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Refugees in Cameroon

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All refugees JSON 
326,656
Last updated 31 Aug 2017
Source - UNHCR, Government, CNARR 
All refugees by origin JSON  .CSV 
Country of origin Source Data date Population
Central African Rep. UNHCR, Government, CNARR 31 Aug 2017
  71.3%
232,917
Nigeria UNHCR, Government, CNARR 31 Aug 2017
  27.7%
90,581
Chad UNHCR, Government, CNARR 31 Aug 2017
  0.5%
1,494
Rwanda UNHCR, Government, CNARR 31 Aug 2017
  0.2%
810
Dem. Rep. of the Congo UNHCR, Government, CNARR 31 Aug 2017
  0.2%
515
Others UNHCR, Government, CNARR 31 Aug 2017
  0.0%
93
Sudan UNHCR, Government, CNARR 31 Aug 2017
  0.0%
69
Côte d'Ivoire UNHCR, Government, CNARR 31 Aug 2017
  0.0%
67
Burundi UNHCR, Government, CNARR 31 Aug 2017
  0.0%
60
Congo UNHCR, Government, CNARR 31 Aug 2017
  0.0%
50


NB:
Out of the 90,581 Nigerian refugees in Cameroon, 88,672 are in the Lake Chad Basin (Far North region), displaced by the insurgency.
Central African Republic refugees JSON  .CSV 
Nigerian refugees JSON  .CSV 
IDPs in the Far North region (estimate) JSON 
235,913
Last updated 31 Aug 2017
Source - IOM 
Note

Out of 228,443 IDPs, 96% (219,305) are displaced by the insurgency in north-eastern Nigeria

IDP returnees in the Far North region (estimate) JSON  .CSV 
59,398
Last updated 31 Aug 2017
Source - IOM 
Asylum seekers JSON 
4,714
Last updated 31 Aug 2017
Source - UNHCR, Government 
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    Worldbank country facts
    Capital
    Yaoundé
    Languages
    en, fr
    Population
    23,439,189
    Area
    472,710 km2
    GDP
    24,204,448,567 USD
    GDP growth
    4.53%
    Income level
    Lower middle income
    Gini index
    38.9
    Currency
    XAF
    Literacy rate
    N/A