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Gabonese Republic
National name: République Gabonaise
President: Omar Bongo (1967)
Premier: Jean-François Ntoutoume (1999)
Area: 103,346 sq. mi. (267,670 sq. km)
Population (1999 est.): 1,225,853 (average annual rate of natural increase: 1.48%); birth rate: 27.9/1000; infant mortality rate: 83.1/1000; density per sq. mi.: 12
Capital and largest city (1994): Libreville, 419,596. Other cities (1994): Port-Gentil, 80,000; Franceville, 42,000
Monetary unit: Franc CFA
Language: French (official)
Ethnicity/race: (1993) Bantu tribes, including six major tribal groupings: Fang 25%, Punu 23%, Nzeiby 13%, Mbede (Obamba/Bateke) 9%, Kota 7%, and Myene 5%; Pygmies 0.7%, naturalized population 0.3%, foreigners 15%
Religions: Catholic 75%, Protestant 20%, Animist 4%
Literacy rate: 61%
Economic summary: GDP/PPP (1998 est.): $7.7 billion; $6,400 per capita. Real growth rate: 1.7%. Inflation: 1%. Unemployment: 21% (1997 est.). Arable land: 1%. Agriculture: cocoa, coffee, sugar, palm oil, rubber; cattle; okoume (a tropical softwood); fish. Labor force: n.a.; agriculture, 65%; industry and commerce, services. Industry: food and beverage; textile; lumbering and plywood; cement; petroleum extraction and refining; manganese, uranium, and gold mining; chemicals; ship repair. Natural resources: petroleum, manganese, uranium, gold, timber, iron ore. Exports: $2.1 billion (f.o.b., 1998 est.): crude oil, timber, manganese, uranium. Imports: $890 million (f.o.b., 1998 est.): machinery and equipment, foodstuffs, chemicals, petroleum products, construction materials. Major trading partners: U.S., China, France, Japan, Cameroon, the Netherlands, Côte d'Ivoire.
Member of French Community
