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| CAMEROONIAN PEOPLE STATS: |
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Age structure > 0-14 years
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41.7 |
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[45th of 226]
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Age structure > 15-64 years
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55 |
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[183rd of 226]
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Age structure > 65 years and over
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3.2 %
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[178th of 225]
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Birth rate
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34.59 births/1,000 population |
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[42nd of 226]
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Chinese population
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50 |
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[114th of 127]
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Death rate
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12.41 deaths/1,000 population |
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[36th of 226]
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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% |
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Gender development
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0.5 |
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[112nd of 141]
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Percentage living in urban areas
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51% |
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[118th of 199]
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Population
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18,467,692 |
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[58th of 242]
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Population growth rate
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2.218% |
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[48th of 235]
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Population in 2015
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19,040 |
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[59th of 225]
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Projected population growth
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119.34% |
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[33rd of 141]
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Sex ratio > 15-64 years
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1.01 |
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[95th of 223]
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Sex ratio > Total population
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1.01 male(s)/female |
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[67th of 224]
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Sex ratio > Under 15 years
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1.02 male(s)/female |
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[172nd of 224]
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Total fertility rate
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4.41 children born/woman |
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[43rd of 225]
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Total Population
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17,340,702 |
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[58th of 227]
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Urban population
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8,911,737
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[51st of 195]
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Urbanization
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50 |
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[121st of 204]
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SOURCES: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006
; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; University Libraries, Ohio University; Human Development Reports, United Nations 2002; Population Division of the United Nations Secretariat, World Urbanization Prospects: The 2003 Revision, Data Tables and Highlights. Estimates and projections of urban and rural populations are made by the Population Division of the United Nations Secretariat and published every two years. These estimates and projections are based on national census or survey data that have been evaluated and, whenever necessary, adjusted for deficiencies and inconsistencies; World Development Indicators database and CIA World Factbook; Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat, World Population Prospects: The 2004 Revision and World Urbanization Prospects: http://esa.un.org/unpp; Population Reference Bureau, 2001 World Population Data Sheet, Washington, DC: PRB, 2001. via ciesin.org; U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division, International Programs Center
Spanish Statistical Institute; World Development Indicators database; Population Division of the United Nations Secretariat, World Urbanization Prospects: The 2001 Revision, Data Tables and Highlights (ESA/P/WP.173, 20 March 2002)
ALTERNATIVE NAMES:
Cameroon, Republic of Cameroon
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