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Cameroon — World Gazetteer, 2005 edition

Cameroon had an estimated population of 16,983,434 in 2005, with 154 places recorded. Archived from the World Gazetteer, the reference work formerly published at this domain.

About these figures. This page is part of the restored World Gazetteer archive: the 2005 edition of Stefan Helders' reference work, which was published at this domain until 2013 and is preserved here. Figures are as of 2005 and are kept for citation continuity and historical comparison. Esta página conserva la edición de 2005 del World Gazetteer. Las cifras corresponden a 2005; para datos actuales, consulte las fuentes oficiales.

For current figures: Cameroon today — population now 25,216,237, against 16,983,434 in 2005.

Agglomerations, 2005

#NamePopulation (2005)
1Yaoundé1,744,541
2Douala1,703,540

Cities and towns, 2005

#PlaceRegionPopulation (2005)
1DoualaLittoral1,338,082
2YaoundéCentre1,299,369
3GarouaNord436,899
4KoussériNord Extrème435,547
5BamendaNordouest393,835
6MarouaNord Extrème319,941
7BafoussamOuest290,768
8MokoloNord Extrème275,239
9NgaoundéréAdamaoua231,357
10BertouaEst218,111
11EdéaLittoral203,149
12LoumLittoral177,429
13KumbaSudouest144,413
14NkongsambaLittoral117,063
15MboudaOuest111,320
16DjangOuest96,112
17FoumbanOuest92,673
18EbolowaSud87,875
19GuiderNord84,647
20FoumbotOuest84,065
21BafangOuest80,688
22YagouaNord Extrème80,235
23MbalmayoCentre80,206
24MeigangaAdamaoua80,100
25BaliOuest72,606
26LimbeSudouest72,106
27BafiaCentre69,270
28WumNordouest68,836
29BangangtéOuest65,385
30BuéaSudouest64,152
31TikoSudouest55,914
32KribiSud55,224
33MoraNord Extrème55,216
34SangmélimaSud54,251
35KumboNordouest53,970
36NkotengCentre50,334
37MutengeneSudouest47,478
38NdopNord47,252
39Garoua BoulaïEst46,615
40BatouriEst43,821
41FundongNordouest43,509
42FontemOuest42,689
43MbangaLittoral42,590
44BanyoAdamaoua40,798
45ManjoLittoral37,661
46MelongLittoral37,086
47TibatiAdamaoua35,589
48MuyukaSudouest31,384
49ObalaCentre30,012
50Nanga EbokoCentre29,909
51PenjaLittoral28,406
52MbandjockCentre26,947
53TouboroNord26,505
54NyombéLittoral25,886
55KaéléNord Extrème25,199
56BamussoSudouest24,741
57LagdoNord24,596
58KékemOuest23,366
59TcholliréNord23,187
60BélaboEst22,553
61LolodorfSud22,252
62EsékaCentre22,221
63MamfeSudouest19,472
64DizanguéLittoral19,243
65TombelLittoral19,243
66IdenaoSudouest17,800
67AkonolingaCentre17,181
68BogoNord Extrème16,952
69TongaOuest16,036
70BaréNord Extrème15,349
71Abong MbangEst14,661
72NkambéNordouest14,661
73MakénénéCentre14,432
74YokadoumaEst13,287
75BazouOuest13,058
76MundembaSudouest11,912
77Bétaré OyaEst11,866
78PitoaNord11,454
79Rey BoubaNord11,454
80FiguifNord11,327
81MonatéléCentre11,327
82Ekondo TitiSudouest10,767
83MindifNord Extrème10,538
84MfouCentre10,033
85BabankiNordouest9,851
86MbengwiNordouest9,734
87AkomSud9,709
88Ekoumbe BondjiSudouest9,621
89BatiboNordouest9,163
90NdoungéLittoral9,163
91AyosCentre8,705
92BeloNordouest8,705
93NgwaNordouest8,705
94AmbamSud8,476
95DimakoEst8,476
96ManengoléLittoral8,476
97NdikinimékiCentre8,247
98NjinikomNordouest8,247
99BonabériLittoral8,091
100KontchaAdamaoua8,018
101MakakCentre7,789
102NkwenNordouest7,789
103BangouOuest7,560
104BansoaOuest7,560
105EkonaSudouest7,560
106YabassiLittoral7,560
107BekondoSudouest7,331
108MakariNord Extrème7,331
109BandjounOuest6,872
110BélelNord6,831
111BamendjouOuest6,643
112NgambéLittoral6,414
113NtuiCentre6,185
114MmeNordouest6,149
115BanaOuest5,727
116BankimAdamaoua5,727
117PoliNord5,727
118SaaCentre5,727
119DouméEst5,581
120MbéAdamaoua5,498
121NdomLittoral5,498
122NgutiSudouest5,498
123OkolaCentre5,390
124JakiriNordouest5,269
125Mayo OuloNord5,269
126YokoCentre5,269
127Logone BirniNord Extrème5,040
128NdéléléEst5,040
129MintaCentre4,934
130DjohongAdamaoua4,813
131DibombariLittoral4,811
132KettéNord Extrème4,811
133BangemOuest4,582
134Kar HayNord4,582
135TignèreAdamaoua4,353
136NgoumouCentre4,320
137NgomedzapCentre4,284
138AkonoCentre3,821
139EsseCentre3,803
140KozaNord Extrème3,665
141SoaCentre3,358
142MbankomoCentre2,387
143NgoroCentre2,305
144DiangLittoral2,062
145MvanguéSud1,908
146AkwayaNordouest1,833
147OmbessaCentre1,833
148ZoétéléSud1,833
149MouankoLittoral1,604
150EvodoulaCentre1,521
151MbangEst1,237
152MaanSud875
153DibangLittoral646
154BikokCentre584

Administrative divisions, 2005

#NamePopulation (2005)
1Nord Extrème3,002,797
2Centre2,672,533
3Littoral2,192,267
4Ouest2,167,995
5Nordouest2,002,135
6Sudouest1,356,007
7Nord1,346,623
8Est836,906
9Adamaoua801,307
10Sud604,864

The complete dataset is available as a free CSV download, with attribution to Stefan Helders / World Gazetteer.