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Africa > Cameroon > People

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African countries by population density > area 475,440 [23rd of 56]
African countries by population density > pop. dens. 34 [32nd of 56]
African countries by population density > population 16,184,748 [16th of 56]
Age dependency ratio > dependents to working-age population 0.81 Time series [37th of 185]
Age structure > 0-14 years 41.2 % [47th of 225]
Age structure > 0-14 years 41.7 [45th of 226]
Age structure > 0-14 years > Females 3,757,859 Time series [49th of 225]
Age structure > 0-14 years > From total 41.1% Time series [43rd of 227]
Age structure > 0-14 years > Males 3,826,232 Time series [49th of 225]
Age structure > 15-64 years 55 [183rd of 226]
Age structure > 15-64 years 55.5 % [180th of 225]
Age structure > 15-64 years > Females 5,122,817 Time series [62nd of 225]
Age structure > 15-64 years > From total 55.7% Time series [179th of 227]
Age structure > 15-64 years > Males 5,164,338 Time series [62nd of 225]
Age structure > 65 years and over 3.2 % [178th of 225]
Age structure > 65 years and over > Females 321,625 Time series [84th of 225]
Age structure > 65 years and over > From total 3.2% Time series [173rd of 227]
Age structure > 65 years and over > Males 274,821 Time series [82nd of 225]
Birth rate 34.59 births/1,000 population Time series [42nd of 226]
Child Protection > Birth registration, % of rural 72 [19th of 52]
Child Protection > Birth registration, % of total 79 [19th of 56]
Child Protection > Birth registration, % of urban 94 [12th of 52]
Child Protection > Child labour 5-14 years, % of female 50 [7th of 46]
Child Protection > Child labour 5-14 years, % of male 52 [7th of 46]
Child Protection > Child labour 5-14 years, % of poorest 20% 59 [7th of 43]
Child Protection > Child labour 5-14 years, % of richest 20% 36 [6th of 43]
Child Protection > Child labour 5-14 years, % of rural 58 [7th of 42]
Child Protection > Child labour 5-14 years, % of total 51 [7th of 46]
Child Protection > Child labour 5-14 years, % of urban 39 [6th of 42]
Chinese population 50 [114th of 127]
    Chinese population (per capita) 0.294 per 100,000 people [120th of 126]
CPIA social protection rating 3 Time series [48th of 75]
Death rate 12.41 deaths/1,000 population Time series [36th of 226]
Education expenditures 3.3 % of GDP Time series [32nd of 55]
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%
Female population > Age 10-14 1,063,354 [50th of 224]
Female population > Age 10-14 > % of the total 6.13 [41st of 224]
Female population > Age 15-19 976,485 [52nd of 224]
Female population > Age 15-19 > % of the total 5.63 [32nd of 224]
Female population > Age 20-24 828,916 [54th of 224]
Female population > Age 20-24 > % of the total 4.78 [60th of 224]
Female population > Age 25-29 686,842 [57th of 224]
Female population > Age 25-29 > % of the total 3.96 [92nd of 224]
Female population > Age 30-34 534,262 [60th of 224]
Female population > Age 30-34 > % of the total 3.08 [175th of 224]
Female population > Age 35-39 437,165 [63rd of 224]
Female population > Age 35-39 > % of the total 2.52 [192nd of 224]
Female population > Age 40-44 372,526 [68th of 224]
Female population > Age 40-44 > % of the total 2.15 [182nd of 224]
Female population > Age 45-49 316,457 [71st of 224]
Female population > Age 45-49 > % of the total 1.82 [179th of 224]
Female population > Age 50-54 263,279 [71st of 224]
Female population > Age 50-54 > % of the total 1.52 [172nd of 224]
Female population > Age 55-59 213,157 [69th of 224]
Female population > Age 55-59 > % of the total 1.23 [169th of 224]
Female population > Age 60-64 167,187 [70th of 224]
Female population > Age 60-64 > % of the total 0.96 [164th of 224]
Female population > Age 65-69 124,940 [74th of 224]
Female population > Age 65-69 > % of the total 0.72 [170th of 224]
Female population > Age 70-74 86,298 [81st of 224]
Female population > Age 70-74 > % of the total 0.5 [173rd of 224]
Female population > Age 75-79 52,766 [90th of 224]
Female population > Age 75-79 > % of the total 0.3 [179th of 224]
Female population > Age 80-84 39,150 [88th of 224]
Female population > Age 80-84 > % of the total 0.23 [169th of 224]
Gender development 0.5 [112nd of 141]
Greek diaspora > Number of Greeks in all countries > Capital Yaoundé
Greek diaspora > Number of Greeks in all countries > Number of ethnic Greeks
