Population Size/Changes: 6
2009: 19,522,000
2007: 18,660,000
1987: 10,493,655

Literacy Rates (2007): 79% 9
Men: 84.7% Women: 73.4% 9

Demographic Breakdowns (2007):
Total Population (2009): 19,522,000 6
Male: 50.2 % Female: 49.8% 5
Age Distribution: 5
0-14 (42.0%)
15-64 (54.8%)
65 + (3.2%)

Birth Rate 2005 (per 1,000): 37.8 6
Death Rate 2005 (per 1,000): 14.5 6

Media Access/Use:
Telephones: 2006 130,000 6
Mobile Cellular Subscribers 2007 4,536,000 6
Internet Users 2006 ('000): 370 6
Internet Users per 1,00 people (2007):4 5
Personal Computers ('000 2007): 90 5
Radio Receivers (2003): 2.27 million 4

Ethnic/Religous Compositions: 9
Cameroon Highlanders: 31%
Equatorial Bantu: 19%
Kirdi: 11%
Fulani: 10%
Northwestern Bantu: 8%
Eastern Nigritic: 7%
Other African: 13%
non-African: less than 1%

Agricultural/Industrial Products: 5
Agriculture's share (GDP): 42.6%
Average annual rate of Growth (1999-2003): 6%
Farms with Irrigation: 0.5%
Cropland as % of farmland: 12.8%

Livestock:
Cattle: 5,950,000
Sheep: 3,800,000
Hogs: 1,350,000
Chickens: 31,000,000

Fisheries (Total Catch): 120,000 tons

Health Issues/Challenges:
Number of Physicians: 1,019 5
Number of Dentists: 55 5
Number of Nurses: 5,052 5
Infant Mortality Rate (per 1,000 live births): 69.18 5
Maternity Mortality Rate (per 100,000 live births): 730 5
HIV Infected Adults: 6.9% 5
Undernourished % of population: 25.5% 5

United Nations: 10
Human Development Ranking: #153

External Debt:
$2.929 billion (2009) 9

Average Household Income: 9
By % Share:
Lowest 10%: 2.3%
Highest 10%: 35.4%