CAMEROON CAMEROON REGION AFRICA NATURAL RESOURCES INDUSTRY AGRICULTURE GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION GLOBAL RELATIONS DATE OF INDEPENDENCE JANUARY 1 1960 DATE OF CURRENT CONSTITUTION MAY 20 1972 POPULATION 15456092 1999 EST AREA 183569 SQ MI CAPITAL YAOUNDE FORM OF GOVERNMENT REPUBLIC AGRICULTURE COCOA COFFEE COTTON MAIN INDUSTRIES OIL PRODUCTION AND PROCESSING MINING PALM PRODUCTS NATURAL RESOURCES OIL TIMBER HYDROELECTRIC POWER NATURAL GAS BAUXITE GOLD DIAMONDS CURRENCY CFA FRANC GDP 29.6 BILLION 1998 EST GDP PER CAPITA 2000 1998 EST LANGUAGES ENGLISH FRENCH NUMEROUS AFRICAN DIALECTS RELIGIONS INDIGENOUS BELIEFS CHRISTIAN MUSLIM LITERACY RATE 63 LIFE EXPECTANCY 50 YEARS MALE 53 YEARS FEMALE BIRTHRATE 42 BIRTHS PER 1000 POPULATION DEATH RATE 14 DEATHS PER 1000 POPULATION
