Area: 475.567 Km²
Population: 15.803.000 (2001 est.)
Density: 33 pop/Km²

System of government: Presidential Republic
Capital: Yaoundé (710.000 pop., 1.119.000 urban aggl.)
Major cities: Douala 850.000 pop. (1.320.000 urban aggl.)
Ethnic majority: Bantu 40%, Equatorial Bantu 20%, others 40%
Border countries: Nigeria NORTH-WEST, Chad and Central African Republic EAST, Republic of the Congo, Gabon and Equatorial Guinea SOUTH

Principal mountains: Mount Cameroun 4070 m
Principal rivers: Sanaga 1000 Km
Principal lakes: Lake Chad 1500 Km² (Cameroonian part, total 16.300 Km²)
Principal islands: -
Climate: Equatorial - tropical

Language: French, English (officials), Ethnic dialects
Religion: Indigenous Beliefs 51%, Christian 33%, Muslim 16%
Currency: Communaute Financiere Africaine Franc (XAF)