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Cameroon

Republic of Cameroon
Africa · Middle Africa

0Population

475.44Kkm² of land

$1.51KGDP / person

YaoundéCapital

ISO codes: CM · CMR
Density: 54 /km²
Languages: English, French
Currency: Central African CFA franc (XAF)
Dial code: +237
Internet domain: .cm
Time zones: 1
Coastline: Has a coast
Map centre: 4.5850° N, 12.4730° E
Demonym: Cameroonian
UN region: Middle Africa
Economy: Developing region
Income group: Lower middle income
Total GDP: $39.01B
Sovereignty: Independent · UN member
Borders: 6

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By the numbers

How Cameroon stacks up against all 242 mapped countries.

Population

52nd

of 242 · 0.34% of world population

Land area

55th

of 242 · 0.32% of world land

GDP per person

198th

richest of 242 by output per person

Population density

148th

most crowded of 242

Ten facts about Cameroon

The first is hand-written; the rest are worked out from this country's own figures.

1

Called Africa in miniature for containing beach, desert, mountain, rainforest and savanna within one country.

2

Population is about 25,876,380 people, the 52nd largest of the 242 countries mapped here - roughly 0.34 per cent of everyone alive.

3

Covers 475,442 km², making it the 55th largest country here - about 11.5 times the size of Switzerland.

4

Population density is about 54 people per km².

5

The capital is Yaoundé, at 3.87° N, 11.51° E, with a metropolitan population of about 1,611,000.

6

Shares land borders with 6 countries: Central African Rep., Chad, Congo, Eq. Guinea and Gabon (and 1 more).

7

Has its own coastline and direct access to the open sea.

8

Keeps a single time zone, Africa/Douala.

9

The currency is the Central African CFA franc (XAF, symbol Fr).

10

Has 2 official languages: English and French.

Local time

Live, from PHP's IANA database.

Africa/Douala

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UTC+01:00

Cities

The largest places we hold coordinates for. Click a row to fly the map there.

1 Douala Littoral 4.0624° N, 9.7080° E 1.91M

2 ★ Yaoundé Centre 3.8686° N, 11.5147° E 1.61M

3 Bamenda Nord-Ouest 5.9600° N, 10.1500° E 445.3K

4 Garoua Nord 9.3000° N, 13.3900° E 436.9K

5 Maroua Extrême-Nord 10.5956° N, 14.3247° E 319.94K

6 Ebolowa Sud 2.9000° N, 11.1500° E 87.88K

Land neighbours

6 countries share a border with Cameroon.

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Central African Rep.