Demographics of Gabon

Demographics of Gabon
Population pyramid of Gabon in 2020
Population	2,340,613 (2022 est.)
Growth rate	2.4% (2022 est.)
Birth rate	26.03 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)
Death rate	5.67 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)
Life expectancy	69.7 years
• male	67.98 years
• female	71.48 years (2022 est.)
Fertility rate	3.31 children born/woman (2022 est.)
Infant mortality rate	28.56 deaths/1,000 live births
Net migration rate	3.67 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2022 est.)
Age structure
0–14 years	36.45%
65 and over	3.98%
Sex ratio
Total	1.08 male(s)/female (2022 est.)
At birth	1.03 male(s)/female
Under 15	1.03 male(s)/female
65 and over	0.78 male(s)/female
Nationality
Nationality	Gabonese
Language
Official	French

The Demographics of Gabon is the makeup of the population of Gabon. As of 2020, Gabon has a population of 2,225,287. Gabon's population is relatively young with 35.5% of its population under 15 years of age and only 4.3% of its population over 65 years old. Gabon has a nearly even split between males and females with 0.99 males for every female in the population. In the age range of 15–65, the ration is exactly 1 male to 1 female. The life expectancy of Gabon is lower than the world average. Gabon's population's life expectancy at birth is 53.11 years while the world average is 67.2 years as of 2010. Ethnically, the biggest group in Gabon are the Fang people with over 500,000 people, or about a third of Gabon's population, belonging to this ethnic group. The biggest religion in Gabon is Christianity, with between 55–75% of the population of Gabon being Christian.