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Gabon

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Gabon is a country. The capital city is Libreville, located in the Middle Africa region of Africa. It has a land area of 257,670 km², a population of 2,484,789 people and uses the currency Central African CFA franc. The President is Ali Bongo Ondimba.

Key facts

currency: Central African CFA franc
capital city: Libreville
region: Middle Africa
continent: Africa
land area: 257,670 km²
population: 2,484,789 people
political leader: Ali Bongo Ondimba (President)

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expense: 14.05 % of GDP
GDP: 19,388,402,541.67 current US$
inflation: 3.63 annual %
self-employed workers: 33.85 % of total employment
tax revenue: 9.49 % of GDP
unemployment: 20.28 % of total labor force
vulnerable employment: 31.19 % of total employment
armed forces personnel: 7,000 people
democracy score: 3.61
democracy type: Authoritarian
individuals using the Internet: 71.90 % of population
military expenditure: 1.15 % of GDP
net migration: 987 people
press freedom: 2.20
proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 24.49 %
birth rate: 26.80 per 1,000 people
death rate: 7.31 per 1,000 people
health expenditure per capita: 233.87 current US$
health expenditure: 2.71 % of GDP
incidence of HIV: 0.83 per 1,000 uninfected population
hospital beds: 1.96 per 1,000 people
life expectancy at birth: 66
suicide mortality rate: 8.40 per 100,000 population
agricultural land: 21,532.36 km²
alternative and nuclear energy: 1.21 % of total energy use
carbon dioxide emissions (CO2): 4.93 Mt of CO2 equivalent
access to electricity: 93.50 % of population
electricity production from coal sources: 0.00 % of total
electricity production from natural gas sources: 46.05 % of total
electricity production from hydroelectric sources: 43.18 % of total
electricity production from nuclear sources: 0.00 % of total
electricity production from oil sources: 10.21 % of total
electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric: 0.56 % of total
net energy imports: -213.40 % of energy use
fertility rate: 3.46 births per woman
forest area: 235,068 km²
fossil fuel energy consumption: 22.79 % of total
greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6): 21.40 Mt of CO2 equivalent
median age: 17.60
methane emissions: 14.95 Mt of CO2 equivalent
nitrous oxide emissions: 0.42 Mt of CO2 equivalent
female population: 1,222,547 people
male population: 1,262,242 people
renewable energy consumption: 91.30 % of total final energy consumption
rural land area: 263,337.71 km²
rural population: 222,910 people
urban land area: 311.60 km²
urban population: 2,261,879 people
urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 7.88 % of total population

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