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| Country |
: |
Gabonese Republic |
| Capital |
: |
Libreville |
| Total Area |
: |
103,346.81 sq mi
267,667.00 sq km
(slightly smaller than
Colorado) |
| Population |
: |
1,221,175 (July 2001 est.)
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 |
| Estimated Population in 2050 |
: |
1,813,985 |
| Languages |
: |
French (official), Fang, Myene, Bateke, Bapounou/Eschira,
Bandjabi |
| Literacy |
: |
63.2% total, 73.7% male, 53.3% female (1995
est.) |
| Religions |
: |
Christian 55%-75%, animist , Muslim less than
1% |
| Life Expectancy |
: |
48.47 male, 50.75 female (2001 est.) |
| Government Type |
: |
Republic; multiparty presidential regime (opposition parties
legalized in 1990) |
| Currency |
: |
1 Communaute Financiere Africaine franc (CFAF) = 100
centimes |
| GDP (per capita) |
: |
$6,300 (2000 est.) |
| Industry |
: |
Food and beverage; textile; lumbering and plywood; cement;
petroleum extraction and refining; manganese, uranium, and gold mining;
chemicals; ship repair |
| Agriculture |
: |
Cocoa, coffee, sugar, palm oil, rubber; cattle; okoume (a
tropical softwood); fish |
| Arable Land |
: |
1% |
| Natural Resources |
: |
Petroleum, manganese, uranium, gold, timber, iron ore,
hydropower |
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