According to the government of Cameroon, the population of Cameroon is now officially nineteen million (19,406,100) as of January 1, 2010. This figure is a projection derived from the Population & Housing Census of November 2005, and based on an estimated national population growth rate of 2.6%.
Given the important role that census figures play in national life, from the allocation of state finances to the distribution social and other services such as hospitals, schools, roads, including the allocation of parliamentary seats, etc., it is no surprise that these results are already mired in controversy with some either questioning the accuracy of the projections for the last five years or simply accusing the government of having manipulated the results with an eye on future elections...
Regional breakdown of national population
Given the important role that census figures play in national life, from the allocation of state finances to the distribution social and other services such as hospitals, schools, roads, including the allocation of parliamentary seats, etc., it is no surprise that these results are already mired in controversy with some either questioning the accuracy of the projections for the last five years or simply accusing the government of having manipulated the results with an eye on future elections...
Regional breakdown of national population
| Region | Population | % of total population |
| Adamawa | 1,015,622 | 5.1 |
| Center | 3,525,664, | 17.7 |
| East | 801,968, | 4.4 |
| Far North | 3,480,414 | 17.8 |
| Littoral | 2,865,795 | 14.4 |
| North | 2,050,229 | 9.7 |
| North West | 1,804,695 | 9.9 |
| West | 1,785,285 | 9.9 |
| South | 692,142 | 3.6 |
| South West | 1,384,286 | 7.5 |
• 50.5% of the population is female
• 52% of the population live in urban areas
• 43.6% of the population is less than 15 years old
• Only 5.5% of the population is older than 60 years old
