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Cameroon

Country

Member state of the United Nations.[1]

Capital
Population
29,879,337 in 2025[3]
Other published figures
  • 28,372,687in 2023[4]
Land area
472,710 km²[5]
Total area
475,442 km²[6] land and water
Official languages
Currency
Land borders
Gabon, Nigeria, Chad, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea[11]
Coast
Yes[11]
Continent
Official names
  • Cameroun[12]
  • République du Cameroun[13]
  • Republic of Cameroon[14]
  • Hautugo Kamerun[15]

Parts of Cameroon

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Through time

Population over time[3]
1960202529.9M

5,159,057 in 1960, 29,879,337 in 2025

Show as a table
YearPopulation
19605,159,057
19615,239,273
19625,338,620
19635,456,623
19645,578,257
19655,704,686
19665,837,295
19675,977,318
19686,125,863
19696,283,462
19706,449,793
19716,624,408
19726,806,872
19736,996,660
19747,193,583
19757,397,120
19767,597,962
19777,796,501
19788,011,921
19798,239,641
19808,512,219
19818,816,377
19829,028,678
19839,215,397
19849,475,078
19859,761,730
198610,060,342
198710,370,749
198810,684,968
198911,002,745
199011,331,821
199111,667,180
199212,006,353
199312,353,131
199412,704,903
199513,058,516
199613,414,757
199713,775,214
199814,144,860
199914,525,140
200014,912,631
200115,309,490
200215,725,528
200316,160,340
200416,610,487
200517,074,594
200617,550,407
200718,049,896
200818,574,056
200919,113,974
201019,668,066
201120,232,304
201220,809,529
201321,402,376
201422,059,893
201522,763,414
201623,454,161
201724,128,601
201824,806,383
201925,506,095
202026,210,558
202126,915,758
202227,632,771
202328,372,687
202429,123,744
202529,879,337

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Codes

ISO alpha-2
CM[16]
ISO alpha-3
CMR[17]
ISO numeric
120[18]

Changes to this page's data

No changes recorded since the dataset of 5 November 2026.

Sources

  1. United Nations: Member States (checked 2026-11-05) Published directly by the source.
  2. Wikidata: Cameroon (Q1009), capital: Yaoundé (revision 2562960013) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  3. World Bank, World Development Indicators: Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL) (2026-10-08) Published directly by the source.
  4. Wikidata: Cameroon (Q1009), population (revision 2562960013) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  5. World Bank, World Development Indicators: Land area (sq. km) (AG.LND.TOTL.K2) (2026-10-08) Published directly by the source.
  6. Wikidata: Cameroon (Q1009), area (revision 2562960013) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  7. Wikidata: Cameroon (Q1009), official language: French (revision 2562960013) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
    • Cites: Constitution of Cameroon
  8. Wikidata: Cameroon (Q1009), official language: English (revision 2562960013) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
    • Cites: Constitution of Cameroon
  9. Wikidata: Cameroon (Q1009), currency: Central African CFA franc (revision 2562960013) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  10. Wikidata: Cameroon (Q1009), continent: Africa (revision 2562960013) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  11. Natural Earth: Admin 0 countries, 1:50m (revision v5.1.2) Published directly by the source.
  12. Wikidata: Cameroon (Q1009), official name (revision 2562960013) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  13. Wikidata: Cameroon (Q1009), official name (revision 2562960013) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  14. Wikidata: Cameroon (Q1009), official name (revision 2562960013) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
    • Cites: Official Names of the United Nations Membership
  15. Wikidata: Cameroon (Q1009), official name (revision 2562960013) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  16. Wikidata: Cameroon (Q1009), ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code (revision 2562960013) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  17. Wikidata: Cameroon (Q1009), ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 code (revision 2562960013) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  18. Wikidata: Cameroon (Q1009), ISO 3166-1 numeric code (revision 2562960013) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.

Flag image: Flag of Cameroon.svg, Public domain, (of code) -xfi-, via Wikimedia Commons.