Age structure:
0-14 years:
43% (male 3,326,334; female 3,251,402)
15-64 years:
54% (male 4,181,038; female 4,153,680)
65 years and over:
3% (male 235,741; female 273,742) (2000 est.)
Population growth rate: 2.47% (2000 est.)
Birth rate: 36.6 births/1,000 population (2000 est.)
Death rate: 11.89 deaths/1,000 population (2000 est.)
Net migration rate: NA migrant(s)/1,000 population
Sex ratio:
at birth:
1.03 male(s)/female
under 15 years:
1.02 male(s)/female
15-64 years:
1.01 male(s)/female
65 years and over:
0.86 male(s)/female
total population:
1.01 male(s)/female (2000 est.)
Infant mortality rate: 70.87 deaths/1,000 live births (2000 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population:
54.82 years
male:
54.01 years
female:
55.64 years (2000 est.)
Total fertility rate: 4.88 children born/woman (2000 est.)
Nationality:
noun:
Cameroonian(s)
adjective:
Cameroonian
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%
Religions: indigenous beliefs 40%, Christian 40%, Muslim 20%
Languages: 24 major African language groups, English (official), French (official)
Literacy:
definition:
age 15 and over can read and write
total population:
63.4%
male:
75%
female:
52.1% (1995 est.)