Country profile · CMR
Cameroon
Region · Sub-Saharan Africa Population · 28.4M people
These estimates describe populations, not individual outcomes. Select a country or region to see more of the measures used in the simulation.
Health and education
- Death before age 1
- 4.1%
- Maternal deaths per 100,000 births
- 438 / 100,000
- Children per woman
- 4.32
- Expected years of schooling
- 10.8 years
- Tertiary enrollment
- 16%
- Smoking prevalence (men / women)
- 12% / 2%
Income and daily life
- Income inequality (Gini)
- 0.42
- Urban population
- 55%
- Employment in agriculture
- 43%
- Internet use
- 42%
- Adult HIV prevalence
- 2.95%
- Homicides per 100,000 people
- 6.8 / 100k
- Road deaths per 100,000 people
- 20.0 / 100k
- Out-of-pocket health spending
- 71%
- Women married before age 18
- 30%
- Life satisfaction (out of 10)
- 4.87
Religion
- Christianity68%
- Islam20%
- Folk and traditional beliefs12%
Major cities
- Douala
- Yaoundé
- Garoua
Common hazards
- Floods
Common migration destinations
- France
- the United States