Official Languages

Languages spoken here

French (secondary) · French (Quebec) (secondary) · Ghomala (secondary) · Hausa (secondary) · Igbo (secondary) · Modern Greek (secondary) · Modern Greek (biblical terms) (secondary)

“Secondary” means a community here speaks it alongside another language. It is not a statement of official or minority-language status.

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Cameroon

Peoples

Largest first.

People	Population	Language	Religion
Fulani, Adamawa	3012000	Fulfulde, Adamawa	Islam
Ewondo, Beti	2358000	Ewondo	Christianity
Cameroonian Creole, Detribalized	1847000	French	Christianity
Cameroonian Creole	1646000	Pidgin, Cameroon	Christianity
Bulu Fang	1450000	Bulu (Cameroon)	Christianity
Mafa	1099000	Mafa	Islam
Bamileke-Bandjoun, Ghomala	947000	Ghomala	Christianity
Bamileke-Tchang	769000	Yemba	Christianity
Mum, Bamun	720000	Bamun	Islam
Bamileke-Medumba	552000	Medumba	Christianity
Basaa, Cameroon	514000	Basaa	Christianity
Bamileke-Batcham	497000	Ngiemboon	Christianity
Hausa	453000	Hausa	Islam
Eton	428000	Eton (Cameroon)	Christianity
Banso, Nso	411000	Lamnso'	Christianity
Nkom, Kom	399000	Kom (Cameroon)	Ethnic Religions
Masa	351000	Masana	Islam
Bamileke-Bamenjou	342000	Ghomala	Christianity
Duala, Uli	299000	Duala	Christianity
Deaf	265000	Language unknown	Unknown
Bamileke-Fefe, Bafang	240000	Fefe	Christianity
Musgum, Mulwi	240000	Musgu	Islam
Makaa, South	236000	Makaa	Christianity
Gbaya, Northwest	226000	Gbaya, Northwest	Christianity
Tupuri	223000	Tupuri	Christianity
Kambu, Limbum	223000	Limbum	Christianity
Baggara, Shuwa Arab	220000	Arabic, Chadian	Islam
Fang, Ntum	216000	Fang (Equatorial Guinea)	Christianity
Nen, Banen	211000	Tunen	Christianity
Kundu, Bakundu	207000	Oroko	Christianity
Bakossi	204000	Akoose	Christianity
Kako	197000	Kako	Christianity
Kanuri, Yerwa	192000	Kanuri, Yerwa	Islam
Kpe, Baakpe	190000	Mokpwe	Christianity
Tikar, Twumwu	189000	Tikar	Christianity
Gidar	184000	Gidar	Islam
Bali, Mungaka	171000	Mungaka	Ethnic Religions
Bakoko, Basoo	170000	Bakoko	Christianity
Nyang, Manyang	166000	Kenyang	Christianity
Bafia, Bekpak	158000	Bafia	Christianity
Giziga, South	157000	Giziga	Ethnic Religions
Yamba	156000	Yamba	Christianity
Fut, Bafut	155000	Bafut	Christianity
Mundang, Lere	152000	Mundang	Christianity
Ngwe, Bamileke-Foto	150000	Ngwe	Christianity
Oku, Uku	149000	Oku	Christianity
Ngamambo	146000	Moghamo	Christianity
Kapsiki, Psikye	138000	Psikye	Islam
Ngomba	134000	Ngomba	Christianity
Igbo	130000	Igbo	Christianity

Languages

200 languages recorded here.

Afade

Aghem

Ajumbu

Akoose

Akum

Ambele

Arabic, Chadian

Arabic, Juba

Atong (Cameroon)

Awing

Babanki

Bafaw-Balong

Bafia

Bafut

Baka (Cameroon)

Bakaka

Bakoko

Balo

Bambili-Bambui

Bamun

Bana

Bangandu

Bankon

Barombi

Basaa

Bassossi

Bata

Batanga

Bati (Cameroon)

Beba

Bebele

Bebil

Beezen

Befang

Bekwel

Bitare

Bokyi

Bomwali

Bonkeng

Bubia

Bulu (Cameroon)

Bum

Busam

Buwal

Byep

Caka

Chopechop

Chrambo

Chufie'

Chung (Cameroon)

Cuvok

Daba

Dek

Denya

Dghwede

Dii

Dimbong

Doyayo

Duala

Dugun

Dugwor

Durop

Duupa

Efai

Efik

Ejagham

Eman

English

Esimbi

Eton (Cameroon)

