Cameroon People
Population16,063,678
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2004 est.)
Age structure
0-14 years: 42% (male 3,416,086; female 3,334,904)
15-64 years: 54.8% (male 4,425,246; female 4,370,329)
65 years and over: 3.2% (male 233,506; female 283,607) (2004 est.)
Median age
total: 18.5 years
male: 18.3 years
female: 18.6 years (2004 est.)
Population growth rate
1.97% (2004 est.)
Birth rate
35.08 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
Death rate
15.34 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.)
Net migration rate
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 est.)
Sex ratio
at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.02 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.82 male(s)/female
total population: 1.01 male(s)/female (2004 est.)
Infant mortality rate
total: 69.18 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 73.16 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 65.09 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Life expectancy at birth
total population: 47.95 years
male: 47.1 years
female: 48.83 years (2004 est.)
Total fertility rate
4.55 children born/woman (2004 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate
6.9% (2003 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS
560,000 (2003 est.)
HIV/AIDS - deaths
49,000 (2003 est.)
Nationality
noun: Cameroonian(s)
adjective: Cameroonian
Ethnic groups
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 40%, Christian 40%, Muslim 20%
Languages
24 major African language groups, English (official), French (official)
Literacy
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 79%
male: 84.7%
female: 73.4% (2003 est.)
