Cameroon

Capital city — Yaoundé

Country population
27,914,536
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2022
/ World Bank
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
116
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06/2022
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Type of government
Constitutional Republic (Presidential D…
Human Development Index
0.587
(151/193)
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2022
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
4.54
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2020
/ UNODC, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice
Total number of prisoners
32,003
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06/2022
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
177.6 %
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09/2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
79
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2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Female prisoners
2.6 %
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31/10/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
2.6 %
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31/10/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
58 %
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09/2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
no
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Special populations

Women

Female prisoners

2.6 %

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31/10/2020

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Minors

Incarcerated minors

2.6 %

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31/10/2020

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Untried prisoners

Percentage of untried prisoners

58 %

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09/2021

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Death penalty prisoners

Death penalty is abolished

no

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