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Cameroon — statistics

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319 indicators Region: Sub-Saharan Africa Subregion: Middle Africa Income group: Lower middle income ISO: CMR
Indicator Value Year Source
Population people 29.88M 2025 UN DESA
Life expectancy at birth years 64 2024 UN DESA
Total fertility rate births 4.26 2024 UN DESA
Crude birth rate per 1,000 33.3 2024 UN DESA
Crude death rate per 1,000 7 2024 UN DESA
Population growth % 2.56 2025 UN DESA
Urban population share % 55.7 2025 UN DESA
Urban population people 16.63M 2025 UN DESA
Rural population share % 44.3 2025 UN DESA
Population density per km² 60 2023 World Bank
Share of population aged 65 and over % 2.8 2025 UN DESA
Share of population under 15 % 41.1 2025 UN DESA
Age dependency ratio per 100 78.4 2025 UN DESA
Net migration people -15,379 2025 UN DESA
Share of women in the population % 50.17 2025 UN DESA
Male population people 14.89M 2025 UN DESA
Female population people 14.99M 2025 UN DESA
Children under 15 people 12.29M 2025 UN DESA
Population aged 15–64 people 16.75M 2025 UN DESA
Population aged 65 and over people 841,877 2025 UN DESA
Male life expectancy years 61.78 2024 UN DESA
Female life expectancy years 66.23 2024 UN DESA
Adolescent fertility rate per 1,000 105.4 2024 UN DESA
Contraceptive use % 19.3 2018 UN DESA
Rural population people 13.25M 2025 UN DESA
Indicator Value Year Source
Number of immigrants people 642,948 2024 UN DESA
Share of immigrants in the population % 2.2 2024 UN DESA
Refugees by country of asylum people 427,706 2024 UNHCR
Refugees by country of origin people 109,864 2024 UNHCR
Refugees per 100,000 people per 100k 1,468.6 2024 UNHCR
Asylum seekers per 100,000 people per 100k 55.1 2024 UNHCR
Indicator Value Year Source
Tuberculosis incidence per 100k 132 2024 WHO
HIV prevalence % 2.5 2024 WHO
People living with HIV people 510,000 2024 WHO
New HIV infections per 1,000 0.7 2024 WHO
HIV-related deaths people 9,400 2024 WHO
Tuberculosis cases people 38,000 2024 WHO
Tuberculosis deaths people 5,000 2024 WHO
Malaria deaths people 11,702 2024 WHO
Malaria death rate per 100k 47 2021 WHO
Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases % 24.3 2021 WHO
Indicator Value Year Source
Infant mortality rate per 1,000 40.2 2024 WHO
Under-five mortality rate per 1,000 64.8 2024 WHO
Maternal mortality ratio per 100k 258 2023 WHO
Suicide mortality rate per 100k 8.5 2021 WHO
Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases % 35.7 2021 WHO
Share of deaths from infections % 54.5 2021 WHO
Share of deaths from injuries % 7.6 2021 WHO
Road traffic death rate per 100k 30.2 2019 WHO
Road traffic deaths people 2,870 2021 WHO
Air pollution death rate per 100k 206.7 2019 WHO
Death rate from unsafe water and sanitation per 100k 47.3 2019 WHO
Poisoning death rate per 100k 1.07 2021 WHO
Healthy life expectancy years 54 2021 WHO
Adult mortality rate, male per 1,000 272.1 2024 UN DESA
Adult mortality rate, female per 1,000 192.8 2024 UN DESA
Indicator Value Year Source
GDP US$ 58.93B 2025 World Bank
GDP per capita US$ 1,972 2025 World Bank
GDP growth % 3.2 2025 World Bank
GDP at purchasing power parity int$ 173B 2025 World Bank
GDP per capita at PPP int$ 5,788 2025 World Bank
GNI per capita US$ 1,860 2025 World Bank
Consumer price inflation % 3.4 2025 World Bank
GDP deflator % 2.83 2025 World Bank
Industry share of GDP % 24.8 2025 World Bank
Manufacturing share of GDP % 14.6 2025 World Bank
Agriculture share of GDP % 16.8 2025 World Bank
Services share of GDP % 50.4 2025 World Bank
Household consumption (% of GDP) % 75.8 2025 World Bank
Government consumption (% of GDP) % 11.1 2025 World Bank
