| Population :
| 1 355 246.
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| Age structure 0-14 % :
| 42,20%.
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| Age structure 0-14.m :
| 286 819.
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| Age structure 0-14.f :
| 285 184.
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| Age structure 15-64 % :
| 53,70%.
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| Age structure 15-64.m :
| 362 311.
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| Age structure 15-64.f :
| 365 132.
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| Age structure 65 % :
| 4,10%.
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| Age structure 65.m :
| 23 157.
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| Age structure 65.f :
| 32 643.
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| Age structure est :
| 2004 est..
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| Median age total :
| 18.5 years .
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| Median age male :
| 18.3 years .
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| Median age female :
| 18.8 years (2004 est.) .
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| Population growth rate :
| 2.5% (2004 est.) .
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| Population growth rate note :
| .
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| Birth rate :
| 36.4 births/1,000 population (2004 est.) .
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| Death rate :
| 11.43 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.) .
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| Net migration rate :
| 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 est.) .
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| Sex ratio at birth :
| 1.03 male(s)/female .
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| Sex ratio under 15 :
| 1.01 male(s)/female .
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| Sex ratio 15-64 :
| 0.99 male(s)/female .
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| Sex ratio 65 :
| 0.71 male(s)/female .
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| Sex ratio total :
| 0.98 male(s)/female (2004 est.) .
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| Infant mortality rate male :
| 64.15 deaths/1,000 live births .
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| Infant mortality rate female :
| 44.23 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.) .
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| Life expectancy at birth total :
| 56.46 years .
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| Life expectancy at birth male :
| 54.85 years .
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| Life Expectancy at birth female :
| 58.12 years (2004 est.) .
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| Total fertility rate :
| 4.8 children born/woman (2004 est.) .
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| hiv aids :
| 8.1% (2003 est.) .
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| hiv aids people :
| 48,000 (2003 est.) .
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| hiv aids deaths :
| 3,000 (2003 est.) .
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| Nationality noun :
| Gabonese (singular and plural) .
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| Nationality adjective :
| Gabonese .
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| 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 .
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| Religions :
| Christian 55%-75%, animist, Muslim less than 1% .
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| Languages :
| French (official), Fang, Myene, Nzebi, Bapounou/Eschira, Bandjabi .
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| Literacy definition :
| age 15 and over can read and write .
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| Literacy total :
| 63,20%.
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| Literacy male :
| 73,70%.
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| Literacy female :
| 53.3% (1995 est.) .
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| Government type :
| republic; multiparty presidential regime (opposition parties legalized in 1990) .
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| Independence :
| 17 August 1960 (from France) .
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| National holiday :
| Founding of the Gabonese Democratic Party (PDG), 12 March (1968) .
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| Suffrage :
| 21 years of age; universal .
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| Economy overview :
| Gabon enjoys a per capita income four times that of most nations of sub-Saharan Africa. This has supported a sharp decline in extreme poverty; yet because of high income inequality a large proportion of the population remains poor. Gabon depended on timbe.
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| Population below poverty line :
| NA .
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| Labor force by occupation :
| agriculture 60%, industry 15%, services 25% .
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| Agriculture products :
| cocoa, coffee, sugar, palm oil, rubber; cattle; okoume (a tropical softwood); fish .
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| Industries :
| petroleum extraction and refining; manganese, and gold mining; chemicals; ship repair; food and beverage; textile; lumbering and plywood; cement .
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| Exports commodities :
| crude oil 77%, timber, manganese, uranium (2001) .
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| Exports partners :
| US 51.4%, France 8.7%, China 7.4%, Japan 4% (2003 est.) .
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| Imports commodities :
| Founding of the Gabonese Democratic Party (PDG), 12 March (1968) .
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| Imports partners :
| Founding of the Gabonese Democratic Party (PDG), 12 March (1968) .
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| Internet users :
| 35,000 (2003) .
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| Hymne :
| .
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