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🇬🇦 Gabon

Overview

ISO 3166-1 alpha-3GAB
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2GA
UN M49 numeric266
IOC codeGAB
Official nameGabonese Republic
Native name(s)fra: official: République gabonaise; common: Gabon
Alt spellingsGA, Gabonese Republic, République Gabonaise
Statusofficially-assigned
IndependentYes
UN memberYes

Geography

RegionAfrica
SubregionMiddle Africa
UN regional groupAfrican Group
CapitalLibreville
Area (km²)267,668
Lat / Lng-1.0000, 11.7500
LandlockedNo
Borders (ISO3)CMR, COG, GNQ
Top-level domain.ga
Calling coderoot: +2; suffixes: 41

Demographics

Population (World Bank)2,593,130 (2025)
Life expectancy (years, World Bank)68.511 (2024)
Languagesfra: French
Demonymseng: f: Gabonese; m: Gabonese; fra: f: Gabonaise; m: Gabonais
Population time-series (UN WPP)74

Economy

GDP (current USD)21,427,119,323.276 (2025)
GDP per capita (current USD)8,263.033 (2025)
Unemployment rate (%)20.154 (2025)
CurrenciesXAF: name: Central African CFA franc; symbol: Fr

Population by year (UN WPP)

74 yearly data points — click to expand
YearPopulation
1950472,842
1951475,638
1952478,589
1953481,752
1954485,151
1955488,817
1956492,786
1957497,070
1958501,728
1959506,805
1960512,316
1961518,266
1962524,649
1963531,452
1964538,657
1965546,308
1966554,463
1967563,108
1968572,257
1969583,276
1970595,846
1971608,348
1972620,960
1973633,995
1974647,691
1975662,197
1976677,628
1977693,984
1978711,245
1979729,375
1980748,389
1981768,385
1982789,286
1983811,005
1984833,501
1985856,726
1986880,705
1987905,479
1988931,020
1989957,138
1990983,734
19911,010,818
19921,038,380
19931,066,405
19941,094,720
19951,123,213
19961,152,015
19971,181,439
19981,211,736
19991,243,016
20001,275,572
20011,309,589
20021,345,135
20031,382,350
20041,421,609
20051,463,495
20061,508,337
20071,556,237
20081,607,175
20091,661,556
20101,719,879
20111,781,985
20121,846,889
20131,913,059
20141,978,399
20152,040,989
20162,100,306
20172,156,900
20182,212,318
20192,267,706
20202,322,539
20212,376,722
20222,430,747
20232,484,789

Full raw record (JSON)

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