| Population | 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 | 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 | total: 18.9 years
male: 18.7 years
female: 19 years (2007 est.) |
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| Population growth rate | 2.241% (2007 est.) |
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| Birth rate | 35.07 births/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
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| Death rate | 12.66 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
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| Net migration rate | 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
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| Sex ratio | 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 | 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 | total population: 52.86 years
male: 52.15 years
female: 53.59 years (2007 est.) |
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| Total fertility rate | 4.49 children born/woman (2007 est.) |
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People living
with HIV/AIDS | 560,000 (2003 est.) |
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| HIV/AIDS - deaths | 49,000 (2003 est.) |
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| Nationality | noun: Cameroonian(s)
adjective: Cameroonian |
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| Ethnic groups | 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 | indigenous beliefs 40%, Christian 40%, Muslim 20% |
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| Languages | 24 major African language groups, English (official), French (official) |
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| Literacy | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 67.9%
male: 77%
female: 59.8% (2001 est.) |
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