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Gabon:
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Other pages in this profile of Gabon:
Geography, Government, Economy, Communications & Transportation, Military & Transnational Issues.
Geography, Government, Economy, Communications & Transportation, Military & Transnational Issues.
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Population |
Definition - World rank and map 1,485,832 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 2008 est.) |
Population density |
Definition - World rank and map 5.8 people per sq. km (July 2008 est.) |
Age structure |
Definition - World rank and map 0-14 years: 42.1% (male 314,078/female 311,900) 15-64 years: 53.9% (male 399,586/female 401,602) 65 years and over: 3.9% (male 24,388/female 34,278) (2008 est.) |
Median Age |
Definition - World rank and map total: 18.6 years male: 18.4 years female: 18.9 years (2008 est.) |
Population growth rate |
Definition - World rank and map 1.954% (2008 est.) |
Birth rate |
Definition - World rank and map 35.75 births/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
Death rate |
Definition - World rank and map 12.59 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
Net migration rate |
Definition - World rank and map -3.62 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
Sex ratio |
Definition at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.01 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 0.99 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.71 male(s)/female total population: 0.99 male(s)/female (2008 est.) |
Infant mortality rate |
Definition - World rank and map total: 52.65 deaths/1,000 live births male: 61.27 deaths/1,000 live births female: 43.77 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth |
Definition - World rank and map total population: 53.52 years male: 52.5 years female: 54.57 years (2008 est.) |
Total fertility rate |
Definition - World rank and map 4.68 children born/woman (2008 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate |
Definition - World rank and map 8.1% (2003 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS |
Definition - World rank and map 48,000 (2003 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - deaths |
Definition 3,000 (2003 est.) |
Major infectious diseases |
Definition degree of risk: very high food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever vectorborne disease: malaria (2008) |
Nationality |
Definition noun: Gabonese (singular and plural) adjective: Gabonese |
Ethnic groups |
Definition 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 |
Religions |
Definition Christian 55%-75%, animist, Muslim less than 1% |
Languages |
Definition French (official), Fang, Myene, Nzebi, Bapounou/Eschira, Bandjabi |
Literacy |
Definition definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 63.2% male: 73.7% female: 53.3% (1995 est.) |
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