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Ethnic groups Cameroon, in 36 editions.
The entry for Cameroon published Ethnic groups in 36 editions of 36, from 1990 to 2025. The text changed in 10 editions. Each is shown as published. Ethnic groups in every entry.
- editions changed the text
- 10
- the first edition with it
- 1990
- the latest edition with it
- 2025
Published as “Ethnic divisions” (1990 to 1996) and “Ethnic groups” (1997 to 2025).
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2000 edition
Changed since 1999Published as “Ethnic divisions”
- over 200 tribes of widely differing background;
- 31% Cameroon Highlanders, 19% Equatorial Bantu, 11% Kirdi, 10% Fulani, 8% Northwestern Bantu, 7% Eastern Nigritic, 13% other African, less than 1% non-African
over 200 tribes of widely differing background; 31% Cameroon Highlanders, 19% Equatorial Bantu, 11% Kirdi, 10% Fulani, 8% Northwestern Bantu, 7% Eastern Nigritic, 13% other African, less than 1% non-African
Published as “Ethnic divisions”
- over 200 tribes of widely differing background;
- Cameroon Highlanders 31%, Equatorial Bantu 19%, Kirdi 11%, Fulani 10%, Northwestern Bantu 8%, Eastern Nigritic 7%, other African 13%, non-African less than 1%
over 200 tribes of widely differing background; 31% Cameroon Highlanders, 19% Highlanders 31%, Equatorial Bantu, 11% Kirdi, 10% Fulani, 8% Bantu 19%, Kirdi 11%, Fulani 10%, Northwestern Bantu, 7% Bantu 8%, Eastern Nigritic, 13% Nigritic 7%, other African, African 13%, non-African less than 1% non-African
Published as “Ethnic divisions”
- over 200 tribes of widely differing background;
- Cameroon Highlanders 31%, Equatorial Bantu 19%, Kirdi 11%, Fulani 10%, Northwestern Bantu 8%, Eastern Nigritic 7%, other African 13%, non-African less than 1%
over 200 tribes of widely differing background; Cameroon Highlanders 31%,
Equatorial Bantu 19%, Kirdi 11%, Fulani 10%, Northwestern Bantu 8%, Eastern
Nigritic 7%, other African 13%, non-African less than 1%
Published as “Ethnic divisions”
over 200 tribes of widely differing background; Cameroon Highlanders 31%,
Northwestern Bantu 8%, Eastern
less than 1%
Published as “Ethnic divisions”
Cameroon Highlanders 31%, Equatorial Bantu 19%, Kirdi 11%, Fulani 10%,
Northwestern Bantu 8%, Eastern Nigritic 7%, other African 13%, non-African
non-African less than 1%
The same text in 1995 and 1996.
Published as “Ethnic divisions”
Cameroon Highlanders 31%, Equatorial Bantu 19%,
Kirdi 11%, Fulani 10%,
other African 13%,
The same text in 1997 and 1998.
Cameroon Highlanders 31%, Equatorial Bantu 19%,
11%, Fulani 10%, Northwestern Bantu 8%, Eastern Nigritic 7%,
African 13%, non-African less than 1%
Cameroon Highlanders 31%, Equatorial Bantu 19%, Kirdi
Kirdi 11%, Fulani 10%, Northwestern Bantu 8%, Eastern Nigritic 7%, other
other African 13%, non-African less than 1%
The same text in 20 editions, 2000 to 2019.
Cameroon Highlanders 31%, Equatorial Bantu 19%,
The same text in 4 editions, 2020 to 2023.
- Bamileke-Bamu 24.3%,
- Beti/Bassa,
- Mbam 21.6%,
- Biu-Mandara 14.6%,
- Arab-Choa/Hausa/Kanuri 11%,
- Adamawa-Ubangi,
- 9.8%,
- Grassfields 7.7%,
- Kako,
- Meka/Pygmy 3.3%,
- Cotier/Ngoe/Oroko 2.7%,
- Southwestern Bantu 0.7%,
- foreign/other ethnic group 4.5% (2018 est.)
Cameroon Highlanders 31%, Equatorial Bantu 19%, Kirdi Bamileke-Bamu 24.3%, Beti/Bassa, Mbam 21.6%, Biu-Mandara 14.6%, Arab-Choa/Hausa/Kanuri 11%, Fulani 10%, Northwestern Adamawa-Ubangi, 9.8%, Grassfields 7.7%, Kako, Meka/Pygmy 3.3%, Cotier/Ngoe/Oroko 2.7%, Southwestern Bantu 8%, Eastern Nigritic 7%, other African 13%, non-African less than 1% 0.7%, foreign/other ethnic group 4.5% (2018 est.)
The same text in 2024 and 2025.
- Bamileke-Bamu 22.2%,
- Biu-Mandara 16.4%,
- Arab-Choa/Hausa/Kanuri 13.5%,
- Beti/Bassa,
- Mbam 13.1%,
- Grassfields 9.9%,
- Adamawa-Ubangi,
- 9.8%,
- Cotier/Ngoe/Oroko 4.6%,
- Southwestern Bantu 4.3%,
- Kako/Meka 2.3%,
- foreign/other ethnic group 3.8% (2022 est.)
Bamileke-Bamu 24.3%, Beti/Bassa, Mbam 21.6%, 22.2%, Biu-Mandara 14.6%, 16.4%, Arab-Choa/Hausa/Kanuri 11%, 13.5%, Beti/Bassa, Mbam 13.1%, Grassfields 9.9%, Adamawa-Ubangi, 9.8%, Grassfields 7.7%, Kako, Meka/Pygmy 3.3%, Cotier/Ngoe/Oroko 2.7%, 4.6%, Southwestern Bantu 0.7%, 4.3%, Kako/Meka 2.3%, foreign/other ethnic group 4.5% (2018 3.8% (2022 est.)
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Central Intelligence Agency. “Cameroon: Ethnic groups.” The World Factbook, 1990–2025 editions. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/cameroon/ethnic-groups.