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	* '''Quasi money''' (with M1 makes [[Money supply#M2\|M2]]): $777.8 million (31 December 2008)<ref name="CIA_GA" />		* '''Quasi money''' (with M1 makes [[Money supply#M2\|M2]]): $777.8 million (31 December 2008)<ref name="CIA_GA" />

			===Notable events:===
			* [[Banking crisis]]: 1995<ref name="Reinhart_crisis">Carmen M. Reinhart and Kenneth S. Rogoff. [http://press.princeton.edu/titles/8973.html "This Time is Different"], ''Princeton University Press'', ISBN 978-0-691-14216-6, p. 365. (The list does not claim to be complete.) Referenced 2011-07-20.</ref>

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	\|Row 4 info = 1,514,993<ref name="CIA_GA">CIA - The World ~~Facebook~~. [https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/countrytemplate_gb.html "Gabon"], from The World ~~Facebook~~. Referenced 2010-10-01.</ref>		\|Row 4 info = 1,514,993<ref name="CIA_GA">CIA - The World Factbook. [https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/countrytemplate_gb.html "Gabon"], from The World Factbook. Referenced 2010-10-01.</ref>
	\|Row 5 title = Population growth		\|Row 5 title = Population growth
	\|Row 5 info = 1.934% (2010 est.)<ref name="CIA_GA" />		\|Row 5 info = 1.934% (2010 est.)<ref name="CIA_GA" />

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	* [[Wikipedia:Gabon\|Gabon]] on Wikipedia		* [[Wikipedia:Gabon\|Gabon]] on Wikipedia
	* [http://www.beac.int Central bank] of Gabon		* [http://www.beac.int Central bank] of Gabon

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{{Infobox
|Box title = Country summary
|Row 1 title = Capital
|Row 1 info = Libreville
|Row 2 title = Borders
|Row 2 info = [[Cameroon]] 298 km, [[Republic of the Congo]] 1,903 km, [[Equatorial Guinea]] 350 km
|Row 3 title = Government type
|Row 3 info = republic; multiparty presidential regime
|Row 4 title = Population
|Row 4 info = 1,514,993<ref name="CIA_GA">CIA - The World Facebook. [https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/countrytemplate_gb.html "Gabon"], from The World Facebook. Referenced 2010-10-01.</ref>
|Row 5 title = Population growth
|Row 5 info = 1.934% (2010 est.)<ref name="CIA_GA" />
|Row 6 title = Life expectancy
|Row 6 info = 53.11 years<ref name="CIA_GA" />
|Row 7 title = Unemployment
|Row 7 info = 21% (2006 est.)<ref name="CIA_GA" />
|Row 8 title = [[Wikipedia:Index of Economic Freedom|Index of Economic Freedom]]
|Row 8 info = 116<ref name="Heritage_GA">Heritage Foundation. [http://www.heritage.org/Index/Country/Gabon "Gabon"], Economic Freedom Score. A lower ranking is better; but please be careful when comparing between different countries or years. Referenced 2010-10-01.</ref>
|Row 9 title = [[Wikipedia:Corruption Perceptions Index|Corruption Perceptions Index]]
|Row 9 info = 106<ref name="Transparency_GA">Transparency International. [http://www.transparency.org/policy_research/surveys_indices/cpi/2009/cpi_2009_table "Gabon"], Corruption Perceptions Index 2009. A lower ranking is better; but please note that the numbers cannot be compared between countries or years due to different methodology. Referenced 2010-10-01.</ref>
|Row 10 title = [[Wikipedia:Doing Business Report|Doing Business ranking]]
|Row 10 info = 158<ref name="Business_GA">Doing Business. [http://www.doingbusiness.org/economyrankings/ "Gabon"], Doing Business 2010 (part of The World Bank Group). A lower ranking is better; but please be careful when comparing between different countries or years. Referenced 2010-10-01.</ref>
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Until recently, only two autocratic presidents had ruled '''Gabon''' since its independence from France in 1960. The recent president of Gabon, El Hadj Omar BONGO Ondimba - one of the longest-serving heads of state in the world - had dominated the country's political scene for four decades. President BONGO introduced a nominal multiparty system and a new constitution in the early 1990s. However, allegations of electoral fraud during local elections in 2002-03 and the presidential elections in 2005 exposed the weaknesses of formal political structures in Gabon. President BONGO died in June 2009. New elections in August 2009 brought Ali Ben BONGO, son of the former president, to power. Despite political conditions, a small population, abundant natural resources, and considerable foreign support have helped make Gabon one of the more prosperous and stable African countries. In January 2010, Gabon assumed a nonpermanent seat on the UN Security Council for the 2010-11 term.<ref name="CIA_GA" />

==Economical characteristics==
* '''Currency''': Central African CFA franc (ISO code: XAF)
* Central bank '''[[Wikipedia:Discount rate|discount rate]]''': 4.75% (31 December 2008)<ref name="CIA_GA" />
* Commercial banks '''lending rate''': NA% (31 December 2008)<ref name="CIA_GA" />
* '''Stock of money''' ([[Money supply#M1|M1]]): $1.643 billion (31 December 2008)<ref name="CIA_GA" />
* '''Quasi money''' (with M1 makes [[Money supply#M2|M2]]): $777.8 million (31 December 2008)<ref name="CIA_GA" />

===Statistics===
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! [[GDP]] (million USD)<ref name="WorldBank_GDP_GA">World Bank. [http://open.worldbank.org/countries/ga/indicators%5BNY.GDP.MKTP.CD%5D?date=1999:2009 "Gabon: GDP"], from World Bank [http://data.worldbank.org/ Data]. Referenced 2010-10-01.</ref>
| 4 663
| 5 068
| 4 713
| 4 932
| 6 055
| 7 178
| 8 666
| 9 546
| 11 571
| 14 535
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! Govt. debt (% of GDP)<ref name="WorldBank_Debt_GA">World Bank. [http://open.worldbank.org/countries/ga/indicators%5BGC.DOD.TOTL.GD.ZS%5D?date=1999:2009 "Gabon: government debt"], from World Bank [http://data.worldbank.org/ Data]. Referenced 2010-10-01.</ref>
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==References==
<small>Note: statistical data was rounded. Different sources may use different methodologies for their estimates. Debt to revenue is calculated by dividing the two variables from their original ('unrounded') values. It represents how long it would a government take to repay its entire debt if it used its whole revenue for this purpose.</small>
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==External links==
* [[Wikipedia:Gabon|Gabon]] on Wikipedia
* [http://www.beac.int Central bank] of Gabon
* [http://www.enterprisesurveys.org/documents/EnterpriseSurveys/Reports/Gabon-2009.pdf Country profile] (pdf) from the Enterprise Studies page (part of the The World Bank Group)
* BBC [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/country_profiles/1023203.stm country profile]
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