Gross capital formation (% of GDP) % 19.3 2025 World Bank
GDP (IMF) bn US$ 92.4 2031 IMF
Real GDP growth (IMF) % 4.6 2031 IMF
GDP per capita at PPP (IMF) int$ 7,161 2031 IMF
Inflation, average consumer prices (IMF) % 2.8 2031 IMF
GDP in constant prices US$ 2015 44.5B 2025 World Bank
GDP per capita in constant prices US$ 2015 1,489 2025 World Bank
GDP per capita growth % 0.59 2025 World Bank
Share of world GDP % 0.087 2031 IMF
Gross national income US$ 58.01B 2025 World Bank
Industry value added US$ 14.6B 2025 World Bank
Manufacturing value added US$ 8.59B 2025 World Bank
Agriculture value added US$ 9.93B 2025 World Bank
Services value added US$ 29.68B 2025 World Bank
Household consumption US$ 44.68B 2025 World Bank
Government consumption in US dollars US$ 6.57B 2025 World Bank
Gross capital formation in US dollars US$ 11.4B 2025 World Bank
Gross national savings % 15.5 2024 World Bank
Consumer price index index 153.29 2025 World Bank
End-of-period inflation % 2.7 2031 IMF
GDP per capita (IMF) US$ 2,667 2031 IMF
GNI at purchasing power parity int$ 170B 2025 World Bank
PPP conversion factor per int$ 198.309 2025 World Bank
Indicator Value Year Source
Government debt % 31.9 2031 IMF
Tax revenue (% of GDP) % 11.34 2021 World Bank
Government revenue % 13.74 2021 World Bank
Government expense % 12.42 2021 World Bank
Budget balance % -1.2 2031 IMF
External debt US$ 15.77B 2024 World Bank
Indicator Value Year Source
Foreign direct investment inflows US$ 888M 2024 UNCTAD
Foreign direct investment outflows US$ 63.42M 2024 UNCTAD
FDI inflows (% of GDP) % 1.67 2024 UNCTAD
Indicator Value Year Source
Cereal production t 3.85M 2024 FAO
Cereal yield kg/ha 1,770 2024 FAO
Food production index index 107.8 2022 FAO
Livestock production index index 110.5 2022 FAO
Agricultural land share % 20.94 2023 FAO
Arable land share % 13.12 2023 FAO
Arable land per capita ha/person 0.2185 2023 FAO
Fertilizer use kg/ha 16.4 2023 FAO
Agricultural land km² 98,969 2023 FAO
Arable land ha 6.2M 2023 FAO
Land under cereal production ha 2.17M 2024 FAO
Crop production index index 108.5 2022 FAO
Indicator Value Year Source
Renewables share of final energy consumption % 79.2 2021 World Bank
Primary energy consumption quad Btu 0.12 2024 EIA
Energy consumption per capita MMBtu 4.1 2024 EIA
Primary energy production quad Btu 0.246 2024 EIA
Coal production Mtoe 0 2024 EIA
Natural gas production bn m³ 2.52 2024 EIA
Oil production kb/d 59.2 2025 EIA
Indicator Value Year Source
Air passengers carried people 331,025 2023 World Bank
Aircraft departures departures 6,200 2023 World Bank
Air freight traffic M t-km 0 2023 World Bank
Container port traffic TEU 350,000 2024 UNCTAD
Rail lines km 884 2021 World Bank
Rail passenger traffic M pax-km 225 2020 World Bank
Rail freight traffic M t-km 874 2021 World Bank
Logistics performance index score 2.1 2022 World Bank
Indicator Value Year Source
Internet users % 46.26 2024 ITU
Mobile cellular subscriptions per 100 108.2 2024 ITU
Fixed broadband internet per 100 2.13 2022 ITU
Fixed telephone lines per 100 0.23 2024 ITU
Secure internet servers per 1M 25 2024 World Bank
ICT service exports % 10.48 2024 UNCTAD
ICT service exports, US$ US$ 189M 2024 World Bank
Number of mobile subscriptions subs 31.52M 2024 ITU
Number of fixed broadband subscriptions subs 588,198 2022 ITU
Indicator Value Year Source
Human development index index 0.588 2023 UNDP
Gender development index ratio 0.898 2023 UNDP
Gender inequality index index 0.558 2023 UNDP
Corruption perceptions index score 26 2024 Transparency Intl
Human capital index index 0.4 2020 World Bank

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Middle Africa