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Gabon

Gabonese Republic

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Region
Africa · Middle Africa
Capital
Libreville
Population
2,593,130 (2025)
Government
presidential republic
Currency
Central African CFA franc (XAF)
Official languages
French
Spoken languages
French (official), Fang, Myene, Nzebi, Bapounou/Eschira, Bandjabi
Written scripts
Latin
Area
267,668 km²
Coastline
Coastal
UN member
Yes
Affiliations
African Union (suspended), IMF, OIC, WCO, WTO
Borders
Cameroon , Congo , Equatorial Guinea

Political stability

61 / 100

Economic stability

59 / 100

Population stability

56 / 100

0–100, higher is more stable. Political: World Bank governance score. Economic: government effectiveness, regulatory quality, and inflation proximity to 2% (World Bank). Population: stability of growth and net migration rates (World Bank).

Trade profile

Key exports
crude petroleum, ships, manganese ore, refined petroleum, wood (2023)
Key imports
ships, refined petroleum, iron pipes, cars, packaged medicine (2023)
Natural resources
petroleum, natural gas, diamond, niobium, manganese, uranium, gold, timber, iron ore, hydropower
Primary route
Gulf of Guinea and Congo-basin gateways to Europe
Secondary route
Cape-routed services to Asia

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Sources: mledoze/countries (ODbL), CIA World Factbook (public domain), World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), flag-icons (MIT). Stability scores are xin.bz composites of the cited World Bank indicators; routes and commodity notes are xin.bz assessments. Informational only — verify with official sources.