Gabon, Africa
This post was last updated by José of onez on Tuesday, 20 May 2025.
Image of Libreville, capital city of Gabon
Gabon is a Central-African republic preserving 88 % rainforest cover, pioneering carbon credit markets, and expanding offshore oil and manganese production.
Gabon in one word would be “Loango,” meaning wildlife coast.
Gabon Flag
Gabon armorial
Gabon is a country on the Sub-Saharan Africa located in the Middle Africa sub‑region of the Africa continent, member of OPEC.
Gabon administrative divisions
9 provinces
- Estuaire,
- Haut-Ogooue,
- Moyen-Ogooue,
- Ngounie,
- Nyanga,
- Ogooue-Ivindo,
- Ogooue-Lolo,
- Ogooue-Maritime,
- Woleu-Ntem
Easy learning about Gabon |
The capital city of Gabon is Libreville.
| Gabon is located in | Sub-Saharan Africa Middle Africa Africa Continent Inhabitants of Gabon are called Gabonese, Gabonaise |
| Member of | OPEC since 1975 to 1995, rejoining in 2016 |
| Gabon has a population of | 2,484,789 inhabitants within a total area of 267,667 Km2 (166,320 sq mi) (2023 UN data) |
| Gabon’s Global Peace Index (GPI) | 118 (world rank position) GPI scale of 2.37 This means, the closer to 1, the more peaceful the country is... (2024 data from GPI) |
| Human Development Index (HDI) | Gabon HDI ranks in position nº 108 worldwide HDI of 0.733 (0.4 to 1) (2023 data from UNDP) |
| Gabon’s passport | allows visa-free entry to 60 countries Gabon passport ranks 79th in the world (2025 HP Index data) |
| Gabon GDP per capita is | $8,842 USD (2025 estimated data from IMF) |
| Gabon ’s LGBTI legal status | Same-sex sexual acts are Legal (2025 ILGA data) |
| Latitude & Longitude | 1° 00' S, 11° 45' E Open in Google Maps |
| Neighbouring countries | Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Congo Republic. |
| Gabon Climate | tropical; hot, rainy season (June to November); cooler, dry season (November to May) |
| Most predominant religion | Roman Catholic, |
| Second most predominant religion | Protestant, |
| Currency name & code | Franc (XAF) |
| Internet ccTLD | .ga |
| Gabon calling code | +241 |
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