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Population of
Cameroon:
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18,060,382
note: estimates for this country explicitly take
into account the effects of excess mortality due to
AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher
infant mortality and death rates, lower population and
growth rates, and changes in the distribution of
population by age and sex than would otherwise be
expected (July 2007 est.) |
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Age structure of
Cameroonian:
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0-14 years:
41.3% (male 3,763,332/female 3,695,053)
15-64 years: 55.5% (male 5,029,658/female
4,994,786)
65 years and over: 3.2% (male 266,616/female
310,937) (2007 est.) |
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Median age in
Cameroon Africa:
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total:
18.9 years
male: 18.7 years
female: 19 years (2007 est.) |
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Population growth
rate:
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2.241% (2007 est.)
|
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Birth rate of
Cameroonians:
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35.07 births/1,000
population (2007 est.) |
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Death rate of
Cameroonian:
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12.66 deaths/1,000
population (2007 est.) |
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Net migration rate:
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0 migrant(s)/1,000
population (2007 est.) |
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Sex ratio in Cameroon
Africa:
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at birth:
1.03 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.018 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.007 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.857 male(s)/female
total population: 1.007 male(s)/female (2007
est.) |
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Infant mortality rate
of Cameroonian:
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total:
65.84 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 70.73 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 60.79 deaths/1,000 live births (2007
est.) |
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Life expectancy at
birth in Cameroon:
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total population:
52.86 years
male: 52.15 years
female: 53.59 years (2007 est.)
|
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Total fertility rate:
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4.49 children born/woman
(2007 est.) |
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HIV/AIDS - adult
prevalence rate in Cameroon:
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6.9% (2003 est.)
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HIV/AIDS people
living with HIV/AIDS in Cameroon:
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560,000 (2003 est.)
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HIV/AIDS - deaths:
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49,000 (2003 est.)
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Major infectious
diseases in Cameroon Africa:
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degree of risk:
very high
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea,
hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
vectorborne diseases: malaria and yellow fever
are high risks in some locations
water contact disease: schistosomiasis
respiratory disease: meningococcal meningitis
note: highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza has
been identified among birds in this country or
surrounding region; it poses a negligible risk with
extremely rare cases possible among US citizens who have
close contact with birds (2007) |
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Nationality:
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noun:
Cameroonian(s)
adjective: Cameroonian |
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Ethnic groups in
Cameroon Africa:
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Cameroon Highlanders 31%,
Equatorial Bantu 19%, Kirdi 11%, Fulani 10%,
Northwestern Bantu 8%, Eastern Nigritic 7%, other
African 13%, non-African less than 1% |
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Religions in
Cameroon:
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indigenous beliefs 40%,
Christian 40%, Muslim 20% |
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Languages in
Cameroon:
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24 major African language
groups, English (official), French (official)
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Literacy rate in
Cameroon:
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definition:
age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 67.9%
male: 77%
female: 59.8% (2001 est.) |
