ACOG - Cameroon  - IBM

Geography

Location: Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Equatorial Guinea and Nigeria

Area:
total area: 475,440 sq km
land area: 469,440 sq km
comparative area: slightly larger than California

Land boundaries: total 4,591 km, Central African Republic 797 km, Chad 1,094 km, Congo523 km, Equatorial Guinea 189 km, Gabon 298 km, Nigeria 1,690 km

Coastline: 402 km


People

Population: 13.521 million

Age structure:
0-14 years: 44% (female 2,978,216; male 3,001,487)
15-64 years: 52% (female 3,562,247; male 3,523,100)
65 years and over: 4% (female 248,314; male 207,636)

Population growth rate: 2.92% (1995 est.)

Birth rate: 40.42 births/1,000 population

Death rate: 11.19 deaths/1,000 population

Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population

Infant mortality rate: 75.4 deaths/1,000 live births

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 57.48 years
male: 55.41 years
female: 59.6 years

Total fertility rate: 5.8 children born/woman

Ethnic divisions: Cameroon Highlanders 31%, Equatorial Bantu 19%, Kirdi 11%, Fulani 10%, Northwestern Bantu 8%, Eastern Nigritic 7%, other African 13%, non-African less than 1%

Religions: indigenous beliefs 51%, Christian 33%, Muslim 16%

Languages: 24 major African language groups, English (official), French (official)

Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1987)
total population: 55%
male: 66%
female: 45%


Government

Names:
conventional long form: Republic of Cameroon
conventional short form: Cameroon

Type: unitary republic; multiparty presidential regime (opposition parties legalized 1990)

Capital: Yaounde

Independence: 1 January 1960 (from UN trusteeship under French administration)

Constitution: 20 May 1972


Economy

National product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $15.7 billion

National product real growth rate: -2.9%

National product per capita: $1,200

Inflation rate (consumer prices): -0.8%

Unemployment rate: 25%

Electricity:
capacity: 630,000 kW
production: 2.7 billion kWh
consumption per capita: 196 kWh



Olympic Factoid
The Mother Nature was kind to Olympic athletes and spectators. The average high temperature during the Games was 89 degrees with an average low of 72 degrees. Highest temperature registered (20 July) - 99 degrees. Lowest high temperature registered is 79 degrees (28 July).