General Information Official Languages: English, French
Political Capital: Yaoundé
Annual growth +2.7 %
Surface Area 475.442 km²
Time-Zone Difference GMT + 1h
Economic Indicators Nominal Price: 8963,6
GDP Growth Rate in 2005 : 4.8 %
Population Growth Rate: 2.6 %
Inflation Rate in 2005 : 1.6 %
Per capita GDP (2005) : $984
The 2006 Budget Allocation :
54% to recurrent expenditure
21.44 % to investment expenditure
24.56 % to debt settlement
Social Indicators Population : 16 400 M
Density in km² : 33.2
Infant Mortality (0/00) : 77
Life Expectancy (Years) : 55
Number of Physicians (0/00) : 0.07
School Enrolment Rate (12 - 17 years %) : 53
Main Cash Crops ( in thousands of tonnes in 2005 ) Banana : 288.0
Cocoa : 193.3
Coffee : 67.0
Cotton Grain: 260
Timber (in thousands of m3) : 2078.9
Aluminium : 72.2
Natural Rubber : 54.7
Crude Oil : 4.2