Cameroon
Country statistics
Land area: 181,251 sq miles (469,440 sq km)
Total area: 183,567 sq miles (475,440 sq km)
Population (2012 est.): 20,129,878 (growth rate: 2.08%); birth rate: 32.49/1000; infant mortality rate: 59.7/1000; life expectancy: 54.71; density per sq km: 39
Capital City: Yaoundé
Monetary unit: CFA Franc
Languages: French, English (both official); 24 major African language groups
Ethnicity/race: Cameroon Highlanders 31%, Equatorial Bantu 19%, Kirdi 11%, Fulani 10%, North-west Bantu 8%, Eastern Nigritic 7%, other African 13%, non-African less than 1%
Religions: indigenous beliefs 40%, Christian 40%, Islam 20%
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