Distillers Cameroon
A one-page guide to Cameroon for the spirits trade: the country, its people, its economy and how it drinks.
At a glance
- Capital
- Yaounde
- Official languages
- French, English
- Currency
- Central African CFA franc (XAF)
- Time zone
- UTC+1 (WAT)
- Area
- 475,442 km²
People
- Population
- 29.9 million (2025)
- Population growth
- 2.6% a year
- Living in towns and cities
- 55.7%
- Aged under 15
- 41.1%
- Aged 65 and over
- 2.8%
- Life expectancy
- 64.0 years
Economy
- GDP
- US$58.9 billion (2025)
- GDP per person
- US$1,972 (2025)
- Economic growth
- 3.20000015616144% (2025)
- Inflation
- 3.40373458279055% (2025)
Climate
Varies by region: very hot and humid coastal plain; equatorial forest on the southern plateau; mild, rainy Cameroon range; Adamawa Plateau at 22-25 C with heavy rain April to October; arid, hot north.
Alcohol
- Alcohol is
- Legal
- Legal drinking age
- 21 (18 if accompanied by someone 21+; licensees may not sell to under-18s)
- Alcohol per adult a year
- 12.8 litres of pure alcohol (2022)
- What people drink
- Beer 81%, wine 3%, spirits 16% (2022)
Sources: World Bank (population, economy and demographics), WHO Global Health Observatory (alcohol per adult and drinking mix); Wikipedia: Cameroon (basics, climate, ports); Wikipedia: Legal drinking age; World Bank Open Data (population, GDP, growth, inflation, area); WHO Global Health Observatory: total alcohol per capita; UN Comtrade (HS 2208 trade); Wikipedia: Brasseries du Cameroun; AllAfrica/Cameroon Tribune - sachet whisky ultimatum (4 Jul 2026). Figures are the latest each source publishes; the year is shown beside each one.