Cameroon
Republic of Cameroon · Middle Africa
Cameroon is a country in Middle Africa, with Yaoundé as its capital, home to about 29,879,337 people. Cameroon shares land borders with 6 countries, listed below alongside its flag, currency, calling code and ISO codes.
| Capital | Yaoundé |
|---|---|
| Region | Middle Africa |
| Currency | Central African CFA franc (XAF Fr) |
| Calling code | +237 |
| ISO codes | CM / CMR / 120 ISO 3166-1 |
| Flag emoji | 🇨🇲 |
| Population | 29,879,337 (2025) World Bank |
| Area | 475,442 km² |
| Languages | English, French |
| Internet domain | .cm |
| Demonym | Cameroonian |
Bordering countries
What does the flag of Cameroon mean?
Cameroon flies the Pan-African colours in a French-style vertical tricolour: red is the colour of unity, yellow stands for the sun and for the savannas of the country's north, and green for the forests of the south. The gold five-pointed star centred on the red band is known as the star of unity. The plain green-red-yellow tricolour was established by law in 1957; two stars were added in 1961 to mark the federation of East and West Cameroon after British Southern Cameroons joined the republic, and in 1975 they were replaced by today's single central star when Cameroon became a unitary state.
Source: Wikipedia: Flag of Cameroon
About Cameroon
Cameroon, officially Republic of Cameroon, is a United Nations member state in Middle Africa. Its capital and seat of government is Yaoundé. It shares land borders with 6 countries. The official currency is the Central African CFA franc (Fr), using the code XAF.
Curious about the city itself? See what is the capital of Cameroon for Yaoundé’s own facts and history.
To call Cameroon from abroad, dial the country code +237. In international standards it is identified by the ISO 3166-1 codes CM (alpha-2) and CMR (alpha-3), which appear in everything from web addresses to shipping labels. As of 2025, its population is around 29,879,337.
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How Cameroon compares
- Area: 475,442 km², ranking 53 of 194 sovereign states by land area.
- Population: 29,879,337, ranking 51 of 193 sovereign states.
- Density: about 63 people per square kilometre.
- Land borders: 6, against an average of 4.1 across the sovereign states that have any.
- Currency reach: 5 other countries and territories use the Central African CFA franc (see the full list).
Flags with the same colours as Cameroon
12 other national flags use exactly the same set of colour families (red, yellow, blue). Similar colours are the most common reason flags get mistaken for one another, though colour alone says nothing about layout.
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Population from the World Bank (SP.POP.TOTL); flag, capital, currency, calling code and ISO data from open datasets. Rankings, density and flag colour matches are computed from that same dataset. Full sources and vintage on the data page. Last updated . Report a correction.