People (Cameroon)
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     Population:
         12,658,439 (July 1992), growth rate 3.3% (1992)
     Birth rate:
         44 births/1,000 population (1992)
     Death rate:
         11 deaths/1,000 population (1992)
     Net migration rate:
         0 migrants/1,000 population (1992)
     Infant mortality rate:
         81 deaths/1,000 live births (1992)
     Life expectancy at birth:
         55 years male, 60 years female (1992)
     Total fertility rate:
         6.4 children born/woman (1992)
     Nationality:
         noun - Cameroonian(s); adjective - Cameroonian
     Ethnic divisions:
         over 200 tribes of widely differing background; 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:
         English and French (official), 24 major African language groups
     Literacy:
         54% (male 66%, female 43%) age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
     Labor force:
         NA; agriculture 74.4%, industry and transport 11.4%, other services 14.2%
         (1983); 50% of population of working age (15-64 years) (1985)
     Organized labor:
         under 45% of wage labor force