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GeographyLocation: Western Africa, bordering the Atlantic Ocean at the Equator, between Congo and Equatorial Guinea
Area: Land boundaries: total 2,551 km, Cameroon 298 km, Congo 1,903 km, Equatorial Guinea350 km Coastline: 885 km
PeoplePopulation: 1,155,749 (July 1995 est.)
Age structure:
Population growth rate: 1.46% (1995 est.) Birth rate: 28.34 births/1,000 population Death rate: 13.72 deaths/1,000 population Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population Infant mortality rate: 92.4 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
Total fertility rate: 3.93 children born/woman Ethnic divisions: Bantu tribes including four major tribal groupings (Fang, Eshira, Bapounou, Bateke), other Africans and Europeans 100,000, including 27,000 French Religions: Christian 55%-75%, Muslim less than 1%, animist Languages: French (official), Fang, Myene, Bateke, Bapounou/Eschira, Bandjabi
Literacy:
age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
Government
Names:
Type: republic; multiparty presidential regime (opposition parties legalized 1990) Capital: Libreville Independence: 17 August 1960 (from France) Constitution: adopted 14 March 1991
EconomyNational product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $5.6 billion National product real growth rate: 1.9% National product per capita: $4,900 Inflation rate (consumer prices): 35% Unemployment rate:
Electricity:
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