Population: 1,139,006 (July 1994 est.)

Population growth rate: 1.46% (1994 est.)

Birth rate: 28.46 births/1,000 population (1994 est.)

Death rate: 13.9 deaths/1,000 population (1994 est.)

Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1994 est.)

Infant mortality rate: 94.8 deaths/1,000 live births (1994 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 54.67 years
male: 51.88 years
female: 57.53 years (1994 est.)

Total fertility rate: 3.97 children born/woman (1994 est.)

Nationality:
noun: Gabonese (singular and plural)
adjective: Gabonese

Ethnic divisions: Bantu tribes including four major tribal groupings (Fang, Eshira, Bapounou, Bateke), Africans and Europeans 100,000, including 27,000 French

Religions: Christian 55-75%, Muslim less than 1%, animist

Languages: French (official), Fang, Myene, Bateke, Bapounou/Eschira, Bandjabi

Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
total population: 61%
male: 74%
female: 48%
Labor force: 120,000 salaried
by occupation: agriculture 65.0%, industry and commerce 30.0%, services 2.5%, government 2.5%
note: 58% of population of working age (1983)

NOTE: The information regarding Gabon on this page is re-published from the 1995 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Gabon People 1995 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Gabon People 1995 should be addressed to the CIA.