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Cameroon People 1996


    • Population:
      13.521 million (July 1995 est.)

    • Age structure:

        0-14 years:
        44% (female 2,978,216; male 3,001,487)

        15-64 years:
        52% (female 3,562,247; male 3,523,100)

        65 years and over:
        4% (female 248,314; male 207,636) (July 1995 est.)

    • Population growth rate:
      2.92% (1995 est.)

    • Birth rate:
      40.42 births/1,000 population (1995 est.)

    • Death rate:
      11.19 deaths/1,000 population (1995 est.)

    • Net migration rate:
      0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1995 est.)

    • Infant mortality rate:
      75.4 deaths/1,000 live births (1995 est.)

    • Life expectancy at birth:

        total population:
        57.48 years

        male:
        55.41 years

        female:
        59.6 years (1995 est.)

    • Total fertility rate:
      5.8 children born/woman (1995 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 (1987)

        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)






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