Evant

Ewondo

Fali, North

Fali, South

Fang (Cameroon)

Fang (Equatorial Guinea)

Fefe

French

Fulfulde, Adamawa

Fulfulde, Nigerian

Gavar

Gbaya, Northwest

Gbaya-Mbodomo

Ghomala

Gidar

Gimme

Gimnime

Giziga

Giziga, North

Glavda

Greek

Gude

Guduf-Gava

Gvoko

Gyeli

Hausa

Hdi

Hijuk

Hya

Ibibio

Iceve-Maci

Igbo

Ipulo

Isu

Isubu

Iyasa

Iyive

Jimjimen

Jina

Jukun Takum

Kako

Kamwe

Kanuri, Yerwa

Karang

Kare (Central African Republic)

Kemedzung

Kendem

Kenswei Nsei

Kenyang

Kera

Kol (Cameroon)

Kolbila

Kom (Cameroon)

Koma

Koonzime

Koshin

Kuk

Kung

Kuo

Kutep

Kwaja

Kwakum

Kwanja

Kwasio

Lagwan

Laimbue

Laka

Lamnso'

Language unknown

Lefa

Lidzonka

Limbum

Longto

Mada (Cameroon)

Mafa

Majera

Makaa

Malgbe

Mambai

Mambila, Cameroon

Mandja

Mankong

Manta

Masana

Maslam

Matal

Matsuva

Mazagway-Hidi

Mbay

Mbembe, Tigon

Mbessa

Mbo (Cameroon)

Mbo'

Mbonga

Mbongno

Mbudum

Mbuk

Mbuko

Mbule

Mbum

Medumba

Mefele

Mendankwe-Nkwen

Mendenkye

Mengaka

Mengambo

Mengisa

Menka

Merey

Mesaka

Meta'

Mfumte

Mina

Mmen

Mofu, North

Mofu-Gudur

Moghamo

Mokpwe

Moloko

Mono (Cameroon)

