Cameroon: Flag and Facts
Cameroon's flag has three vertical stripes of green, red, and yellow, with a small yellow star, the star of unity, in the red center stripe.
- Official name
- Republic of Cameroon
- Capital
- Yaoundé
- Region
- Middle Africa
- Population
- 32 million (2025)
- Languages
- English, French
- Currency
- Central African CFA franc
- Area
- 475,442 km² (183,569 sq mi)
- People
- Cameroonian
- Calling code
- +237
- Highest point
- Fako on Mont Cameroun 4,045 m
- Independence
- 1 January 1960 (from French-administered UN trusteeship)
- National symbols
- lion
- Borders
- Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Nigeria
About Cameroon
Red means unity. Yellow stands for the sun, happiness, and the savannahs of the north, while green represents hope and the forests of the south. The upright three-stripe layout follows the style of the French flag, and the colors are Pan-African.
Strong chiefdoms ran much of the region before Germany made it a colony called Kamerun in 1884. After World War I, France and the UK split the territory. French Cameroon became independent on 1 January 1960, and a year later the southern part of British Cameroon voted to join it. A 1972 constitution swapped the federation for a single unified state. The country has both English and French as official languages and roughly 31 million people.
Did you know?
- Fako, on Mont Cameroun, is the highest point in Cameroon at 4,045 meters.
- Cameroon is slightly larger than California.
- The lion is the national symbol of Cameroon.
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Questions about Cameroon
What is the capital of Cameroon?
Yaoundé is the capital of Cameroon.
What currency does Cameroon use?
Cameroon uses the Central African CFA franc.
Sources
- CIA World Factbook, checked October 8, 2026
- REST Countries data (mledoze/countries), checked October 8, 2026
- Flag artwork: flag-icons (MIT), checked October 8, 2026
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