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Cameroon

6.0N 12.0E · 24 EVENTS · 9 DOMAINS
INDEPENDENCE OF FRENCH CAMEROUN AND REUNIFICATION · 1 JANUARY 1960
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1982 – present · The Biya era and the Anglophone crisis
5 EVENTS
April 1984 · Failed coup against Biya 2 REFS
1990–1992 · Return to multiparty politics 2 REFS
1960 – 1982 · Independence, reunification and the Ahidjo years
5 EVENTS
1 January 1960 · Independence of French Cameroun 3 REFS
1 October 1961 · Reunification and federation 3 REFS
1916 – 1959 · Partition: French Cameroun and British Cameroons
4 EVENTS
1919–1922 · Partition into French and British mandates 3 REFS
1948 · Founding of the UPC 2 REFS
1884 – 1916 · German Kamerun
3 EVENTS
12 July 1884 · Douala treaty and German protectorate 3 REFS
1911 · France cedes Neukamerun 2 REFS
c. 1400 – 1884 · Grassfields kingdoms, the Douala coast and the Fulani north
4 EVENTS
late 14th century · Founding of the Bamum kingdom 2 REFS
1470s · Portuguese name the river of prawns 2 REFS
c. 1000 BCE – 1600 CE · The Sao, the Bantu cradle and Cameroon's early peoples
3 EVENTS
c. 1000 BCE · The Bantu expansion begins 2 REFS
c. 6th century BCE · Rise of the Sao culture 2 REFS
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Quick facts · atlas reference
Capital
Yaoundé
Population
25 m
Area
475,442 km²
Region
Middle Africa
Languages
English, French
Currency
Central African CFA franc (Fr)
Demonym
Cameroonian
UN member
Yes
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Economy

GDP
$59 B’25 WB-WDI
GDP per capita
$1,972’25 WB-WDI
GDP growth
3.2%’25 WB-WDI
Inflation
3.4%’25 WB-WDI
Trade openness
33.4%’25 WB-WDI

Society

Population
30 m’25 WB-WDI
Life expectancy
64.0 yrs’24 WB-WDI
Urban population
55.7%’25 WB-WDI
Fertility rate
4.3’24 WB-WDI
Literacy rate
72.6%’18 WB-WDI

Governance

Voice & accountability
35.1’24 WB-WGI
Political stability
39.3’24 WB-WGI
Government effectiveness
35.8’24 WB-WGI
Regulatory quality
43.4’24 WB-WGI
Rule of law
35.4’24 WB-WGI
Control of corruption
23.1’24 WB-WGI

Health

Health spending
4.6%’23 WB-WHO
Physicians
0.14’22 WB-WHO
Under-5 mortality
64.8’24 WB-UNICEF-WHO
Measles immunisation
71.0%’24 WB-UNICEF-WHO

Education

Adult literacy
72.6%’18 WB-UNESCO
Education spending
2.8%’23 WB-UNESCO
Primary enrolment
114.4%’24 WB-UNESCO
Secondary enrolment
44.8%’23 WB-UNESCO
Tertiary enrolment
16.7%’24 WB-UNESCO

Technology

Internet users
46.3%’24 WB-ITU
Mobile subscriptions
108’24 WB-ITU
High-tech exports
2.1%’23 WB-WDI

Geography

Land area
472,710 km²’23 WB-WDI
Forest area
42.7%’23 WB-WDI
Agricultural land
20.9%’23 WB-WDI
CO₂ per capita (t)
0.4’24 WB-WDI
Renewable energy
79.2%’21 WB-WDI

Resources

Resource rents
5.5%’21 WB-WDI
Oil rents
2.4%’21 WB-WDI
Mineral rents
0.0%’21 WB-WDI
Forest rents
2.6%’21 WB-WDI
Electricity access
72.0%’24 WB-WDI

Military

Military burden
1.0%’24 WB-SIPRI
Defense spending
$535 M’24 WB-SIPRI
Armed forces
34,000’20 WB-SIPRI

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