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Gabon

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Capital
Libreville
Currency
Central African CFA franc
Continent
Africa
Area
267,667 km²
Country information: Wikidata · Q1000 · Official languages: French
AT A GLANCE

The essential numbers

Latest available · Reference years vary
Population
2.59M · 2025
people
World Bank · SP.POP.TOTL
GDP
21.43B · 2025
current US$
World Bank · NY.GDP.MKTP.CD
GDP per capita
8,263.03 · 2025
current US$ / person
World Bank · NY.GDP.PCAP.CD
Inflation
1.77 · 2025
%
World Bank · FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG
Unemployment
20.15 · 2025
% of labor force
World Bank · SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS
Fertility rate
3.59 · 2024
births / woman
World Bank · SP.DYN.TFRT.IN
Life expectancy
68.51 · 2024
years
World Bank · SP.DYN.LE00.IN
LOOKING BACK

Change over time

people · 20062025
2025Gabon: 2.59M
Gabon · Population1.4M1.73M2.05M2.38M2.7M2006201220192025
Source: World Bank · SP.POP.TOTLGaps indicate missing observations.
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Gabon · Population · people
YearGabon
20252,593,130
20242,538,952
20232,484,789
20222,430,747
20212,376,722
20202,322,539
20192,267,706
20182,212,318
20172,156,900
20162,100,306
20152,040,989
20141,978,399
20131,913,059
20121,846,889
20111,781,985
20101,719,879
20091,661,556
20081,607,175
20071,556,237
20061,508,337
current US$ · 20062025
2025Gabon: 21.43B
Gabon · GDP9.22B12.55B15.88B19.21B22.54B2006201220192025
Source: World Bank · NY.GDP.MKTP.CDGaps indicate missing observations.
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Gabon · GDP · current US$
YearGabon
202521,427,119,323.28
202420,895,684,425.68
202319,388,372,070.98
202220,440,655,695.23
202119,444,935,097.23
202015,342,236,163.99
201916,874,405,465.39
201816,867,326,401.96
201714,929,487,485.16
201614,023,890,265.37
201514,383,107,762.7
201418,203,966,895.84
201317,595,744,798.34
201217,170,464,016.06
201118,210,307,743.58
201014,372,593,020.29
200912,113,699,068.25
200815,571,348,344.34
200712,455,409,587.34
200610,327,598,306.46

GDP per capita

All countries
current US$ / person · 20062025
2025Gabon: 8,263.03
Gabon · GDP per capita6,244.477,328.478,412.469,496.4510.58K2006201220192025
Source: World Bank · NY.GDP.PCAP.CDGaps indicate missing observations.
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Gabon · GDP per capita · current US$ / person
YearGabon
20258,263.03
20248,230.04
20237,802.82
20228,409.21
20218,181.41
20206,605.8
20197,441.18
20187,624.28
20176,921.73
20166,677.07
20157,047.13
20149,201.36
20139,197.7
20129,296.97
201110,219.11
20108,356.75
20097,290.58
20089,688.65
20078,003.54
20066,847.01
% · 20062025
2025Gabon: 1.77
Gabon · Inflation-2.08-0.071.933.935.932006201220192025
Source: World Bank · FP.CPI.TOTL.ZGGaps indicate missing observations.
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Gabon · Inflation · %
YearGabon
20251.77
20241.17
20233.63
20224.23
20211.09
20201.35
20192.46
20184.75
20172.65
20162.11
2015-0.34
20144.69
20130.51
20122.65
20111.26
20101.46
20091.89
20085.26
20075.03
2006-1.41

Unemployment

All countries
% of labor force · 20062025
2025Gabon: 20.15
Gabon · Unemployment17.4618.519.5420.5821.632006201220192025
Source: World Bank · SL.UEM.TOTL.ZSGaps indicate missing observations.
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Gabon · Unemployment · % of labor force
YearGabon
202520.15
202420.09
202320.16
202220.32
202121.22
202021.28
201920.37
201820.46
201720.31
201620.12
201519.94
201419.87
201319.74
201219.66
201119.9
201020.39
200919.76
200819.21
200718.26
200617.81

Fertility rate

All countries
births / woman · 20062025
2025Gabon:
Gabon · Fertility rate3.533.713.884.054.232006201220192025
Source: World Bank · SP.DYN.TFRT.INGaps indicate missing observations.
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Gabon · Fertility rate · births / woman
YearGabon
2025No data available
20243.59
20233.65
20223.71
20213.78
20203.83
20193.88
20183.91
20173.91
20163.92
20153.92
20143.95
20134.02
20124.09
20114.15
20104.15
20094.14
20084.12
20074.14
20064.17

Life expectancy

All countries
years · 20062025
2025Gabon:
Gabon · Life expectancy62.7364.3165.8867.4669.042006201220192025
Source: World Bank · SP.DYN.LE00.INGaps indicate missing observations.
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Gabon · Life expectancy · years
YearGabon
2025No data available
202468.51
202368.34
202267.71
202167.07
202067.07
201967.34
201867.04
201766.82
201666.58
201566.34
201466.07
201365.75
201265.44
201165.1
201064.72
200964.36
200864.01
200763.62
200663.26
Source: World Bank ↗Snapshot · Sep 21, 2026Methodology