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Gabon

Gabon's best placing is 3rd of 194 for forest per person.

Best placing: #3Forest per person
Top 10 placings: 2 / 17
Population: 2.6 million
Land area: 257,670 km²

Every ranking

Best placings first. The bar shows how far up the ranking Gabon is.

Forest per person

#3 of 194

0.0906 km² of forest per person

World Bank · 2023

Forest by area

#3 of 194

91.2 % of land area covered by forest

World Bank · 2023

Land area per person

#14 of 194

0.099 km² of land per person

World Bank · 2023

Forest

#24 of 194

234,950 km² of forest

6th in Africa · World Bank · 2023

Rainfall

#39 of 179

1,831 mm of precipitation per year

7th in Africa · World Bank · 2022

Airports per person

#54 of 192

16.20 airports per million people

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

Land area

#75 of 194

257,670 km² of land

30th in Africa · World Bank · 2023

Railways per person

#54 of 134

250.28 km of railway per million people

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2014

GDP per person

#86 of 182

8,263 GDP per person (US$)

World Bank · 2025

Airports

#98 of 193

42 airports

24th in Africa · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

Coastline

#79 of 151

885 km of coastline

15th in Africa · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

GDP

#126 of 182

21,427,119,323 US$ (current prices)

28th in Africa · World Bank · 2025

Population

#140 of 195

2,593,130 people

43rd in Africa · World Bank · 2025

Airports by area

#138 of 191

1.63 airports per 10,000 km²

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

Railways

#105 of 135

649 km of railway

27th in Africa · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2014

Railways by area

#108 of 133

2.52 km of railway per 1,000 km²

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2014

Population by area

#181 of 194

10.06 people per km²

World Bank · 2025

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