Gabon
Gabon
Capital Libreville
267,667 km² · 2,593,130 people (2025) · Central African CFA franc
Around 88 percent of Gabon is forest, and eleven national parks created in 2002 protect roughly a tenth of the country. The equator crosses it, and Loango is one of the few places where forest elephants and hippos are regularly seen on an ocean beach.
The facts
- Capital
- Libreville
- Area
- 267,667 km² — 103,347 sq mi
- Population
- 2,593,130 (2025)
- Density
- 9.7 people per km²
- Currency
- Central African CFA franc (XAF, Fr)
- Official language
- French
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Calling code
- +241
- Drives on the
- right
- ISO codes
- GA · GAB
- Continent
- Africa
How it compares
- By area
- 77 of 200
- By population
- 143 of 200
Population is the only figure on this page that dates — it is a 2025 estimate and will drift. Area, capital, currency, languages, calling code and driving side change rarely or never.
Countries of a similar size
| Country | Area (km²) | Population |
|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 274,200 | 24,074,580 |
| New Zealand | 268,838 | 5,324,700 |
| Gabon ← | 267,667 | 2,593,130 |
| Guinea | 245,857 | 15,099,727 |
| United Kingdom | 243,610 | 69,487,000 |
Common questions
- What is the capital of Gabon?
- Libreville
- What currency does Gabon use?
- The Central African CFA franc (XAF).
- How big is Gabon?
- 267,667 km², or 103,347 square miles — 77 of 200 by area.
- Which side of the road does Gabon drive on?
- The right.
Related pages
- Burkina Faso 274,200 km²
- New Zealand 268,838 km²
- Guinea 245,857 km²
- United Kingdom 243,610 km²
- Nigeria Africa
- Ethiopia Africa
- Egypt Africa
- Democratic Republic of the Congo Africa
- Tanzania Africa
- South Africa Africa
- Kenya Africa
- Sudan Africa
Sources
- The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (Public domain (US Government))
- World Bank Open Data — The World Bank (CC BY 4.0)