World Number Plates

Number Plates of Cameroon

Continent: Africa

Capital: Yaounde

Population: 16.4 million

Country ISO code: CM

Country OVAL code: CAM

Driving Side: Right

First license issued in 1961

Number of vehicles:
cars 78,272 (1987), trucks and buses 43,868 (1987)

Road information:
total: 34,300 km; paved: 4,288 km; unpaved: 30,012 km (1999 est.)

Located in Western Africa, Cameroon is surrounded by Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo, Central African Republic, Chad and Nigeria.

Yellow number plates are assigned to military vehicles and show the country flag, while normal civilian number plates are black with silver characters. The first two letters on normal number plates denote the area where the vehicle was registered.