Gabon vs South Africa statistics compared

Gabon has a population of 2.54M (ranked 142/197), compared with 64M in South Africa (ranked 24/197). Gabon's land area is 99,487 sq mi versus 468,377 sq mi for South Africa (ranked 75th vs. 24th).

By GDP, Gabon ranks 126/197 ($20.9B) and South Africa ranks 41/197 ($400B). By GDP per capita, Gabon ranks 96/197 ($8,219), while South Africa ranks 112/197 ($6,253).

Gabon and South Africa: Comparison Charts

Gabon and South Africa economies compared

GDP

Gabon

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP
	Gabon	South Africa
1960	$141,468,978	$8,748,596,501
1961	$167,637,907	$9,225,996,310
1962	$182,796,536	$9,813,996,074
1963	$154,480,244	$10,854,195,658
1964	$215,679,855	$11,955,995,218
1965	$226,474,286	$13,068,994,772
1966	$245,849,781	$14,211,394,315
1967	$271,543,680	$15,821,393,671
1968	$294,468,564	$17,124,793,150
1969	$318,124,701	$19,256,992,297
1970	$323,802,476	$21,218,391,513
1971	$381,687,073	$23,411,076,638
1972	$430,508,359	$24,515,919,217
1973	$722,780,701	$33,262,772,008
1974	$1,544,216,002	$41,389,186,095
1975	$2,157,592,940	$42,906,905,672
1976	$3,009,409,974	$41,150,460,288
1977	$2,809,349,069	$45,328,411,332
1978	$2,389,479,272	$51,607,412,902
1979	$3,030,251,120	$63,038,658,089
1980	$4,279,637,942	$89,411,864,402
1981	$3,862,269,121	$93,141,472,164
1982	$3,618,007,841	$85,904,057,409
1983	$3,391,275,732	$96,204,110,942
1984	$3,561,451,561	$84,870,163,366
1985	$3,339,914,757	$64,459,376,087
1986	$3,403,638,189	$73,354,771,399
1987	$3,281,797,043	$96,535,763,418
1988	$3,834,503,376	$103,976,831,871
1989	$4,186,411,464	$108,055,624,082
1990	$5,952,293,765	$126,048,140,142
1991	$5,402,919,785	$135,203,698,238
1992	$5,592,390,827	$146,956,150,987
1993	$4,378,645,081	$147,194,747,566
1994	$4,190,819,344	$153,512,712,382
1995	$4,958,845,648	$171,735,933,897
1996	$5,694,040,003	$163,234,925,381
1997	$5,326,817,115	$168,978,057,328
1998	$4,483,417,310	$152,982,984,557
1999	$4,662,992,036	$151,516,957,079
2000	$5,080,483,629	$151,752,757,215
2001	$5,023,265,413	$135,429,905,923
2002	$5,335,451,100	$129,087,556,612
2003	$6,511,903,365	$197,018,965,309
2004	$7,770,219,008	$255,806,908,595
2005	$9,582,783,991	$288,867,217,197
2006	$10,327,598,306	$303,858,675,364
2007	$12,455,409,587	$333,077,117,254
2008	$15,571,348,344	$316,131,258,616
2009	$12,113,699,068	$329,754,060,647
2010	$14,372,593,020	$417,363,822,802
2011	$18,210,307,744	$458,199,494,831
2012	$17,170,464,016	$434,400,545,086
2013	$17,595,744,798	$400,886,013,596
2014	$18,203,966,896	$381,198,869,776
2015	$14,383,107,763	$346,709,790,459
2016	$14,023,890,265	$323,585,509,674
2017	$14,929,487,485	$381,448,814,653
2018	$16,867,326,402	$405,260,723,893
2019	$16,874,405,465	$389,330,032,224
2020	$15,342,236,164	$337,974,655,408
2021	$19,444,935,097	$420,886,877,629
2022	$20,440,655,695	$406,920,004,594
2023	$20,055,720,403	$380,699,271,816
2024	$20,867,044,936	$400,260,724,226

