Gabon Demographics Profile 2008

Population

1,485,832
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, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2008 est.)

Age structure

0-14 years: 42.1% (male 314,078/female 311,900)
15-64 years: 53.9% (male 399,586/female 401,602)
65 years and over: 3.9% (male 24,388/female 34,278) (2008 est.)

Median age

total: 18.6 years
male: 18.4 years
female: 18.9 years (2008 est.)

Population growth rate

1.954% (2008 est.)

Birth rate

35.75 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Death rate

12.59 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Net migration rate

-3.62 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 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: 0.99 male(s)/female (2008 est.)

Infant mortality rate

total: 52.65 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 61.27 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 43.77 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)

Life expectancy at birth

total population: 53.52 years
male: 52.5 years
female: 54.57 years (2008 est.)

Total fertility rate

4.68 children born/woman (2008 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.)

Major infectious diseases

degree of risk: very high
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
vectorborne disease: malaria (2008)

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

definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 63.2%
male: 73.7%
female: 53.3% (1995 est.)