• Total area: 475.442 sq km (Germany: 357.030 sq km)
  
  
• Population: 16.6 million (Germany: 82.5 million)
  
  
• Capital: Yaoundé (Centre Province, pop. 1.2 million)
  
  
• Economic center: Douala (Littoral Province, pop. 1.4 million)
  
  
• Official languages: French (70 %), English (30 %)
  
  
• Form of government: Presidential republic
  
  
• President: Paul Biya
  
  
• Prime Minister: Ephraim Inoni
  
  
• GDP per person: 740 US Dollars (Germany: 35.075 US Dollars)
  
  
• Independence: 1. January 1960 (from France)
  
  
• Monetary unit: CFA-Franc 100 CFA Francs = 0.15 Euros
  

(Sources http://land.heim.at/toskana/210137/Kamerun.htm, www.wikipedia.org)