deposits of oil, natural gas, oil, coal, copper, molybdenum, tungsten, phosphates, tin, uranium, gem diamonds, gold, silver, copper, lead, zinc, hydroelectric power Land use: arable land: 4% permanent crops: 3% meadows and pastures: 4% forest and woodland: 5% other: 50% Irrigated land: NA km2 Environment: deforestation *Gabon, People Population: 10,370,269 (July 1993 est.) Population growth rate: 6% (1990) National product real growth rate: 2.45% (1993 est.) Life expectancy at birth: total population: 51.18 years male: 63.53 years female: 68.1 years (1993 est.) Nationality: noun: Chadian(s) adjective: Chadian Ethnic divisions: Pashtun 38%,
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