General info

Entity:
Cameroon
Capital:
Yaounde
Population (2008-07-01):
18,467,692 (CIA)
Area:
475,440 sq.km.
Country code:
cm
Region:
Middle Africa

Cameroon

Administrative units

province capital area (sq.km.) population
1987-04-10
census		 population
2001-xx-xx
projection
source: National Institute of Statistics, Cameroon.
Adamaoua Ngaoundéré 63,701 495,185 723,626
Centre Yaoundé 68,953 1,651,600 2,501,229
Est Bertoua 109,002 517,198 755,088
Extrême-Nord Maroua 34,263 1,855,695 2,721,463
Littoral Douala 20,248 1,352,833 2,202,340
Nord Garoua 66,090 832,165 1,227,018
Nord-Ouest Bamenda 17,300 1,237,348 1,840,527
Ouest Bafoussam 13,892 1,339,791 1,982,106
Sud Ebolowa 47,191 373,798 534,854
Sud-Ouest Buéa 25,410 838,042 1,242,749
total   466,050 10,493,655 15,731,000

Main cities

name population
1987-04-10
census		 population
2001-xx-xx
estimate
Douala 801,700 1,494,700
Yaoundé 649,000 1,248,200
Garoua 142,000 356,900
Bamenda 110,000 316,100
Maroua 123,000 271,700
Bafoussam 113,000 242,000
Ngaoundéré 78,000 189,800
Bertoua 44,000 173,000
Loum 55,600 141,400
Kumba 70,000 125,600
Edéa 50,700 122,300
Kumbo 33,400 116,500
Foumban 57,400 113,100
Nkongsamba 86,000 110,600
Mbouda 35,800 101,100
source: National Institute of Statistics, Cameroon.