The 2008 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency
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- production by source:
fossil fuel: 34.5% hydro: 65.5% nuclear: 0% other: 0% (2001)
Oil - production:
243,900 bbl/day (2007 est.)
Oil - consumption:
13,170 bbl/day (2006 est.)
Oil - exports:
255,500 bbl/day (2005)
Oil - imports:
2,485 bbl/day (2005)
Oil - proved reserves:
2 billion bbl (1 January 2008 est.)
Natural gas - production:
100 million cu m (2006 est.)
Natural gas - consumption:
100 million cu m (2006 est.)
Natural gas - exports:
0 cu m (2007 est.)
Natural gas - imports:
0 cu m (2007 est.)
Natural gas - proved reserves:
28.32 billion cu m (1 January 2008 est.)
Current account balance:
$1.552 billion (2007 est.)
Exports:
$6.956 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)
Exports - commodities:
crude oil 77%, timber, manganese, uranium (2001)
Exports - partners:
US 32.5%, China 15.8%, France 9.4%, Malaysia 6%, Trinidad and Tobago 5% (2007)
Imports:
$2.107 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)
Imports - commodities:
machinery and equipment, foodstuffs, chemicals, construction materials
Imports - partners:
France 27.7%, US 19.1%, Belgium 5.4%, Netherlands 4.7%, China 4.1% (2007)
Economic aid - recipient:
$53.87 million (2005)
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$1.238 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Debt - external:
$4.895 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Market value of publicly traded shares:
$NA
Currency (code):
Communaute Financiere Africaine franc (XAF); note - responsible authority is the Bank of the Central African States
Currency code:
XAF
Exchange rates:
Communaute Financiere Africaine francs (XAF) per US dollar - 481.83 (2007), 522.89 (2006), 527.47 (2005), 528.29 (2004), 581.2 (2003)
Communications
Gabon
Telephones - main lines in use:
26,500 (2007)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
1.169 million (2007)
Telephone system:
general assessment: adequate service by African standards and improving with the help of a growing mobile cell network system with multiple providers; mobile-cellular subscribership reached 80 per 100 persons in 2007 domestic: adequate system of cable, microwave radio relay, tropospheric scatter, radiotelephone communication stations, and a domestic satellite system with 12 earth stations international: country code - 241; landing point for the SAT-3/WASC fiber-optic submarine cable that provides connectivity to Europe and Asia; satellite earth stations - 3 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) (2007)
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 6, FM 7 (plus 11 repeaters), shortwave 4 (2001)
Radios:
208,000 (1997)
Television broadcast stations:
4 (plus 4 repeaters) (2001)
Televisions:
63,000 (1997)
Internet country code:
.ga
Internet hosts:
88 (2008)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
1 (2001)
Internet users:
145,000 (2007)
Transportation
Gabon
Airports:
53 (2007)
Airports - with paved runways:
total: 10 over 3,047 m: 1 2,438 to 3,047 m: 1 1,524 to 2,437 m: 7 914 to 1,523 m: 1 (2007)
Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 43 1,524 to 2,437 m: 7 914 to 1,523 m: 13 under 914 m: 23 (2007)
Pipelines:
gas 384 km; oil 1,427 km (2007)
Railways:
total: 814 km standard gauge: 814 km 1.435-m gauge (2006)
Roadways:
total: 9,170 km paved: 937 km unpaved: 8,233 km (2004)
Waterways:
1,600 km (310 km on Ogooue River) (2007)
Merchant marine:
registered in other countries: 2 (Cambodia 1, Panama 1) (2008)
Ports and terminals:
Gamba, Libreville, Lucinda, Port-Gentil
Military
Gabon
Military branches:
Army, Navy, Air Force, National Gendarmerie, National Police
Military service age and obligation:
20 years of age for compulsory and voluntary military service (2007)
Manpower available for military service:
males age 16–49: 331,181 females age 16–49: 332,498 (2008 est.)
Manpower fit for military service:
males age 16–49: 192,717 females age 16–49: 188,539 (2008 est.)
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually:
male: 16,558 female: 16,577 (2008 est.)
Military expenditures:
3.4% of GDP (2005 est.)
Transnational Issues
Gabon
Disputes - international:
UN urges Equatorial Guinea and Gabon to resolve the sovereignty dispute over Gabon-occupied Mbane Island and lesser islands and to establish a maritime boundary in hydrocarbon-rich Corisco Bay
Refugees and internally displaced persons:
refugees (country of origin): 7,178 (Republic of Congo) (2007)
Trafficking in persons:
current situation: Gabon is predominantly a destination