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NOTE: 1) The information regarding Gabon on this page is re-published from the 2018 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Gabon People 2018 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Gabon People 2018 should be addressed to the CIA.
1,772,255
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 (July 2017 est.)
country comparison to the world: 153
[see also: Population country ranks ]
noun: Gabonese (singular and plural)
adjective: Gabonese
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
French (official), Fang, Myene, Nzebi, Bapounou/Eschira, Bandjabi
Roman Catholic 42.3%, Protestant 12.3%, other Christian 27.4%, Muslim 9.8%, animist 0.6%, other 0.5%, none/no answer 7.1% (2012 est.)
Gabon’s oil revenues have given it one of the highest per capita income levels in sub-Saharan Africa, but the wealth is not evenly distributed and poverty is widespread. Unemployment is especially prevalent among the large youth population; more than 60% of the population is under the age of 25. With a fertility rate still averaging more than 4 children per woman, the youth population will continue to grow and further strain the mismatch between Gabon’s supply of jobs and the skills of its labor force.
Gabon has been a magnet to migrants from neighboring countries since the 1960s because of the discovery of oil, as well as the country’s political stability and timber, mineral, and natural gas resources. Nonetheless, income inequality and high unemployment have created slums in Libreville full of migrant workers from Senegal, Nigeria, Cameroon, Benin, Togo, and elsewhere in West Africa. In 2011, Gabon declared an end to refugee status for 9,500 remaining Congolese nationals to whom it had granted asylum during the Republic of the Congo’s civil war between 1997 and 2003. About 5,400 of these refugees received permits to reside in Gabon.
0-14 years: 41.9% (male 373,307/female 369,237)
[see also: Age structure - 0-14 years country ranks ]
15-24 years: 20.46% (male 181,823/female 180,837)
[see also: Age structure - 15-24 years country ranks ]
25-54 years: 29.52% (male 262,511/female 260,673)
[see also: Age structure - 25-54 years country ranks ]
55-64 years: 4.36% (male 37,178/female 40,014)
[see also: Age structure - 55-64 years country ranks ]
65 years and over: 3.76% (male 28,664/female 38,011) (2017 est.)
A population pyramid illustrates the age and sex structure of a country's population and may provide insights about political and social stability, as well as economic development. The population is distributed along the horizontal axis, with males shown on the left and females on the right. The male and female populations are broken down into 5-year age groups represented as horizontal bars along the vertical axis, with the youngest age groups at the bottom and the oldest at the top. The shape of the population pyramid gradually evolves over time based on fertility, mortality, and international migration trends.
For additional information, please see the entry for Population pyramid on the Definitions and Notes page under the References tab.
total dependency ratio: 67.4
[see also: Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio country ranks ]
youth dependency ratio: 59.9
[see also: Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio country ranks ]
elderly dependency ratio: 7.6
[see also: Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio country ranks ]
potential support ratio: 13.2 (2015 est.)
[see also: Dependency ratios - potential support ratio country ranks ]
total: 18.6 years
[see also: Median age - total country ranks ]
male: 18.4 years
[see also: Median age - male country ranks ]
female: 18.8 years (2017 est.)
[see also: Median age - female country ranks ]
country comparison to the world: 208
1.92% (2017 est.)
country comparison to the world: 51
[see also: Population growth rate country ranks ]
34.2 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)
country comparison to the world: 24
[see also: Birth rate country ranks ]
13 deaths/1,000 population (2017 est.)
country comparison to the world: 15
[see also: Death rate country ranks ]
-2 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2017 est.)
country comparison to the world: 161
[see also: Net migration rate country ranks ]
the relatively small population is spread in pockets throughout the country; the largest urban center is the capital of Libreville, located along the Atlantic coast in the northwest
urban population: 87.6% of total population (2017)
[see also: Urbanization - urban population country ranks ]
rate of urbanization: 2.38% annual rate of change (2015-20 est.)
[see also: Urbanization - rate of urbanization country ranks ]
LIBREVILLE (capital) 707,000 (2015)
at birth: 1.02 male(s)/female
[see also: Sex ratio - at birth country ranks ]
0-14 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
[see also: Sex ratio - 0-14 years country ranks ]
15-24 years: 1 male(s)/female
[see also: Sex ratio - 15-24 years country ranks ]
25-54 years: 1 male(s)/female
[see also: Sex ratio - 25-54 years country ranks ]
55-64 years: 0.93 male(s)/female
[see also: Sex ratio - 55-64 years country ranks ]
65 years and over: 0.75 male(s)/female
[see also: Sex ratio - 65 years and over country ranks ]
total population: 0.99 male(s)/female (2017 est.)
[see also: Sex ratio - total population country ranks ]
20.3 years
note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2012 est.)
291 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
country comparison to the world: 42
[see also: Maternal mortality ratio country ranks ]
total: 44.1 deaths/1,000 live births
[see also: Infant mortality rate - total country ranks ]
male: 50.8 deaths/1,000 live births
[see also: Infant mortality rate - male country ranks ]
female: 37.3 deaths/1,000 live births (2017 est.)
[see also: Infant mortality rate - female country ranks ]
country comparison to the world: 42
total population: 52.1 years
[see also: Life expectancy at birth - total population country ranks ]
male: 51.7 years
[see also: Life expectancy at birth - male country ranks ]
female: 52.5 years (2017 est.)
[see also: Life expectancy at birth - female country ranks ]
country comparison to the world: 221
[See also: Healthy Life Expectancy ]
[See also: Health Performance ]
4.39 children born/woman (2017 est.)
country comparison to the world: 23
[see also: Total fertility rate country ranks ]
31.1% (2012)
[see also: Contraceptive prevalence rate country ranks ]
3.4% of GDP (2014)
country comparison to the world: 175
[see also: Health expenditures country ranks ]
6.3 beds/1,000 population (2010)
[see also: Hospital bed density country ranks ]
improved:
urban: 97.2% of population
rural: 66.7% of population
total: 93.2% of population
unimproved:
urban: 2.8% of population
rural: 33.3% of population
total: 6.8% of population (2015 est.)
improved:
urban: 43.4% of population
rural: 31.5% of population
total: 41.9% of population
unimproved:
urban: 56.6% of population
rural: 68.5% of population
total: 58.1% of population (2015 est.)
3.6% (2016 est.)
country comparison to the world: 16
[see also: HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate country ranks ]
48,000 (2016 est.)
country comparison to the world: 57
[see also: HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS country ranks ]
1,500 (2016 est.)
country comparison to the world: 59
[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 (2016)
15% (2016)
country comparison to the world: 127
[see also: Obesity - adult prevalence rate country ranks ]
6.5% (2012)
country comparison to the world: 79
[see also: Children under the age of 5 years underweight country ranks ]
2.7% of GDP (2014)
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 83.2%
[see also: Literacy - total population country ranks ]
male: 85.3%
[see also: Literacy - male country ranks ]
female: 81% (2015 est.)
[see also: Literacy - female country ranks ]
total: 35.7%
[see also: Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 - total country ranks ]
male: 30.5%
[see also: Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 - male country ranks ]
female: 41.9% (2010 est.)
[see also: Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 - female country ranks ]
country comparison to the world: 24
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