Gabon: flag, capital & map
Get to know Gabon, then put your memory to work.
Country facts
- Capital
- Libreville
- Region
- Africa
- Subregion
- Middle Africa
- Population (2025, World Bank)
- 2,593,130
- Area
- 267,668 km²
- Languages (REST Countries)
- French
- Currency (CLDR, October 2026)
- Central African CFA Franc (XAF)
- Land neighbours
- Cameroon, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea
Gabon is a country in Central Africa. Its capital is Libreville.
Dated population: World Bank; geographic facts: REST Countries; currencies: Unicode CLDR. Sources and dates →
Flag of Gabon
The flag of Gabon is composed of three equal horizontal bands of green, yellow and blue.
Where it is
Gabon is grouped in Middle Africa, within Roam’s Africa region. Its land-border list includes 3 countries in this atlas: Cameroon, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea. The source classifies it as not landlocked.
Gabon has a recorded area of 267,668 square kilometres. Among the 10 countries assigned to Middle Africa in this dataset, it ranks 8 by area, from largest to smallest. Republic of the Congo is immediately above it in that ordering, at 342,000 km². Equatorial Guinea is immediately below it, at 28,051 km². This comparison uses the source’s area figures and subregions, not a ranking of all territories.
The marker shows the atlas location. Small countries may be too small for an outline at this scale. Map boundaries are illustrative.
People, languages and currency
The World Bank records 2,593,130 people for Gabon in 2025. This is the latest non-empty annual observation in Roam’s committed 2020–2025 download, rather than a live population counter. Dividing that population by the source area gives approximately 10 people per square kilometre. This calculated average does not describe how evenly people are distributed.
The language entries in the source are French. They describe the dataset’s listed languages, not every language spoken by residents. The currency listed for this date is Central African CFA Franc (XAF). Currency assignments are selected from Unicode CLDR’s date ranges for 23 October 2026; the three-letter codes identify currencies, not countries.
Test yourself
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What is the capital of Gabon?
Reveal answer
Libreville. Gabon is a country in Central Africa. Its capital is Libreville.
Without looking at the image, how would you describe the flag of Gabon?
Reveal answer
The flag of Gabon is composed of three equal horizontal bands of green, yellow and blue.
Which land neighbours of Gabon are included in this atlas?
Reveal answer
Cameroon, Republic of the Congo, and Equatorial Guinea. The source classifies Gabon as not landlocked.
Which languages does the source list for Gabon?
Reveal answer
French. These are the source’s language entries, not a complete inventory of every language spoken in Gabon.
Which currency codes are listed for Gabon?
Reveal answer
Central African CFA Franc (XAF). These assignments use Unicode CLDR’s legal-tender date ranges for 23 October 2026.
Try it from memory
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