Cameroon

LOCATION: Western Africa, bordering the Bight of Biafra, between Equatorial Guinea and Nigeria

AREA: 475,440 sq km

CAPITAL: Yaounde

POPULATION:18,879,301

BIRTH RATE: 34.1/ 1,000

DEATH RATE: 12.2 / 1,000

LIFE EXPECTANCY: 53.69 years

RELIGION: indigenous beliefs 40%, Christian 40%, Muslim 20%

LANGUAGES:24 Major African language groups, English, French

LITERACY RATE: age 15 and above can read and write (Male:77%) (Female:59.8%)