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title: "Gabon — capital, area, population and currency"
description: "Gabon: capital Libreville, area 267,667 km², population 2,593,130 (2025), currency Central African CFA franc. Languages, time zones and calling code."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country/gabon/
site: "At One Place"
---

# 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](https://atoneplace.net/country/burkina-faso/)
- [New Zealand](https://atoneplace.net/country/new-zealand/)
- [Guinea](https://atoneplace.net/country/guinea/)
- [United Kingdom](https://atoneplace.net/country/united-kingdom/)
- [Nigeria](https://atoneplace.net/country/nigeria/)
- [Ethiopia](https://atoneplace.net/country/ethiopia/)
- [Egypt](https://atoneplace.net/country/egypt/)
- [Democratic Republic of the Congo](https://atoneplace.net/country/democratic-republic-of-the-congo/)
- [Tanzania](https://atoneplace.net/country/tanzania/)
- [South Africa](https://atoneplace.net/country/south-africa/)
- [Kenya](https://atoneplace.net/country/kenya/)
- [Sudan](https://atoneplace.net/country/sudan/)

## Sources

- The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/) [Public domain (US Government)]
- World Bank Open Data — The World Bank (https://data.worldbank.org/) [CC BY 4.0]