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1) Natural geography

Area > Comparative to US places slightly smaller than Colorado
Capital city with population	Libreville - 419,596
Forested Land	84.7%	[5th of 193]
Geographic coordinates	1 00 S, 11 45 E
Largest city population	419,000	[124th of 174]
Largest city with population	Libreville - 419,596
northernmost point > Latitude	02°19'N
Population density	4.76 people per sqkm	[216th of 256]
Population density > people per sq. km	5.37 people/m²	[193rd of 204]
Precipitation	2,841 mm	[4th of 95]
Rural population density > rural population per sq. km of arable land	73.46 people/km² of arable lan	[170th of 188]
Surface area > sq. km	267,670 km²	[76th of 206]
tallest mountains > Mountain	Mont Bengoué

SOURCES
All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook, City Population, CIA World Factbook, World Gazetteer, Official government websites.; FAO; United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook; Wikipedia: List of countries by northernmost point ; Heal The World Foundation.; World Development Indicators database; Wikipedia: List of tallest mountains by country

ALTERNATIVE NAMES
Gabon, Gabonese Republic, Republique Gabonaise

Environment

Acidification	0%	[121st of 141]
Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage > % of GNI	0.15 % of GNI	[151st of 179]
Areas under protection	3	[138th of 146]
Biodiversity richness	2	[21st of 53]
Biosphere reserves area	15 thousand hectares	[82nd of 86]
Breeding birds threatened	1.07%	[111st of 136]
Carbon efficiency	1.01 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	[79th of 141]
CFC consumption	126.65	[82nd of 107]
CO2 Emissions	1,454.6	[130th of 178]
CO2 emissions > kg per 2000 PPP $ of GDP	0.15 kg/PPP$	[138th of 170]
CO2 emissions > kt	1,223.44 kt	[149th of 195]
Ecological footprint	2.06	[72nd of 141]
Endangered species protection	70%	[70th of 141]
Fertiliser consumption	12.31 hundred grams/hectare	[133rd of 141]
Forest area > % of land area	84.51 % of land area	[6th of 195]
Forest area > sq. km	217,750 km²	[27th of 195]
Freshwater withdrawal	0.12	[113rd of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Agricultural	42%	[106th of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Domestic	50%	[10th of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Industrial	8%	[51st of 124]
Groundwater withdrawals	0.6	[83rd of 188]
Known breeding bird species	156	[111st of 146]
Known mammal species	190	[46th of 145]
Marine areas under protection	2	[79th of 95]
Marine fish catch	41,470 tons	[69th of 141]
Non-wildness	0.15%	[132nd of 141]
NOx emissions per populated area	0.11 thousand metric tons/squ	[121st of 141]
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day	1,886.23 kg/day	[99th of 115]
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day per worker	0.26 kg per day per worker	[13th of 115]
PM10, country level > micrograms per cubic meter	6.37 mcg/m³	[181st of 185]
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999	970	[115th of 199]
Protected area	2.8	[104th of 147]
SO2 emissions per populated area	110 thousand metric tons/squ	[121st of 141]
SO2 exports	911.48 hundred metric tons	[89th of 141]
Threatened species	20	[96th of 158]
Threatened species > Mammal	12	[67th of 160]
Total renewable water resources	164 cu km	[6th of 31]
Urban NO2 concentration	54.6 micrograms/m3	[60th of 141]
Urban SO2 concentration	109.48 micrograms/m3	[19th of 141]
Water > Availability	176.37 thousand cubic metres	[2nd of 141]
Water > Dissolved oxygen concentration	7.27 mls/litre	[83rd of 141]
Water > Phosphorus concentration	0.29 mls/litre	[85th of 141]
Water > Salinisation	777.5	[55th of 141]
Water > Severe water stress	0	[130th of 140]
Water > Suspended solids	6.26 mls/litre	[32nd of 141]
Water pollution, chemical industry > % of total BOD emissions	4.94 %	[79th of 114]
Water pollution, clay and glass industry > % of total BOD emissions	0.12 %	[82nd of 112]
Water pollution, food industry > % of total BOD emissions	79.66 %	[4th of 114]
Water pollution, metal industry > % of total BOD emissions	6.37 %	[41st of 94]
Water pollution, other industry > % of total BOD emissions	1.19 %	[80th of 107]
Water pollution, paper and pulp industry > % of total BOD emissions	6 %	[87th of 111]
Water pollution, textile industry > % of total BOD emissions	1.21 %	[102nd of 114]
Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions	6.87 %	[6th of 114]
Wetlands of intl importance > Area	1,080 thousand hectares	[17th of 112]
Wildness	72.79%	[8th of 141]

