Country
Cameroon
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- Income group
- lower middle income
- Capital
- Yaounde
- ISO code
- CM · CMR
71 indicators. Each shows the value, the rank among the world’s countries and the change over time – click to see the map.
- Population
- 29.9M
- GDP per capita (PPP)
- 4,946 int-$ (PPP, 2021 prices)
- Life expectancy
- 64.0 years
- CO₂ emissions per person
- 0.4 t CO₂
Population
- Population 29.9M 2025 51st of 214
- Population density 62 people/km² 2024 140th of 212
- Population growth 2.56 % per year 2025 22nd of 214
- Natural increase 26.6 per 1,000 people 2023 17th of 228
- Net migration -0.5 per 1,000 people 2025 120th of 214
- Fertility rate 4.26 births per woman 2024 17th of 214
- Urban population 55.7 % 2025 140th of 214
- Median age 17.8 years 2023 212th of 228
- Population aged 65+ 2.8 % 2025 197th of 214
- Old-age dependency ratio 5.0 per 100 people aged 15–64 2025 197th of 214
- Children under 15 41.1 % 2025 16th of 214
Health
- Life expectancy 64.0 years 2024 191st of 214
- Life expectancy, women 66.2 years 2024 192nd of 214
- Life expectancy, men 61.8 years 2024 193rd of 214
- Life expectancy gap, women vs men 4.4 years 2024 131st of 214
- Infant mortality 40.2 per 1,000 births 2024 26th of 195
- Under-5 mortality 64.8 per 1,000 births 2024 16th of 195
- Maternal mortality 258 per 100,000 births 2023 27th of 193
- Health spending per person 79 USD 2023 152nd of 190
- Health spending (PPP) 246 $ (PPP) 2023 151st of 191
- Physicians 0.14 per 1,000 people 2022 163rd of 179
- Hospital beds 2.6 per 1,000 people 2016 not ranked – no value for 2023
- Measles immunization 71 % 2024 164th of 191
- Undernourishment 4.9 % 2024 80th of 165
- Tobacco use 5.7 % 2024 158th of 165
- Calorie supply 2,901 kcal per day 2023 98th of 175
- Meat supply 14.8 kg per person per year 2023 153rd of 175
Economy
- GDP 58.9B USD 2025 91st of 185
- GDP per capita 1,972 USD 2025 153rd of 185
- GDP per capita (PPP) 4,946 int-$ (PPP, 2021 prices) 2025 149th of 184
- GDP per capita since 1820 2,812 int-$ (2011 prices) 2022 136th of 165
- GDP growth 3.2 % 2025 95th of 185
- GDP per capita growth 0.6 % 2025 150th of 185
- Inflation 3.4 % 2025 73rd of 169
- Unemployment 3.6 % 2025 121st of 181
- Youth unemployment 6.5 % 2025 144th of 181
- Youth not in education, employment or training 23.2 % 2021 46th of 150
- Trade 34 % of GDP 2024 162nd of 172
- Income inequality (Gini) 42.2 2021 29th of 151
- Extreme poverty 26.7 % 2021 29th of 151
- Agriculture in the economy 18.5 % of GDP 2024 40th of 187
- Women in the labour force 56.6 % 2025 70th of 181
Education and society
- Human Development Index (HDI) 0.588 2023 154th of 192
- Literacy rate 72.6 % 2018 92nd of 122
- Education spending 2.7 % of GDP 2022 132nd of 163
- Secondary school enrolment 45 % 2023 136th of 145
- Tertiary enrolment 16 % 2023 110th of 127
- Primary completion rate 72 % 2023 118th of 135
- Women in parliament 33.9 % 2025 52nd of 183
- Homicide rate 4.6 per 100,000 people 2020 46th of 129
Technology and infrastructure
Environment and energy
- CO₂ emissions 10.3 Mt CO₂ 2024 109th of 201
- CO₂ emissions per person 0.4 t CO₂ 2024 168th of 201
- CO₂ emissions per person since 1850 0.33 t CO₂ 2024 186th of 212
- Cumulative CO₂ emissions 0.3 Gt CO₂ 2024 115th of 212
- Greenhouse gases per person 1.4 t CO₂e 2024 170th of 201
- Forest area 40.7 % of land 2024 78th of 208
- Water stress 2 % 2022 153rd of 176
- Arable land 13.1 % of land 2024 81st of 205
- Renewable energy 79.2 % of final energy 2021 19th of 210
- Renewable electricity 73.1 % of electricity 2024 41st of 193
- Nuclear electricity 0.0 % of electricity 2024 32nd of 193
- Electricity from coal 0.0 % of electricity 2024 82nd of 193
- Electricity from wind 0.0 % of electricity 2024 108th of 193
- Electricity from solar 0.6 % of electricity 2024 146th of 193
- Carbon intensity of electricity 226 g CO₂e/kWh 2024 142nd of 193
- Electricity generation per person 249 kWh 2024 161st of 190
- PM2.5 air pollution 55.6 µg/m³ 2023 10th of 199
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- Prices around the worldCentral African CFA franc (XAF)Source: ISO 4217
- Time zones mapUTC+1Source: IANA tz database (public domain)
- Plugs and sockets of the worldType C, E · 220 V · 50 Hz
- National dishes of the world4 national dishes
- Plants of the world8 characteristic plants
- Volcano & earthquake map3 volcanoesSource: Smithsonian GVP (Smithsonian Terms of Use)
- Ghost map1 ghost story
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