1,200 (est.) ( (they are quoting the statistics of the General Secretariat for Greeks Abroad as on ))
Male population > Age 10-14 1,087,950 [51st of 224]
Male population > Age 10-14 > % of the total 6.27 [45th of 224]
Male population > Age 15-19 1,000,003 [51st of 224]
Male population > Age 15-19 > % of the total 5.77 [34th of 224]
Male population > Age 20-24 852,035 [54th of 224]
Male population > Age 20-24 > % of the total 4.91 [59th of 224]
Male population > Age 25-29 711,642 [56th of 224]
Male population > Age 25-29 > % of the total 4.1 [85th of 224]
Male population > Age 30-34 560,148 [60th of 224]
Male population > Age 30-34 > % of the total 3.23 [173rd of 224]
Male population > Age 35-39 449,392 [61st of 224]
Male population > Age 35-39 > % of the total 2.59 [191st of 224]
Male population > Age 40-44 368,774 [64th of 224]
Male population > Age 40-44 > % of the total 2.13 [186th of 224]
Male population > Age 45-49 302,309 [71st of 224]
Male population > Age 45-49 > % of the total 1.74 [180th of 224]
Male population > Age 50-54 244,998 [73rd of 224]
Male population > Age 50-54 > % of the total 1.41 [171st of 224]
Male population > Age 55-59 195,113 [72nd of 224]
Male population > Age 55-59 > % of the total 1.13 [163rd of 224]
Male population > Age 60-64 151,039 [69th of 224]
Male population > Age 60-64 > % of the total 0.87 [154th of 224]
Male population > Age 65-69 110,969 [75th of 224]
Male population > Age 65-69 > % of the total 0.64 [171st of 224]
Male population > Age 70-74 74,834 [78th of 224]
Male population > Age 70-74 > % of the total 0.43 [174th of 224]
Male population > Age 75-79 44,093 [84th of 224]
Male population > Age 75-79 > % of the total 0.25 [178th of 224]
Male population > Age 80-84 30,446 [83rd of 224]
Male population > Age 80-84 > % of the total 0.18 [166th of 224]
Median age > Female 19.2 years Time series [178th of 224]
Median age > Male 18.9 years Time series [176th of 224]
Median age > Total 19 years Time series [176th of 224]
Nationality > Adjective Cameroonian Time series
Nationality > Noun Cameroonian(s) Time series
Percentage living in rural areas. 49% [81st of 193]
Percentage living in urban areas 51% [118th of 199]
Persons per room 1.2 [19th of 60]
Population 18,467,692 Time series [58th of 242]
Population > CIA Factbook 18,467,692 Time series [58th of 240]
Population > Note
estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2007 est.)
Population ages 0-14 > % of total 41.22 % Time series [37th of 185]
Population ages 15-64 > % of total 55.1 % Time series [148th of 185]
Population ages 65 and above > % of total 3.68 % Time series [125th of 185]
Population growth > annual % 1.76 annual % Time series [68th of 195]
Population growth rate 2.218% Time series [48th of 235]
Population in 2015 19,040 [59th of 225]
Population in largest city 1,761,352 Time series [70th of 118]
    Population in largest city (per capita) 0.108 per capita Time series [73rd of 118]
Population in the largest city > % of urban population 19.76 % Time series [88th of 118]
Population in urban agglomerations > more than 1 million 3,246,336 Time series [47th of 106]
    Population in urban agglomerations > more than 1 million (per capita) 0.199 per capita Time series [53rd of 106]
Population, female > % of total 50.3 % Time series [111st of 190]
Projected population growth 119.34% [33rd of 141]
Rights of the Child Convention > Ratification Dates 11 Jan 1993
Rights of the Child Convention > Signatories 25 Sep 1990
Rural population 7,410,126 Time series [59th of 193]
    Rural population (per capita) 0.454 per capita Time series [93rd of 194]
Rural population growth > annual % -0.25 annual % Time series [135th of 193]
Sex ratio > 15-64 years 1.01 [95th of 223]
Sex ratio > 15-64 years 1.01 male(s)/female Time series [90th of 224]
Sex ratio > 65 years and over 0.85 male(s)/female Time series [71st of 223]
Sex ratio > At birth 1.03 male(s)/female Time series [177th of 223]
Sex ratio > sex ratios > 15–65 1.01 [96th of 215]
Sex ratio > sex ratios > at birth 1.03 [189th of 215]
Sex ratio > sex ratios > over 65 0.86 [65th of 215]
Sex ratio > sex ratios > total 1.01 [66th of 215]
Sex ratio > sex ratios > under 15 1.02 [181st of 215]
Sex ratio > Total population 1.01 male(s)/female Time series [67th of 224]
Sex ratio > Under 15 years 1.02 male(s)/female Time series [172nd of 224]
Total fertility rate 4.41 children born/woman Time series [43rd of 225]
Total Population 17,340,702 [58th of 227]
