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1,383,000 INHABITANTS
PER CAPITA GDP OF: 2,503,400 CFAFr (3,816 €)
STRATEGIC INFRASTRUCTURES
HEALTH, A NATIONAL PRIORITY
83% OF CHILDREN IN FULL-TIME EDUCATION
85% FOREST COVERAGE
AN IDEAL BREEDING GROUND FOR BUSINESS
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A growing population
- Area : 267,667 km²
- Population: 1,514,993 inhabitants
- Growth rate: 1,9 % per year
- Life expectancy (in 2009) :
- Men: 52 years
- Women: 55 years
- Birth rate: 35,5 ‰ (in 2009)
- Death rate : 12,76 ‰ (2009)
- Fertility rate: 4,6 children/woman (in 2009)
- Main ethnic groups: Fangs, Etsiras, Bapounous, Myenes, Bandzabis, Batékés.
- Gabon has no (or little) migration flow.
A young urban population
- Urban population:
- in 2008: 85 %
- estimated in 2015: 87,7 %
- Libreville : 578,156 inhabitants
- Port-Gentil : 120,600 inhabitants
- Franceville : 80,000 inhabitants
- Density: 5,3 inhab/km²
A modern lifestyle
- Household equipment rate:
- Radio: 73 %
- Television: 50 %
- Refrigerator: 48 %
- Video: 20 %
- Car: 14 %
- Internet users : 90,000
Sources :
CIA, The World Factbook
France Diplomatie, Ministère français des affaires étrangères et européennes
Ambassade de France à Libreville
UNICEF
Perspective Monde, Université de Sherbrooke
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