State · 1960 – present
Cameroon
A state of 1960 – present — 66 years, still standing in sub-Saharan Africa. It replaced Kamerun, Republic of Cameroon (1960-1961) and United Republic of Cameroon. The atlas records 6 things within it — wars and battles 1 · famine and plague 1 · natural disasters 1 · people 3. Its line of rulers holds 30 people, 19 with dated terms.
- Still standing: the span runs to the year of the build, 2026.
For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.
- Stood
- 66 years
- and still standing
- Rulers
- 30
- the traditional chief in Cameroon
- Most ground
- 467,300 km²
- in 1961
- Within it
- 6
- recorded rows
- Symbols
- 2
- on record, with years
Where it sits in time
Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold, what it replaced or followed and what replaced or followed it in grey.
Before and after
The states the record files it as replacing or following, and those that replaced or followed it - Wikidata's own statements, each read from this state's side.
Before it
- Republic of Cameroon (1960-1961) · replaces
- United Republic of Cameroon · replaces
- Kamerun · replaces · 1884 – 1919
Rulers
The line of traditional chief in Cameroon.
| Ruler | Reign | Length | How it ended · source | To the ruler before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nono Tchoutouo | 1854 – 1957 | 103 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Mathias Djoumessi | 1900 – 1966 | 66 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Seidou Njimoluh Njoya | 1933 – 1992 | 59 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Ali Mahamat | 1947 – in office | in office since 1947 | still in office | |
| Ahmadou Ahidjo | 1960 – 1982 | 22 years | exiled, imprisoned or confined, the article saysread from the ruler's own article | |
| Edmond Djoumessi II | 1966 – 2002 | 36 years | ending not on record | |
| Francois Njiké Pokam | 1974 – 1987 | 13 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Paul Biya | 1982 – in office | in office since 1982 | still in office | |
| Njitack Ngompe Péle | 1988 – in office | in office since 1988 | still in office | |
| Ibrahim Mbombo Njoya | 1992 – 2021 | 29 years | died in office of natural causesWikidata's manner of death | |
| Salomon Songuè Madiba | 1992 – 2022 | 30 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Charles David Din Dika | 2001 – 2020 | 19 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Julio Djampou Tchatchouang | 2001 – in office | in office since 2001 | still in office | |
| Aboubakary Abdoulaye | 2006 – in office | in office since 2006 | still in office | |
| Gaston Mbody Epee | 2008 – in office | in office since 2008 | still in office | |
| Jean-Yves Eboumbou Douala Manga Bell | 2012 – in office | in office since 2012 | still in office | |
| Nabil Mbombo Njoya | 2021 – in office | in office since 2021 | still in office | |
| Louis Din Dika Akwa | 2022 – in office | in office since 2022 | still in office | |
| S. Jamil Madiba Songue | 2023 – in office | in office since 2023 | still in office |
30 rulers, 19 with terms dated as terms, covering 1854 – 2023. Median reign 30 years. 9 of 18 handovers irregular - a killing, a deposition, a rival claimant, a rising or a coup beside it. A blank in the last column means no kin on record, which is coverage, never “unrelated”.
Heads of government
The line of Prime Minister of Cameroon, drawn and never measured: a cabinet is not a reign.
| John Ngu Foncha | lived 1916 – 1999 |
| Simon Pierre Tchoungui | lived 1916 – 1997 |
| André-Marie Mbida | lived 1917 – 1980 |
| Augustine Ngom Jua | lived 1924 – 1977 |
| Ahmadou Ahidjo | 1960 – 1960 |
| Charles Assalé | 1960 – 1965 |
| Vincent de Paul Ahanda | 1965 – 1965 |
| Salomon Tandeng Muna | 1968 – 1972 |
| Paul Biya | 1975 – 1982 |
| Bello Bouba Maigari | 1982 – 1983 |
| Luc Ayang | 1983 – 1984 |
| Sadou Hayatou | 1991 – 1992 |
| Simon Achidi Achu | 1992 – 1996 |
| Peter Mafany Musonge | 1996 – 2004 |
| Ephraïm Inoni | 2004 – 2009 |
| Philémon Yang | 2009 – 2019 |
| Joseph Ngute | 2019 – … |
Ground held, by year
km² inside its borders as the borders dataset draws them, measured on an equal-area grid; a step series, held between the years the dataset maps.
425,700 km² in 1960, 467,300 km² in 2020; at its largest 467,300 km² in 1970. Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0.
Flags and arms, in order
Each symbol with the years its own statement gives; the timeline flies the one of the year on screen.
flag, from 1975Flag of Cameroon · Public domain 
coat of arms, from 1986Coat of arms of Cameroon · Public domain
What happened within it, by century
Every row the atlas hosts under this state, by the century it began in: wars and battles in red, risings, regime changes and massacres beside them, everything else in grey. A tall bar is a century the record is full for, which is partly a fact about Wikipedia.
1900 – 19994 rows
- Paul Biya · ruler · 1933 – present
- Ahmadou Ahidjo · ruler · 1924 – 1989
- Lake Nyos disaster · disaster · 1986
- Ibrahim Mbombo Njoya · ruler · 1937 – 2021
2000 – 20992 rows · 1 wars and battles
- COVID-19 pandemic in Cameroon · plague · 2020
- Anglophone Crisis · war · 2017
Among all states
Each measure against the states that carry it, never against all of them: a bar is the share of those states below this one.
- How long it stood66 years
stood longer than 38% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.
- The most ground it held467,300 km²
held more ground at its peak than 73% of 1,465 states with a border in Cliopatria.
- Wars recorded per century1.0
had more wars on record per century than 94% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.
- How long a reign lasted, at the median30 years
had longer reigns, at the median, than 83% of 967 states whose dated line can carry a median.
- Rulers on record30
has more rulers on record than 95% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.
What led to it, and what came of it
The investigation's own picture: 2 causes the record names and 0 results, the strongest six of each at their own years, joined to the state by the kind of claim - a recorded statement solid, the article's sentence dashed, a theory dash-dot.
Open the investigation: every row with its evidence, the conditions at the time, the theories condition by condition, and the succession analysed.
Open in the atlas
- On the timeline, 1950 – 2036, with everything that stood beside it.
- On the map in 1961, live: scrub the year and watch its borders move.
- Investigate it: what led to it, what came of it, and its succession analysed.
Wikidata Q1009 (CC0) · borders Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0 · coast and rivers Natural Earth · symbols from Wikimedia Commons, each credited above · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.