Gabon

Exact population: 1,424,906 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 and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2006 est.)
Literacy: Total population: 63.2%; male: 73.7%; female: 53.3%
Ethnicities: 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
Land boundaries: Total: 2,551 km; border countries: Cameroon 298 km, Republic of the Congo 1,903 km, Equatorial Guinea 350 km
Terrain: Narrow coastal plain; hilly interior; savanna in east and south
Extremes: Lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m; highest point: Mont Iboundji 1,575 m
Imports: France 43.8%, US 6.3%, UK 5.9%, Netherlands 4% (2004)
Exports: US 52.9%, China 8.5%, France 7.3% (2004)
Industries: Petroleum extraction and refining; manganese, and gold mining; chemicals; ship repair; food and beverage; textile; lumbering and plywood; cement

Source: CIA World Factbook