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Country (long form)	Republic of Cameroon
Capital	Yaounde
Total Area	183,568.41 sq mi 475,440.00 sq km (slightly larger than California)
Population	15,803,220 (July 2001 est.) note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected
Estimated Population in 2050	34,662,366
Languages	24 major African language groups, English (official), French (official)
Literacy	63.4% total, 75.0% male, 52.1% female (1995 est.)
Religions	indigenous beliefs 40%, Christian 40%, Muslim 20%
Life Expectancy	53.76 male, 55.44 female (2001 est.)
Government Type	unitary republic; multiparty presidential regime (opposition parties legalized in 1990)
Currency	1 Communaute Financiere Africaine franc (CFAF) = 100 centimes
GDP (per capita)	$1,700 (2000 est.)
Industry	petroleum production and refining, food processing, light consumer goods, textiles, lumber
Agriculture	coffee, cocoa, cotton, rubber, bananas, oilseed, grains, root starches; livestock; timber
Arable Land	13%
Natural Resources	petroleum, bauxite, iron ore, timber, hydropower