SOURCES
Stockholm Environment Institute at York, Acidification in Developing Countries: Ecosystem Sensitivity and the Critical Loads Approach at the Global scale, 2000 via ciesin.org; World Development Indicators database; World Resources Institute; ; 2000 IUCN Red List, and World Resources Institute,World Resources 2000-2001, Washington, DC: WRI, 2000. Original sources: World Conservation Monitoring Center, IUCN-The World Conservation Union, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and other sources.; Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center; UNEP, Production and Consumption of Ozone Depleting Substances, 1986-1998, October 1999. via ciesin.org; World Resources Institute. 2003. Carbon Emissions from energy use and cement manufacturing, 1850 to 2000. Available on-line through the Climate Analysis Indicators Tool (CAIT) at Washington, DC: World Resources Institute; World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), Living Planet Report 2000, Gland, Switzerland: 2000, and Redefining Progress.; Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, Report on National Reports Required Under Article VIII, Paragraph 7(a), of the Convention, Eleventh Meeting of the Conference of the Parties, Gigiri, Kenya, April 2000; World Bank, World Development Indicators 2001. Washington, DC: World Bank, 2001. via ciesin.org; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; FAOSTAT on-line database; Wild Areas Project (WAP), joint Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and CIESIN project to map the last wild places on the earth's surface. Accessed via ciesin.org; Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: Special Report on Emissions Scenarios, Data Version 1.1, B1Illustrative Marker Scenario with model IMAGE; Gregg Marland, Tom Boden, and Bob Andres, University of North Dakota, via net publication; Jacaranda Atlas; International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, RAINS-ASIA and Co-operative Programme formonitoring and evaluation of the long range transmission of air pollutants in Europe (EMEP) via ciesin.org; United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook; World Resources Institute, World Resources 1998-99; World Bank, World Development Indicators 2000; WHO,Air Management Information System-AMIS 2.0, 1998; and Global Urban Observatory, Citibase, 1999. via ciesin.org; Center for Environmental Systems Research, University of Kassel, WaterGAP 2.1B, 2001 via ciesin.org; United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Global Environmental Monitoring System/Water Quality Monitoring System, with data for an additional 29 countries from Prescott-Allen,R. The Well being of Nations, Washington, DC: Island Press, 2001; United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Global Environmental Monitoring System/Water Quality Monitoring System, with data for an additional 29 countries from Prescott-Allen, R. The Well being of Nations, Washington, DC: Island Press, 2001; Center for Environmental Systems Research, University of Kassel, WaterGap 2.1, 2000 via ciesin.org; Wild Areas Project (WAP), joint Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and CIESIN project to map the lastwild places on the earth's surface. via ciesin.org

ALTERNATIVE NAMES
Gabon, Gabonese Republic, Republique Gabonaise

2) Human geography

Age distribution

Gabon Population Pyramid for 1990

Age and sex distribution for the year 1990:

Gabon Population Pyramid for 1995

Age and sex distribution for the year 1995:

Gabon Population Pyramid for 2000

Age and sex distribution for the year 2000:

Gabon Population Pyramid for 2003

Age and sex distribution for the year 2003:

Gabon Population Pyramid for 2005

Age and sex distribution for the year 2005:

Gabon Population Pyramid for 2010

Age and sex distribution for the year 2010:

Gabon Population Pyramid for 2020

Predicted age and sex distribution for the year 2020:

Gabon Population Pyramid for 2050

Predicted age and sex distribution for the year 2050:

