Cameroon: Capital, Population, Currency and Facts

Key facts

Capital: Yaoundé
Region: Africa, Middle Africa
Population: 29,879,337 (2025)
Area: 475,440 km²
Currency: Central African CFA franc (XAF)
Languages: English, French
Calling code: +237
Internet domain: .cm
ISO codes: CM, CMR, 120
Time zone: UTC+1:00
United Nations: Member state

Land and position

Cameroon covers about 475,440 square kilometres. By area it ranks 55th among the 250 countries and territories on this site. It is a little smaller than Turkmenistan and a little larger than Papua New Guinea. It shares a land border with 6 neighbours: Central African Republic, Congo, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Nigeria, Chad. Its centre lies at about 6° north, 12° east, in the northern hemisphere.

Neighbours

People

About 29.9 million people live in Cameroon (World Bank, 2025). That makes it the 51st most populous of the 246 places on this site with a figure, with about 0.36 percent of the world's people. On average there are 63 people to each square kilometre. About 56 percent of people live in towns and cities (World Bank, 2025). A baby born there can expect to live about 64 years (World Bank, 2024). Languages listed for it: English, French. A person from Cameroon is called Cameroonian.

Money and economy

The currency is the Central African CFA franc (code XAF, symbol Fr). It is also the main currency of Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon. The World Bank puts the size of its economy (GDP) at about US$ 58.9 billion (2025), which is about US$ 1,972 for each person (2025).

Time

Cameroon uses one time zone, UTC+1:00 (Africa/Douala). Clocks stay the same all year: there is no daylight saving time.

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Offsets are for January 2026. See Time Zones for a converter.

Largest cities

City	People
Douala	1,338,082
Yaoundé	1,299,369
Bamenda	420,445
Bafoussam	373,268
Maroua	314,122
Ngaoundéré	238,196

City figures are from GeoNames and count the city itself, not the wider urban area. They can be some years old, so use them to see the order of size.

More in Middle Africa

Angola, DR Congo, South Sudan, São Tomé and Príncipe. See the whole region.

Figures were collected on 11 November 2026 from the World Bank, GeoNames and the open countries data set. See About and data sources. Borders and names follow those sources and do not express any view on disputed territory.