With the defeat of Germany in World War I, Kamerun became a League of Nations mandate territory and was split into French Cameroon (French: Cameroun) and British Cameroon in 1919.OverviewCameroon, officially the Republic of Cameroon, is a country in. It shares boundaries with to the west. Originally, Cameroon was the given by the Portuguese to the, which they called Rio dos Camarões meaning 'river of ' or 'shrimp river', referring to the then abundant. Evidence from at in the shows human occupation in Cameroon dating back 30,000 years. The longest continuous inhabitants are groups such as the (). The is elected and creates policy, administers government agencies, commands the, negotiates and ratifies treaties, and declares a state of emergency. The president a. At 475,442 square kilometres (183,569 sq mi), Cameroon is the world's 53rd-largest country. The country is located in Central Africa and West Africa, on the, part of the and the Atlantic Oc. Cameroon's per capita GDP () was estimated at US$5.760 in 2025. Major export markets include the Netherlands, France, China, Belgium, Italy, Algeria, and Malaysia. Cameroon. The population of Cameroon was 27,198,628 in 2021, up from 4,466,000 in 1950. The life expectancy was 62.3 years (60.6 years for males and 64 years for females). Cameroon.