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Continent: Eastern and Central Africa

Capital: Yaoundé

Area: 472,710 km²

Population: 24,994,885

Neighbouring Countries: ↙ Equatorial Guinea , ↖ Nigeria , ↗ Chad , → Central African Republic , ↘ Congo-Brazzaville , ↓ Gabon

Religions: Roman Catholic 38.4%, Protestant 26.3%, other Christian 4.5%, Muslim 20.9%, animist 5.6%, other 1%, non-believer 3.2%

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

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%

Motto: Paix – Travail – Patrie (French) (Peace, Work, Fatherland)

Area: 475,442 km²

Catholic Population: 8,110,000 Catholics (28.9% of 28,089,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 1,368 parishes, 3,282 mission stations (134 with resident priest, 3,148 without resident priest), 140 other centres

Clergy: 34 bishops (25 diocesan, 9 titular), 3,179 priests (2,286 diocesan, 893 religious), 22 permanent deacons (diocesan)

Non-Clergy: 3,601 religious (252 brothers, 3,349 sisters), 36 members of secular institutes (3 brothers, 33 sisters), 2,222 major seminarians, 104 missionaries, 26,601 catechists