Flag of Cameroon

🎨 What the flag means

Cameroon's flag has three vertical stripes of green, red and yellow, with a yellow star in the centre. Green stands for the forests of the south and yellow for the sun and the savannas of the north. The red middle stripe stands for unity, and the star is called "the star of unity".

📊 Quick facts

👥 Population

28.4 million (2023)

🏙️ Capital

Yaoundé2.4 million people (2012)

🗣️ Main language

FrenchAlso official: English

✨ 3 fun facts

1. Cameroon is nicknamed "Africa in miniature" because it has coasts, desert, mountains, rainforest and savanna.
2. Mount Cameroon, a volcano near the coast, is the country's highest point at about 4,100 metres.
3. People in Cameroon speak about 250 local languages, plus English and French, the two official languages.