Infrastructure — Cameroon
Transport, communications, and energy.
Profile updated 2026-06-02
⚡ Infrastructure at a glance
Transport, communications, and energy. Key figure for Cameroon: 33
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Transportation
- Airports - total
33
- Airports with Paved Runways
11
- Railways
774 Miles 1,245 Kilometers
- Roadways- total
31,907 Miles 51,350 Kilometers
- Roadways- paved
2,553 Miles 4,108 Kilometers
- Ports and Terminals
Bonaberi, Douala, Garoua, Kribi, Tiko
Communications
- Telephones
323,800
- Cell Phones
4,536,000
- Internet Users
370,000
- Internet Country Code
.cm
- Internet Hosts
90
- Broadcast Media
- The government maintains tight control over broadcast media
- state-owned Cameroon Radio Television (CRTV), broadcasting on both a TV and radio network, was the only officially recognized and fully licensed broadcaster until August 2007 when the government finally issued licenses to 2 private TV broadcasters and 1 private radio broadcaster
- about 70 privately owned, unlicensed radio stations operating but are subject to closure at any time
- foreign news services required to partner with state-owned national station
- Telephone System
- General Assessment: system includes cable, microwave radio relay, and tropospheric scatter; Camtel, the monopoly provider of fixed-line service, provides connections for only about 3 per 100 persons; equipment is old and outdated, and conne
- ctions with many parts of the country are unreliable Domestic: mobile-cellular usage, in part a reflection of the poor condition and general inadequacy of the fixed-line network, has increased sharply, reach
- ing a subscribership base of 50 per 100 persons International: country code - 237; landing point for the SAT-3/WASC fiber-optic submarine cable that provides connectivity to Europe and Asia; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)
Energy
- Electricity Consumption- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
4,801,000,000
- Electricity Production- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
5,601,000,000
- Natural Gas Consumption - Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
210,000,000
- Natural Gas Production- Cubic Meters (cu m)
150,000,000
- Natural Gas Reserves- Cubic Meters (cu m)
135,100,000,000
- Oil Consumption- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
29,410
- Oil Exports- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
55,680
- Oil Imports- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
34,220
- Oil Production- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
82,300
- Oil Reserves- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
200,000,000