GABON
Population

Population

Gabon is home to 2,455,000 people (2024).The population density is very low at about 12 inhabitants per square kilometre.

• The natural population growth rate is 2.37% (2024).
• Birth rate per 1000 inhabitants is 25.7 (2024)
• Mortality rate per 1000 inhabitants is 5.5 (2024)
• Life expectancy is 70.4 years. (Men 68.6 and women 72.1 years (2024)

The population is predominantly made up of Bantu tribes the best known are: Fang, Eshira, Mbele and Okande. Europeans, especially French, are a minority. So are the pygmies, some tribes who have retreated to the forests in eastern Gabon.

Increase in population x1000 in Gabon from 1960-2015_{Photo: Krishnavedala CC 4.0 Internationalno changes made}

Language

The official language of Gabon is French. Other languages spoken there include Fang, Myene, Batéké, Bapounou and Bandjabi.

Religion

In Gabon, about 60% of the population is Christian (mostly Roman Catholic), 12% is Muslim. The remaining inhabitants live according to African animistic traditions.

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Sources

Elmar Landeninformatie

CIA - World Factbook

BBC - Country Profiles

Last updated March 2025
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