Official Languages

Languages spoken here

French (secondary) · French (Quebec) (secondary) · Gun (secondary) · Hausa (secondary) · Kabuverdianu (secondary) · Levantine Arabic (secondary) · Wolof (secondary)

“Secondary” means a community here speaks it alongside another language. It is not a statement of official or minority-language status.

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Gabon

Peoples

Largest first.

People	Population	Language	Religion
Fang	686000	Fang (Equatorial Guinea)	Christianity
Punu	296000	Punu	Christianity
French	282000	French	Christianity
Nzebi	225000	Njebi	Christianity
Teke, Northern	131000	Teke-Tege	Ethnic Religions
Myene	97000	Myene	Christianity
Mbede	91000	Mbere	Christianity
Teke, Tsaayi	85000	Teke-Tsaayi	Christianity
Eshira, Chira	76000	Sira	Christianity
Sangu, Chango	65000	Sangu (Gabon)	Christianity
Kota, Mekambo	54000	Kota (Gabon)	Christianity
Lumbu	50000	Lumbu	Christianity
Wumbvu	46000	Wumbvu	Christianity
Fon	31000	Fon	Christianity
Gun	31000	Gun	Christianity
Fulani, Adamawa	27000	Fulfulde, Adamawa	Islam
Duma, Aduma	25000	Duma	Christianity
Mbamba	22000	Ombamba	Christianity
Wandji	22000	Wandji	Christianity
Tsangui	22000	Tsaangi	Christianity
Ngom, Angom	21000	Ngom	Christianity
Hausa	19000	Hausa	Islam
Mitsogo, Tsogo	19000	Tsogo	Christianity
Sake, Asake	17000	Sake	Christianity
Mahongwe	17000	Mahongwe	Christianity
Wolof	15000	Wolof	Islam
Vumbu	11000	Vumbu	Christianity
Pygmy, Baka	10000	Baka (Cameroon)	Ethnic Religions
Vili, Fioti	9200	Vili	Christianity
Pove, Bubi	8600	Bubi	Christianity
Bakwele	8600	Bekwel	Christianity
Deaf	7100	Language unknown	Unknown
Bandoumu, Minduumo	6500	Ndumu	Ethnic Religions
Arab, general	6200	Arabic, Levantine	Islam
Soninke	5500	Soninke	Islam
Tchitchege	4800	Tchitchege	Christianity
Mbangwe, Mbahouin	4300	Mbangwe	Christianity
Sighu	3400	Sighu	Christianity
Benga	3200	Benga	Christianity
Mbwisi	3100	Bwisi	Christianity
Cape Verdean	3100	Kabuverdianu	Christianity
Pinji, Apindje	2200	Pinji	Christianity
Ndasa	2200	Ndasa	Christianity
Seki	2200	Seki	Christianity
Kele, Akele	2200	Kele	Christianity
Kaningi, Bakanike	2200	Kaningi	Christianity
Barama	2200	Barama	Christianity
Samay	1800	Samay	Christianity
Ndambomo	1500	Ndambomo	Ethnic Religions
Okande, Kande	1100	Kande	Ethnic Religions

Languages

52 languages recorded here.

Arabic, Levantine

Baka (Cameroon)

Barama

Bekwel

Benga

Bubi

Bwisi

Duma

Eviya

Fang (Equatorial Guinea)

Fon

French

Fulfulde, Adamawa

Gun

Hausa

Iyasa

Kabuverdianu

Kande

Kaningi

Kele

Kota (Gabon)

Language unknown

Lumbu

Mahongwe

Mbangwe

Mbere

Myene

Ndambomo

Ndasa

Ndumu

Ngom

Njebi

Ombamba

Pinji

Punu

Sake

Samay

Sangu (Gabon)

