Infant mortality rate: 77.6 deaths/1,000 live births (1997 est.)
Life expectancy at birth: total population: 52.27 years male: 51.22 years female: 53.35 years (1997 est.)
Total fertility rate: 5.93 children born/woman (1997 est.)
Nationality: noun: Cameroonian(s) adjective: Cameroonian
Ethnic groups: Cameroon Highlanders 31%, Equatorial Bantu 19%, Kirdi 11%, Fulani 10%, Northwestern Bantu 8%, Eastern Nigritic 7%, other African 13%, non-African less than 1%
Religions: indigenous beliefs 51%, Christian 33%, Muslim 16%
Languages: 24 major African language groups, English (official),
French (official)
Literacy: definition : age 15 and over can read and write total population: 63.4% male: 75% female: 52.1% (1995 est.)
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Country name: conventional long form: Republic of Cameroon conventional short form: Cameroon former: French Cameroon