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Cameroon

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Capital
Yaoundé
Currency
Central African CFA franc
Continent
Africa
Area
475,442 km²
Country information: Wikidata · Q1009 ↗ · Official languages: English, French
AT A GLANCE

The essential numbers

Latest available · Reference years vary
Population ↗
29.88M · 2025
people
World Bank · SP.POP.TOTL
GDP ↗
58.93B · 2025
current US$
World Bank · NY.GDP.MKTP.CD
GDP per capita ↗
1,972.38 · 2025
current US$ / person
World Bank · NY.GDP.PCAP.CD
Inflation ↗
3.4 · 2025
%
World Bank · FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG
Unemployment ↗
3.6 · 2025
% of labor force
World Bank · SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS
Fertility rate ↗
4.26 · 2024
births / woman
World Bank · SP.DYN.TFRT.IN
Life expectancy ↗
63.97 · 2024
years
World Bank · SP.DYN.LE00.IN
LOOKING BACK

Change over time

Population

All countries ↗
people · 2006–2025
2025Cameroon: 29.88M
Cameroon · Population16.32M20.02M23.71M27.41M31.11M2006201220192025
Source: World Bank · SP.POP.TOTLGaps indicate missing observations.
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Cameroon · Population · people
YearCameroon
202529,879,337
202429,123,744
202328,372,687
202227,632,771
202126,915,758
202026,210,558
201925,506,095
201824,806,383
201724,128,601
201623,454,161
201522,763,414
201422,059,893
201321,402,376
201220,809,529
201120,232,304
201019,668,066
200919,113,974
200818,574,056
200718,049,896
200617,550,407

GDP

All countries ↗
current US$ · 2006–2025
2025Cameroon: 58.93B
Cameroon · GDP17.11B28.52B39.92B51.33B62.74B2006201220192025
Source: World Bank · NY.GDP.MKTP.CDGaps indicate missing observations.
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Cameroon · GDP · current US$
YearCameroon
202558,933,453,923.76
202453,296,694,320.21
202348,814,501,547.43
202244,347,206,072.55
202145,011,937,346.84
202040,773,241,177.05
201939,667,757,527.66
201839,955,552,189.8
201736,098,547,033.17
201633,814,337,044.38
201532,210,233,020.46
201436,386,544,706.08
201333,728,621,180.32
201230,155,062,329.28
201130,630,910,495.22
201027,507,501,821.03
200927,932,970,317.13
200827,715,142,032.91
200723,928,250,433.04
200620,910,512,974.93

GDP per capita

All countries ↗
current US$ / person · 2006–2025
2025Cameroon: 1,972.38
Cameroon · GDP per capita1,113.361,347.641,581.921,816.22,050.472006201220192025
Source: World Bank · NY.GDP.PCAP.CDGaps indicate missing observations.
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Cameroon · GDP per capita · current US$ / person
YearCameroon
20251,972.38
20241,830.01
20231,720.48
20221,604.88
20211,672.33
20201,555.6
20191,555.23
20181,610.7
20171,496.09
20161,441.72
20151,415
20141,649.44
20131,575.93
20121,449.1
20111,513.96
20101,398.59
20091,461.39
20081,492.14
20071,325.67
20061,191.45

Inflation

All countries ↗
% · 2006–2025
2025Cameroon: 3.4
Cameroon · Inflation-0.031.994.016.038.062006201220192025
Source: World Bank · FP.CPI.TOTL.ZGGaps indicate missing observations.
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Cameroon · Inflation · %
YearCameroon
20253.4
20244.53
20237.38
20226.25
20212.27
20202.44
20192.45
20181.07
20170.64
20160.87
20152.68
20141.85
20132.05
20122.74
20112.94
20101.28
20093.04
20085.34
20070.92
20065.12

Unemployment

All countries ↗
% of labor force · 2006–2025
2025Cameroon: 3.6
Cameroon · Unemployment2.963.273.593.94.212006201220192025
Source: World Bank · SL.UEM.TOTL.ZSGaps indicate missing observations.
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Cameroon · Unemployment · % of labor force
YearCameroon
20253.6
20243.6
20233.61
20223.65
20213.98
20203.88
20193.63
20183.61
20173.57
20163.53
20153.52
20143.53
20133.69
20123.84
20113.99
20104.11
20093.74
20083.39
20073.06
20063.73

Fertility rate

All countries ↗
births / woman · 2006–2025
2025Cameroon: —
Cameroon · Fertility rate4.154.484.815.155.482006201220192025
Source: World Bank · SP.DYN.TFRT.INGaps indicate missing observations.
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Cameroon · Fertility rate · births / woman
YearCameroon
2025No data available
20244.26
20234.32
20224.4
20214.47
20204.56
20194.65
20184.74
20174.8
20164.84
20154.84
20144.84
20134.91
20124.98
20115.05
20105.15
20095.24
20085.29
20075.34
20065.37

Life expectancy

All countries ↗
years · 2006–2025
2025Cameroon: —
Cameroon · Life expectancy54.4357.0359.6362.2364.832006201220192025
Source: World Bank · SP.DYN.LE00.INGaps indicate missing observations.
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Cameroon · Life expectancy · years
YearCameroon
2025No data available
202463.97
202363.7
202262.44
202161.15
202061.67
201961.7
201861.19
201760.82
201660.29
201559.69
201459.13
201358.73
201258.17
201157.48
201056.97
200956.49
200856.12
200755.71
200655.3
Source: World Bank ↗Snapshot · Sep 21, 2026Methodology ↗

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