Source

US Census Bureau July 17, 2003

Labor

Economic activity > Both sexes aged 10-14	14.07	[53rd of 89]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 15-19	52.21	[45th of 167]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 20-24	73.95	[79th of 166]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 25-29	82.4	[84th of 167]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 30-34	85.51	[72nd of 165]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 35-39	86.08	[77th of 166]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 40-44	85.27	[78th of 167]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 45-49	84.06	[69th of 163]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 50-54	81.67	[55th of 166]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 55-59	75.34	[40th of 166]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 60-64	64.96	[36th of 166]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 65 plus	45.76	[36th of 165]
Economic activity > Men aged 10-14	13.69	[59th of 92]
Economic activity > Men aged 15-19	52.6	[63rd of 164]
Economic activity > Men aged 20-24	83.61	[79th of 166]
Economic activity > Men aged 25-29	95.62	[69th of 165]
Economic activity > Men aged 30-34	96.52	[125th of 165]
Economic activity > Men aged 35-39	96.53	[133rd of 164]
Economic activity > Men aged 40-44	96.5	[110th of 163]
Economic activity > Men aged 45-49	94.67	[118th of 167]
Economic activity > Men aged 50-54	93.39	[78th of 165]
Economic activity > Men aged 55-59	89.4	[68th of 167]
Economic activity > Men aged 60-64	77.49	[60th of 165]
Economic activity > Men aged 65 plus	58.7	[41st of 162]
Economic activity > Women aged 10-14	14.46	[46th of 89]
Economic activity > Women aged 15-19	51.82	[37th of 164]
Economic activity > Women aged 20-24	64.35	[83rd of 166]
Economic activity > Women aged 25-29	69.38	[85th of 165]
Economic activity > Women aged 30-34	74.71	[72nd of 167]
Economic activity > Women aged 35-39	75.85	[73rd of 165]
Economic activity > Women aged 40-44	74.32	[75th of 165]
Economic activity > Women aged 45-49	73.79	[66th of 161]
Economic activity > Women aged 50-54	70.48	[58th of 166]
Economic activity > Women aged 55-59	62.64	[38th of 167]
Economic activity > Women aged 60-64	53.92	[27th of 165]
Economic activity > Women aged 65 plus	34.95	[18th of 167]
Female economic activity	63.2%	[36th of 156]
Female economic activity growth	1%	[98th of 156]
Firing cost > weeks of wages	43.3 weeks of wages	[75th of 164]
force participation rate, female > % of female population ages 15-64	64.15 %	[58th of 184]
force participation rate, male > % of male population ages 15-64	83.95 %	[66th of 184]
force participation rate, total > % of total population ages 15-64	73.99 %	[52nd of 184]
force, female > % of total labor force	43.32 %	[81st of 184]
force, total	596,516.2	[147th of 184]
Labor force > By occupation agriculture 60%, industry 15%, services 25%
Parental leave > Paid maternity leave	14 weeks
Parental leave > Paid paternity leave Up to 10 days paid leave for family events concerning workers' home
Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention > Ratifications > Date	May 29, 1951
Rigidity of employment index	59	[23rd of 166]
Unemployment with secondary education, female > % of female unemployment	6.6 %	[44th of 71]
Unemployment with secondary education, male > % of male unemployment	10.3 %	[43rd of 71]
Unemployment with tertiary education > % of total unemployment	8.2 %	[28th of 77]
Unemployment with tertiary education, female > % of female unemployment	8.5 %	[29th of 71]
Unemployment with tertiary education, male > % of male unemployment	8.1 %	[23rd of 71]
Unemployment, female > % of female labor force	16.4 %	[15th of 95]
Unemployment, male > % of male labor force	19.3 %	[4th of 95]
Unemployment, total > % of total labor force	18 %	[8th of 101]
Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, paid > US$	110,000,000 $	[61st of 149]
Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, paid > US$ (per $ GDP)	13.655 $ per $1,000 of GDP	[38th of 166]
Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, received > US$	6,000,000 $	[141st of 156]
Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, received > US$ (per $ GDP)	0.745 $ per $1,000 of GDP	[144th of 165]
Workers' remittances, receipts > BoP, current US$	1,431,046 BoP $	[108th of 115]
Workers' remittances, receipts > BoP, current US$ (per $ GDP)	0.198 BoP $ per $1 million of	[99th of 142]

