Republic of Cameroon République du Cameroun  (French)Renndaandi Kamerun  (Fula)
Motto:
Anthem:
Capital	Yaoundé 3°52′N 11°31′E / 3.867°N 11.517°E / 3.867; 11.517
Official languages	English • French
Ethnic groups	31% Cameroon Highlanders 19% Equatorial Bantu 11% Kirdi 10% Fulani 8% Northwestern Bantu 7% Eastern Nigritic 13% other African <1% non-African
Religion (2018)	70.7% Christianity 24.4% Islam 2.2% Traditional faiths 2.2% None 0.5% Others
Demonym(s)	Cameroonian
Government	Unitary dominant-party semi-presidential constitutional republic
• President	Paul Biya
• Prime Minister	Joseph Ngute
Legislature	Parliament
• Upper house	Senate
• Lower house	National Assembly
Independence from France
• Declared	1 January 1960
• Union with the former British Cameroons	1 October 1961
Area
• Total	Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1850: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). (53rd)
• Water (%)	0.57
Population
• 2020 estimate	26,545,864 (51st)
• 2005 census	17,463,836
• Density	Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1850: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). (167th)
GDP (PPP)	2018 estimate
• Total	$95.068 billion (93rd)
• Per capita	$3,820 (152nd)
GDP (nominal)	2018 estimate
• Total	$38.445 billion (98th)
• Per capita	$1,544 (152nd)
Gini (2014)	46.6 high
HDI (2019)	0.563 medium · 153rd
Currency	Central African CFA franc (XAF)
Time zone	UTC+1 (WAT)
Driving side	right
Calling code	+237
ISO 3166 code	CM
Internet TLD	.cm
These are the titles as given in the Constitution of the Republic of Cameroon, Article X (English at the Wayback Machine (archived 28 February 2006) and French at the Wayback Machine (archived 28 February 2006) versions). 18 January 1996. The French version of the song is sometimes called Chant de Ralliement, as in Swarovski Orchestra (2004). National Anthems of the World. Koch International Classics; and the English version "O Cameroon, Cradle of Our Forefathers", as in DeLancey and DeLancey 61.

Cameroon (officially called the Republic of Cameroon) is a country in west Africa. Its capital is Yaoundé. The largest city in Cameroon is Douala. The population of Cameroon is about 20 million. Cameroon's president is Paul Biya. They speak nearly 250 languages in Cameroon. French and English are the official languages.