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%
%

Population Distribution

Population concentrated in the west and north, with the interior of the country sparsely populated

Urbanization

Urban population: 55.5% of total population (2017)

Rate of urbanization: 3.4% annual rate of change (2015-20 est.)

Age Structure

0-14 years - : 42.39% (male 5,337,879/female 5,257,026)

15-24 years - : 19.56% (male 2,456,061/female 2,432,500)

25-54 years - : 30.87% (male 3,880,906/female 3,835,107)

55-64 years - : 3.98% (male 485,059/female 509,649)

65 years and over - : 3.2% (male 372,415/female 428,283) (2017 est.)

Dependency Ratios

Total dependency ratio: 85.9

Youth dependency ratio: 80

Elderly dependency ratio: 5.9

Potential support ratio: 17 (2015 est.)

Median Age

Total: 18.5 years

Male: 18.4 years

Female: 18.7 years (2017 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: 59 years

Male: 57.6 years

Female: 60.4 years (2017 est.)

Country comparison to the world: 208

Drinking Water Source

Sanitation Facility Access

total: 54.2% of population (2015 est.)

AIDS - adult prevalence rate

3.8% (2016 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

11.4% (2016)

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: 12 years

Male: 13 years

Female: 11 years (2015)

Year

Population

  • 24,994,885Array

Nationality

  • Cameroonian(s) noun


  • Cameroonian adjective


Religions

  • Roman 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
    2.56% (2017 est.)

Birth Rate

  • 35.4 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

Death Rate

  • 9.6 deaths/1,000 population (2017 est.)

Migration Rate

  • -0.1 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2017 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 (2010)

Hospital Bed Density

  • 1.3 beds/1,000 population (2010)

Total fertility rate

  • 4.64 children born/woman (2017 est.)