Cameroon People
Cameroon People: A summary of information about Cameroon People, from government research data as well as independent research and other sources.
Cameroon: People
Population
15,421,937 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 2000 est.)
Age structure
0-14 years: 43% (male 3,326,334; female 3,251,402) 15-64 years: 54% (male 4,181,038; female 4,153,680) 65 years and over: 3% (male 235,741; female 273,742) (2000 est.)
Population growth rate
2.47% (2000 est.)
Birth rate
36.6 births/1,000 population (2000 est.)
Death rate
11.89 deaths/1,000 population (2000 est.)
Net migration rate
NA migrant(s)/1,000 population
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: 0.86 male(s)/female total population: 1.01 male(s)/female (2000 est.)
Infant mortality rate
70.87 deaths/1,000 live births (2000 est.)
Life expectancy at birth
total population: 54.82 years male: 54.01 years female: 55.64 years (2000 est.)
Total fertility rate
4.88 children born/woman (2000 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: 63.4% male: 75% female: 52.1% (1995 est.)
