Africa · Middle Africa

Cameroon

Republic of Cameroon

CapitalYaoundé

Population29,879,337World Bank 2025

Area475,442 km²

CurrencyXAF — Central African CFA franc

LanguagesEnglish, French

Calling code+237

Time zones

GDPUSD 58.93B

GDP per capitaUSD 2K

Life expectancy64.0 years

Internet users46.3%

What this means

Cameroon is in Africa (Middle Africa). About 29.88M people live there, or roughly 62.8 people per km². GDP per capita is around USD 2K, which helps compare living standards with other countries on YIMHO.

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Neighboring countries

Central African Republic Chad Republic of the Congo Equatorial Guinea Gabon Nigeria

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