Cameroon: flag, capital & map
Get to know Cameroon, then put your memory to work.
Country facts
- Capital
- Yaoundé
- Region
- Africa
- Subregion
- Middle Africa
- Population (2025, World Bank)
- 29,879,337
- Area
- 475,442 km²
- Languages (REST Countries)
- English, French
- Currency (CLDR, October 2026)
- Central African CFA Franc (XAF)
- Land neighbours
- Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Nigeria
Cameroon is a country in Central Africa. Its capital is Yaoundé.
Dated population: World Bank; geographic facts: REST Countries; currencies: Unicode CLDR. Sources and dates →
Flag of Cameroon
The flag of Cameroon is composed of three equal vertical bands of green, red and yellow, with a yellow five-pointed star in the center.
Where it is
Cameroon is grouped in Middle Africa, within Roam’s Africa region. Its land-border list includes 6 countries in this atlas: Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Nigeria. The source classifies it as not landlocked.
Cameroon has a recorded area of 475,442 square kilometres. Among the 10 countries assigned to Middle Africa in this dataset, it ranks 6 by area, from largest to smallest. South Sudan is immediately above it in that ordering, at 619,745 km². Republic of the Congo is immediately below it, at 342,000 km². This comparison uses the source’s area figures and subregions, not a ranking of all territories.
The marker shows the atlas location. Small countries may be too small for an outline at this scale. Map boundaries are illustrative.
People, languages and currency
The World Bank records 29,879,337 people for Cameroon in 2025. This is the latest non-empty annual observation in Roam’s committed 2020–2025 download, rather than a live population counter. Dividing that population by the source area gives approximately 63 people per square kilometre. This calculated average does not describe how evenly people are distributed.
The language entries in the source are English and French. They describe the dataset’s listed languages, not every language spoken by residents. The currency listed for this date is Central African CFA Franc (XAF). Currency assignments are selected from Unicode CLDR’s date ranges for 23 October 2026; the three-letter codes identify currencies, not countries.
Test yourself
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What is the capital of Cameroon?
Reveal answer
Yaoundé. Cameroon is a country in Central Africa. Its capital is Yaoundé.
Without looking at the image, how would you describe the flag of Cameroon?
Reveal answer
The flag of Cameroon is composed of three equal vertical bands of green, red and yellow, with a yellow five-pointed star in the center.
Which land neighbours of Cameroon are included in this atlas?
Reveal answer
Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and Nigeria. The source classifies Cameroon as not landlocked.
Which languages does the source list for Cameroon?
Reveal answer
English and French. These are the source’s language entries, not a complete inventory of every language spoken in Cameroon.
Which currency codes are listed for Cameroon?
Reveal answer
Central African CFA Franc (XAF). These assignments use Unicode CLDR’s legal-tender date ranges for 23 October 2026.
Try it from memory
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