Cameroon, Africa
This post was last updated by José of onez on Tuesday, 20 May 2025.
Image of Yaounde, capital city of Cameroon
Cameroon is a Bilingual Central-African state with coast-to-savanna biodiversity, top-five global cocoa output, new LNG and hydropower projects, and Africa’s oldest international football academy network.
Cameroon in one word would be “MountCameroon,” meaning volcanic summit.
Cameroon Flag
Cameroon armorial
Cameroon is a country on the Sub-Saharan Africa located in the Middle Africa sub‑region of the Africa continent.
Cameroon administrative divisions
10 regions (regions)
- Adamaoua,
- Centre,
- East (Est),
- Far North (Extrême-Nord),
- Littoral,
- North (Nord),
- North-West (Nord-Ouest),
- West (Ouest),
- South (Sud),
- South-West (Sud-Ouest)
Easy learning about Cameroon |
The capital city of Cameroon is Yaounde.
| Cameroon is located in | Sub-Saharan Africa Middle Africa Africa Continent Inhabitants of Cameroon are called Cameroonians |
| Cameroon has a population of | 28,372,687 inhabitants within a total area of 475,440 Km2 (295,424 sq mi) (2023 UN data) |
| Cameroon’s Global Peace Index (GPI) | 137 (world rank position) GPI scale of 2.77 This means, the closer to 1, the more peaceful the country is... (2024 data from GPI) |
| Human Development Index (HDI) | Cameroon HDI ranks in position nº 155 worldwide HDI of 0.588 (0.4 to 1) (2023 data from UNDP) |
| Cameroon’s passport | allows visa-free entry to 53 countries Cameroon passport ranks 85th in the world (2025 HP Index data) |
| Cameroon GDP per capita is | $1,865 USD (2025 estimated data from IMF) |
| Cameroon ’s LGBTI legal status | Same-sex sexual acts are illegal (2025 ILGA data) |
| Cameroon EPI (English Proficiency Index) | is classified as Very low proficiency has a score of 445 ranks 97th worldwide (2024 data from EPI) |
| Latitude & Longitude | 6° 00' N, 12° 00' E Open in Google Maps |
| Neighbouring countries | Chad, Central African Republic, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Congo Republic, Nigeria. |
| Cameroon Climate | varies with terrain, from tropical along coast to semiarid and hot in north |
| Most predominant religion | Roman Catholic, |
| Second most predominant religion | Protestant, |
| Currency name & code | Franc (XAF) |
| Internet ccTLD | .cm |
| Cameroon calling code | +237 |
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