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: 54.4% of total population (2015)

Rate of urbanization: 3.6% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)

Age Structure

0-14 years - : 42.6% (male 5,228,047/female 5,149,228)

15-24 years - : 19.55% (male 2,393,598/female 2,368,557)

25-54 years - : 30.71% (male 3,762,054/female 3,718,266)

55-64 years - : 3.97% (male 471,306/female 495,462)

65 years and over - : 3.18% (male 360,386/female 413,899) (2016 est.)

Dependency Ratios

Total dependency ratio: 84.3%

Youth dependency ratio: 78.4%

Elderly dependency ratio: 5.9%

Potential support ratio: 16.9% (2015 est.)

Median Age

Total: 18.5 years

Male: 18.4 years

Female: 18.6 years (2016 est.)

Country comparison to the world: 209

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 - : 0.95 male(s)/female

65 years and over - : 0.87 male(s)/female

total population - : 1.01 male(s)/female (2016 est.)

Infant Mortality Rate

Life Expectancy at Birth

Total population: 58.5 years

Male: 57.1 years

Female: 59.9 years (2016 est.)

Country comparison to the world: 204

Drinking Water Source

Sanitation Facility Access

total: 54.2% of population (2015 est.)

AIDS - adult prevalence rate

4.46% (2015 est.)

AIDS - adult prevalence rate:

AIDS - people living with HIV

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 (2016)

Obesity Adult Prevalence Rate

9.6% (2014)

Children Under the Age of 5 Years Underweight

14.8% (2014)

Education Expenditures

3% of GDP (2013)

Literacy

Definition: age 15 and over can read and write

Total population: 75%

Male: 81.2%

Female: 68.9% (2015 est.)

School Life Expectancy Primary to Tertiary Education

Total: 10 years

Male: 11 years

Female: 10 years (2011)

Year

Population

  • 24,360,803Array

Nationality

  • Cameroonian(s) noun


  • Cameroonian adjective


Religions

  • Catholic
    38.40%
  • Protestant
    26.30%
  • Other Christian
    4.50%
  • Muslim
    20.90%
  • Animist
    5.60%
  • Other
    1.00%
  • Nonbeliever Est
    -3.22%

Population Growth Rate

  • Growth Rate
    2.58% (2016 est.)

Birth Rate

  • 35.8 births/1,000 population (2016 est.)

Death Rate

  • 9.8 deaths/1,000 population (2016 est.)

Migration Rate

  • -0.1 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2016 est.)

Urban Areas Population

  • YAOUNDE (capital) 3.066
    million
  • Douala 2.943
    million (2015)

Health Expenditure

  • 4.1% of GDP (2014)

Physicians Density

  • 0.08 physicians/1,000 population (2009)

Hospital Bed Density

  • 1.3 beds/1,000 population (2010)

Total fertility rate

  • 4.7 children born/woman (2016 est.)