Nationality:
noun: Gabonese (singular and plural)
adjective:
Gabonese
Ethnic groups:
Bantu tribes, including four major tribal groupings (Fang, Bapounou, Nzebi, Obamba); other Africans and Europeans, 154,000, including 10,700 French and 11,000 persons of dual nationality
Languages:
French (official), Fang, Myene, Nzebi, Bapounou/Eschira, Bandjabi
Religions:
Christian 55%-75%, animist, Muslim less than 1%
Population: Age structure: Dependency ratios: Median age: Population growth rate: Birth rate: Death rate: Net migration rate: Urbanization: Major urban areas - population: Sex ratio: Mother's mean age at first birth: Maternal mortality rate: Infant mortality rate: Life expectancy at birth: Total fertility rate: Contraceptive prevalence rate: Health expenditures: Physicians density: Hospital bed density: Drinking water source: Sanitation facility access: HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: HIV/AIDS - deaths: Major infectious diseases: Obesity - adult prevalence rate: Children under the age of 5 years underweight: Education expenditures: Literacy: School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
NOTE: 1) The information regarding Gabon on this page is re-published from the 2014 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Gabon People 2014 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Gabon People 2014 should be addressed to the CIA.
1,640,286 (July 2013 est.)
country comparison to the world: 154
note:
estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected
[see also: Population country ranks ]
0-14 years: 42.1% (male 347,203/female 344,008)
[see also: Age structure 0-14 years country ranks ]
15-24 years:
20.3% (male 166,328/female 165,843)
25-54 years:
29.7% (male 243,111/female 243,442)
55-64 years:
4.1% (male 32,871/female 34,692)
65 years and over:
3.8% (male 26,627/female 36,161) (2013 est.)
total dependency ratio: 77.4 %
[see also: Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio country ranks ]
youth dependency ratio:
68.3 %
elderly dependency ratio:
9.2 %
potential support ratio:
10.9 (2013)
total: 18.6 years
[see also: Median age - total country ranks ]
male:
18.4 years
female:
18.8 years (2013 est.)
1.96% (2013 est.)
country comparison to the world: 55
[see also: Population growth rate country ranks ]
34.82 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)
country comparison to the world: 29
[see also: Birth rate country ranks ]
13.11 deaths/1,000 population (2013 est.)
country comparison to the world: 20
[see also: Death rate country ranks ]
-2.11 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2013 est.)
country comparison to the world: 165
[see also: Net migration rate country ranks ]
urban population: 86.2% of total population (2011)
[see also: Urbanization - urban population country ranks ]
rate of urbanization:
2.27% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)
LIBREVILLE (capital) 619,000 (2009)
at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
[see also: Sex ratio - at birth country ranks ]
0-14 years:
1.01 male(s)/female
15-24 years:
1 male(s)/female
25-54 years:
1 male(s)/female
55-64 years:
0.96 male(s)/female
65 years and over:
0.73 male(s)/female
total population:
0.99 male(s)/female (2013 est.)
20.3
note:
median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2012 est.)
[see also: Mother's mean age at first birth country ranks ]
230 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
country comparison to the world: 51
[see also: Maternal mortality rate country ranks ]
total: 48.02 deaths/1,000 live births
country comparison to the world: 44
male:
55.49 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
40.32 deaths/1,000 live births (2013 est.)
total population: 52.15 years
country comparison to the world: 214
male:
51.58 years
female:
52.74 years (2013 est.)
4.52 children born/woman (2013 est.)
country comparison to the world: 29
[see also: Total fertility rate country ranks ]
31.1% (2012)
[see also: Contraceptive prevalence rate country ranks ]
3.2% of GDP (2011)
country comparison to the world: 179
[see also: Health expenditures country ranks ]
0.29 physicians/1,000 population (2004)
[see also: Physicians density country ranks ]
6.3 beds/1,000 population (2010)
[see also: Hospital bed density country ranks ]
improved:
unimproved:
improved:
unimproved:
5.2% (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 14
[see also: HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate country ranks ]
46,000 (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 59
[see also: HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS country ranks ]
2,400 (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 52
[see also: HIV/AIDS - deaths country ranks ]
degree of risk: very high
food or waterborne diseases:
bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
vectorborne disease:
malaria and dengue fever
water contact disease:
schistosomiasis
animal contact disease:
rabies (2013)
13.9% (2008)
country comparison to the world: 124
[see also: Obesity - adult prevalence rate country ranks ]
8.8% (2001)
country comparison to the world: 70
[see also: Children under the age of 5 years underweight country ranks ]
NA
[see also: Education expenditures - percent of GDP country ranks ]
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population:
89%
male:
92.3%
female:
85.6% (2011 est.)
total: 13 years
male:
12 years
female:
12 years (2002)
2) The rank that you see is the CIA reported rank, which may habe the following issues:
a) They assign increasing rank number, alphabetically for countries with the same value of the ranked item, whereas we assign them the same rank.
b) The CIA sometimes assignes counterintuitive ranks. For example, it assigns unemployment rates in increasing order, whereas we rank them in decreasing order
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