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Cameroon: Statistics

People [1]

People

Population 27,914,536 (2022)
Population Growth Rate 2.598 annual % (2022)
Age Dependency Ratio 81.42 % of working-age population (2022)
Urban Population 58.733 % of total (2022)
Infant Mortality Rate 47 per 1,000 live births (2021)
Life Expectancy at Birth 60.333 years (2021)

Age Distribution - % of Total Population (2022)

Energy [2]

Electricity

Ranking
Production 8.05 billion kWh (2021) #111
Consumption 6.08 billion kWh (2021) #120
Exports 0 billion kWh (2021) #96
Imports 0.02 billion kWh (2021) #114
Renewable Electricity Generation 5.02 billion kWh (2021) #88

Oil

Ranking
Production 63.59 thousand bbl/day (2021) #60
Consumption 39.02 thousand bbl/day (2021) #109
Exports (Refined) [3] 50.83 thousand bbl/day (2013) #43
Imports (Refined) [3] 37.6 thousand bbl/day (2013) #58
Proved Reserves (Crude) 0.2 billion bbl (2021) #56

Natural Gas

Ranking
Production (Gross) 90.406 billion cu ft (2015) #60
Consumption (Dry) 25.24 billion cu ft (2021) #95
Exports (Dry) 59.78 billion cu ft (2021) #39
Imports (Dry) 0 billion cu ft (2021) #86
Proved Reserves 4.77 trillion cu ft (2021) #47

Other [3]

Technology

Airports 33 (2013)
Cellular Telephones 19,455,836 (2018 est.)
Highways 77,589 km (2016)
Internet Users 6,090,201 (2016 est.)
Railways 987 km (2014)
Telephones 902,253 (2018 est.)

Geography & Environment

LocationWestern Africa, bordering the Bight of Biafra, between Equatorial Guinea and Nigeria
Total Area475,440 sq. km
Land Area472,710 sq. km
Water Area2,730 sq. km
Coastline402 km
Climatevaries with terrain, from tropical along coast to semiarid and hot in north
Terraindiverse, with coastal plain in southwest, dissected plateau in center, mountains in west, plains in north
Lowest PointAtlantic Ocean 0 m
Highest Point Fako on Mont Cameroun 4,045 m

Sources

  1. The World Bank Date Accessed: 9/11/2023
  2. U.S. Energy Information Administration
  3. CIA World Factbook Date Accessed: 5/9/2020