General info

Entity:
Cameroon
Capital:
Yaounde
Population (2009-07-01):
18,879,301 (CIA)
Area:
475,440 sq.km.
Country code:
cm
Region:
Middle Africa

Census Results

1976-04-09 : 7,131,833
1987-04-10 : 10,493,655

Cameroon

Administrative units

région capital area (sq.km.) population
1987-04-10
census		 population
2007
projection
source: National Institute of Statistics, Cameroon.
Adamaoua Ngaoundéré 63,701 495,185 859,032
Centre Yaoundé 68,953 1,651,600 2,969,261
Est Bertoua 109,002 517,198 896,381
Extrême-Nord Maroua 34,263 1,855,695 3,230,706
Littoral Douala 20,248 1,352,833 2,614,444
Nord Garoua 66,090 832,165 1,456,618
Nord-Ouest Bamenda 17,300 1,237,348 2,184,928
Ouest Bafoussam 13,892 1,339,791 2,353,000
Sud Ebolowa 47,191 373,798 634,937
Sud-Ouest Buéa 25,410 838,042 1,475,293
total   466,050 10,493,655 18,674,600

Main cities

name population
1987-04-10
census		 population
1998-07-01
estimate		 population
2001-xx-xx
estimate
Douala 801,700 1,382,900 1,494,700
Yaoundé 649,000 1,293,000 1,248,200
Garoua 142,000 293,081 356,900
Bamenda 110,000 252,083 316,100
Maroua 123,000 225,469 271,700
Bafoussam 113,000 205,620 242,000
Ngaoundéré 78,000 156,804 189,800
Bertoua 44,000 129,067 173,000
Loum 55,600 115,781 141,400
Kumba 70,000 110,860 125,600
Edéa 50,700 101,200 122,300
Kumbo 33,400 .. 116,500
Foumban 57,400 .. 113,100
Nkongsamba 86,000 .. 110,600
Mbouda 35,800 .. 101,100
Kousséri .. 233,280 ..
source: National Institute of Statistics, Cameroon.