Cameroon

Sub-Saharan Africa · Yaounde

Rank #97 of 173

28.8Strength score

Photos

US Army in Cameroon drilling well — US Army in Cameroon drilling wellUnknown author · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

US Navy 090402-N-1688B-076 Cameroon Armed Forces Navy Lt. Cmdr. Hamadou Lame answers a question during a press conference in Douala, Cameroon as Capt. Cindy Thebaud, commander of Africa Partnership Station Nashville looks on — US Navy 090402-N-1688B-076 Cameroon Armed Forces Navy Lt. Cmdr. Hamadou Lame answers a question during a press conference in Douala, Cameroon as Capt. Cindy Thebaud, commander of Africa Partnership Station Nashville looks onU.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Matthew Bookwalter · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Lockheed C-130H-30 Hercules (L-382T), Cameroon - Air Force AN0193846 — Lockheed C-130H-30 Hercules (L-382T), Cameroon - Air Force AN0193846JetPix · GFDL 1.2 · Wikimedia Commons

Equipment figures for this country are not added yet. The score uses budget and personnel only.

Strength by area

Finance73
Air power—
Manpower70
Land forces—
Naval power—
Nuclear—

Finance

Defence budget: $627M #101
Budget as % of GDP: 1.06% #119
Spending per person: $21 #132
GDP: $58.9B #91
Population: 29,879,337 #51

Manpower

Active personnel: 34,000 (World Bank figure) #85
Reserve personnel: —
Paramilitary: —
Total personnel: 34,000 #89

Land forces

Tanks: —
Armoured vehicles: —
Self-propelled artillery: —
Towed artillery: —
Rocket launchers (MLRS): —

Air power

Total aircraft: —
Fighter jets: —
Attack aircraft & bombers: —
Transport aircraft: —
Helicopters: —
Attack helicopters: —

Naval power

Total naval vessels: —
Aircraft carriers: —
Helicopter carriers: —
Submarines: —
Destroyers: —
Frigates: —
Corvettes: —
Patrol vessels: —

Nuclear

Nuclear warheads: —

Compare with…

Weapons Cameroon uses (1)

Type 062 gunboat

Type 062 gunboatFast attack craft

Others in the region

37Nigeria60.1 VS
45South Africa57.5 VS
47Ethiopia51.5 VS
64Angola30.9 VS
66Congo, Dem. Rep.30.8 VS
82Sudan29.8 VS
83Uganda29.8 VS
87Eritrea29.5 VS

Source

Budget, GDP, population and personnel: World Bank open data (SIPRI / IISS based). (Defence budget: 2025)