The latest officially reported population of Egypt was 116,538,258 in 2024 vs 2,538,952 people in Gabon in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Egypt's population is 119,759,833 people compared to 2,636,721 in Gabon.
Population statistics:
- Egypt's population is 45.4 times bigger than Gabon's.
- Egypt is ranked the 13th most populous country in the world, while Gabon is the 142nd.
- The countries together account for 1.48% of the world: 1.45% for Egypt vs 0.03% for Gabon.
- For the last 10 years, Egypt has had an average growth rate of +1.84% per year vs +2.61% in Gabon.
- Since 2005, the population of Egypt has increased from 81.1M people to 120M (47.7% growth), while Gabon has grown from 1.46M to 2.64M (80.2% growth).
- Egypt is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 202M people compared to the peak of 6.9M people in 2100 for Gabon.
Egypt vs Gabon: live population counter
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| Current population |
119759833
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2636721
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| Population rank | 13/197 | 142/197 |
| Percent of world population | 1.45% | 0.03% |
| One net population change |
15.7 seconds
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9.7 minutes
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| One birth every |
13.1 seconds
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7.65 minutes
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| One death every |
50.4 seconds
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33.7 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
4.24 minutes
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7.93 hours
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| Annual migration change | +123,884 | +1,105 |
| Daily growth/decline | +5,486 | +148 |
| Annual growth/decline | +2,002,486 | +54,163 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +1.75% | +2.18% |
| Population growth rate rank | 66/197 | 46/197 |
Egypt and Gabon: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 26,896,479 | 512,316 | - | - |
| 1961 | 27,600,898 | 518,266 | 2.62% | 1.16% |
| 1962 | 28,337,013 | 524,649 | 2.67% | 1.23% |
| 1963 | 29,091,869 | 531,452 | 2.66% | 1.3% |
| 1964 | 29,858,922 | 538,657 | 2.64% | 1.36% |
| 1965 | 30,629,174 | 546,308 | 2.58% | 1.42% |
| 1966 | 31,406,541 | 554,463 | 2.54% | 1.49% |
| 1967 | 32,196,360 | 563,108 | 2.51% | 1.56% |
| 1968 | 32,998,319 | 572,257 | 2.49% | 1.62% |
| 1969 | 33,811,615 | 583,276 | 2.46% | 1.93% |
| 1970 | 34,623,990 | 595,846 | 2.4% | 2.16% |
| 1971 | 35,433,368 | 608,348 | 2.34% | 2.1% |
| 1972 | 36,258,328 | 620,960 | 2.33% | 2.07% |
| 1973 | 37,102,043 | 633,995 | 2.33% | 2.1% |
| 1974 | 37,969,667 | 647,691 | 2.34% | 2.16% |
| 1975 | 38,875,327 | 662,197 | 2.39% | 2.24% |
| 1976 | 39,795,557 | 677,628 | 2.37% | 2.33% |
| 1977 | 40,748,870 | 693,984 | 2.4% | 2.41% |
| 1978 | 41,761,431 | 711,245 | 2.48% | 2.49% |
| 1979 | 42,818,628 | 729,375 | 2.53% | 2.55% |
| 1980 | 43,950,413 | 748,389 | 2.64% | 2.61% |
| 1981 | 45,147,224 | 768,385 | 2.72% | 2.67% |
| 1982 | 46,407,611 | 789,286 | 2.79% | 2.72% |
| 1983 | 47,786,402 | 811,005 | 2.97% | 2.75% |
| 1984 | 49,247,334 | 833,501 | 3.06% | 2.77% |
| 1985 | 50,734,968 | 856,726 | 3.02% | 2.79% |
| 1986 | 52,206,295 | 880,705 | 2.9% | 2.8% |
| 1987 | 53,674,435 | 905,479 | 2.81% | 2.81% |
| 1988 | 55,187,681 | 931,020 | 2.82% | 2.82% |
| 1989 | 56,710,642 | 957,138 | 2.76% | 2.81% |
| 1990 | 58,396,618 | 983,734 | 2.97% | 2.78% |
| 1991 | 60,028,997 | 1,010,818 | 2.8% | 2.75% |
| 1992 | 61,480,660 | 1,038,380 | 2.42% | 2.73% |
| 1993 | 62,915,681 | 1,066,405 | 2.33% | 2.7% |
| 1994 | 64,285,589 | 1,094,720 | 2.18% | 2.66% |
| 1995 | 65,652,622 | 1,123,213 | 2.13% | 2.6% |
| 1996 | 67,028,048 | 1,152,015 | 2.1% | 2.56% |
| 1997 | 68,431,740 | 1,181,439 | 2.09% | 2.55% |
| 1998 | 69,943,294 | 1,211,736 | 2.21% | 2.56% |
| 1999 | 71,520,954 | 1,243,016 | 2.26% | 2.58% |
| 2000 | 73,083,284 | 1,275,572 | 2.18% | 2.62% |
