The 2000 CIA World Factbook, page 259 by US CIA
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p>Population growth rate: 2.47% (2000 est.)
Birth rate: 36.6 births/1,000 population (2000 est.)
Death rate: 11.89 deaths/1,000 population (2000 est.)
Net migration rate: NA migrant(s)/1,000 population
Sex ratio: at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.02 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.01 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.86 male(s)/female total population: 1.01 male(s)/female (2000 est.)
Infant mortality rate: 70.87 deaths/1,000 live births (2000 est.)
Life expectancy at birth: total population: 54.82 years male: 54.01 years female: 55.64 years (2000 est.)
Total fertility rate: 4.88 children born/woman (2000 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 40%, Christian 40%, Muslim 20%
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.)
@Cameroon:Government
Country name: conventional long form: Republic of Cameroon conventional short form: Cameroon former: French Cameroon
Data code: CM
Government type: unitary republic; multiparty presidential regime (opposition parties legalized in 1990) note: preponderance of power remains with the president
Capital: Yaounde
Administrative divisions: 10 provinces; Adamaoua, Centre, Est, Extreme-Nord, Littoral, Nord, Nord-Ouest, Ouest, Sud, Sud-Ouest
Independence: 1 January 1960 (from UN trusteeship under French administration), 1 October 1961 (for areas ruled by Britain under UN trusteeship)
National holiday: National Day, 20 May (1972)
Constitution: 20 May 1972 approved by referendum; 2 June 1972 formally adopted
Legal system: based on French civil law sys