The 1999 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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СКАЧАТЬ Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Tropical Timber 83,

       Tropical Timber 94

       signed, but not ratified: Nuclear Test Ban

      Geography—note: sometimes referred to as the hinge of Africa

      People

      Population: 15,456,092 (July 1999 est.)

      Age structure:

       0–14 years: 46% (male 3,562,553; female 3,528,778)

       15–64 years: 51% (male 3,907,946; female 3,943,035)

       65 years and over: 3% (male 231,521; female 282,259) (1999 est.)

      Population growth rate: 2.79% (1999 est.)

      Birth rate: 41.84 births/1,000 population (1999 est.)

      Death rate: 13.95 deaths/1,000 population (1999 est.)

      Net migration rate: NA migrant(s)/1,000 population; note—there

       may be some migration but figures are not available

      Sex ratio:

       at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female

       under 15 years: 1.01 male(s)/female

       15–64 years: 0.99 male(s)/female

       65 years and over: 0.82 male(s)/female

       total population: 0.99 male(s)/female (1999 est.)

      Infant mortality rate: 75.69 deaths/1,000 live births (1999 est.)

      Life expectancy at birth: total population: 51.32 years male: 49.75 years female: 52.94 years (1999 est.)

      Total fertility rate: 5.8 children born/woman (1999 est.)

      Nationality:

       noun: Cameroonian(s)

       adjective: Cameroonian

      Ethnic groups: Cameroon Highlanders 31%, Equatorial Bantu 19%,

       Kirdi 11%, Fulani 10%, Northwestern Bantu 8%, Eastern Nigritic 7%,

       other African 13%, non-African less than 1%

      Religions: indigenous beliefs 51%, Christian 33%, Muslim 16%

      Languages: 24 major African language groups, English (official),

       French (official)

      Literacy:

       definition: age 15 and over can read and write

       total population: 63.4%

       male: 75%

       female: 52.1% (1995 est.)

      Government

      Country name:

       conventional long form: Republic of Cameroon

       conventional short form: Cameroon

       former: French Cameroon

      Data code: CM

      Government type: unitary republic; multiparty presidential regime (opposition parties legalized in 1990)

      Capital: Yaounde

      Administrative divisions: 10 provinces; Adamaoua, Centre, Est,

       Extreme-Nord, Littoral, Nord, Nord-Ouest, Ouest, Sud, Sud-Ouest

      Independence: 1 January 1960 (from UN trusteeship under French

       administration)

      National holiday: National Day, 20 May (1972)

      Constitution: 20 May 1972

      Legal system: based on French civil law system, with common law influence; does not accept compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

      Suffrage: 21 years of age; universal

      Executive branch:

       chief of state: President Paul BIYA (since 6 November 1982)

       head of government: Prime Minister Peter Mafany MUSONGE (since 19

       September 1996)

       cabinet: Cabinet appointed by the president

       elections: president elected by popular vote for a seven-year term;

       election last held 12 October 1997 (next to be held NA October

       2004); prime minister appointed by the president

       election results: President Paul BIYA reelected; percent of

       vote—Paul BIYA 93%; note—supporters of the opposition candidates

       boycotted the elections, making a comparison of vote shares

       relatively meaningless

      Legislative branch: unicameral National Assembly or Assemblee

       Nationale (180 seats; members are elected by direct popular vote to

       serve five-year terms; note—the president can either lengthen or

       shorten the term of the legislature)

       elections: last held 11 May 1997 (next to be held NA 2002)

       election results: percent of vote by party—NA; seats by party—CDPM

       109, SDF 43, UNDP 13, UDC 5, UPC-K 1, MDR 1, MLJC 1; note—7

       contested seats will be filled in an election at a time to be set by

       the Supreme Court

       note: the constitution calls for an upper chamber for the

       legislature, to be called Senate, which the government proposed to

       establish in 1998

      Judicial branch: Supreme Court, judges are appointed by the

       president

      Political parties and leaders: Cameroon People's Democratic

       Movement or CPDM (government-controlled and the only party until

       major opposition parties: Cameroonian Democratic Union or UDC

       Frederick KODOG]; Union of Cameroonian Democratic Forces or UFOC

      Political pressure groups and leaders: Alliance for Change or

       general]

      International organization participation: ACCT, ACP, AfDB, BDEAC,

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