Cameroon—PeopleCIA FactbookThe World Factbook 1994: CameroonPeoplePopulation: 13,132,191 (July 1994 est.)
Population growth rate: 2.91% (1994 est.)
Birth rate: 40.53 births/1,000 population (1994 est.)
Death rate: 11.41 deaths/1,000 population (1994 est.)
Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1994 est.)
Infant mortality rate: 77.1 deaths/1,000 live births (1994 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:• total population: 57.07 years
• male: 55.03 years
• female: 59.17 years (1994 est.)
Total fertility rate: 5.84 children born/woman (1994 est.)
Nationality:• noun: Cameroonian(s)
• adjective: Cameroonian
Ethnic divisions: 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: age 15 and over can read and write (1990)
• total population: 55%
• male: 66%
• female: 45%
Labor force: NA
• by occupation: agriculture 74.4%, industry and transport 11.4%, other services 14.2% (1983)
• note: 50% of population of working age (15-64 years) (1985)