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Age structure > 0-14 years
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42.1 |
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[41st of 226]
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Age structure > 15-64 years
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53.8 |
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[197th of 226]
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Age structure > 65 years and over
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4 %
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[145th of 225]
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Birth rate
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35.75 births/1,000 population |
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[37th of 226]
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Chinese population
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100 |
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[109th of 127]
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Death rate
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12.59 deaths/1,000 population |
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[35th of 226]
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Ethnic groups Bantu tribes, including four major tribal groupings (Fang, Bapounou, Nzebi, Obamba); other Africans and Europeans, 154,000, including 10,700 French and 11,000 persons of dual nationality |
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Percentage living in urban areas
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84% |
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[39th of 199]
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Population
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1,485,832 |
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[150th of 242]
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Population growth rate
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1.954% |
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[69th of 235]
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Population in 2015
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1,605 |
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[147th of 225]
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Projected population growth
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48.57% |
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[71st of 141]
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Sex ratio > 15-64 years
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0.99 |
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[134th of 223]
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Sex ratio > At birth
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1.03 male(s)/female |
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[193rd of 223]
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Sex ratio > Total population
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0.99 male(s)/female |
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[114th of 224]
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Sex ratio > Under 15 years
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1.01 male(s)/female |
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[201st of 224]
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Total fertility rate
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4.68 children born/woman |
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[39th of 225]
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Total Population
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1,424,906 |
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[151st of 227]
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Urban population
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1,156,891
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[138th of 195]
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Urbanization
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82 |
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[37th of 204]
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SOURCES: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006
; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; University Libraries, Ohio University; Population Division of the United Nations Secretariat, World Urbanization Prospects: The 2003 Revision, Data Tables and Highlights. Estimates and projections of urban and rural populations are made by the Population Division of the United Nations Secretariat and published every two years. These estimates and projections are based on national census or survey data that have been evaluated and, whenever necessary, adjusted for deficiencies and inconsistencies; World Development Indicators database and CIA World Factbook; Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat, World Population Prospects: The 2004 Revision and World Urbanization Prospects: http://esa.un.org/unpp; Population Reference Bureau, 2001 World Population Data Sheet, Washington, DC: PRB, 2001. via ciesin.org; U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division, International Programs Center
Spanish Statistical Institute; World Development Indicators database; Population Division of the United Nations Secretariat, World Urbanization Prospects: The 2001 Revision, Data Tables and Highlights (ESA/P/WP.173, 20 March 2002)
ALTERNATIVE NAMES:
Gabon, Gabonese Republic, Republique Gabonaise
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