_#_Infant mortality rate: 104 deaths/1,000 live births (1991)
_#_Life expectancy at birth: 51 years male, 56 years female (1991)
_#_Total fertility rate: 4.0 children born/woman (1991)
_#_Nationality: noun—Gabonese (sing., pl.); adjective—Gabonese
_#_Ethnic divisions: about 40 Bantu tribes, including four major tribal groupings (Fang, Eshira, Bapounou, Bateke); about 100,000 expatriate Africans and Europeans, including 27,000 French
_#_Religion: Christian 55-75%, Muslim less than 1%, remainder animist
_#_Language: French (official), Fang, Myene, Bateke, Bapounou/Eschira, Bandjabi
_#_Literacy: 61% (male 74%, female 48%) age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
_#_Labor force: 120,000 salaried; agriculture 65.0%, industry and commerce 30.0%, services 2.5%, government 2.5%; 58% of population of working age (1983)
_#_Organized labor: there are 38,000 members of the national trade union, the Gabonese Trade Union Confederation (COSYGA)