Gabun - Daten & Fakten
Länderstatistik
geographic coordinates: 0 23 N, 9 27 E
time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)
etymology: original site settled by freed slaves and the name means "free town" in French; named in imitation of Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone
citizenship by descent only: at least one parent must be a citizen of Gabon
dual citizenship recognized: no
residency requirement for naturalization: 10 years
land: 257,667 sq km
water: 10,000 sq km
arable land: 1.2% (2018 est.)
permanent crops: 0.6% (2018 est.)
permanent pasture: 17.2% (2018 est.)
forest: 81% (2018 est.)
other: 0% (2018 est.)
15-64 years: 60.76% (male 765,729/female 690,931)
65 years and over: 4.2% (2023 est.) (male 50,920/female 49,705)
male: 68.3 years
female: 71.8 years
male: 22.2 years
female: 21.3 years
note: data represents median age at first birth among women 20-49
rate of urbanization: 2.27% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
21.97% (2020 est.)
20.74% (2019 est.)
64.2% of GDP (2016 est.)
2.46% (2019 est.)
4.75% (2018 est.)
$9.533 billion (2018 est.)
$9.145 billion (2017 est.)
$4.722 billion (2018 est.)
$4.749 billion (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 2 (2020 est.)
percent of population: 72% (2021 est.)
standard gauge: 649 km (2014) 1.435-m gauge
paved: 900 km (2001)
unpaved: 13,400 km (2001)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 1 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 134 (2021 est.)
dispute with Equatorial Guinea over Mbane Island and lesser islands in the Corisco Bay submitted to ICJ in 2016