Gabon
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Elders in numbers
- of people are 65 or older
- 4.1%
- people aged 65 or older
- 107.1K
- will be 65 or older in 2050
- 7.2%
- is how long people live after 60, on average
- 17.1 years
- of people 65+ live alone
- 19.1%
- women 18.6%, men 19.8%
Sources: World Bank, 2025; World Bank projection for 2050; WHO, 2023; UN, 2020
Languages
49 languages, 28 of them endangered
- TombidiCritically endangered
- BengaSeverely endangered
- IbhiliSeverely endangered
- KandeSeverely endangered
- ViyaSeverely endangered
- BwisiDefinitely endangered
- HimbaDefinitely endangered
- MahongweDefinitely endangered
- NgubiDefinitely endangered
- PinjiDefinitely endangered
- SakeDefinitely endangered
- SighuDefinitely endangered
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- TchitchegeDefinitely endangered
- VumbuDefinitely endangered
- YasaDefinitely endangered
- BakaVulnerable
- BaramaVulnerable
- Kaning'iVulnerable
- KeleVulnerable
- KotaVulnerable
- MbangweVulnerable
- MwesaVulnerable
- NdumuVulnerable
- SamayVulnerable
- SekiVulnerable
- ShiweVulnerable
- Teke-TsaayiVulnerable
- VoveVulnerable
- American Sign Language
- Bekwil
- Duma
- Fang
- Kukuya
- Lumbu
- Mbere
- Myene
- Ndambomo
- Ndasa
- Ngom
- Njebi
- North Teke
- Punu
- Sangu
- Sira
- Tsaangi
- Tsogo
- Vili
- Wanzi
- Wumbvu
Languages and their status: Glottolog v5.3, CC BY 4.0. Names: Wikidata.
UNESCO intangible heritage
List and years: ich.unesco.org
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