Population 1,233,353
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 2002 est.)

Age structure
0-14 years: 33.3% (male 205,559; female 204,796)
15-64 years: 60.6% (male 376,103; female 371,422)
65 years and over: 6.1% (male 37,220; female 38,253) (2002 est.)

Population growth rate 0.97% (2002 est.)

Birth rate 27.24 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)

Death rate 17.59 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)

Net migration rate 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2002 est.)

Sex ratio
at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.97 male(s)/female
total population: 1.01 male(s)/female (2002 est.)

Infant mortality rate 93.5 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)

Life expectancy at birth
total population: 49.11 years
female: 50.25 years (2002 est.)
male: 48.01 years

Total fertility rate 3.65 children born/woman (2002 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate 9% (2001 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS 23,000 (1999 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths 2,000 (1999 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
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 63.2%
male: 73.7%
female: 53.3% (1995 est.)

NOTE: The information regarding Gabon on this page is re-published from the 2002 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Gabon People 2002 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Gabon People 2002 should be addressed to the CIA.