The coast north of Libreville seen from the air, Gabon

Who needs a visa for Gabon?

Sub-Saharan Africa · Libreville

Photo: VIGNA christian / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

Of 198 nationalities, 9 enter Gabon with no paperwork at all. The rest: 189 must be approved before they travel.

We have not found a Gabon government portal we can link to with confidence, so we link to none — a lookalike is worse than nothing. Apply through Gabon's own immigration service or its embassy.

What do you need?

Who needs what

Visa free 9

Nothing to apply for and nothing to pay before you travel.

eVisa (electronic visa) 189

A real visa application, made online instead of at an embassy. It is assessed, it takes days rather than minutes, and it can be refused.

About Gabon

Region
Middle Africa
Capital
Libreville
Population
2,593,130 2025 · 141st of 197
Size
267,668 km² 76th largest of 199
Density
10 per km²
Language
French
Currency
Central African CFA franc XAF

Capital, area, languages and currency from the open country dataset, pulled 21 September 2026. Population from the World Bank, series updated 13 July 2026. Density is calculated from the two figures above.