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Humanitarian Info

Cameroon still faces serious challenges in achieving Zero Hunger and eradicating malnutrition by 2030 as required by Sustainable Development Goal 2. The country ranks ranked 111 out of 171 in the 2018 Human Development Index and 39 percent of its people live under the poverty line. 

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Basic facts 

Capital 

Yaoundé 

Language 

French / English - two official languages 

Ethnic groups 

+200 ethnic groups: Cameroon Highlanders 31%, Equatorial Bantu 19%, Kirdi 11%, Fulani 10%, North-western Bantu 8%, Eastern Nigritic 7%, other African 13%, non-African less than 1% 

Religions 

Roman Catholic 38.4%, Protestant 26.3%, other Christian 4.5%, Muslim 20.9%, animist 5.6%, other 1%, non-believer 3.2% (2005 est.) 

Country size (comparison) 

475,440 km2 km2 (472,710 km2 km2 land / 2,730 km2 km2 water) 

1,206 km from North to South and 717 km from East to West 

Land use: 

Agricultural land: 20.6% (2011 est.)  

Forest: 41.7% (2011 est.)  

Other: 37.7% (2011 est.)  

Population density

The population is estimated to at 25,159,961 in 2019. 

  • 53.24 Inhabitants per square meter 
  • population growth 2.6 
  • Urban population 56.4 

Source: http://worldpopulationreview.com/countries/cameroon-population/ 

Life expectancy at birth:  

Total population: 59.4 years (male: 58 years, female: 60.9 years) 2018 estimate Country comparison to the world: 210 

Median age:  

Total: 18.6 years (male: 18.5 years, female: 18.7 years) 2018 estimate 

Country comparison to the world: 208  

Age structure:  

  • 0-14 years: 42.15% (male 5,445,142 /female 5,362,166) 
  • 15-24 years: 19.6% (male 2,524,031 /female 2,502,072) 
  • 25-54 years: 31.03% (male 4,001,963 /female 3,954,258) 
  • 55-64 years: 3.99% (male 499,101 /female 524,288) 
  • 65 years and over: 3.23% (male 384,845 /female 443,099)  

Source: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/cm.html 

Border countries 

In the East: Central African Republic (901 km), Chad (1,116 km), and Republic of the Congo (494 km).  

In the South: Equatorial Guinea (183 km) and Gabon ( 349 km) 

In the North and West: Nigeria (1,975 km) 

Coastline represent 402 km 

GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) 

$ 1,370 (2017 estimate) 

Source:  https://databank.worldbank.org/data/views/reports/ World Bank

Exchange rate 

20191 USD = 583.87 FCFA 

Fixed rate EURO - F CFA: 1 Euro = 655,957 F CFA 

Source: https://www.oanda.com/currency/converter/ 

Time Zone (GMT +/-) 

GMT + 1 

Currency 

FCFA (XAF) 

Telephone dialling code 

+ 237 

Driving (left / right) 

Right 

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