Cameroon

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Key facts

  • Currency: Central African CFA franc
  • Capital city: Yaoundé
  • Region: Middle Africa
  • Continent: Africa
  • Land area: 472,710 km²
  • Population: 27,914,536
  • Political Leader: Paul Biya (President)

Latest news

World News in Brief: Civilian deaths in Ukraine, refugees in Cameroon at risk, older women facing abuse, cholera in Somalia

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2024-03-27

World News in Brief: Civilian deaths in Ukraine, refugees in Cameroon at risk, older women facing abuse, cholera in Somalia

Read: Global Issues

2024-03-27

Francophone, Anglophone... Cameroonian? Musih Tedji Xaviere on Telling the Story of Her Country's Struggles

Read: Literary Hub

2024-03-18

Cameroon embroiled in new age-cheating scandal

Read: BBC

2024-03-12

Cameroon squad member among 52 players facing exclusion from domestic league for 'dual identity'

Read: The Star

2024-03-11

Cameroon's Ngannou 'not done' with boxing after loss

Read: BBC

2024-03-09

From Cameroon to handcuffs to Olympic hopeful

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2024-03-08

Metrics

Business

Central government debt 79.46 % of GDP
Expense 12.43 % of GDP
GDP 43,644,100,000.00 current US$
Inflation 6.25 annual %
Self-employed 75.00 % of total employment
Tax revenue 11.35 % of GDP
Unemployment 3.78 % of total labor force
Vulnerable employment 71.87 % of total employment


Environment

Agricultural land 97,500.00 km²
Alternative and nuclear energy 4.60 % of total energy use
Carbon Dioxide Emissions (CO2) 9,928.40 kt
Electricity production from coal sources 0.00 % of total
Electricity production from natural gas sources 5.99 % of total
Electricity production from hydroelectric sources 74.99 % of total
Electricity production from nuclear sources 0.00 % of total
Electricity production from oil sources 17.89 % of total
Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric 1.12 % of total
Net energy imports -28.32 % of energy use
Fertility rate 4.46 births per woman
Forest area 202,845 km²
Fossil fuel energy consumption 38.32 % of total
Other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 1,385.67 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Median age 13.60 years
Methane emissions 17,797.70 kt of CO2 equivalent
Nitrous oxide emissions 62,399.50 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Female Population 13,992,014
Male Population 13,922,522
Renewable energy consumption 78.94 % of total final energy consumption
Rural land area 463,837.00 km²
Rural population 11,519,492
Urban land area 2,352.11 km²
Urban population 16,395,044
Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters 1.92 % of total population


Health

Birth rate 34.94 per 1,000 people
Death rate 8.58 per 1,000 people
Health expenditure per capita 58.01 current US$
Health expenditure 3.77 % of GDP
Incidence of HIV 0.56 per 1,000 uninfected population
Hospital beds 1.30 per 1,000 people
Life expectancy at birth 60 years
Suicide mortality rate 9.00 per 100,000 population


Other

Access to electricity 65.45 % of population
Internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence 987,000
Individuals using the Internet 45.60 % of population
Net migration -4,800
Press freedom 1.81


Politics

Armed forces personnel 34,000
Democracy score 3.28
Democracy type Authoritarian
Military expenditure 0.95 % of GDP
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments 33.89 %


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Datasets

Source

SIPRI, World Bank

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