People Of Gabon

Population 1,355,246
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 and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2004 est.)
 
Age structure
0-14 years: 42.2% (male 286,819; female 285,184)
15-64 years: 53.7% (male 362,311; female 365,132)
65 years and over: 4.1% (male 23,157; female 32,643) (2004 est.)
 
Median age
total: 18.5 years
male: 18.3 years
female: 18.8 years (2004 est.)
 
Population growth rate 2.5% (2004 est.)
 
Birth rate 36.4 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
 
Death rate 11.43 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.)
 
Net migration rate 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 est.)
 
Sex ratio
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: 0.98 male(s)/female (2004 est.)
 
Infant mortality rate
total: 54.34 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 44.23 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
male: 64.15 deaths/1,000 live births
 
Life expectancy at birth
total population: 56.46 years
male: 54.85 years
female: 58.12 years (2004 est.)
 
Total fertility rate 4.8 children born/woman (2004 est.)
 
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate 8.1% (2003 est.)
 
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS 48,000 (2003 est.)
 
HIV/AIDS - deaths 3,000 (2003 est.)
 
Nationality
noun: Gabonese (singular and plural)
adjective: Gabonese
 
Ethnic groups 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 Christian 55%-75%, animist, Muslim less than 1%
 
Languages French (official), Fang, Myene, Nzebi, Bapounou/Eschira, Bandjabi
 
Literacy
conventional long form: Gabonese Republic
conventional short form: Gabon
local short form: Gabon
local long form: Republique Gabonaise
 

 

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This information was reproduced in part from the CIA World Fact book.

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