Total population > Age 10-14 2,151,304 [49th of 224]
Total population > Age 10-14 > % of the total 12.41 [43rd of 224]
Total population > Age 15-19 1,976,488 [51st of 224]
Total population > Age 15-19 > % of the total 11.4 [34th of 224]
Total population > Age 20-24 1,680,951 [54th of 224]
Total population > Age 20-24 > % of the total 9.69 [62nd of 224]
Total population > Age 25-29 1,398,484 [56th of 224]
Total population > Age 25-29 > % of the total 8.06 [88th of 224]
Total population > Age 30-34 1,094,410 [60th of 224]
Total population > Age 30-34 > % of the total 6.31 [177th of 224]
Total population > Age 35-39 886,557 [61st of 224]
Total population > Age 35-39 > % of the total 5.11 [194th of 224]
Total population > Age 40-44 741,300 [66th of 224]
Total population > Age 40-44 > % of the total 4.27 [190th of 224]
Total population > Age 45-49 618,766 [71st of 224]
Total population > Age 45-49 > % of the total 3.57 [181st of 224]
Total population > Age 50-54 508,277 [73rd of 224]
Total population > Age 50-54 > % of the total 2.93 [167th of 224]
Total population > Age 55-59 408,270 [71st of 224]
Total population > Age 55-59 > % of the total 2.35 [166th of 224]
Total population > Age 60-64 318,226 [68th of 224]
Total population > Age 60-64 > % of the total 1.84 [162nd of 224]
Total population > Age 65-69 235,909 [76th of 224]
Total population > Age 65-69 > % of the total 1.36 [168th of 224]
Total population > Age 70-74 161,132 [81st of 224]
Total population > Age 70-74 > % of the total 0.93 [174th of 224]
Total population > Age 75-79 96,859 [85th of 224]
Total population > Age 75-79 > % of the total 0.56 [173rd of 224]
Total population > Age 80-84 69,596 [89th of 224]
Total population > Age 80-84 > % of the total 0.4 [174th of 224]
Total Population > Female 8,630,477 [58th of 227]
Total Population > Male 8,710,225 [58th of 227]
Urban population 8,911,737 Time series [51st of 195]
    Urban population (per capita) 0.546 per capita Time series [102nd of 196]
Urban population growth > annual % 3.46 annual % Time series [39th of 195]
Urbanization 50 [121st of 204]
Urbanization in 1975 26.9% [117th of 164]
Urbanization in 2015 58.9% [93rd of 164]
Women > Adult literacy rate females as a % of males 81 [94th of 144]
Women > Antenatal care coverage % 75 [95th of 133]
Women > Contraceptive prevalence % 26 [139th of 170]
Women > Life expectancy females as a % of males 104 [136th of 173]
Women > Maternal mortality ratio > reported 430 [36th of 154]
Women > Maternal mortality ratio adjusted 730 [29th of 166]
Women > Skilled attendant at delivery % 60 [128th of 172]

SOURCES: Wikipedia: List of African countries by population density ; World Development Indicators database; CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006 ; CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; UNICEF; University Libraries, Ohio University; U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division, International Programs Center ; Human Development Reports, United Nations 2002; Wikipedia: Greek diaspora ; 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; United Nations Secretariat and United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (Habitat), Compendium of Human Settlement Statistics 2001 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.01.XVII.5), Compendium of Human Settlement Statistics 1995 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.95.XVII.11) and United Nations, Compendium of Human Settlements Statistics 1983 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E/F.84.XVII.5); World Development Indicators database and CIA World Factbook; CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007 ; 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; The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights; The Office of the High Commissioner for Human RIghts; Wikipedia: Sex ratio ; U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division, International Programs Center Spanish Statistical Institute; Population Division of the United Nations Secretariat, World Urbanization Prospects: The 2001 Revision, Data Tables and Highlights (ESA/P/WP.173, 20 March 2002); UN (United Nations). 2002. World Urbanization Prospects: The 2001 Revision. Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. New York

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Cameroon, Republic of Cameroon

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