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Attribute
Cameroon
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Rwanda
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Geography
Area (km²)475,44026,338
ContinentAfricaAfrica
Land area (km²)472,71024,668
Water area (km²)2,7301,670
Land boundaries (km)5,018930
Border countries
  • Central African Republic
  • Chad
  • Equatorial Guinea
  • Gabon
  • Nigeria
  • Republic of the Congo
  • Burundi
  • Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Tanzania
  • Uganda
Coastline (km)4020
Mean elevation (m)6671,598
Lowest point (m)0950
Highest point (m)4,0454,519
People
Population27,744,98912,712,431
Official languages
  • English
  • French
  • English
  • French
  • Kinyarwanda
  • Swahili/Kiswahili
ReligionRoman CatholicProtestant
Government
Long country nameRepublic of CameroonRepublic of Rwanda
Short country nameCameroonRwanda
Long local nameRepublique du Cameroun/Republic of CameroonRepublika y'u Rwanda
Short local nameCameroun/CameroonRwanda
Former name
  • British Cameroon
  • Federal Republic of Cameroon
  • French Cameroon
  • Kamerun
  • United Republic of Cameroon
  • German East Africa
  • Ruanda
Government typePresidential republicPresidential republic
CapitalYaoundeKigali
Economy
GDP (PPP) (USD)89,540,000,00024,680,000,000
GDP (OER) (USD)34,990,000,0009,136,000,000
GDP (real growth rate) (%)3.56.1
GDP - per capita (PPP) (USD)3,7002,100
Gross national saving (% of GDP)25.512.5
Labor force9,912,0006,227,000
Unemployment rate (%)4.32.7
Population below poverty line (%)3039.1
Budget revenues (USD)5,363,000,0001,943,000,000
Budget expenditures (USD)6,556,000,0002,337,000,000
Military expenditures (% of GDP)1.251.23
Taxes and other revenues (% of GDP)15.321.3
Budget surplus or deficit (% of GDP)-3.4-4.3
Public debt (% of GDP)36.940.5
Inflation rate (%)0.64.8
Central bank discount rate (%)4.257.75
Commercial bank prime lending rate (%)1317.17
Stock of narrow money (USD)4,857,000,000963,900,000
Stock of broad money (USD)4,857,000,000963,900,000
Stock of domestic credit (USD)6,154,000,0001,861,000,000
Market value of publicly traded shares (USD)230,000,000-
Current account balance (USD)-932,000,000-622,000,000
Exports (USD)4,732,000,0001,050,000,000
Imports (USD)4,812,000,0001,922,000,000
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold (USD)3,235,000,000997,600,000
External debt (USD)9,375,000,0003,258,000,000
National currencyCooperation Financiere en Afrique Centrale francsRwandan francs
National currency (code)XAFRWF
National currency (symbol)FCFAر.س
National currency rate to USD605.3839.1



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