People
Population:
1,172,798 (July 1996 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years:
34% (male 197,188; female 196,562)
15-64 years:
61% (male 364,033; female 353,451)
65 years and over:
5% (male 30,270; female 31,294) (July 1996 est.)
Population growth rate:
1.47% (1996 est.)
Birth rate:
28.22 births/1,000 population (1996 est.)
Death rate:
13.56 deaths/1,000 population (1996 est.)
Net migration rate:
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1996 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth:
1.03 male(s)/female
under 15 years:
1 male(s)/female
15-64 years:
1.03 male(s)/female
65 years and over:
0.97 male(s)/female
all ages:
1.02 male(s)/female (1996 est.)
Infant mortality rate:
90.1 deaths/1,000 live births (1996 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population:
55.59 years
male:
52.72 years
female:
58.56 years (1996 est.)
Total fertility rate:
3.89 children born/woman (1996 est.)
Nationality:
noun:
Gabonese (singular and plural)
adjective:
Gabonese
Ethnic divisions:
Bantu tribes including four major tribal groupings (Fang, Eshira, Bapounou, Bateke), other Africans and Europeans 100,000, including 27,000 French
Religions:
Christian 55%-75%, Muslim less than 1%, animist
Languages:
French (official), Fang, Myene, Bateke, Bapounou/Eschira, Bandjabi
Literacy:
age 15 and over can read and write (1995 est.)
total population:
63.2%
male:
73.7%
female:
53.3%
