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The Demographics of Gabon is the makeup of the population of
Gabon Gabon (; ; snq, Ngabu), officially the Gabonese Republic (french: République gabonaise), is a country on the west coast of Central Africa. Located on the equator, it is bordered by Equatorial Guinea to the northwest, Cameroon to the nort ...
. As of 2020, Gabon has a population of 2,225,287. Gabon's population is relatively young with 35.5% of its population under 15 years of age and only 4.3% of its population over 65 years old. Gabon has a nearly even split between males and females with 0.99 males for every female in the population. In the age range of 15–65, the ration is exactly 1 male to 1 female. The
life expectancy Life expectancy is a statistical measure of the average time an organism is expected to live, based on the year of its birth, current age, and other demographic factors like sex. The most commonly used measure is life expectancy at birth ...
of Gabon is lower than the world average. Gabon's population's life expectancy at birth is 53.11 years while the world average is 67.2 years as of 2010. Ethnically, the biggest group in Gabon are the
Fang people __NOTOC__ The Fang people, also known as Fãn or Pahouin, are a Bantu ethnic group found in Equatorial Guinea, northern Gabon, and southern Cameroon.
with over 500,000 people, or about a third of Gabon's population, belonging to this ethnic group. The biggest religion in Gabon is
Christianity Christianity is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth. It is the world's largest and most widespread religion with roughly 2.38 billion followers representing one-third of the global pop ...
, with between 55–75% of the population of Gabon being Christian.


Population

According to the total population was in , compared to only 469,000 in 1950. The proportion of children below the age of 15 in 2010 was 35.5%, 60.2% was between 15 and 65 years of age, while 4.3% was 65 years or older . Structure of the population (DHS 2012; males 19,318, females 20,636, total 39,955):


Vital statistics

Registration of vital events is in Gabon not complete. The Population Department of the
United Nations The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and be a centre for harmoniz ...
prepared the following estimates. Population estimates account for under numeration in population censuses.


Fertility and births

Total Fertility Rate (TFR) (Wanted Fertility Rate) and Crude Birth Rate (CBR): Fertility data as of 2012 (DHS Program):


Life expectancy


Other demographics statistics

Demographic statistics according to the World Population Review in 2019. *One birth every 8 minutes *One death every 35 minutes *One net migrant every 360 minutes *Net gain of one person every 10 minutes The following demographic statistics are from the CIA World Factbook.


Population

:2,340,613 (2022 est.) :2,119,036 (July 2018 est.)


Religions

:Roman Catholic 42.3%, Protestant 12.3%, other Christian 27.4%, Muslim 9.8%, animist 0.6%, other 0.5%, none/no answer 7.1% (2012 est.)


Age structure

:''0-14 years:'' 36.45% (male 413,883/female 399,374) :''15-24 years:'' 21.9% (male 254,749/female 233,770) :''25-54 years:'' 32.48% (male 386,903/female 337,776) :''55-64 years:'' 5.19% (male 58,861/female 56,843) :''65 years and over:'' 3.98% (male 44,368/female 44,381) (2020 est.) :''0-14 years:'' 37.45% (male 405,676 /female 387,900) :''15-24 years:'' 22.08% (male 245,490 /female 222,343) :''25-54 years:'' 31.6% (male 355,348 /female 314,344) :''55-64 years:'' 4.96% (male 54,679 /female 50,356) :''65 years and over:'' 3.91% (male 40,721 /female 42,179) (2018 est.)


Birth rate

:26.03 births/1,000 population (2022 est.) Country comparison to the world: 44th :26.5 births/1,000 population (2018 est.) Country comparison to the world: 46th


Death rate

:5.67 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.) Country comparison to the world: 175th :6.2 deaths/1,000 population (2018 est.) Country comparison to the world: 157th


Total fertility rate The total fertility rate (TFR) of a population is the average number of children that would be born to a woman over her lifetime if: # she were to experience the exact current age-specific fertility rates (ASFRs) through her lifetime # she were t ...

:3.31 children born/woman (2022 est.) Country comparison to the world: 43rd :3.52 children born/woman (2018 est.) Country comparison to the world: 42nd


Population growth rate

:2.4% (2022 est.) Country comparison to the world: 28th :2.73% (2018 est.) Country comparison to the world: 15th


Median age

:total: 21 years. Country comparison to the world: 186th :male: 21.4 years :female: 20.6 years (2020 est.) :total: 20.5 years. Country comparison to the world: 187th :male: 20.8 years :female: 20.2 years (2018 est.)