SOURCES
Economic activity rate and economically active population, by sex, thirteen age groups, 1950-2010 (ILO estimates and projections) are data from the International Labour Union (ILO). Source details: ILO, Economically Active Population, 1950-2010, fourth edition, diskette database (Geneva, 1997). The latest set of estimates and projections covering the period 1950-2010 (4th edition) was released by ILO in December 1996. These data are updated every five-ten years by ILO and a new set of these data is in preparation; calculated on the basis of data on the economically active population and total population from ILO (International Labour Organization). 2002. Estimates and Projections of the Economically Active Population, 1950-2010, 4th ed., rev. 2. Database. Geneva; World Development Indicators database; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; Wikipedia: Parental leave ; Wikipedia: Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949

ALTERNATIVE NAMES
Gabon, Gabonese Republic, Republique Gabonaise

People

African countries by population density > area	267,667	[29th of 56]
African countries by population density > pop. dens.	4.6	[52nd of 56]
African countries by population density > population	1,233,353	[45th of 56]
Age dependency ratio > dependents to working-age population	0.8	[40th of 185]
Age structure > 0-14 years	42.1	[41st of 226]
Age structure > 0-14 years > Females	311,900	[144th of 225]
Age structure > 0-14 years > From total	42.1%	[35th of 227]
Age structure > 0-14 years > Males	314,078	[144th of 225]
Age structure > 15-64 years	53.8	[197th of 226]
Age structure > 15-64 years > Females	401,602	[151st of 225]
Age structure > 15-64 years > From total	53.9%	[189th of 227]
Age structure > 15-64 years > Males	399,586	[153rd of 225]
Age structure > 65 years and over > Females	34,278	[150th of 225]
Age structure > 65 years and over > From total	3.9%	[148th of 227]
Age structure > 65 years and over > Males	24,388	[152nd of 225]
Child Protection > Birth registration, % of rural	87	[11th of 52]
Child Protection > Birth registration, % of total	89	[14th of 56]
Child Protection > Birth registration, % of urban	90	[15th of 52]
Chinese population	100	[109th of 127]
Female population > Age 10-14	86,704	[148th of 224]
Female population > Age 10-14 > % of the total	6.08	[50th of 224]
Female population > Age 15-19	78,429	[148th of 224]
Female population > Age 15-19 > % of the total	5.5	[53rd of 224]
Female population > Age 20-24	66,302	[150th of 224]
Female population > Age 20-24 > % of the total	4.65	[77th of 224]
Female population > Age 25-29	51,408	[151st of 224]
Female population > Age 25-29 > % of the total	3.61	[152nd of 224]
Female population > Age 30-34	42,339	[152nd of 224]
Female population > Age 30-34 > % of the total	2.97	[194th of 224]
Female population > Age 35-39	37,597	[150th of 224]
Female population > Age 35-39 > % of the total	2.64	[181st of 224]
Female population > Age 40-44	32,696	[151st of 224]
Female population > Age 40-44 > % of the total	2.29	[169th of 224]
Female population > Age 45-49	26,114	[154th of 224]
Female population > Age 45-49 > % of the total	1.83	[177th of 224]
Female population > Age 50-54	19,943	[156th of 224]
Female population > Age 50-54 > % of the total	1.4	[196th of 224]
Female population > Age 55-59	16,134	[155th of 224]
Female population > Age 55-59 > % of the total	1.13	[189th of 224]
Female population > Age 60-64	13,914	[154th of 224]
Female population > Age 60-64 > % of the total	0.98	[157th of 224]
Female population > Age 65-69	11,991	[151st of 224]
Female population > Age 65-69 > % of the total	0.84	[142nd of 224]
Female population > Age 70-74	9,548	[151st of 224]
Female population > Age 70-74 > % of the total	0.67	[135th of 224]
Female population > Age 75-79	6,508	[150th of 224]
Female population > Age 75-79 > % of the total	0.46	[138th of 224]
Female population > Age 80-84	5,215	[152nd of 224]
Female population > Age 80-84 > % of the total	0.37	[133rd of 224]
Male population > Age 10-14	86,791	[147th of 224]
Male population > Age 10-14 > % of the total	6.09	[57th of 224]
Male population > Age 15-19	78,288	[149th of 224]
Male population > Age 15-19 > % of the total	5.49	[66th of 224]
Male population > Age 20-24	65,808	[150th of 224]
Male population > Age 20-24 > % of the total	4.62	[101st of 224]
Male population > Age 25-29	49,786	[152nd of 224]
Male population > Age 25-29 > % of the total	3.49	[184th of 224]
Male population > Age 30-34	41,091	[154th of 224]
Male population > Age 30-34 > % of the total	2.88	[213rd of 224]
Male population > Age 35-39	37,075	[153rd of 224]
