DEMOGRAPHIC SITUATION
According to the information from the International Institute for Statistics, Cameroon has a total population of 22.522.950 (unpublished census of December 2019). It is divided into 10 Administrative Regions which are further divided into Divisions or Departments. The North West Region, with Bamenda as the Capital, covers an area of 17.300 square km with a total population of 2.252.295 distributed into 7 Divisions. The Archdiocese of Bamenda falls within the territory of the North West Region of the Republic of Cameroon and its territory covers 5 of the 7 Administrative Divisions.
The following is the population of the Archdiocese of Bamenda according to the Administrative Divisions:
| DIVISION | CAPITAL | AREA
(Sq. Km) |
POPULATION |
| BOYO | FUNDONG | 1.592 | 136.387 |
| MENCHUM | WUM | 4.469 | 173.398 |
| MEZAM | BAMENDA | 1.745 | 821.127 |
| MOMO | MBENGWI | 1.792 | 151.693 |
| NGOKETUNJIA | NDOP | 1.126 | 199.848 |
| Total 10.724 | 1.482453 | ||
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