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title: "Cameroon — capital, area, population and currency"
description: "Cameroon: capital Yaoundé, area 475,440 km², population 29,879,337 (2025), currency Central African CFA franc. Languages, time zones and calling code."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country/cameroon/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Cameroon

**Cameroon: Capital Yaoundé**

475,440 km² · 29,879,337 people (2025) · Central African CFA franc

Often called "Africa in miniature" because it holds beach, desert, mountain, rainforest and savanna within one border. Mount Cameroon is an active volcano rising 4,040 m straight out of the Atlantic, and the village of Debundscha at its foot is one of the wettest inhabited places on Earth, with roughly 10 m of rain a year.

## The facts

- **Capital:** Yaoundé
- **Largest city:** Douala
- **Area:** 475,440 km² — 183,568 sq mi
- **Population:** 29,879,337 (2025)
- **Density:** 62.8 people per km²
- **Currency:** Central African CFA franc (XAF, Fr)
- **Official languages:** English, French
- **Time zone:** UTC+01:00
- **Calling code:** +237
- **Drives on the:** right
- **ISO codes:** CM · CMR
- **Continent:** Africa

## How it compares

- **By area:** 55 of 200
- **By population:** 51 of 200

> Population is the only figure on this page that dates — it is a 2025 estimate and will drift. Area, capital, currency, languages, calling code and driving side change rarely or never.

## Countries of a similar size

| Country | Area (km²) | Population |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Spain | 505,370 | 49,355,143 |
| Turkmenistan | 488,100 | 7,618,847 |
| Cameroon ← | 475,440 | 29,879,337 |
| Papua New Guinea | 462,840 | 10,762,817 |
| Sweden | 450,295 | 10,596,620 |

## Common questions

### What is the capital of Cameroon?

Yaoundé

### What currency does Cameroon use?

The Central African CFA franc (XAF).

### How big is Cameroon?

475,440 km², or 183,568 square miles — 55 of 200 by area.

### Which side of the road does Cameroon drive on?

The right.

## Related pages

- [Spain](https://atoneplace.net/country/spain/)
- [Turkmenistan](https://atoneplace.net/country/turkmenistan/)
- [Papua New Guinea](https://atoneplace.net/country/papua-new-guinea/)
- [Sweden](https://atoneplace.net/country/sweden/)
- [Nigeria](https://atoneplace.net/country/nigeria/)
- [Ethiopia](https://atoneplace.net/country/ethiopia/)
- [Egypt](https://atoneplace.net/country/egypt/)
- [Democratic Republic of the Congo](https://atoneplace.net/country/democratic-republic-of-the-congo/)
- [Tanzania](https://atoneplace.net/country/tanzania/)
- [South Africa](https://atoneplace.net/country/south-africa/)
- [Kenya](https://atoneplace.net/country/kenya/)
- [Sudan](https://atoneplace.net/country/sudan/)

## Sources

- The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/) [Public domain (US Government)]
- World Bank Open Data — The World Bank (https://data.worldbank.org/) [CC BY 4.0]