Cameroon People

• $640 annual income per capita

• Life expectancy: 48 years

• 95 per 1,000 births infant mortality rate

• Literacy rate: 70%

• 42% do not have access to safe drinking water

• Population: 16.1 million people

Cameroon Economy

• $12.4 billion gross domestic product

• $3 billion annual exports

• Comparison to Highest Income Countries

• $28,550 annual income per capita

• Life expectancy: 78 years

• 5 per 1,000 births infant mortality rate

All data: World Bank Development Indicators 2004

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