Gabon and South Africa economies compared

GDP per capita

Gabon

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Gabon	South Africa
1960	$276.1	$532
1961	$323	$546
1962	$348	$563
1963	$290.7	$605
1964	$400	$646
1965	$415	$685
1966	$443	$722
1967	$482	$779
1968	$515	$817
1969	$545	$891
1970	$543	$952
1971	$627	$1,020
1972	$693	$1,038
1973	$1,140	$1,369
1974	$2,384	$1,656
1975	$3,258	$1,670
1976	$4,441	$1,559
1977	$4,048	$1,671
1978	$3,360	$1,852
1979	$4,155	$2,202
1980	$5,718	$3,029
1981	$5,026	$3,050
1982	$4,584	$2,717
1983	$4,182	$2,938
1984	$4,273	$2,504
1985	$3,898	$1,839
1986	$3,865	$2,027
1987	$3,624	$2,586
1988	$4,119	$2,702
1989	$4,374	$2,727
1990	$6,051	$3,093
1991	$5,345	$3,243
1992	$5,386	$3,462
1993	$4,106	$3,400
1994	$3,828	$3,489
1995	$4,415	$3,856
1996	$4,943	$3,618
1997	$4,509	$3,700
1998	$3,700	$3,310
1999	$3,751	$3,242
2000	$3,983	$3,218
2001	$3,836	$2,847
2002	$3,966	$2,688
2003	$4,711	$4,062
2004	$5,466	$5,221
2005	$6,548	$5,837
2006	$6,847	$6,077
2007	$8,004	$6,592
2008	$9,689	$6,185
2009	$7,291	$6,375
2010	$8,357	$7,973
2011	$10,219	$8,646
2012	$9,297	$8,077
2013	$9,198	$7,332
2014	$9,201	$6,857
2015	$7,047	$6,112
2016	$6,677	$5,651
2017	$6,922	$6,618
2018	$7,624	$6,914
2019	$7,441	$6,534
2020	$6,606	$5,581
2021	$8,181	$6,843
2022	$8,409	$6,523
2023	$8,071	$6,023
2024	$8,219	$6,253

Gabon vs. South Africa life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Gabon

South Africa

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Gabon	South Africa
1950	39.3	43.1
1951	40	44.1
1952	40.7	45
1953	41.5	46.1
1954	42.2	47.1
1955	42.9	48.2
1956	43.7	49.2
1957	44.4	50.2
1958	45.1	51.1
1959	45.8	51.9
1960	46.4	52.6
1961	47.1	53.1
1962	47.8	53.6
1963	48.4	53.9
1964	49	54.2
1965	49.7	54.4
1966	50.3	54.7
1967	50.9	55
1968	51.5	55.2
1969	52.1	55.4
1970	52.7	55.7
1971	53.3	56
1972	53.8	56.4
1973	54.4	56.7
1974	54.9	57.1
1975	55.5	57.6
1976	56	58
1977	56.5	58.5
1978	57	59
1979	57.4	59.5
1980	57.9	60
1981	58.3	60.4
1982	58.6	60.9
1983	59	61.4
1984	59.3	61.8
1985	59.7	62.2
1986	60	62.4
1987	60.2	62.7
1988	60.4	62.9
1989	60.6	63
1990	60.7	62.9
1991	60.9	63
1992	61	62.8
1993	61.1	62.6
1994	61.2	62.1
1995	61.3	61.6
1996	61.3	61.1
1997	61.4	60.5
1998	61.5	59.9
1999	61.7	59.2
2000	61.8	58.4
2001	62	57.2
2002	62.2	55.6
2003	62.5	54.2
2004	62.7	54
2005	63	53.9
2006	63.3	54.2
2007	63.6	54.9
2008	64	56
2009	64.4	57.4
2010	64.7	58.9
2011	65.1	60.6
2012	65.4	61.7
2013	65.8	62.4
2014	66.1	63.2
2015	66.3	64.1
2016	66.6	64.7
2017	66.8	65.4
2018	67	65.7
2019	67.3	66.1
2020	67.1	65.2
2021	67.1	62
2022	67.7	65.5
2023	68.3	66.1
2024	68.5	66.3
2025	68.7	66.5

Gabon and South Africa population clocks and comparison

Population

Gabon

South Africa

Table

Year	Population
	Gabon	South Africa
1960	512,316	16,440,172
1961	518,266	16,908,035
1962	524,649	17,418,522
1963	531,452	17,954,564
1964	538,657	18,511,361
1965	546,308	19,089,380
1966	554,463	19,690,087
1967	563,108	20,314,066
1968	572,257	20,957,287
1969	583,276	21,614,676
1970	595,846	22,279,984
1971	608,348	22,942,143
1972	620,960	23,609,456
1973	633,995	24,294,263
1974	647,691	24,989,108
1975	662,197	25,690,940
1976	677,628	26,395,450
1977	693,984	27,118,952
1978	711,245	27,869,507
1979	729,375	28,634,162
1980	748,389	29,518,857
1981	768,385	30,541,044
1982	789,286	31,615,339
1983	811,005	32,739,304
1984	833,501	33,892,788
1985	856,726	35,042,093
1986	880,705	36,180,515
1987	905,479	37,326,190
1988	931,020	38,480,649
1989	957,138	39,628,575
1990	983,734	40,746,268
1991	1,010,818	41,687,898
1992	1,038,380	42,443,509
1993	1,066,405	43,297,156
1994	1,094,720	44,004,139
1995	1,123,213	44,541,554
1996	1,152,015	45,123,018
1997	1,181,439	45,666,838
1998	1,211,736	46,223,880
1999	1,243,016	46,730,335
2000	1,275,572	47,159,719
2001	1,309,589	47,566,800
2002	1,345,135	48,019,415
2003	1,382,350	48,500,348
2004	1,421,609	48,991,421
2005	1,463,495	49,490,033
2006	1,508,337	49,998,277
2007	1,556,237	50,528,584
2008	1,607,175	51,114,599
2009	1,661,556	51,728,516
2010	1,719,879	52,344,051
2011	1,781,985	52,995,205
2012	1,846,889	53,782,567
2013	1,913,059	54,678,791
2014	1,978,399	55,594,838
2015	2,040,989	56,723,537
2016	2,100,306	57,259,551
2017	2,156,900	57,635,162
2018	2,212,318	58,613,001
2019	2,267,706	59,587,885
2020	2,322,539	60,562,381
2021	2,376,722	61,502,603
2022	2,430,747	62,378,410
2023	2,484,789	63,212,384
2024	2,538,952	64,007,187

