Area: 267.738 Km²
Population: 1.221.000 (2001 est.)
Density: 4,5 pop/Km²

System of government: Presidential Republic
Capital: Libreville (462.000 pop.)
Major cities: Port-Gentil 165.000 pop.
Ethnic majority: Fang 32%, Eshira 12%, Nzebi 8%, Mbédé 7%, Bakota 5%, others 36%
Border countries: Equatorial Guinea NORTH and WEST, Cameroon NORTH, Republic of the Congo EAST and SOUTH

Principal mountains: Mont Iboundji 1575 m
Principal rivers: Ogooué 1050 Km (gabonese tract, total 1200 Km)
Principal lakes: Lac Onangué
Principal islands: -
Climate: Equatorial

Language: French (official), Bantu dialects
Religion: Catholic 65%, Protestant 20%, Animist 15%
Currency: Communaute Financiere Africaine Franc (XAF)