Gabon vs Zambia statistics compared

Gabon has a population of 2.54M (ranked 142/197), compared with 21.3M in Zambia (ranked 63/197). Gabon's land area is 99,487 sq mi versus 287,024 sq mi for Zambia (ranked 75th vs. 37th).

By GDP, Gabon ranks 126/197 ($20.9B) and Zambia ranks 115/197 ($26.3B). By GDP per capita, Gabon ranks 96/197 ($8,219), while Zambia ranks 169/197 ($1,235).

Gabon and Zambia: Comparison Charts

Gabon and Zambia economies compared

GDP

Gabon

Zambia

Table

Year	GDP
	Gabon	Zambia
1960	$141,468,978	$698,739,721
1961	$167,637,907	$682,359,727
1962	$182,796,536	$679,279,729
1963	$154,480,244	$704,339,719
1964	$215,679,855	$822,639,671
1965	$226,474,286	$1,061,199,576
1966	$245,849,781	$1,238,999,505
1967	$271,543,680	$1,340,639,464
1968	$294,468,564	$1,573,739,371
1969	$318,124,701	$1,926,399,230
1970	$323,802,476	$1,788,779,285
1971	$381,687,073	$1,653,259,341
1972	$430,508,359	$1,872,416,680
1973	$722,780,701	$2,434,255,237
1974	$1,544,216,002	$2,910,981,262
1975	$2,157,592,940	$2,442,672,141
1976	$3,009,409,974	$2,742,859,263
1977	$2,809,349,069	$2,515,296,940
1978	$2,389,479,272	$2,811,032,473
1979	$3,030,251,120	$3,353,445,378
1980	$4,279,637,942	$3,884,530,854
1981	$3,862,269,121	$4,008,126,497
1982	$3,618,007,841	$3,871,117,093
1983	$3,391,275,732	$3,321,048,451
1984	$3,561,451,561	$2,719,518,933
1985	$3,339,914,757	$2,252,454,500
1986	$3,403,638,189	$1,664,413,508
1987	$3,281,797,043	$2,265,250,972
1988	$3,834,503,376	$3,728,878,149
1989	$4,186,411,464	$3,994,673,161
1990	$5,952,293,765	$3,288,381,797
1991	$5,402,919,785	$3,376,806,697
1992	$5,592,390,827	$3,182,810,841
1993	$4,378,645,081	$3,273,505,344
1994	$4,190,819,344	$3,656,806,166
1995	$4,958,845,648	$3,806,983,413
1996	$5,694,040,003	$3,597,220,962
1997	$5,326,817,115	$4,303,288,480
1998	$4,483,417,310	$3,537,741,942
1999	$4,662,992,036	$3,404,284,891
2000	$5,080,483,629	$3,600,632,111
2001	$5,023,265,413	$4,094,441,301
2002	$5,335,451,100	$4,193,850,445
2003	$6,511,903,365	$4,901,869,764
2004	$7,770,219,008	$6,221,110,219
2005	$9,582,783,991	$8,331,870,169
2006	$10,327,598,306	$12,756,858,899
2007	$12,455,409,587	$14,056,957,976
2008	$15,571,348,344	$17,910,858,638
2009	$12,113,699,068	$15,328,342,304
2010	$14,372,593,020	$20,265,559,484
2011	$18,210,307,744	$23,459,515,276
2012	$17,170,464,016	$25,503,060,420
2013	$17,595,744,798	$28,037,239,463
2014	$18,203,966,896	$27,141,023,558
2015	$14,383,107,763	$21,251,216,799
2016	$14,023,890,265	$20,958,412,538
2017	$14,929,487,485	$25,873,601,261
2018	$16,867,326,402	$26,311,507,274
2019	$16,874,405,465	$23,308,667,781
2020	$15,342,236,164	$18,137,764,931
2021	$19,444,935,097	$22,096,416,932
2022	$20,440,655,695	$29,163,782,140
2023	$20,055,720,403	$27,577,956,471
2024	$20,867,044,936	$26,325,775,287