Fertility rates in Gabon and South Africa

Fertility rate

Gabon

South Africa

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Gabon	South Africa
1960	4.42	6.11
1961	4.5	6.08
1962	4.59	6.05
1963	4.65	6.01
1964	4.71	5.96
1965	4.79	5.89
1966	4.86	5.91
1967	4.92	5.85
1968	4.98	5.78
1969	5.05	5.72
1970	5.1	5.63
1971	5.16	5.57
1972	5.24	5.49
1973	5.29	5.41
1974	5.33	5.3
1975	5.39	5.19
1976	5.46	5.07
1977	5.52	4.94
1978	5.57	4.85
1979	5.61	4.82
1980	5.66	4.78
1981	5.73	4.71
1982	5.74	4.7
1983	5.76	4.63
1984	5.73	4.57
1985	5.71	4.5
1986	5.69	4.41
1987	5.67	4.35
1988	5.62	4.18
1989	5.55	3.98
1990	5.46	3.72
1991	5.37	3.62
1992	5.29	3.48
1993	5.19	3.37
1994	5.04	3.26
1995	4.88	3.17
1996	4.74	2.99
1997	4.66	2.73
1998	4.58	2.63
1999	4.5	2.56
2000	4.47	2.41
2001	4.42	2.37
2002	4.36	2.32
2003	4.3	2.36
2004	4.25	2.44
2005	4.21	2.51
2006	4.17	2.55
2007	4.14	2.55
2008	4.12	2.68
2009	4.14	2.5
2010	4.15	2.44
2011	4.15	2.44
2012	4.09	2.45
2013	4.02	2.43
2014	3.95	2.42
2015	3.92	2.36
2016	3.92	2.26
2017	3.91	2.28
2018	3.91	2.27
2019	3.88	2.26
2020	3.83	2.26
2021	3.78	2.25
2022	3.71	2.23
2023	3.65	2.22

Gabon and South Africa demographics compared

Median age

Gabon

South Africa

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Gabon	South Africa
1960	27.2	19
1961	27	19
1962	26.8	18.9
1963	26.5	18.9
1964	26.2	18.9
1965	25.9	18.8
1966	25.6	18.8
1967	25.2	18.8
1968	24.8	18.8
1969	24.5	18.8
1970	24.2	18.8
1971	23.9	18.8
1972	23.5	18.8
1973	23.2	18.8
1974	22.9	18.9
1975	22.5	18.9
1976	22.2	19
1977	21.9	19.1
1978	21.6	19.2
1979	21.3	19.3
1980	21	19.4
1981	20.7	19.6
1982	20.4	19.8
1983	20.1	20
1984	19.9	20.2
1985	19.7	20.4
1986	19.5	20.5
1987	19.3	20.7
1988	19.2	20.9
1989	19	21.1
1990	18.9	21.3
1991	18.9	21.5
1992	18.8	21.5
1993	18.8	21.9
1994	18.8	22
1995	18.8	21.5
1996	18.9	21.2
1997	18.9	21.2
1998	19	21.4
1999	19.1	21.6
2000	19.3	21.9
2001	19.4	22.2
2002	19.6	22.4
2003	19.7	22.8
2004	19.9	23.1
2005	20.1	23.3
2006	20.3	23.5
2007	20.6	23.8
2008	20.8	24
2009	21	24.3
2010	21.2	24.6
2011	21.4	25
2012	21.7	25.3
2013	21.9	25.7
2014	22.1	26
2015	22.2	26.4
2016	22.3	26.7
2017	22.4	27
2018	22.4	27.5
2019	22.5	27.9
2020	22.5	28.3
2021	22.5	28.6
2022	22.5	28.9
2023	22.6	29.2
2024	22.6	29.5

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