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Capital city · Gabon · Africa

Libreville

Estuaire · Gabon
City population
846,090
#1
in Gabon
#1
in Estuaire
#659
worldwide
Libreville
0.392, 9.454
City population
846,090
Within the city boundary, not a metro area
Rank in Gabon
#1
of 15 cities of 15,000+
World rank
#659
of 31,365 cities listed
Share of Gabon
32.6%
of the national population

About Libreville

The capital holds nearly a third of Gabon's population. Libreville's 846,090 residents make it far larger than any other city in the country—the second-largest, Port-Gentil, has 164,018 people and lies 144 km away. Owendo (95,313) and Ntoum (62,445) are among several smaller cities within 34 km, but none approaches the capital's size.

This summary is AI-generated from the figures on this page. The figures themselves come from the sources cited beside each value.

Position in Gabon
#1of 15
LargestSmallest
Position in Estuaire
#1of 4
LargestSmallest

Key Facts

Country
Gabon
Region
Estuaire
Rank in region
#1of 4
Capital
National capital
Elevation
8 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Africa/Libreville
Coordinates
0.392, 9.454
Record updated
2023-12-01
Entry edited, not measured

City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.

Nearby Cities

All 15 in Gabon

Closest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.

13KMOwendo95K people28KMAkanda42K people34KMNtoum62K people144KMPort-Gentil164K people150KMLambaréné47K people

Compared with the World's Largest Cities

City-proper population against the fifteen largest cities in the dataset.

  1. Shanghai24.9M
  2. Beijing19M
  3. Shenzhen17.5M
  4. Guangzhou16.1M
  5. Kinshasa16M
  6. Istanbul15.7M
  7. Lagos15.4M
  8. Ho Chi Minh City14M
  9. Chengdu13.6M
  10. Lahore13M
  11. Mumbai12.7M
  12. São Paulo12.4M
  13. Mexico City12.3M
  14. Karachi11.6M
  15. Tianjin11.1M
  16. Libreville846K
City-proper figures only. Administrative boundaries differ between countries, so these are not directly comparable to metropolitan-area estimates.
Libreville compared with the fifteen largest cities
NameCity population
Shanghai24.9M
Beijing19M
Shenzhen17.5M
Guangzhou16.1M
Kinshasa16M
Istanbul15.7M
Lagos15.4M
Ho Chi Minh City14M
Chengdu13.6M
Lahore13M
Mumbai12.7M
São Paulo12.4M
Mexico City12.3M
Karachi11.6M
Tianjin11.1M
Libreville846K

Libreville Population FAQ

What is the population of Libreville?

Libreville has a city population of 846,090. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.

Where is Libreville?

Libreville is in Estuaire, Gabon. Its coordinates are 0.392, 9.454.

How big is Libreville compared with other cities in Gabon?

It is the 1st largest of the 15 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Gabon, holding 32.6% of the national population.

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