Gabon and Zambia economies compared

GDP per capita

Gabon

Zambia

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Gabon	Zambia
1960	$276.1	$221.6
1961	$323	$209.7
1962	$348	$202.3
1963	$290.7	$203.2
1964	$400	$230
1965	$415	$287.4
1966	$443	$325
1967	$482	$341
1968	$515	$387
1969	$545	$459
1970	$543	$414
1971	$627	$372
1972	$693	$410
1973	$1,140	$518
1974	$2,384	$601
1975	$3,258	$490
1976	$4,441	$533
1977	$4,048	$474
1978	$3,360	$514
1979	$4,155	$595
1980	$5,718	$669
1981	$5,026	$670
1982	$4,584	$627
1983	$4,182	$520
1984	$4,273	$413
1985	$3,898	$332
1986	$3,865	$238.2
1987	$3,624	$315
1988	$4,119	$504
1989	$4,374	$526
1990	$6,051	$422
1991	$5,345	$423
1992	$5,386	$389
1993	$4,106	$391
1994	$3,828	$426
1995	$4,415	$433
1996	$4,943	$400
1997	$4,509	$466
1998	$3,700	$373
1999	$3,751	$350
2000	$3,983	$359
2001	$3,836	$397
2002	$3,966	$394
2003	$4,711	$446
2004	$5,466	$549
2005	$6,548	$711
2006	$6,847	$1,052
2007	$8,004	$1,119
2008	$9,689	$1,376
2009	$7,291	$1,136
2010	$8,357	$1,451
2011	$10,219	$1,625
2012	$9,297	$1,710
2013	$9,198	$1,821
2014	$9,201	$1,707
2015	$7,047	$1,296
2016	$6,677	$1,239
2017	$6,922	$1,483
2018	$7,624	$1,464
2019	$7,441	$1,259
2020	$6,606	$952
2021	$8,181	$1,127
2022	$8,409	$1,447
2023	$8,071	$1,331
2024	$8,219	$1,235

Gabon vs. Zambia life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Gabon

Zambia

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Gabon	Zambia
1950	39.3	46.8
1951	40	47.2
1952	40.7	47.6
1953	41.5	48
1954	42.2	48.4
1955	42.9	48.8
1956	43.7	49.1
1957	44.4	49.5
1958	45.1	49.9
1959	45.8	50.3
1960	46.4	50.6
1961	47.1	51
1962	47.8	51.3
1963	48.4	51.6
1964	49	51.2
1965	49.7	52.1
1966	50.3	52.3
1967	50.9	52.5
1968	51.5	52.7
1969	52.1	53
1970	52.7	53.4
1971	53.3	53.9
1972	53.8	54.4
1973	54.4	54.9
1974	54.9	55.4
1975	55.5	55.7
1976	56	56.1
1977	56.5	56.3
1978	57	56.3
1979	57.4	56
1980	57.9	55.5
1981	58.3	55
1982	58.6	54.4
1983	59	53.7
1984	59.3	52.9
1985	59.7	52
1986	60	51.1
1987	60.2	50.4
1988	60.4	49.7
1989	60.6	48.9
1990	60.7	48.2
1991	60.9	47.4
1992	61	47
1993	61.1	46.7
1994	61.2	46.3
1995	61.3	46.1
1996	61.3	45.8
1997	61.4	45.7
1998	61.5	45.7
1999	61.7	45.9
2000	61.8	46.6
2001	62	47.4
2002	62.2	48.5
2003	62.5	49.6
2004	62.7	50.5
2005	63	51.6
2006	63.3	52.7
2007	63.6	53.7
2008	64	54.8
2009	64.4	55.9
2010	64.7	56.9
2011	65.1	57.8
2012	65.4	58.7
2013	65.8	59.4
2014	66.1	60.1
2015	66.3	60.7
2016	66.6	61.1
2017	66.8	61.6
2018	67	62.1
2019	67.3	62.9
2020	67.1	63.4
2021	67.1	62.4
2022	67.7	65.3
2023	68.3	66.3
2024	68.5	66.5
2025	68.7	66.7

Gabon and Zambia population clocks and comparison

Population

Gabon

Zambia

Table

Year	Population
	Gabon	Zambia
1960	512,316	3,153,729
1961	518,266	3,254,086
1962	524,649	3,358,099
1963	531,452	3,465,907
1964	538,657	3,577,017
1965	546,308	3,692,086
1966	554,463	3,812,003
1967	563,108	3,936,343
1968	572,257	4,065,593
1969	583,276	4,197,116
1970	595,846	4,321,718
1971	608,348	4,442,525
1972	620,960	4,569,309
1973	633,995	4,702,693
1974	647,691	4,842,746
1975	662,197	4,990,086
1976	677,628	5,143,842
1977	693,984	5,302,480
1978	711,245	5,465,374
1979	729,375	5,631,728
1980	748,389	5,802,833
1981	768,385	5,983,289
1982	789,286	6,178,637
1983	811,005	6,381,038
1984	833,501	6,580,490
1985	856,726	6,780,953
1986	880,705	6,986,471
1987	905,479	7,191,282
1988	931,020	7,391,440
1989	957,138	7,589,216
1990	983,734	7,786,169
1991	1,010,818	7,981,650
1992	1,038,380	8,176,680
1993	1,066,405	8,373,921
1994	1,094,720	8,576,269
1995	1,123,213	8,785,763
1996	1,152,015	9,004,053
1997	1,181,439	9,237,063
1998	1,211,736	9,482,408
1999	1,243,016	9,740,005
2000	1,275,572	10,017,631
2001	1,309,589	10,325,185
2002	1,345,135	10,647,949
2003	1,382,350	10,983,595
2004	1,421,609	11,338,198
2005	1,463,495	11,718,819
2006	1,508,337	12,129,553
2007	1,556,237	12,565,085
2008	1,607,175	13,021,324
2009	1,661,556	13,490,389
2010	1,719,879	13,965,594
2011	1,781,985	14,437,796
2012	1,846,889	14,913,629
2013	1,913,059	15,398,997
2014	1,978,399	15,895,315
2015	2,040,989	16,399,089
2016	2,100,306	16,914,423
2017	2,156,900	17,441,320
2018	2,212,318	17,973,569
2019	2,267,706	18,513,839
2020	2,322,539	19,059,395
2021	2,376,722	19,603,607
2022	2,430,747	20,152,938
2023	2,484,789	20,723,965
2024	2,538,952	21,314,956

