City: Cameroon
Capital: Yaoundé
3°52′N 11°31′E / 3.867°N 11.517°E / 3.867; 11.517
Largest city: Douala
Official languages: French
English
Ethnic groups: 31% Cameroon Highlanders
19% Equatorial Bantu
11% Kirdi
10% Fulani
8% Northwestern Bantu
7% Eastern Nigritic
13% other African
<1% non-African
Demonym: Cameroonian
Government: Unitary dominant-party presidential republic
• President: Paul Biya
• Prime Minister: Philémon Yang
Legislature: Parliament
• Upper house: Senate
• Lower house: National Assembly
Independence from France• Declared: 1 January 1960
• Union with former
British Cameroons: 1 October 1961
Area• Total: 475,442 km (183,569 sq mi) (53rd)
• Water (%): 0.57
Population• 2016 estimate: 23,439,189 (56th)
• 2005 census: 17,463,836
• Density: 39.7/km (102.8/sq mi) (167th)
GDP (PPP): 2017 estimate
• Total: $81.535 billion
• Per capita: $3,358
GDP (nominal): 2017 estimate
• Total: $29.547 billion
• Per capita: $1,217
Gini (2007): 44.6
medium
HDI (2015): 0.518
low · 153rd
Currency: Central African CFA franc (XAF)
Time zone: WAT (UTC+1)
Drives on the: right
Calling code: +237
ISO 3166 code: CM
Internet TLD: .cm
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