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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:

by occupation:

agriculture 74.4%, industry and transport 11.4%, other services 14.2% (1983)

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