Countries
Key facts
- Capital
- Libreville
- Region
- Africa, Middle Africa
- Population
- 2,593,130 (2025)
- Area
- 267,667 km²
- Currency
- Central African CFA franc (XAF)
- Languages
- French
- Calling code
- +241
- Internet domain
- .ga
- ISO codes
- GA, GAB, 266
- Time zone
- UTC+1:00
- United Nations
- Member state
- Postal code pattern
- ## (# = digit, @ = letter)
Land and position
Gabon covers about 267,667 square kilometres. By area it ranks 77th among the 250 countries and territories on this site. It is a little smaller than New Zealand and a little larger than Western Sahara. It shares a land border with 3 neighbours: Congo, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea. Its centre lies at about 1° south, 12° east, in the southern hemisphere.
Neighbours
People
About 2.59 million people live in Gabon (World Bank, 2025). That makes it the 143rd most populous of the 246 places on this site with a figure. On average there are 9.7 people to each square kilometre. About 92 percent of people live in towns and cities (World Bank, 2025). A baby born there can expect to live about 69 years (World Bank, 2024). Languages listed for it: French. A person from Gabon is called Gabonese.
Money and economy
The currency is the Central African CFA franc (code XAF, symbol Fr). It is also the main currency of Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Equatorial Guinea. The World Bank puts the size of its economy (GDP) at about US$ 21.4 billion (2025), which is about US$ 8,263 for each person (2025).
Time
Gabon uses one time zone, UTC+1:00 (Africa/Libreville). Clocks stay the same all year: there is no daylight saving time.
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Offsets are for January 2026. See Time Zones for a converter.
Largest cities
| City | People |
|---|---|
| Libreville | 846,090 |
| Port-Gentil | 164,018 |
| Franceville | 132,895 |
| Owendo | 95,313 |
| Oyem | 72,939 |
| Moanda | 71,099 |
City figures are from GeoNames and count the city itself, not the wider urban area. They can be some years old, so use them to see the order of size.
More in Middle Africa
Angola, Central African Republic, Chad, DR Congo, South Sudan, São Tomé and Príncipe. See the whole region.
Figures were collected on 11 November 2026 from the World Bank, GeoNames and the open countries data set. See About and data sources. Borders and names follow those sources and do not express any view on disputed territory.