Population 15,029,433 (July 1998 est.)

Age structure
0-14 years: 46% (male 3,468,861; female 3,436,814)
15-64 years: 51% (male 3,795,748; female 3,829,824)
65 years and over: 3% (male 224,881; female 273,305) (July 1998 est.)

Population growth rate 2.81% (1998 est.)

Birth rate 42.06 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Death rate 13.96 deaths/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Net migration rate 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Sex ratio
at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.99 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.82 male(s)/female (1998 est.)

Infant mortality rate 76.88 deaths/1,000 live births (1998 est.)

Life expectancy at birth
total population: 51.44 years
male: 49.9 years
female: 53.03 years (1998 est.)

Total fertility rate 5.86 children born/woman (1998 est.)

Nationality
noun: Cameroonian(s)
adjective: Cameroonian

Ethnic groups Cameroon Highlanders 31%, Equatorial Bantu 19%, Kirdi 11%, Fulani 10%, Northwestern Bantu 8%, Eastern Nigritic 7%, other African 13%, non-African less than 1%

Religions indigenous beliefs 51%, Christian 33%, Muslim 16%

Languages 24 major African language groups, English (official), French (official)

Literacy
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 63.4%
male: 75%
female: 52.1% (1995 est.)

NOTE: The information regarding Cameroon on this page is re-published from the 1998 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Cameroon People 1998 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Cameroon People 1998 should be addressed to the CIA.