GAB / Sub-Saharan Africa

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
Population growth ↗
2.11 · 2025
%
World Bank · SP.POP.GROW
GDP growth ↗
2.47 · 2025
%
World Bank · NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG
GDP per capita, PPP ↗
22.22K · 2025
current international $ / person
World Bank · NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD
Population ages 65+ ↗
4.13 · 2025
% of total population
World Bank · SP.POP.65UP.TO.ZS
Urban population ↗
92.09 · 2025
% of total population
World Bank · SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS
Labor force participation ↗
51.06 · 2025
% of population ages 15+
World Bank · SL.TLF.CACT.ZS
Youth unemployment ↗
36.28 · 2025
% of labor force ages 15–24
World Bank · SL.UEM.1524.ZS
Internet users ↗
68.72 · 2024
% of population
World Bank · IT.NET.USER.ZS
Trade ↗
84.89 · 2025
% of GDP
World Bank · NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS
FDI net inflows ↗
5.48 · 2024
% of GDP
World Bank · BX.KLT.DINV.WD.GD.ZS
LOOKING BACK

Change over time

people · 2006–2025
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$ · 2006–2025
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 · 2006–2025
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
% · 2006–2025
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 · 2006–2025
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 · 2006–2025
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 · 2006–2025
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 25, 2026Methodology ↗

About the data for Gabon

17 World Bank indicators each use their latest available observation, so reference years can differ. Open any indicator card to explore its historical series. Missing observations are preserved. Country information comes from Wikidata.