Cameroon (Republic of Cameroon), CM

Cameroon: Independent country in West Africa

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Quick Facts about Republic of Cameroon

Population :	24,053,727
Country :	Cameroon
Head of government :	Prime Minister of Cameroon
Plate code :	CAM
Area :	475442 km²
Official name :	la République du Cameroun, République du Cameroun, Cameroun
Continent :	Africa
Easternmost point :	Point(16.19101 2.21962)
Northernmost point :	Point(14.08 13.08)
Legislative body :	Parliament of Cameroon
Official language :	English, French
Capital :	Yaoundé
Establishment :	January 01, 1960 (64 years ago)
Time Zone :	West Africa Time, UTC+01:00
Local time :	20:37:16 (19th April 2024)

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Geography

Republic of Cameroon is located at 6°0'0"N 12°30'0"E (6.0000000, 12.5000000). It has 6 neighbors: Central African Republic, Congo Brazzaville, Equatorial Guinea, Nigeria, Gabon and Chad.

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The largest city of Republic of Cameroon is Yaoundé with a population of 2,440,462. Other cities include, Douala population 1,338,082, Garoua population 436,899, Bamenda population 393,835 and Bafoussam population 290,768. See all Republic of Cameroon cities & populated places.

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Philémon Yang , 4 January, 2019 2009-06-30T00:00:00Z
Joseph Ngute , 2019-01-04T00:00:00Z

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Republic of Cameroon has 6 neighbours.

Central African Republic Independent country in Africa
Republic of the Congo Independent country in Central Africa
Republic of Equatorial Guinea Independent country in Africa
Federal Republic of Nigeria Independent country in West Africa
Gabonese Republic Independent country in Africa
Republic of Chad Independent country in central Africa

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Adamawa
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Demographics

Year	Population	% Change	Method
1960	5,361,367	-
1961	5,474,509	2.07%
1962	5,593,768	2.13%
1963	5,719,135	2.19%
1964	5,850,454	2.24%
1965	5,987,671	2.29%
1966	6,130,990	2.34%
1967	6,280,743	2.38%
1968	6,437,157	2.43%
1969	6,600,479	2.47%
1970	6,770,967	2.52%
1971	6,948,847	2.56%
1972	7,134,374	2.6%
1973	7,327,874	2.64%
1974	7,529,704	2.68%
1975	7,740,196	2.72%
1976	7,959,500	2.76%
1977	8,187,840	2.79%
1978	8,425,707	2.82%
1979	8,673,666	2.86%
1980	8,932,121	2.89%
1981	9,201,146	2.92%
1982	9,480,638	2.95%
1983	9,770,555	2.97%
1984	10,070,779	2.98%
1985	10,381,098	2.99%
1986	10,701,458	2.99%
1987	11,031,515	2.99%
1988	11,370,394	2.98%
1989	11,716,975	2.96%
1990	12,070,359	2.93%
1991	12,430,339	2.9%
1992	12,796,831	2.86%
1993	13,169,247	2.83%
1994	13,546,948	2.79%
1995	13,929,575	2.75%
1996	14,316,949	2.71%
1997	14,709,426	2.67%
1998	15,107,909	2.64%
1999	15,513,653	2.62%
2000	15,927,713	2.6%
2001	16,350,440	2.59%
2002	16,782,044	2.57%
2003	17,223,277	2.56%
2004	17,674,960	2.56%
2005	17,463,836	-1.21%
2006	18,611,937	6.17%
2007	19,097,676	2.54%
2008	19,595,026	2.54%
2009	20,103,945	2.53%
2010	20,624,343	2.52%
2011	21,156,272	2.51%
2012	21,699,631	2.5%
2013	22,253,959	2.49%
2014	22,681,858	1.89%	(Worldbank)
2015	23,298,368	2.65%	(Worldbank)
2016	23,926,539	2.63%	(Worldbank)
2017	24,053,727	0.53%
2018	25,216,237	4.61%	(Worldbank)
2019	25,876,380	2.55%	(Worldbank)

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