Country:            Cameroon
Capital:              Yaounde
Area:                  465,458 KmSq.
Population:                16.3 mil.
Population Growth:    1.97%

Birth Rate:            35.08 /1,000 Death Rate           15.34/1,000 

Sex:                                           At Birth:         1.03 male/female under 15 yrs:  1.02 male/female 15-64:           1.01 male/female  65- over :      0.82 male/female

Infant Mortality:    69.18/1,000  death/live births Male:                     73.16/1,000 Female:                 65.09/1000

Below Poverty Line:       48% (2000)
Life expectancy:  47.95 yrs        male:                    47.1 
female:                 48.83  (2004) HIV/AIDS adult prev.:    48% (2003)      

Languages:     4 major African language groups, English (official), French (official)

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

Religion:        Indigenous belief 40%, Christian 40%, Muslim 20%

Economic growth GDP:                        4.2% (2003)
Economic Sector:
Agricultural:                  42.60%
Industry:                       19.80%
Services:                       37.60%

Land use:                           Arable land:             12.81 % Permanent crops:     2.58 % Other:                      84.61%