Male population > Age 35-39 > % of the total	2.6	[189th of 224]
Male population > Age 40-44	34,155	[153rd of 224]
Male population > Age 40-44 > % of the total	2.4	[167th of 224]
Male population > Age 45-49	27,323	[154th of 224]
Male population > Age 45-49 > % of the total	1.92	[163rd of 224]
Male population > Age 50-54	20,520	[154th of 224]
Male population > Age 50-54 > % of the total	1.44	[166th of 224]
Male population > Age 55-59	16,369	[154th of 224]
Male population > Age 55-59 > % of the total	1.15	[160th of 224]
Male population > Age 60-64	12,722	[153rd of 224]
Male population > Age 60-64 > % of the total	0.89	[152nd of 224]
Male population > Age 65-69	9,478	[153rd of 224]
Male population > Age 65-69 > % of the total	0.67	[160th of 224]
Male population > Age 70-74	6,744	[152nd of 224]
Male population > Age 70-74 > % of the total	0.47	[161st of 224]
Male population > Age 75-79	4,262	[154th of 224]
Male population > Age 75-79 > % of the total	0.3	[158th of 224]
Male population > Age 80-84	3,092	[154th of 224]
Male population > Age 80-84 > % of the total	0.22	[144th of 224]
Percentage living in rural areas.	16%	[162nd of 193]
Percentage living in urban areas	84%	[39th of 199]
Population > CIA Factbook	1,485,832	[150th of 240]
Population ages 0-14 > % of total	40.05 %	[46th of 185]
Population ages 15-64 > % of total	55.6 %	[144th of 185]
Population ages 65 and above > % of total	4.35 %	[106th of 185]
Population growth > annual %	1.57 annual %	[81st of 195]
Population, female > % of total	50.2 %	[114th of 190]
Projected population growth	48.57%	[71st of 141]
Rights of the Child Convention > Ratification Dates	9 Feb 1994
Rights of the Child Convention > Signatories	26 Jan 1990
Rural population	226,949.9	[156th of 193]
Rural population growth > annual %	-2.61 annual %	[185th of 193]
Sex ratio > 15-64 years	0.99	[134th of 223]
Sex ratio > sex ratios > 15–65	0.99	[136th of 215]
Sex ratio > sex ratios > at birth	1.03	[190th of 215]
Sex ratio > sex ratios > over 65	1.05	[14th of 215]
Sex ratio > sex ratios > total	1	[79th of 215]
Sex ratio > sex ratios > under 15	1.01	[189th of 215]
Total Population	1,424,906	[151st of 227]
Total population > Age 10-14	173,495	[148th of 224]
Total population > Age 10-14 > % of the total	12.18	[52nd of 224]
Total population > Age 15-19	156,717	[149th of 224]
Total population > Age 15-19 > % of the total	11	[59th of 224]
Total population > Age 20-24	132,110	[150th of 224]
Total population > Age 20-24 > % of the total	9.27	[87th of 224]
Total population > Age 25-29	101,194	[152nd of 224]
Total population > Age 25-29 > % of the total	7.1	[168th of 224]
Total population > Age 30-34	83,430	[152nd of 224]
Total population > Age 30-34 > % of the total	5.86	[204th of 224]
Total population > Age 35-39	74,672	[151st of 224]
Total population > Age 35-39 > % of the total	5.24	[188th of 224]
Total population > Age 40-44	66,851	[152nd of 224]
Total population > Age 40-44 > % of the total	4.69	[168th of 224]
Total population > Age 45-49	53,437	[154th of 224]
Total population > Age 45-49 > % of the total	3.75	[170th of 224]
Total population > Age 50-54	40,463	[156th of 224]
Total population > Age 50-54 > % of the total	2.84	[177th of 224]
Total population > Age 55-59	32,503	[154th of 224]
Total population > Age 55-59 > % of the total	2.28	[176th of 224]
Total population > Age 60-64	26,636	[154th of 224]
Total population > Age 60-64 > % of the total	1.87	[158th of 224]
Total population > Age 65-69	21,469	[151st of 224]
Total population > Age 65-69 > % of the total	1.51	[150th of 224]
Total population > Age 70-74	16,292	[152nd of 224]
Total population > Age 70-74 > % of the total	1.14	[142nd of 224]
Total population > Age 75-79	10,770	[154th of 224]
Total population > Age 75-79 > % of the total	0.76	[142nd of 224]
Total population > Age 80-84	8,307	[152nd of 224]
Total population > Age 80-84 > % of the total	0.58	[140th of 224]
Total Population > Female	717,279	[151st of 227]
Total Population > Male	707,627	[150th of 227]
Urban population	1,156,891	[138th of 195]
Urban population growth > annual %	2.41 annual %	[80th of 195]
Urbanization	82	[37th of 204]
Urbanization in 1975	40%	[88th of 164]
Urbanization in 2015	88.9%	[23rd of 164]
Women > Adult literacy rate females as a % of males	78	[103rd of 144]
Women > Antenatal care coverage %	94	[42nd of 133]
Women > Contraceptive prevalence %	33	[119th of 170]
Women > Life expectancy females as a % of males	104	[141st of 173]
Women > Maternal mortality ratio > reported	520	[29th of 154]
Women > Maternal mortality ratio adjusted	420	[49th of 166]
Women > Skilled attendant at delivery %	86	[97th of 172]

