Gabon People - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Popufation: 1,017,000 (July 1986), average annual growth rate 2.8%

Nationality: noun—Gabonese (sing , pl.); adjective- -Gabonese

Ethnic divisions: about 40 Bantu tribes, including 4 major tribal groupings (Fang, Eshira. Bapounou, Bateke); about 100,000 expatriate Africans and Europeans, including 35,000 French

Religion. 55-75% Christian, less than 1% Muslim, remainder animist

Language-French (official). Fang, Myene, Bateke, Bapounou/Fschira, Bandjabi

Infant mortality rate: 117/1,

Life expei tancy: 50

Aid: France $91 million (1978)

Literacy: 65%

Labor force: 120 000 salaried (1983); 65.0% agriculture, 30.0% industry and commerce, 2.5% services, 2.5% government

Organized labor, there are 38 000 members of the national trade union, the Gabonese Trade Union Confederation (COSYGA)

NOTE: The information regarding Gabon on this page is re-published from the 1986 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Gabon 1986 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Gabon 1986 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.