Seki

Sighu

Sira

Soninke

Tchitchege

Teke-Tege

Teke-Tsaayi

Tsaangi

Tsogo

Vili

Vumbu

Wandji

Wolof

Wumbvu

All catalogue fields

151 fields recorded

rog3: GB
iso3: GAB
iso2: GA
ctry: Gabon
poplpeoples: 2587000
cntpeoples: 52
cntpeopleslr: 7
poplpeopleslr: 86000
jpscalectry: 5
rol3officiallanguage: fra
officiallang: French
rlg3primary: 1
religionprimary: Christianity
percentchristianity: 73.350172239522
percentevangelical: 10.775136752196
c_10_40window: N
rog2: AFR
continent: Africa
regioncode: 8
regionname: Africa, West and Central
workersneeded: 7
harvest_rog3: GB
harvest_iso3: GAB
harvest_iso2: GA
harvest_owcountrycode: GABO
harvest_ethnologuecountrycode: GA
harvest_countrynumber: 78
harvest_ctry: Gabon
harvest_ctryshort: Gabon
harvest_countrynamechinese: 加蓬
harvest_countrynamechineseshort: 加蓬
harvest_countrynamedutch: Gabon
harvest_countrynamefrench: Gabon
harvest_countrynamefrenchshort: Gabon
harvest_countrynamegerman: Gabun
harvest_countrynamegermanshort: Gabun
harvest_countrynameindonesian: Gabon
harvest_countrynameindonesianshort: Gabon
harvest_countrynameitalian: Gabon
harvest_countrynameitalianshort: Gabon
harvest_countrynamekorean: 가봉
harvest_countrynamekoreanshort: 가봉
harvest_countrynamenorwegian: Gabon
harvest_countrynamenorwegianshort: Gabon
harvest_countrynameportuguese: Gabão
harvest_countrynameportugueseshort: Gabão
harvest_countrynamerussian: Габон
harvest_countrynamerussianshort: Габон
harvest_countrynamespanish: Gabón
harvest_countrynamespanishshort: Gabón
harvest_countrynamevietnamese: Gabon
harvest_countrynamevietnameseshort: Gabon
harvest_chineseconcatenationprefix: 在
harvest_frenchconcatenationprefix: du
harvest_germanconcatenationprefix: in
harvest_indonesianconcatenationprefix: di
harvest_italianconcatenationprefix: -
harvest_koreanconcatenationprefix: 의
harvest_norwegianconcatenationprefix: i
harvest_portugueseconcatenationprefix: no
harvest_russianconcatenationprefix: B
harvest_spanishconcatenationprefix: en el
harvest_vietnameseconcatenationprefix: ở
harvest_ethnologuemapexists: Y
harvest_rog2: AFR
harvest_regioncode2414: 3
harvest_regioncode: 8
harvest_unsr: 017
harvest_worldabc: C
harvest_maniregioncode: FC
harvest_capital: Libreville
harvest_population: 2593000
harvest_populationsource: UN Country Population (2025)
harvest_prayercastvideo: https://prayercast.com/gabon.html
harvest_prayercastvimeourl: 70868063
harvest_waldnerguide: prayer-guide-gb.pdf
harvest_unmap: https://un.org/geospatial/content/gabon-1
harvest_jpscale: 5
harvest_c_10_40window: N
harvest_c_10_40windoworiginal: N
harvest_owpctevang: 12.7
harvest_owpctcharismatic: 12.479504
harvest_owevangelicalgrowthrate: 2.8
harvest_owcountrypage: gabon
harvest_literacyrate: 85
harvest_literacysource: Ethnologue
harvest_percenturbanized: 89
harvest_rol3officiallanguage: fra
harvest_rlg3primary: 1
harvest_rlg4primary: 6
harvest_pctanimist: 7.76
harvest_pctbahai: 0.09
harvest_pctbuddhism: 0
harvest_pctchinese: 0
harvest_pcthindu: 0
harvest_pctislam: 10.4
harvest_pctsikh: 0
harvest_pctjudaism: 0
harvest_pctnonreligious: 2.4
harvest_pctother: 0
harvest_pctchristian: 79.34999999999999
harvest_pctchristianprotestant: 15.67
harvest_pctchristianindependent: 17.55
harvest_pctchristiananglican: 0
harvest_pctchristianromancatholic: 40.63
harvest_pctchristianorthodoxcatholic: 0
harvest_pctchristianmarginal: 1.33
harvest_pctchristianunaffiliated: 5.77
harvest_pctchristiandoublyprofessing: -1.60000026644179
harvest_pctchristianother: 0
harvest_pctchristianextra: 0
harvest_rop1: A013
harvest_hdiyear: 2015
harvest_hdivalue: 0.697
harvest_hdirank: 109
harvest_internetusers: 48.1
harvest_flashmapzoom: 500
harvest_flashmapzoomx: -207
harvest_flashmapzoomy: -233
harvest_googlemapzoom: 6
harvest_googlemaplat: -1
harvest_googlemaplng: 11.75
harvest_ctrylatitude: -0.803689
harvest_ctrylongitude: 11.609444
harvest_securitylevel: 0
harvest_statedeptreligiousfreedom: https://www.state.gov/reports/2023-report-on-international-religious-freedom/gabon/
harvest_provincesdisplayable: Y
harvest_adm1label: Provinces
harvest_wcdsubregioncode: 102
harvest_poplgrowthrate: 2.155416903006239
harvest_godreportsurl: http://blog.godreports.com/country/?countrycode=ga&joshua=gb
harvest_datareportalurl: https://datareportal.com/reports/digital-2024-gabon
harvest_internetusage: 62
harvest_internetusagesourceyear: 2017
harvest_biblesocietyurl: http://www.biblesociety-gabon.org/
harvest_areasquaremiles: 103347
harvest_areasquarekilometers: 267667
harvest_populationpersquaremile: 12
harvest_countryphonecode: 241
harvest_owpctchristian1986: 82
harvest_owpctevangelical1986: 5.7
harvest_owpctchristian1993: 82.2
harvest_owpctevangelical1993: 5.1
harvest_owpctchristian2001: 77.92999999999999
harvest_owpctevangelical2001: 14.2
harvest_religiondatayear: 2010
harvest_internetctrycode: .ga
harvest_worldfactbookurl: https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/gabon
harvest_source: pjj
harvest_editname: BM
harvest_editdate: 09/12/02 00:00:00