| Country (long form) |
Gabonese Republic |
| Capital |
Libreville |
| Total Area |
103,346.81 sq mi
267,667.00 sq km
(slightly smaller than Colorado) |
| Population |
1,208,436 (July 2000 est.)
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS |
| Estimated Population in 2050 |
1,813,985 |
| Languages |
French (official), Fang, Myene, Bateke, Bapounou/Eschira, Bandjabi |
| Literacy |
63.2% total, 73.7% male, 53.3% female (1995 est.) |
| Religions |
Christian 55%-75%, Muslim less than 1%, animist |
| Life Expectancy |
48.94 male, 51.26 female (2000 est.) |
| Government Type |
republic; multiparty presidential regime (opposition parties legalized in 1990) |
| Currency |
1 Communaute Financiere Africaine franc (CFAF) = 100 centimes |
| GDP (per capita) |
$6,500 (1999 est.) |
| Industry |
food and beverage; textile; lumbering and plywood; cement; petroleum extraction and refining; manganese, uranium, and gold mining; chemicals; ship repair |
| Agriculture |
cocoa, coffee, sugar, palm oil, rubber; cattle; okoume (a tropical softwood); fish |
| Arable Land |
1% |
| Natural Resources |
petroleum, manganese, uranium, gold, timber, iron ore, hydropower |
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