SOURCES
Wikipedia: List of African countries by population density ; World Development Indicators database; CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; UNICEF; University Libraries, Ohio University; U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division, International Programs Center ; Population Division of the United Nations Secretariat, World Urbanization Prospects: The 2003 Revision, Data Tables and Highlights. Estimates and projections of urban and rural populations are made by the Population Division of the United Nations Secretariat and published every two years. These estimates and projections are based on national census or survey data that have been evaluated and, whenever necessary, adjusted for deficiencies and inconsistencies; Population Reference Bureau, 2001 World Population Data Sheet, Washington, DC: PRB, 2001. via ciesin.org; The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights; The Office of the High Commissioner for Human RIghts; Wikipedia: Sex ratio ; U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division, International Programs Center Spanish Statistical Institute; Population Division of the United Nations Secretariat, World Urbanization Prospects: The 2001 Revision, Data Tables and Highlights (ESA/P/WP.173, 20 March 2002); UN (United Nations). 2002. World Urbanization Prospects: The 2001 Revision. Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. New York

ALTERNATIVE NAMES
Gabon, Gabonese Republic, Republique Gabonaise

Mortality

Death rate, crude > per 1,000 people	12.79 per 1,000 people	[43rd of 195]
rate, adult, female > per 1,000 female adults	431.72 per 1,000 female adults	[25th of 185]
rate, adult, male > per 1,000 male adults	438.05 per 1,000 male adults	[30th of 185]
rate, infant > per 1,000 live births	60 per 1,000 live births	[51st of 187]
rate, under-5 > per 1,000	91 per 1,000	[45th of 187]

SOURCES
World Development Indicators database

ALTERNATIVE NAMES
Gabon, Gabonese Republic, Republique Gabonaise

Immigration

immigrant population > Immigrants as percentage of state population	17.7	[24th of 195]
immigrant population > Number of immigrants	245,000	[87th of 195]
immigrant population > Percentage of total number of immigrants in the world	>0.5%
Net migration rate	-3.62 migrant(s)/1,000 populati	[150th of 225]
Refugees	1,670	[82nd of 110]
Refugees > Convention on refugees	27 Apr 1964 a
Refugees and internally displaced persons > Refugees (country of origin)	7,178 (Republic of Congo)
US visa lottery winners	14 US visa lottery winners	[123rd of 178]

SOURCES
Wikipedia: List of countries by immigrant population ; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook; United Nations Treaty Collection; US Department of State: Bureau of Consular Affairs

ALTERNATIVE NAMES
Gabon, Gabonese Republic, Republique Gabonaise

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