Mother's mean age at first birth

:19.6 years (2012 est.) :note: median age at first birth among women 20-49


Contraceptive prevalence rate

:31.1% (2012)


Net migration rate

:3.67 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2022 est.) Country comparison to the world: 31st :-2 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2017 est.) Country comparison to the world: 161st


Dependency ratio The dependency ratio is an age-population ratio of those typically not in the labor force (the ''dependent'' part ages 0 to 14 and 65+) and those typically in the labor force (the ''productive'' part ages 15 to 64). It is used to measure the press ...
s

:total dependency ratio: 67.4 (2015 est.) :youth dependency ratio: 59.9 (2015 est.) :elderly dependency ratio: 7.6 (2015 est.) :
potential support ratio The potential support ratio (PSR) is the number of people age 15–64 per one older person aged 65 or older. This ratio describes the burden placed on the working population (unemployment and children are not considered in this measure) by the no ...
: 13.2 (2015 est.)


Urbanization

:urban population: 90.7% of total population (2022) :rate of urbanization: 2.27% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) :urban population: 89.4% of total population (2018) :rate of urbanization: 2.61% annual rate of change (2015-20 est.)


Life expectancy at birth

:total population: 69.7 years. Country comparison to the world: 174th :male: 67.98 years :female: 71.48 years (2022 est.) :total population: 68.1346 years (2018 est.) :male: 66.3 years (2018 est.) :female: 69.6 years (2018 est.)


Education expenditures

:2.8% of GDP (2019) Country comparison to the world: 160th


Literacy

definition: age 15 and over can read and write (2015 est.) :total population: 84.7% :male: 85.9% :female: 83.4% (2018) :total population: 83.2% (2015 est.) :male: 85.3% (2015 est.) :female: 81% (2015 est.)


Unemployment, youth ages 15-24

:total: 35.7% (2010 est.) :male: 30.5% (2010 est.) :female: 41.9% (2010 est.)


Major infectious diseases

:degree of risk: very high (2020) :food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever :vectorborne diseases: malaria and dengue fever :water contact diseases: schistosomiasis :animal contact diseases: rabies


Ethnic groups

Broad ethnic groups in Gabon are: #Bantu groups including four major groupings ( Fang, Eshira, Punu,
Teke Teke or Tekke can refer to: People * Teke (Turkmen tribe) or Tekke, a tribe of southern Turkmenistan * Teke people or Bateke, a Central African ethnic group * Fatih Tekke (born 1977), Turkish footballer * Kent Tekulve (born 1947), American baseba ...
) # Other Africans, notably 'forest people' (pygmy, now sedentary) such as the Babongo tribe # Europeans, including 10,700 French and 11,000 persons of dual nationality


2012 Census

Source:


Language and religion

Religions:
Roman Catholic Roman or Romans most often refers to: *Rome, the capital city of Italy * Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD * Roman people, the people of ancient Rome *'' Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a let ...
41.9%,
Protestant Protestantism is a branch of Christianity that follows the theological tenets of the Protestant Reformation, a movement that began seeking to reform the Catholic Church from within in the 16th century against what its followers perceived to b ...
13.7%, other Christian 32.4%, Islam 6.4%, Animist 0.3%, other 0.3%, None/No Answer 5% (2012 est.)
Language Language is a structured system of communication. The structure of a language is its grammar and the free components are its vocabulary. Languages are the primary means by which humans communicate, and may be conveyed through a variety of ...
s: French (official since colonial rule), Fang, Myene,
Bateke The Teke people or Bateke, also known as the Tyo or Tio, are a Bantu Central African ethnic group that speak the Teke languages and that mainly inhabit the south, north, and center of the Republic of the Congo, the west of the Democratic Republi ...
, Bapounou/Eschira, Bandjabi
Literacy Literacy in its broadest sense describes "particular ways of thinking about and doing reading and writing" with the purpose of understanding or expressing thoughts or ideas in written form in some specific context of use. In other words, hum ...
:
''definition:'' age 15 and over can read and write
''total population:'' 83.2%
''male:'' 85.3%
''female:'' 81% (2015 est.)


References

Attribution: * {{DEFAULTSORT:Demographics Of Gabon Society of Gabon