Name | Gabon |
Long name | Gabonese Republic |
Population (people) | 1,475,000 (2009) |
Population (source) | estimate |
Constitutional form | Republic |
Drives on | Right |
Head of state authority | Executive |
Main continent | Africa |
Number of airports | 45 |
Airports - with paved runways | 14 |
Airports - with unpaved runways | 31 |
Area (m²) | 267,667 |
Birth rate (births/1,000 population) | 35 |
Calling code | |
Children under the age of 5 years underweight (%) | 9 |
Current Account Balance (US$) | 3,520,000,000 |
Death rate (deaths/1,000 population) | 13 |
Debt - external (Billion US$) | 3 |
Economic aid donor (Billion $) | |
Electricity consumption (billion kWh) | 2 |
Electricity consumption per capita (kWh per person) | 995 |
Electricity exports (million kWh) | 0 |
Electricity imports (million kWh) | 0 |
Electricity production (billion kWh) | 2 |
Exports (Billion $) | 11 |
GDP - per capita (PPP) (US$) | 16,400 |
GDP (purchasing power parity) (Billion $) | 25 |
GDP real growth rate (%) | 6 |
Gross national income (US$) | 42 |
Human Development Index | 1 |
Health expenditures (% of GDP) | 6 |
Heliports | |
HIV AIDS adult prevalence rate (%) | 5 |
HIV AIDS deaths | 2,400 |
HIV AIDS people living with HIV AIDS | 46,000 |
Hospital bed density (beds/1,000 population) | 1 |
Capital city | Libreville |
Currency | CFA franc |
Imports (Billion $) | 3 |
Industrial production growth rate (%) | 5 |
Infant mortality rate (deaths/1,000 live births) | 49 |
Inflation rate consumer prices (%) | 1 |
Internet hosts | 103 |
Internet tld | .ga |
Internet users | 98,800 |
Investment (gross fixed) (%) | 29 |
Iso 3166 code | GA |
ISO CODE | GAB |
Labor force | 737,200 |
Life expectancy at birth (years) | 52 |
Literacy (%) | 88 |
Manpower available for military service | 350,640 |
Manpower fit for military service | 202,404 |
Manpower reaching militarily age annually | 17,638 |
Is democracy | Yes |
Market value of publicly traded shares (US$) | |
Maternal mortality rate (deaths/100,000 live births) | 230 |
Merchant marine | 2 |
Military expenditures percent of GDP | 1 |
Natural gas consumption (cubic meters) | 80,000,000 |
Natural gas consumption per capita (cubic meters per person) | 50 |
Natural gas exports (cubic meters) | 0 |
Natural gas imports (cubic meters) | 0 |
Natural gas production (cubic meters) | 80,000,000 |
Natural gas proved reserves (cubic meters) | 28,320,000,000 |
Net migration rate (migrant/1,000 population) | -2 |
Obesity adult prevalence rate (%) | |
Oil consumption (bbl/day) | 18,000 |
Oil consumption per capita (bbl/day per 1000 people) | 11 |
Oil exports (bbl/day) | 213,500 |
Oil imports (bbl/day) | 4,822 |
Oil production (bbl/day) | 227,900 |
Oil proved reserves (bbl) | 2,000,000,000 |
Physicians density (physicians/1,000 population) | 0 |
Population below poverty line (%) | |
Population census (people) | |
Population density (Number of people per square kilometer) | 6 |
Population estimate (people) | 1,475,000 (2009) |
Population growth rate (%) | 2 |
Public debt (% of GDP) | 21 |
Railways (km) | 649 |
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold (US$) | 2,320,000,000 |
Roadways (km) | 9,170 |
Stock of direct foreign investment abroad (US$) | |
Stock of direct foreign investment at home (US$) | |
Telephones main lines in use | 30,400 |
Telephones main lines in use per capita | 2 |
Telephones mobile cellular | 1,610,000 |
Telephones mobile cellular per capita | 106 |
Total fertility rate (children born/woman) | 5 |
Unemployment rate (%) | 21 |
Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 (%) | |
Waterways (km) | 1,600 |
Valley | |
Helicopter | |
Canyon | |
Artillery | |
Crater | |
Religion | |
Continent | Africa |
Border | Frontera entre Gabón y Guinea Ecuatorial, Frontière entre le Cameroun et le Gabon, Frontière entre le Gabon et la République du Congo |
Plateau | |
Marsh | |
Demonym | gabonese, gabonaise |