Fertility rates in Gabon and Zambia

Fertility rate

Gabon

Zambia

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Gabon	Zambia
1960	4.42	6.95
1961	4.5	6.98
1962	4.59	7.01
1963	4.65	7.06
1964	4.71	7.09
1965	4.79	7.12
1966	4.86	7.14
1967	4.92	7.15
1968	4.98	7.18
1969	5.05	7.18
1970	5.1	7.22
1971	5.16	7.26
1972	5.24	7.3
1973	5.29	7.34
1974	5.33	7.36
1975	5.39	7.42
1976	5.46	7.39
1977	5.52	7.35
1978	5.57	7.29
1979	5.61	7.22
1980	5.66	7.14
1981	5.73	7.07
1982	5.74	7.04
1983	5.76	7.01
1984	5.73	6.97
1985	5.71	6.93
1986	5.69	6.87
1987	5.67	6.8
1988	5.62	6.7
1989	5.55	6.64
1990	5.46	6.57
1991	5.37	6.46
1992	5.29	6.35
1993	5.19	6.3
1994	5.04	6.26
1995	4.88	6.23
1996	4.74	6.18
1997	4.66	6.12
1998	4.58	6.07
1999	4.5	6
2000	4.47	5.92
2001	4.42	5.85
2002	4.36	5.77
2003	4.3	5.71
2004	4.25	5.7
2005	4.21	5.7
2006	4.17	5.68
2007	4.14	5.61
2008	4.12	5.53
2009	4.14	5.45
2010	4.15	5.36
2011	4.15	5.26
2012	4.09	5.14
2013	4.02	5.01
2014	3.95	4.89
2015	3.92	4.78
2016	3.92	4.67
2017	3.91	4.57
2018	3.91	4.49
2019	3.88	4.42
2020	3.83	4.32
2021	3.78	4.25
2022	3.71	4.18
2023	3.65	4.1

Gabon and Zambia demographics compared

Median age

Gabon

Zambia

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Gabon	Zambia
1960	27.2	17
1961	27	16.9
1962	26.8	16.8
1963	26.5	16.7
1964	26.2	16.6
1965	25.9	16.6
1966	25.6	16.5
1967	25.2	16.5
1968	24.8	16.4
1969	24.5	16.4
1970	24.2	16.2
1971	23.9	16.1
1972	23.5	15.9
1973	23.2	15.8
1974	22.9	15.7
1975	22.5	15.5
1976	22.2	15.4
1977	21.9	15.4
1978	21.6	15.3
1979	21.3	15.3
1980	21	15.2
1981	20.7	15.3
1982	20.4	15.3
1983	20.1	15.4
1984	19.9	15.4
1985	19.7	15.5
1986	19.5	15.5
1987	19.3	15.6
1988	19.2	15.6
1989	19	15.7
1990	18.9	15.7
1991	18.9	15.7
1992	18.8	15.8
1993	18.8	15.8
1994	18.8	15.8
1995	18.8	15.8
1996	18.9	15.8
1997	18.9	15.8
1998	19	15.8
1999	19.1	15.8
2000	19.3	15.9
2001	19.4	15.9
2002	19.6	16
2003	19.7	16.1
2004	19.9	16.2
2005	20.1	16.3
2006	20.3	16.3
2007	20.6	16.4
2008	20.8	16.5
2009	21	16.6
2010	21.2	16.7
2011	21.4	16.8
2012	21.7	16.9
2013	21.9	17
2014	22.1	17.1
2015	22.2	17.2
2016	22.3	17.4
2017	22.4	17.5
2018	22.4	17.7
2019	22.5	17.9
2020	22.5	18
2021	22.5	18.2
2022	22.5	18.4
2023	22.6	18.6
2024	22.6	18.8

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