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People
1,545,255
country comparison to the world: 
151
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2010 est.)
0-14 years: 42.1% (male 320,414/female 318,027)
15-64 years: 53.9% (male 407,461/female 409,633)
65 years and over: 3.9% (male 24,799/female 34,659) (2010 est.)
total: 18.6 years
male: 18.4 years
female: 18.9 years (2010 est.)
2.025% (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 53
35.39 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 33
12.9 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 25
-2.24 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 176
urban population: 85% of total population (2008)
rate of urbanization: 2.1% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.)
at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.72 male(s)/female
total population: 0.99 male(s)/female (2010 est.)
total: 50.88 deaths/1,000 live births
country comparison to the world: 49
male: 59 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 42.51 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)
total population: 52.75 years
country comparison to the world: 206
male: 51.96 years
female: 53.58 years (2010 est.)
4.62 children born/woman (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 34
5.9% (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 13
49,000 (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 65
2,300 (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 57
degree of risk: very high
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
vectorborne disease: malaria and chikungunya
water contact disease: schistosomiasis
animal contact disease: rabies (2009)
noun: Gabonese (singular and plural)
adjective: Gabonese
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
Christian 55%-75%, animist, Muslim less than 1%
French (official), Fang, Myene, Nzebi, Bapounou/Eschira, Bandjabi
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 63.2%
male: 73.7%
female: 53.3% (1995 est.)
total: 13 years
male: 13 years
female: 12 years (1999)
3.8% of GDP (2000)
country comparison to the world: 120
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