Mpade

Mpiemo

Mpumpong

Mser

Mubako

Mulimba

Mumuye

Mundabli

Mundang

Mundani

All catalogue fields

158 fields recorded

rog3: CM
iso3: CMR
iso2: CM
ctry: Cameroon
poplpeoples: 30456000
cntpeoples: 292
cntpeopleslr: 18
poplpeopleslr: 4655000
jpscalectry: 4
rol3officiallanguage: fra
officiallang: French
rlg3primary: 1
religionprimary: Christianity
percentchristianity: 50.539795486468
percentevangelical: 8.9256690541831
c_10_40window: N
rog2: AFR
continent: Africa
regioncode: 8
regionname: Africa, West and Central
workersneeded: 99
harvest_rog3: CM
harvest_iso3: CMR
harvest_iso2: CM
harvest_owcountrycode: CAME
harvest_ethnologuecountrycode: CM
harvest_countrynumber: 36
harvest_ctry: Cameroon
harvest_ctryshort: Cameroon
harvest_countrynamechinese: 喀麦隆
harvest_countrynamechineseshort: 喀麦隆
harvest_countrynamedutch: Kameroen
harvest_countrynamefrench: Cameroun
harvest_countrynamefrenchshort: Cameroun
harvest_countrynamegerman: Kamerun
harvest_countrynamegermanshort: Kamerun
harvest_countrynameindonesian: Kamerun
harvest_countrynameindonesianshort: Kamerun
harvest_countrynameitalian: Camerun
harvest_countrynameitalianshort: Camerun
harvest_countrynamekorean: 카메룬
harvest_countrynamekoreanshort: 카메룬
harvest_countrynamenorwegian: Kamerun
harvest_countrynamenorwegianshort: Kamerun
harvest_countrynameportuguese: Camarões
harvest_countrynameportugueseshort: Camarões
harvest_countrynamerussian: Камерун
harvest_countrynamerussianshort: Камерун
harvest_countrynamespanish: Camerún
harvest_countrynamespanishshort: Camerún
harvest_countrynamevietnamese: Cameroon
harvest_countrynamevietnameseshort: Cameroon
harvest_chineseconcatenationprefix: 在
harvest_frenchconcatenationprefix: du
harvest_germanconcatenationprefix: in
harvest_indonesianconcatenationprefix: di
harvest_italianconcatenationprefix: -
harvest_koreanconcatenationprefix: 의
harvest_norwegianconcatenationprefix: i
harvest_portugueseconcatenationprefix: em
harvest_russianconcatenationprefix: B
harvest_spanishconcatenationprefix: en el
harvest_vietnameseconcatenationprefix: ở
harvest_ethnologuemapexists: Y
harvest_rog2: AFR
harvest_regioncode2414: 3
harvest_regioncode: 8
harvest_unsr: 017
harvest_worldabc: B
harvest_maniregioncode: FC
harvest_capital: Yaoundé
harvest_population: 29879000
harvest_populationsource: UN Country Population (2025)
harvest_prayercastvideo: https://prayercast.com/cameroon.html
harvest_prayercastvimeourl: 42707610
harvest_waldnerguide: prayer-guide-cm.pdf
harvest_unmap: https://un.org/geospatial/content/cameroon
harvest_persecutionrankingod: 37
harvest_persecutionrankingodlink: https://www.opendoors.org/en-US/persecution/countries/cameroon
harvest_jpscale: 4
harvest_c_10_40window: N
harvest_c_10_40windoworiginal: N
harvest_biblerestrictionsrank: 54
harvest_bibleshortagerank: 13
harvest_bibleaccessurl: https://www.bibleaccesslist.org/profiles/CM_2025_profile.pdf
harvest_owpctevang: 9
harvest_owpctcharismatic: 6.4855227
harvest_owevangelicalgrowthrate: 4.3000002
harvest_owcountrypage: cameroon
harvest_literacyrate: 77
harvest_literacysource: Ethnologue
harvest_percenturbanized: 56
harvest_rol3officiallanguage: fra
harvest_rol3secondarylanguage: eng
harvest_rlg3primary: 1
harvest_rlg4primary: 6
harvest_pctanimist: 18.99
harvest_pctbahai: 0.25
harvest_pctbuddhism: 0
harvest_pctchinese: 0
harvest_pcthindu: 0
harvest_pctislam: 26
harvest_pctsikh: 0
harvest_pctjudaism: 0
harvest_pctnonreligious: 0.9
harvest_pctother: 0.06
harvest_pctchristian: 53.8
harvest_pctchristianprotestant: 19.1
harvest_pctchristianindependent: 4.18
harvest_pctchristiananglican: 0
harvest_pctchristianromancatholic: 23.42
harvest_pctchristianorthodoxcatholic: 0.01
harvest_pctchristianmarginal: 0.39
harvest_pctchristianunaffiliated: 6.7
harvest_pctchristiandoublyprofessing: 0
harvest_pctchristianother: 0
harvest_pctchristianextra: 0
harvest_rop1: A013
harvest_hdiyear: 2015
harvest_hdivalue: 0.518
harvest_hdirank: 153
harvest_internetusers: 25
harvest_flashmapzoom: 500
harvest_flashmapzoomx: -206
harvest_flashmapzoomy: -222
harvest_googlemapzoom: 5
harvest_googlemaplat: 6
harvest_googlemaplng: 12
harvest_ctrylatitude: 7.369722
harvest_ctrylongitude: 12.354722
harvest_securitylevel: 1
harvest_statedeptreligiousfreedom: https://www.state.gov/reports/2023-report-on-international-religious-freedom/cameroon/
harvest_provincesdisplayable: Y
harvest_adm1label: Provinces
harvest_wcdsubregioncode: 102
harvest_poplgrowthrate: 2.466142785487377
harvest_godreportsurl: http://blog.godreports.com/country/?countrycode=cm&joshua=cm
harvest_datareportalurl: https://datareportal.com/reports/digital-2024-cameroon
harvest_internetusage: 23
harvest_internetusagesourceyear: 2017
harvest_voiceofmartyrsurl: https://www.persecution.com/globalprayerguide/cameroon/
harvest_biblesocietyurl: http://www.biblesociety-cameroon.org/
harvest_areasquaremiles: 183568
harvest_areasquarekilometers: 465468
harvest_populationpersquaremile: 89
harvest_countryphonecode: 237
harvest_owpctchristian1986: 58
harvest_owpctevangelical1986: 4
harvest_owpctchristian1993: 46.2
harvest_owpctevangelical1993: 4.9
harvest_owpctchristian2001: 68.96000000000001
harvest_owpctevangelical2001: 6.4
harvest_religiondatayear: 2010
harvest_internetctrycode: .cm
harvest_worldfactbookurl: https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/cameroon
harvest_source: pjj
harvest_editname: BM
harvest_editdate: 09/12/02 00:00:00