| Tours | Unesco WHS | Guidebooks |
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| groups tours with set departures |
World Heritage Sites | country, regions and cities |
| Time zone: | GMT +1 (West Africa time) | Daylight savings: None |
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| Main languages: | English, French | Other languages: Ewondo, Fulfulde |
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| Currency: |
Cooperation Financiere en Afrique Centrale francs (XAF) €1 = CFA0.00, $1 = CFA587, £1 = CFA781 (rates as of Sep 2016) |
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| Internet Domain: | .cm | International Dialling Code: 237 |
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For help planning your trip to Cameroon including visas, vaccinations, currency exchange, flights, accomodation and insurance, see our Cameroon trip planning page.
Further information on Cameroon
Discover more about Cameroon - the country's geogrpahy and natural features, an assessment of its status on freedom and rights and data on the country's population and economy.
Geography & Natural Features
Total area: 475,440 sq km (6,000 sq km under water)
Coastline: 402 km (Gulf of Guinea)
Neighbours (border lengths): Central African Republic (797km), Chad (1,094km), Congo-Brazzaville (523km), Equatorial Guinea (189km), Gabon (298km), Nigeria (1,690km)
Climate: Diverse landscape and climate ranging from tropical along coast to semi-arid and hot in the north.
Highest mountain: Fako on Mount Cameroon (4,095m)
Freedom & Rights
Summary status and rankings for Cameroon from classifications of different organisations measuring political and economic freedom, democracy and civil rights. See more details of these rankings.
| Index | Status | Rank | |
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 | Freedom in the World | Not Free | - |
 | Democracy Index | Authoritarian regime | 130/167 |
 | Economic Freedom | Mostly Unfree | 146/179 |
 | Press Freedom | Difficult situation | 131/179 |
 | ILGA LGBT rights | No rights | - |
 | Corruption Perceptions | High corruption | 136/174 |
| Overall Ranking: | 171/195 | ||
Other Data & Links
Full name: Republic of Cameroon Status: Independent Country
Population: 23,130,708 (rank: 53/196) Density: 48.6 people/sq km (rank: 130/196)
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 40%, Christian 40%, Muslim 20%
GDP (PPP): $53.16 billion GDP per capita: $2,400 (rank: 156/195)
Information derived from the CIA World Factbook. Other country profiles: BBC News.