Population: 13,132,191 (July 1994 est.)

Population growth rate: 2.91% (1994 est.)

Birth rate: 40.53 births/1,000 population (1994 est.)

Death rate: 11.41 deaths/1,000 population (1994 est.)

Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1994 est.)

Infant mortality rate: 77.1 deaths/1,000 live births (1994 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 57.07 years
male: 55.03 years
female: 59.17 years (1994 est.)

Total fertility rate: 5.84 children born/woman (1994 est.)

Nationality:
noun: Cameroonian(s)
adjective: Cameroonian

Ethnic divisions: Cameroon Highlanders 31%, Equatorial Bantu 19%, Kirdi 11%, Fulani 10%, Northwestern Bantu 8%, Eastern Nigritic 7%, other African 13%, non-African less than 1%

Religions: indigenous beliefs 51%, Christian 33%, Muslim 16%

Languages: 24 major African language groups, English (official), French (official)

Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1990)
total population: 55%
male: 66%
female: 45%
Labor force: NA
by occupation: agriculture 74.4%, industry and transport 11.4%, other services 14.2% (1983)
note: 50% of population of working age (15-64 years) (1985)

NOTE: The information regarding Cameroon on this page is re-published from the 1995 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Cameroon People 1995 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Cameroon People 1995 should be addressed to the CIA.