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Cameroon

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  • Cameroon has a population of about 29.9M; its total GDP of $58.9B ranks #91 of 168 countries with data.
  • Its surface area of 462,327 km² is about 2.4× the world median of 190,157 km².
  • Poverty rate ($2.15/day) stands out most against the median: 26.7% — rank #36 of 153 countries with data.

Cameroon: all 46 metrics vs the world median

Metric Value Rank vs median
Population & land
Population 29.9M (2025) #51 / 169 median 11.5M · 2.6×
Population growth 2.6% (2025) #22 / 169 median 1.1% · 2.3×
Urban population share 55.7% (2025) #111 / 169 median 63.8% · 87%
Population aged 65+ 2.8% (2025) #152 / 169 median 7.4% · 38%
Fertility rate 4.3 (2024) #17 / 169 median 2.1 · 2.0×
Birth rate 33.3‰ (2024) #15 / 169 median 16.0‰ · 2.1×
Death rate 7.0‰ (2024) #87 / 169 median 7.1‰ · 99%
Net migration -15.4K (2025) #119 / 169 N/A
Surface area 462,327 km² #56 / 176 median 190,157 km² · 2.4×
Population density derived 64.6/km² (2025) #95 / 169 median 73.2/km² · 88%
Economy
GDP (total) $58.9B (2025) #91 / 168 median $80.7B · 73%
GDP per capita $1,972 (2025) #131 / 168 median $6,834 · 29%
GNI per capita $1,860 (2025) #132 / 168 median $6,350 · 29%
GDP growth (annual) 3.2% (2025) #80 / 168 median 3.1% · 1.0×
Inflation rate 3.4% (2025) #77 / 162 median 3.3% · 1.0×
Unemployment rate 3.6% (2025) #114 / 168 median 5.1% · 70%
Gini index 42.2 (2021) #31 / 153 median 35.3 · 1.2×
Poverty rate ($2.15/day) 26.7% (2021) #36 / 153 median 2.5% · 11×
Trade & industry
Exports share of GDP 13.1% (2025) #149 / 163 median 35.0% · 37%
Imports share of GDP 20.3% (2025) #145 / 163 median 40.2% · 50%
Agriculture share of GDP 16.8% (2025) #40 / 168 median 7.2% · 2.3×
Manufacturing share of GDP 14.6% (2025) #44 / 165 median 11.2% · 1.3×
International tourist arrivals 1M (2019) #87 / 162 median 1.1M · 90%
Tourism receipts $437M (2020) #96 / 165 median $705M · 62%
Health & education
Life expectancy 64.0 years (2024) #147 / 169 median 73.8 years · 87%
Infant mortality 40.2‰ (2024) #26 / 166 median 13.1‰ · 3.1×
Under-five mortality 64.8‰ (2024) #16 / 166 median 15.8‰ · 4.1×
DPT immunization 77.0% (2024) #128 / 166 median 90.5% · 85%
Hospital beds 2.7 per 1,000 (2016) #63 / 167 median 2.0 per 1,000 · 1.3×
Health spending share of GDP 4.6% (2023) #114 / 165 median 6.5% · 70%
Secondary school enrollment 44.8% (2023) #142 / 167 median 90.5% · 50%
Education spending share of GDP 2.8% (2023) #131 / 165 median 4.1% · 69%
Society & living
Human Development Index 0.588 (2023) #127 / 165 median 0.754 · 78%
Internet users 46.3% (2024) #128 / 169 median 81.5% · 57%
Mobile subscriptions 108.2 per 100 (2024) #103 / 169 median 116.4 per 100 · 93%
Fixed broadband 2.1 per 100 (2022) #121 / 168 median 12.1 per 100 · 18%
Electricity access 72.0% (2024) #130 / 169 median 99.9% · 72%
Environment & security
CO₂ emissions per capita 0.4 t (2024) #140 / 165 median 2.6 t · 13%
CO₂ emissions (total) derived 10.3 Mt (2024) #106 / 165 median 21.3 Mt · 48%
Renewable electricity share 61.9% (2021) #52 / 169 median 34.1% · 1.8×
Renewable energy consumption 79.2% (2021) #19 / 169 median 26.9% · 2.9×
Forest area 42.7% (2023) #54 / 169 median 32.4% · 1.3×
Agricultural land 20.9% (2023) #128 / 169 median 41.7% · 50%
Arable land 13.1% (2023) #71 / 168 median 11.0% · 1.2×
PM2.5 exposure 55.6 µg/m³ (2023) #9 / 168 median 19.8 µg/m³ · 2.8×
Military spending 1.0% (2024) #113 / 157 median 1.8% · 56%

Ranks are value-descending and count only the countries that have data for that metric (#1 = highest value); N/A rows occupy no rank.

The median is the unweighted middle value across the countries with data (gold tick) — not a world average. Bars grow with the value: reaching the tick means matching the median, and a full bar means twice the median or more. The median value and this country's multiple are noted under each bar.

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Cameroon's border outline from Natural Earth 1:110m boundaries — total surface area 462,327 km².

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Indicators: World Bank Open Data, 43 indicators — CC BY 4.0 © World Bank — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/; Human Development Index — CC BY 3.0 IGO © United Nations Development Programme — https://hdr.undp.org/terms-use

Boundaries: Natural Earth 1:110m (public domain); surface areas are computed with an equal-area spherical formula (Chamberlin–Duquette).

Reference facts (capital, languages, currencies, subregion): mledoze/countries (ODbL).