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1948 Fiscal year: 1 July - 30 June

      @Cameroon, Communications

      Railroads:

       1,003 km total; 858 km 1.000-meter gauge, 145 km 0.600-meter gauge

       Highways:

       total:

       65,000 km

       paved:

       2,682 km

       unpaved:

       gravel, improved earth 32,318 km; unimproved earth 30,000 km

       Inland waterways:

       2,090 km; of decreasing importance

       Ports:

       Douala

       Merchant marine:

       2 cargo ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 24,122 GRT/33,509 DWT

       Airports:

       total:

       61

       usable:

       49

       with permanent-surface runways:

       11

       with runways over 3,659 m:

       0

       with runways 2,440–3,659 m:

       6

       with runways 1,220–2,439 m:

       21

       Telecommunications:

       good system of open wire, cable, troposcatter, and microwave radio

       relay; 26,000 telephones, 2 telephones per 1,000 persons, available

       only to business and government; broadcast stations - 11 AM, 11 FM, 1

       TV; 2 Atlantic Ocean INTELSAT earth stations

      @Cameroon, Defense Forces

      Branches:

       Army, Navy (including Naval Infantry), Air Force, National

       Gendarmerie, Presidential Guard

       Manpower availability:

       males age 15–49 2,939,761; fit for military service 1,481,750; reach

       military age (18) annually 137,020 (1994 est.)

       Defense expenditures:

       exchange rate conversion - $219 million, less than 2% of GDP (1990

       est.)

      @Canada, Geography

      Location:

       Northern North America, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean and North

       Pacific Ocean north of the US

       Map references:

       Arctic Region, North America, Standard Time Zones of the World

       Area:

       total area:

       9,976,140 sq km

       land area:

       9,220,970 sq km

       comparative area:

       slightly larger than US

       Land boundaries:

       total 8,893 km, US 8,893 km (includes 2,477 km with Alaska)

       Coastline:

       243,791 km

       Maritime claims:

       continental shelf:

       200-m depth or to depth of exploitation

       exclusive fishing zone:

       200 nm

       territorial sea:

       12 nm

       International disputes:

       maritime boundary disputes with the US; Saint Pierre and Miquelon is

       focus of maritime boundary dispute between Canada and France

       Climate:

       varies from temperate in south to subarctic and arctic in north

       Terrain:

       mostly plains with mountains in west and lowlands in southeast

       Natural resources:

       nickel, zinc, copper, gold, lead, molybdenum, potash, silver, fish,

       timber, wildlife, coal, petroleum, natural gas

       Land use:

       arable land:

       5%

       permanent crops:

       0%

       meadows and pastures:

       3%

       forest and woodland:

       35%

       other:

       57%

       Irrigated land:

       8,400 sq km (1989 est.)

       Environment:

       current issues:

       acid rain severely affecting lakes and damaging forests; metal

       smelting, coal-burning utilities, and vehicle emissions impacting on

       agricultural and forest productivity; ocean waters becoming

       contaminated due to agricultural, industrial, mining, and forestry

       activities

       natural hazards:

       continuous permafrost in north is a serious obstacle to development

       international agreements:

       party to - Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air

       Pollution-Sulphur, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change,

       Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes,

       Marine Dumping, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship

       Pollution, Tropical Timber, Wetlands; signed, but not ratified - Air

       Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Antarctic-Environmental

       Protocol, Law of the Sea

       Note:

       second-largest country in world (after Russia); strategic location

       between Russia and US via north polar route; nearly 90% of the

       population is concentrated in the region near the US/Canada border

      @Canada, People

      Population:

       28,113,997 (July 1994 est.)

       Population growth rate:

       1.18% (1994 est.)

       Birth rate:

       14.1 births/1,000 population (1994 est.)

       Death rate:

       7.39 deaths/1,000 population (1994 est.)

       Net migration rate:

       5.11 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1994 est.)

       Infant mortality rate:

       6.9 deaths/1,000 live births (1994 est.)

       Life expectancy at birth:

       total population:

       78.13 years

       male:

       74.73 years

       female:

       81.71 years (1994 est.)

       Total fertility rate:

       1.84 children born/woman (1994 est.)

       Nationality:

       noun:

       Canadian(s)

       adjective:

       Canadian

       Ethnic divisions:

      

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