64.8% (2010 est.)

School Life Expectancy Primary to Tertiary Education

total: 10 years

male: 11 years

female: 10 years (2011)

Year

Population

  • 23,130,708

Nationality 2014

  • Cameroonian(s) noun


  • Cameroonian adjective


Religions

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

Population Growth Rate

  • Growth Rate
    2.6% (2014 est.) country comparison to the world: 26

Birth Rate

  • 36.58 births/1,000 population (2014 est.) country comparison to the world: 19

Death Rate

  • 10.4 deaths/1,000 population (2014 est.) country comparison to the world: 41

Migration Rate

  • -0.15 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2014 est.) country comparison to the world: 118

Urban Areas Population

  • million
    Douala 2.449
  • 2.432
    YAOUNDE (capital)

Physicians Density

  • 0.08 physicians/1,000 population (2009)

Hospital Bed Density

  • 1.3 beds/1,000 population (2010)