Population in Chad compared to Gabon: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Chad and Gabon: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Chad	Gabon	Chad	Gabon
1960	3,049,838	512,316	-	-
1961	3,111,947	518,266	2.04%	1.16%
1962	3,175,598	524,649	2.05%	1.23%
1963	3,240,905	531,452	2.06%	1.3%
1964	3,307,479	538,657	2.05%	1.36%
1965	3,374,220	546,308	2.02%	1.42%
1966	3,440,903	554,463	1.98%	1.49%
1967	3,508,512	563,108	1.96%	1.56%
1968	3,578,231	572,257	1.99%	1.62%
1969	3,651,113	583,276	2.04%	1.93%
1970	3,727,828	595,846	2.1%	2.16%
1971	3,807,316	608,348	2.13%	2.1%
1972	3,893,252	620,960	2.26%	2.07%
1973	3,985,909	633,995	2.38%	2.1%
1974	4,078,356	647,691	2.32%	2.16%
1975	4,167,234	662,197	2.18%	2.24%
1976	4,251,297	677,628	2.02%	2.33%
1977	4,331,667	693,984	1.89%	2.41%
1978	4,411,366	711,245	1.84%	2.49%
1979	4,505,384	729,375	2.13%	2.55%
1980	4,515,453	748,389	0.22%	2.61%
1981	4,520,959	768,385	0.12%	2.67%
1982	4,738,483	789,286	4.81%	2.72%
1983	4,979,130	811,005	5.08%	2.75%
1984	5,045,145	833,501	1.33%	2.77%
1985	5,096,269	856,726	1.01%	2.79%
1986	5,251,069	880,705	3.04%	2.8%
1987	5,438,309	905,479	3.57%	2.81%
1988	5,625,602	931,020	3.44%	2.82%
1989	5,819,586	957,138	3.45%	2.81%
1990	5,982,833	983,734	2.81%	2.78%
1991	6,205,676	1,010,818	3.72%	2.75%
1992	6,474,656	1,038,380	4.33%	2.73%
1993	6,629,146	1,066,405	2.39%	2.7%
1994	6,783,450	1,094,720	2.33%	2.66%
1995	7,089,064	1,123,213	4.51%	2.6%
1996	7,410,108	1,152,015	4.53%	2.56%
1997	7,670,366	1,181,439	3.51%	2.55%
1998	7,938,840	1,211,736	3.5%	2.56%
1999	8,222,705	1,243,016	3.58%	2.58%
2000	8,512,093	1,275,572	3.52%	2.62%
2001	8,804,124	1,309,589	3.43%	2.67%
2002	9,116,192	1,345,135	3.54%	2.71%
2003	9,487,833	1,382,350	4.08%	2.77%
2004	9,920,036	1,421,609	4.56%	2.84%
2005	10,328,092	1,463,495	4.11%	2.95%
2006	10,706,424	1,508,337	3.66%	3.06%
2007	11,081,660	1,556,237	3.5%	3.18%
2008	11,476,296	1,607,175	3.56%	3.27%
2009	11,893,754	1,661,556	3.64%	3.38%
2010	12,312,575	1,719,879	3.52%	3.51%
2011	12,754,997	1,781,985	3.59%	3.61%
2012	13,210,998	1,846,889	3.58%	3.64%
2013	13,691,079	1,913,059	3.63%	3.58%
2014	14,188,678	1,978,399	3.63%	3.42%
2015	14,647,621	2,040,989	3.23%	3.16%
2016	15,114,655	2,100,306	3.19%	2.91%
2017	15,622,759	2,156,900	3.36%	2.69%
2018	16,156,531	2,212,318	3.42%	2.57%
2019	16,685,223	2,267,706	3.27%	2.5%
2020	17,224,679	2,322,539	3.23%	2.42%
2021	17,828,273	2,376,722	3.5%	2.33%
2022	18,455,316	2,430,747	3.52%	2.27%
2023	19,319,064	2,484,789	4.68%	2.22%
2024	20,299,123	2,538,952	5.07%	2.18%
2025	21,003,694	2,593,130	3.47%	2.13%
2026	21,560,377	2,647,397	2.65%	2.09%
2027	22,175,373	2,701,860	2.85%	2.06%
2028	22,847,740	2,756,474	3.03%	2.02%
2029	23,526,035	2,811,348	2.97%	1.99%
2030	24,207,481	2,866,668	2.9%	1.97%
2031	24,897,231	2,922,503	2.85%	1.95%
2032	25,596,224	2,978,812	2.81%	1.93%
2033	26,297,830	3,035,711	2.74%	1.91%
2034	26,997,395	3,093,221	2.66%	1.89%
2035	27,697,268	3,151,467	2.59%	1.88%
2036	28,410,489	3,210,584	2.58%	1.88%
2037	29,132,961	3,270,304	2.54%	1.86%
2038	29,856,451	3,330,507	2.48%	1.84%
2039	30,584,696	3,391,378	2.44%	1.83%
2040	31,307,329	3,452,985	2.36%	1.82%
2041	32,035,111	3,515,218	2.32%	1.8%
2042	32,777,662	3,577,745	2.32%	1.78%
2043	33,525,238	3,640,570	2.28%	1.76%
2044	34,272,313	3,703,794	2.23%	1.74%
2045	35,026,384	3,767,430	2.2%	1.72%
2046	35,788,056	3,831,211	2.17%	1.69%
2047	36,546,910	3,894,840	2.12%	1.66%
2048	37,317,460	3,958,294	2.11%	1.63%
2049	38,088,916	4,021,470	2.07%	1.6%
2050	38,857,671	4,084,535	2.02%	1.57%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Chad increased by 4,408,231 people (a 41.2% growth), while Gabon gained 591,969 people (a 39.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Chad gained 6,452,443 (a 42.7% growth), while Gabon's population increased by 547,686 (a 26.1% growth).

Chad was ranked 76th most populous country in 2006 and is 64th in 2026. Gabon was ranked 147th in 2006 and ranked 141st now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Chad's population will grow by 80.2% to 38,857,671 people with a rank change from 64th to 52nd. The population of Gabon will increase by 54.3% to 4,084,535 people and rank change from 141st to 133rd.