The 2008 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

- 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