Population: 11,390,374 (July 1991), growth rate 2.7% (1991)

Birth rate: 41 births/1,000 population (1991)

Death rate: 15 deaths/1,000 population (1991)

Net migration rate: 0 migrants/1,000 population (1991)

Infant mortality rate: 118 deaths/1,000 live births (1991)

Life expectancy at birth: 49 years male, 53 years female (1991)

Total fertility rate: 5.6 children born/woman (1991)

Nationality: noun--Cameroonian(s); adjective--Cameroonian

Ethnic divisions: over 200 tribes of widely differing background; Cameroon Highlanders 31%, Equatorial Bantu 19%, Kirdi 11%, Fulani 10%, Northwestern Bantu 8%, Eastern Nigritic 7%, other African 13%, non-African less than 1%

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

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

Literacy: 54% (male 66%, female 43%) age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)

Labor force: NA; agriculture 74.4%, industry and transport 11.4%, other services 14.2% (1983); 50% of population of working age (15-64 years) (1985)

Organized labor: under 45% of wage labor force

NOTE: The information regarding Cameroon on this page is re-published from the 1991 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Cameroon People 1991 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Cameroon People 1991 should be addressed to the CIA.