Cameroon People - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Population: 10,009.000 (July 1986), average annual growth rate 2.8%

Nationality noun—Cameroonian(s); adjective—Cameroonian

Ethnic divisions: over 200 tribes of widely differing background; 31% Cameroon Highlanders, 19% Equatorial Bantu, 11% Kirdi, 10% Fulani, 8% Northwestern Bantu, 7% Eastern Nigritic, 13% other African, less than 1% non-African

Relipion: 51% indigenous beliefs, 33% Christian, 16% Muslim

Language: English and French (official), 24 major African language groups

Infant mortality rate: 113/1,000(1985)

Life expectancy: 47

Literacy 65%

Labor force: (1983) 74.4% agriculture, 11.4% industry and transport, 9.7% other services

Organized labor: under 45% of wage labor force

NOTE: The information regarding Cameroon on this page is re-published from the 1986 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Cameroon 1986 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Cameroon 1986 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.