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🇨🇲 Cameroon

Overview

ISO 3166-1 alpha-3CMR
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2CM
UN M49 numeric120
IOC codeCMR
Official nameRepublic of Cameroon
Native name(s)eng: official: Republic of Cameroon; common: Cameroon; fra: official: République du Cameroun; common: Cameroun
Alt spellingsCM, Republic of Cameroon, République du Cameroun
Statusofficially-assigned
IndependentYes
UN memberYes

Geography

RegionAfrica
SubregionMiddle Africa
UN regional groupAfrican Group
CapitalYaoundé
Area (km²)475,442
Lat / Lng6.0000, 12.0000
LandlockedNo
Borders (ISO3)CAF, TCD, COG, GNQ, GAB, NGA
Top-level domain.cm
Calling coderoot: +2; suffixes: 37

Demographics

Population (World Bank)29,879,337 (2025)
Life expectancy (years, World Bank)63.968 (2024)
Languageseng: English; fra: French
Demonymseng: f: Cameroonian; m: Cameroonian; fra: f: Camerounaise; m: Camerounais
Population time-series (UN WPP)74

Economy

GDP (current USD)58,933,453,923.761 (2025)
GDP per capita (current USD)1,972.382 (2025)
Unemployment rate (%)3.602 (2025)
CurrenciesXAF: name: Central African CFA franc; symbol: Fr

Population by year (UN WPP)

74 yearly data points — click to expand
YearPopulation
19504,330,084
19514,395,353
19524,464,716
19534,538,446
19544,616,886
19554,700,257
19564,788,337
19574,878,933
19584,972,218
19595,070,071
19605,159,057
19615,239,273
19625,338,620
19635,456,623
19645,578,257
19655,704,686
19665,837,295
19675,977,318
19686,125,863
19696,283,462
19706,449,793
19716,624,408
19726,806,872
19736,996,660
19747,193,583
19757,397,120
19767,597,962
19777,796,501
19788,011,921
19798,239,641
19808,512,219
19818,816,377
19829,028,678
19839,215,397
19849,475,078
19859,761,730
198610,060,342
198710,370,749
198810,684,968
198911,002,745
199011,331,821
199111,667,180
199212,006,353
199312,353,131
199412,704,903
199513,058,516
199613,414,757
199713,775,214
199814,144,860
199914,525,140
200014,912,631
200115,309,490
200215,725,528
200316,160,340
200416,610,487
200517,074,594
200617,550,407
200718,049,896
200818,574,056
200919,113,974
201019,668,066
201120,232,304
201220,809,529
201321,402,376
201422,059,893
201522,763,414
201623,454,161
201724,128,601
201824,806,383
201925,506,095
202026,210,558
202126,915,758
202227,632,771
202328,372,687

Full raw record (JSON)

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