| 2001 | 74,652,029 | 1,309,589 | 2.15% | 2.67% |
| 2002 | 76,239,137 | 1,345,135 | 2.13% | 2.71% |
| 2003 | 77,853,548 | 1,382,350 | 2.12% | 2.77% |
| 2004 | 79,477,443 | 1,421,609 | 2.09% | 2.84% |
| 2005 | 81,101,004 | 1,463,495 | 2.04% | 2.95% |
| 2006 | 82,700,403 | 1,508,337 | 1.97% | 3.06% |
| 2007 | 84,276,225 | 1,556,237 | 1.91% | 3.18% |
| 2008 | 85,864,789 | 1,607,175 | 1.88% | 3.27% |
| 2009 | 87,501,636 | 1,661,556 | 1.91% | 3.38% |
| 2010 | 89,196,072 | 1,719,879 | 1.94% | 3.51% |
| 2011 | 91,093,059 | 1,781,985 | 2.13% | 3.61% |
| 2012 | 93,161,001 | 1,846,889 | 2.27% | 3.64% |
| 2013 | 95,333,553 | 1,913,059 | 2.33% | 3.58% |
| 2014 | 97,528,654 | 1,978,399 | 2.3% | 3.42% |
| 2015 | 99,597,342 | 2,040,989 | 2.12% | 3.16% |
| 2016 | 101,644,589 | 2,100,306 | 2.06% | 2.91% |
| 2017 | 103,696,057 | 2,156,900 | 2.02% | 2.69% |
| 2018 | 105,682,094 | 2,212,318 | 1.92% | 2.57% |
| 2019 | 107,553,158 | 2,267,706 | 1.77% | 2.5% |
| 2020 | 109,315,124 | 2,322,539 | 1.64% | 2.42% |
| 2021 | 110,957,008 | 2,376,722 | 1.5% | 2.33% |
| 2022 | 112,618,250 | 2,430,747 | 1.5% | 2.27% |
| 2023 | 114,535,772 | 2,484,789 | 1.7% | 2.22% |
| 2024 | 116,538,258 | 2,538,952 | 1.75% | 2.18% |
| 2025 | 118,365,997 | 2,593,130 | 1.57% | 2.13% |
| 2026 | 120,101,181 | 2,647,397 | 1.47% | 2.09% |
| 2027 | 121,847,622 | 2,701,860 | 1.45% | 2.06% |
| 2028 | 123,608,457 | 2,756,474 | 1.45% | 2.02% |
| 2029 | 125,373,058 | 2,811,348 | 1.43% | 1.99% |
| 2030 | 127,139,323 | 2,866,668 | 1.41% | 1.97% |
| 2031 | 128,912,256 | 2,922,503 | 1.39% | 1.95% |
| 2032 | 130,695,084 | 2,978,812 | 1.38% | 1.93% |
| 2033 | 132,485,612 | 3,035,711 | 1.37% | 1.91% |
| 2034 | 134,287,838 | 3,093,221 | 1.36% | 1.89% |
| 2035 | 136,097,214 | 3,151,467 | 1.35% | 1.88% |
| 2036 | 137,913,263 | 3,210,584 | 1.33% | 1.88% |
| 2037 | 139,738,699 | 3,270,304 | 1.32% | 1.86% |
| 2038 | 141,565,835 | 3,330,507 | 1.31% | 1.84% |
| 2039 | 143,393,267 | 3,391,378 | 1.29% | 1.83% |
| 2040 | 145,213,662 | 3,452,985 | 1.27% | 1.82% |
| 2041 | 147,018,554 | 3,515,218 | 1.24% | 1.8% |
| 2042 | 148,800,785 | 3,577,745 | 1.21% | 1.78% |
| 2043 | 150,547,655 | 3,640,570 | 1.17% | 1.76% |
| 2044 | 152,255,332 | 3,703,794 | 1.13% | 1.74% |
| 2045 | 153,919,190 | 3,767,430 | 1.09% | 1.72% |
| 2046 | 155,535,951 | 3,831,211 | 1.05% | 1.69% |
| 2047 | 157,114,404 | 3,894,840 | 1.01% | 1.66% |
| 2048 | 158,657,392 | 3,958,294 | 0.98% | 1.63% |
| 2049 | 160,161,615 | 4,021,470 | 0.95% | 1.6% |
| 2050 | 161,630,197 | 4,084,535 | 0.92% | 1.57% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Egypt increased by 18,496,338 people (a 22.8% growth), while Gabon gained 577,494 people (a 39.5% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Egypt gained 20,162,491 (a 20.2% growth), while Gabon's population increased by 595,732 (a 29.2% growth).
Egypt was ranked 14th most populous country in 2005 and is 13th in 2025. Gabon was ranked 147th in 2005 and ranked 142nd now.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Egypt's population will grow by 35% to 161,630,197 people with a rank change from 13th to 11th. The population of Gabon will increase by 54.9% to 4,084,535 people and rank change from 142nd to 133rd.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Cairo | 9.61M |
| Giza | 5.6M |
| Alexandria | 4.87M |
| Shubra El Kheima | 1.03M |
| Mansoura | 622K |
| Helwan | 619K |
| El Mahalla El Kubra | 593K |
| Port Said | 524K |
| Faiyum | 519K |
| Suez | 517K |
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| City | Population |
| Libreville | 899K |
| Port-Gentil | 136K |
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Population differences between Egypt and Gabon
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| Life expectancy | 72 years | 68.7 years |
| Average age | 28.5 years | 26.2 years |
| Median age | 25.3 years | 22.6 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50.5:49.5 | 50.8:49.2 |
| Fertility rate | 2.75 births per woman | 3.65 births per woman |
| Population density | 303 ppl/mi² | 25.5 ppl/mi² |
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