Douala

Data as of · Metro Power Rankings

#670

Global Rank

3.3

Power Score

Emerging Metro

% of Country Score

32.6%


Share

Cameroon • Africa • Language power • Time zone Africa/Douala UTC+1

Population
3.9M
GDP
N/A
GDP per capita
$0
Land area
1,288 km² (497 mi²)
Density
3,063/km² (7,933/mi²)
GAWC class
10

Primary city Douala

State / province Littoral

Language French

Douala metro area

4.05, 9.70
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Sport

Dimension Breakdown

Value and global rank across all 16 dimensions
World #1Top 5Outside top 5

Most similar metros

Closest profiles across all 16 dimensions

Sports

2 teams

Other Teams

Football/Soccer Teams2 teams

Football/Soccer • Cameroon

Dynamo Douala

Douala • Level: 1

Football/Soccer • Cameroon

Victoria Utd Limbé

Douala • Level: 1

Championship History

2 titles

Every major championship won by a team while it represented Douala, across all sports, newest first. 2 in total. Each links to the team and the competition's full honour roll.

Union Douala
1980· 1979-12-16
Oryx Douala
1965· 1964-02-07

Languages of Douala

French first in Littoral; 2 languages hold a role.

RoleLanguage
De factoFrench
AdministrativeFrench
NationalFrench
NationalEnglish
English reach, Littoral
38%
Tier 3 country

Littoral on the languages board · Language power

Notable Infrastructure

Airport1 entry

Douala International Airport

Douala • 4 - Regional