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Cameroon

Cameroon's best placing is 30th of 194 for forest.

Best placing: #30Forest
Top 10 placings: 0 / 17
Population: 29.9 million
Land area: 472,710 km²

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Best placings first. The bar shows how far up the ranking Cameroon is.

Forest

#30 of 194

201,725 km² of forest

10th in Africa · World Bank · 2023

Population

#51 of 195

29,879,337 people

17th in Africa · World Bank · 2025

Forest per person

#52 of 194

0.0068 km² of forest per person

World Bank · 2023

Land area

#52 of 194

472,710 km² of land

24th in Africa · World Bank · 2023

Rainfall

#51 of 179

1,604 mm of precipitation per year

10th in Africa · World Bank · 2022

Forest by area

#61 of 194

42.7 % of land area covered by forest

World Bank · 2023

Land area per person

#72 of 194

0.016 km² of land per person

World Bank · 2023

GDP

#89 of 182

58,933,453,924 US$ (current prices)

15th in Africa · World Bank · 2025

Airports

#106 of 193

37 airports

27th in Africa · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

Population by area

#123 of 194

63.21 people per km²

World Bank · 2025

Railways

#89 of 135

987 km of railway

18th in Africa · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2014

Coastline

#104 of 151

402 km of coastline

25th in Africa · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

GDP per person

#150 of 182

1,972 GDP per person (US$)

World Bank · 2025

Airports per person

#163 of 192

1.24 airports per million people

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

Railways by area

#113 of 133

2.09 km of railway per 1,000 km²

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2014

Railways per person

#115 of 134

33.03 km of railway per million people

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2014

Airports by area

#169 of 191

0.78 airports per 10,000 km²

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

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