Key facts
Capital: Yaounde
Location: Central Africa, bordering the Bight of Biafra, between Equatorial Guinea and Nigeria
Government: Republic of Cameroon
Currency: Cooperation Financiere en Afrique Centrale francs (XAF)
Area: 475,440 sq km
Population: 28,524,175 (July 2021 est.)
Languages: 24 major African language groups, English (official), French (official)
Religion: Roman Catholic 38.3%, Protestant 25.5%, other Christian 6.9%, Muslim 24.4%, animist 2.2%, other 0.5%, none 2.2% (2018 est.)
TimeZone: UTC+1
Tel Code: +237
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