Former Cameroon coach Arie Haan has been ordered to pay more than US$650,000 to the country's football federation (Fecafoot).

Population: 16,380,005 note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2005 est.) 

Age structure: 0-14 years: 41.7% (male 3,457,180/female 3,375,668) 15-64 years: 55% (male 4,537,281/female 4,477,163) 65 years and over: 3.3% (male 239,634/female 293,079) (2005 est.) 

Median age: total: 18.6 years male: 18.45 years female: 18.76 years (2005 est.) 

Population growth rate: 1.93% (2005 est.) 

Death rate: 15.4 deaths/1,000 population (2005 est.) 

Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.) 

Sex ratio: at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.02 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.01 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.82 male(s)/female total population: 1.01 male(s)/female (2005 est.) 

Infant mortality rate: total: 68.26 deaths/1,000 live births male: 72.14 deaths/1,000 live births female: 64.27 deaths/1,000 live births (2005 est.) 

Life expectancy at birth: total population: 50.89 years male: 50.71 years female: 51.08 years (2005 est.) 

Total fertility rate: 4.47 children born/woman (2005 est.) 

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 6.9% (2003 est.) 

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: 560,000 (2003 est.) 

HIV/AIDS - deaths: 49,000 (2003 est.) 

Nationality: noun: Cameroonian(s) adjective: Cameroonian 

Ethnic groups: Cameroon Highlanders 31%, Equatorial Bantu 19%, Kirdi 11%, Fulani 10%, Northwestern Bantu 8%, Eastern Nigritic 7%, other African 13%, non-African less than 1% 

Religions: indigenous beliefs 40%, Christian 40%, Muslim 20% 

Languages: 24 major African language groups, English (official), French (official) 

Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 79% male: 84.7% female: 73.4% (2003 est.)