- National name République du Cameroun/Republic of Cameroon
- Area 475,440 sq km/183,567 sq mi
- Capital Yaoundé
- Currency franc CFA
- Population 16,564,000 (2005 est)
- Language French, English (both official; often spoken in pidgin), Sudanic languages (in the north), Bantu languages (elsewhere); there has been some discontent with the emphasis on French there are 163 indigenous peoples with their own African languages
- Religion animist 50%, Christian 33%, Muslim 16%
- Time difference GMT +1
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