The 2010 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

years and over: 0.85 male(s)/female

      total population: 1.01 male(s)/female (2010 est.)

      Infant mortality rate:

      total: 62.15 deaths/1,000 live births country comparison to the world: 32 male: 66.8 deaths/1,000 live births

      female: 57.36 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

      Life expectancy at birth:

      total population: 54.04 years country comparison to the world: 202 male: 53.21 years

      female: 54.9 years (2010 est.)

      Total fertility rate:

      4.25 children born/woman (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 41

      HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:

      5.1% (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 15

      HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:

      540,000 (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 19

      HIV/AIDS - deaths:

      39,000 (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 14

      Major infectious diseases:

      degree of risk: very high

      food or waterborne diseases: bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A and E, and typhoid fever

      vectorborne diseases: malaria and yellow fever

      water contact disease: schistosomiasis

      respiratory disease: meningococcal meningitis

      animal contact disease: rabies (2009)

      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: 67.9%

      male: 77%

      female: 59.8% (2001 est.)

      School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):

      total: 10 years

      male: 11 years

      female: 9 years (2008)

      Education expenditures:

      2.9% of GDP (2008) country comparison to the world: 150

      Government ::Cameroon

      Country name:

      conventional long form: Republic of Cameroon

      conventional short form: Cameroon

      local long form: Republique du Cameroun/Republic of Cameroon

      local short form: Cameroun/Cameroon

      former: French Cameroon, British Cameroon, Federal Republic of Cameroon, United Republic of Cameroon

      Government type:

      republic; multiparty presidential regime

      Capital:

      name: Yaounde

      geographic coordinates: 3 52 N, 11 31 E

      time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

      Administrative divisions:

      10 regions (regions, singular - region); Adamaoua, Centre, Est, Extreme-Nord, Littoral, Nord, North-West (Nord-Ouest), Ouest, Sud, South-West (Sud-Ouest)

      Independence:

      1 January 1960 (from French-administered UN trusteeship)

      National holiday:

      Republic Day (National Day), 20 May (1972)

      Constitution:

      approved by referendum 20 May 1972; adopted 2 June 1972; revised January 1996

      Legal system:

      based on French civil law system with common law influence; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

      Suffrage:

      20 years of age; universal

      Executive branch:

      chief of state: President Paul BIYA (since 6 November 1982)

      head of government: Prime Minister Philemon YANG (since 30 June 2009)

      cabinet: Cabinet appointed by the president from proposals submitted by the prime minister (For more information visit the World Leaders website ) elections: president elected by popular vote for a seven-year term (eligible for a second term); election last held on 11 October 2004 (next to be held by October 2011); prime minister appointed by the president

      election results: President Paul BIYA reelected; percent of vote - Paul BIYA 70.9%, John FRU NDI 17.4%, Adamou Ndam NJOYA 4.5%, Garga Haman ADJI 3.7%

      Legislative branch:

      unicameral National Assembly or Assemblee Nationale (180 seats; members are elected by direct popular vote to serve five-year terms); note - the president can either lengthen or shorten the term of the legislature

      elections: last held on 22 July 2007 (next to be held in 2012)

      election results: percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - CPDM 140, SDF 14, UDC 4, UNDP 4, MP 1, vacant 17

      note: the constitution calls for an upper chamber for the legislature, to be called a Senate, but it has yet to be established

      Judicial branch:

      Supreme Court (judges are appointed by the president); High Court of Justice (consists of nine judges and six substitute judges; elected by the National Assembly)

      Political parties and leaders:

      Cameroon People's Democratic Movement or CPDM [Paul BIYA];

       Cameroonian Democratic Union or UDC [Adamou Ndam NJOYA]; Movement

       for the Defense of the Republic or MDR [Dakole DAISSALA]; Movement

       for the Liberation and Development of Cameroon or MLDC [Marcel

       YONDO]; National Union for Democracy and Progress or UNDP [Maigari

       BELLO BOUBA]; Progressive Movement or MP; Social Democratic Front or

       SDF [John FRU NDI]; Union of Peoples of Cameroon or UPC [Augustin

       Frederic KODOCK]

      Political pressure groups and leaders:

      Human Rights Defense Group [Albert MUKONG, president]; Southern

       Cameroon National Council [Ayamba Ette OTUN]

      International organization participation:

      ACP, AfDB, AU, BDEAC, C, CEMAC, FAO, FZ, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO,

       ICC, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO,

       Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC, MIGA, MONUSCO, NAM,

       OIC, OIF, OPCW, PCA, UN, UNAMID, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU,

       WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO

      Diplomatic representation in the US:

      chief