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Cameroon: map, flag, capital and key facts

Cameroon is a country in Africa, with about 29.9 million people (2025) and an area of 475,440 square kilometres. Its capital is Yaounde, and it shares land borders with 6 countries.

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Flag of Cameroon
Flag of Cameroon
Map showing where the country sits among its neighbours
Cameroon in solid, land neighbours outlined, capital marked.

Key facts about Cameroon

CapitalYaounde
ContinentAfrica
Population29,879,337 2025, World Bank. 51st of 195.
Area475,440 km² (183,568 sq mi) World Bank, surface area. 55th largest of 195.
Population density63 people per km²
Land neighbours6: Central African Republic, Chad, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Nigeria, Republic of the Congo
Official nameRepublic of Cameroon
UN statusMember state
Capital coordinates3.87° N, 11.51° E Yaounde, Natural Earth.

Land neighbours

Cameroon borders 6 countries on land. Each links to its own page.

Central African RepublicBanguiChadN'DjamenaEquatorial GuineaMalaboGabonLibrevilleNigeriaAbujaRepublic of the CongoBrazzaville

From the Geography app

The app teaches each country through short hand written lenses: PLACE for physical geography, STORY for history and identity, NOW for the news, and THREAD for the ties between countries. Here is one of Cameroon's 7, in full.

PLACELens 1 of 7

A country that contains an entire continent in miniature

Cameroon earns "Africa in miniature": 475,000 square kilometers carrying Atlantic beaches in the southwest, equatorial rain forest in the south, volcanic highlands in the west, Sahel savanna in the far north, and dry thornbush approaching Lake Chad. Mount Cameroon, 4,095 meters, is West Africa's highest peak, an active volcano that last erupted in 2000. Douala, the commercial capital, sits at the Wouri River's mouth on the Gulf of Guinea; Yaoundé, the political capital, holds a plateau 250 kilometers inland. Each zone farms differently; centralization has never held.

More on Mount Cameroon

An active stratovolcano rising straight from the coast. Its 1999 and 2000 eruptions displaced thousands but killed no one. The mountain makes its own weather, drenching the southwestern slopes with some of the highest rainfall in Africa.

6 more lenses on Cameroon in the app

  • STORY Two languages, one country, and a deepening fault line
  • STORY The Indomitable Lions and the politics of national pride
  • NOW The lake that killed without warning
  • THREAD The hinge between West and Central Africa
  • NOW Why Cameroon's forests matter beyond its borders
  • PLACE From ocean to desert in 1,200 kilometers

Titles only. The app brings each lens back on a spaced repetition schedule set by how well you knew it: New, Hazy or Clear.

Compare Cameroon with another country

Opens the country comparison tool with population, area, income and more side by side, every figure dated.

Common questions

What is the capital of Cameroon?
The capital of Cameroon is Yaounde. Yaounde lies at about 3.9 degrees north and 11.5 degrees east. Cameroon is in Africa. It is home to about 29.9 million people. The world capitals quiz on this site tests every capital, and the printable capitals sheets cover each continent.
What is the population of Cameroon?
About 29.9 million people live in Cameroon, according to the World Bank figures for 2025. That makes it the 51st most populous of the 195 countries. With an area of 475,440 square kilometres, that is about 63 people per square kilometre.
What countries border Cameroon?
Cameroon shares land borders with 6 countries: Central African Republic, Chad, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Nigeria and Republic of the Congo. The map on this page outlines each of them around Cameroon. The count includes only borders on land, not neighbours across a sea or a lake.
How big is Cameroon?
Cameroon covers 475,440 square kilometres, or about 183,568 square miles. That makes it the 55th largest of the 195 countries. The figure is total surface area, which includes inland water such as lakes and rivers. Its population of about 29.9 million gives a density of 63 people per square kilometre.

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