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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: 7,728,000 Catholics (28.9% of 26,766,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 1,308 parishes, 3,390 mission stations (45 with resident priest, 3,345 without resident priest), 138 other centres

Clergy: 35 bishops (24 diocesan, 11 titular), 3,036 priests (2,169 diocesan, 867 religious), 30 permanent deacons (28 diocesan, 2 religious)

Non-Clergy: 3,546 religious (261 brothers, 3,285 sisters), 37 members of secular institutes (3 brothers, 34 sisters), 2,093 major seminarians, 106 missionaries, 27,054 catechists