NationMaster - Gabonese People statistics

Age structure > 0-14 years	42.1		[41st of 226]
Age structure > 15-64 years	53.8		[197th of 226]
Age structure > 65 years and over	4 %		[145th of 225]
Chinese population	100		[109th of 127]
Percentage living in urban areas	84%		[39th of 199]
Population in 2015	1,605		[147th of 225]
Projected population growth	48.57%		[71st of 141]
Sex ratio > 15-64 years	0.99		[134th of 223]
Urban population	1,156,891	...	[138th of 195]
Urban population growth > annual %	2.41 annual %	...	[80th of 195]
Urbanization	82		[37th of 204]
Urbanization in 1975	40%		[88th of 164]
Urbanization in 2015	88.9%		[23rd of 164]
Women > Adult literacy rate females as a % of males	78		[103rd of 144]
Women > Antenatal care coverage %	94		[42nd of 133]
Women > Contraceptive prevalence %	33		[119th of 170]
Women > Life expectancy females as a % of males	104		[141st of 173]
Women > Maternal mortality ratio > reported	520		[29th of 154]
Women > Maternal mortality ratio adjusted	420		[49th of 166]
Women > Skilled attendant at delivery %	86		[97th of 172]

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SOURCES: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006 ; 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; 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; 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); UN (United Nations). 2002. World Urbanization Prospects: The 2001 Revision. Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. New York; UNICEF

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Gabon, Gabonese Republic, Republique Gabonaise

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