Demographics of Gabon

The following demographic statistics are from the CIA World Factbook, unless otherwise indicated.

Population statistics

Populatio:1,514,993
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 (July 2010 est.)

Age structure: 0-14 years: 42.1% (male 320,414/female 318,027)
15-64 years: 53.9% (male 407,461/female 409,633)
65 years and over: 3.9% (male 24,799/female 34,659) (2010 est.)

Population growth rate: 1.934% (2010 est.)

Birth rate: 35.57 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)

Death rate: 12.76 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)

Net migration rate: -3.48 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)

Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.72 male(s)/female
total population: 0.99 male(s)/female (2010 est.)

Infant mortality rate: 51.78 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 53.11 years
male: 52.19 years
female: 54.05 years (2010 est.)

Total fertility rate: 4.59 children born/woman (2011 est.)

Ethnic groups

Broad ethnic groups are:

1. Bantu tribes including four major tribal groupings (Fang, Eshira, Punu, Teke)
2. other Africans, notably 'forest people' (pygmee, now sedentarizing) such as the Babongo tribe
3. Europeans 154,000, including 120,000 French and 11,000 persons of dual nationality)

Specific groups, and estimated population:^[1]

• Baka (3,825)
• Bakwele people (5,858)
• Barama people (7,170)
• Benga people (2,390)
• Bhubhi people (5,858)
• Duma people (8,368)
• Eshira people (20,317)
• Fang people (500,299)
• Fon people (16,403)
• Fulani people (5,746)
• Gun people (16,403)
• Hausa people (8,619)
• Kande people (1,427)
• Kaningi people (8,567)
• Kele people (10,774)
• Kota people (53,780)
• Lumbu people (13,515 )
• Mahongwe people (4,875)
• Mbaama people (9,373)
• Mbahouin people (2,297)
• Mbede people (103,381)
• Mbwisi people (1,609)
• Minduumo people (5,029)
• Miyangho people (7,140)
• Myene people (41,828)
• Ndasa people (2,872)
• Ngom people (9,625)
• Northern Teke people (14,283)
• Nzebi people (127,714)
• Pinji people (7,140)
• Punu people (146,820)
• Sake people (3,346)
• Sangu people (28,573)
• Seki people (1,399)
• Sighu people (1,427)
• Simba people (4,285)
• Tsangi people (5,975)
• Tsogo people (37,047)
• Vili people (4,311)
• Vumbu people (15,537)
• Wandji people (12,240)
• Western Teke people (38,244)
• Wolof people (7,184)
• Wumbvu people (21,404)

Language and religion

Religions: Christian 55%-75%, animist, Muslim less than 1% (see Religion in Gabon)

Languages: French (official since colonial rule), Fang, Myene, Bateke, Bapounou/Eschira, Bandjabi

Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 63.2%
male: 73.7%
female: 53.3% (1995 est.)

References

1. ^ "Missionary Atlas Project - West Africa - Gabon". Worldmap. http://worldmap.org/maps/other/profiles/gabon/Gabon%20Country%20Profile.pdf. Retrieved 2011-10-25. 

 This article incorporates public domain material from the CIA World Factbook document "2006 edition".