The current population of Gabon is 2,636,721 people, as of 2025 based on the adjusted UN estimation. The latest officially reported number was 2,538,952 in 2024.
Population facts:
- For the last 20 years, Gabon has had an average growth rate of 4.01% per year.
- Gabon accounts for 0.03% of the world's population.
- Since 2005, population has increased from 1.46M people to 2.64M (80.2% growth in 20 years).
- Gabon is ranked 142/197 by population and was ranked 147th in 2005.
- Gabon is projected to reach 6.9M people in 2100.
Gabon population clock
Gabon
|
World
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Current population |
2636721
|
8266870341
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| Population rank | 142/197 | N/A |
| Percent of world population | 0.03% | N/A |
| One net population change |
9.7 minutes
|
0.41 seconds
|
| One birth every |
7.65 minutes
|
0.24 seconds
|
| One death every |
33.7 minutes
|
0.52 seconds
|
| Daily growth/decline | +148 | +211,178 |
| Annual growth/decline | +54,163 | +77,079,845 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +2.18% | +0.96% |
| Population growth rate rank | 46/197 | N/A |
| One migration net change every |
7.93 hours
|
N/A |
| Annual migration change | +1,105 | N/A |
Gabon population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 512,316 | - |
| 1961 | 518,266 | 1.16% |
| 1962 | 524,649 | 1.23% |
| 1963 | 531,452 | 1.3% |
| 1964 | 538,657 | 1.36% |
| 1965 | 546,308 | 1.42% |
| 1966 | 554,463 | 1.49% |
| 1967 | 563,108 | 1.56% |
| 1968 | 572,257 | 1.62% |
| 1969 | 583,276 | 1.93% |
| 1970 | 595,846 | 2.16% |
| 1971 | 608,348 | 2.1% |
| 1972 | 620,960 | 2.07% |
| 1973 | 633,995 | 2.1% |
| 1974 | 647,691 | 2.16% |
| 1975 | 662,197 | 2.24% |
| 1976 | 677,628 | 2.33% |
| 1977 | 693,984 | 2.41% |
| 1978 | 711,245 | 2.49% |
| 1979 | 729,375 | 2.55% |
| 1980 | 748,389 | 2.61% |
| 1981 | 768,385 | 2.67% |
| 1982 | 789,286 | 2.72% |
| 1983 | 811,005 | 2.75% |
| 1984 | 833,501 | 2.77% |
| 1985 | 856,726 | 2.79% |
| 1986 | 880,705 | 2.8% |
| 1987 | 905,479 | 2.81% |
| 1988 | 931,020 | 2.82% |
| 1989 | 957,138 | 2.81% |
| 1990 | 983,734 | 2.78% |
| 1991 | 1,010,818 | 2.75% |
| 1992 | 1,038,380 | 2.73% |
| 1993 | 1,066,405 | 2.7% |
| 1994 | 1,094,720 | 2.66% |
| 1995 | 1,123,213 | 2.6% |
| 1996 | 1,152,015 | 2.56% |
| 1997 | 1,181,439 | 2.55% |
| 1998 | 1,211,736 | 2.56% |
| 1999 | 1,243,016 | 2.58% |
| 2000 | 1,275,572 | 2.62% |
| 2001 | 1,309,589 | 2.67% |
| 2002 | 1,345,135 | 2.71% |
| 2003 | 1,382,350 | 2.77% |
| 2004 | 1,421,609 | 2.84% |
| 2005 | 1,463,495 | 2.95% |
| 2006 | 1,508,337 | 3.06% |
| 2007 | 1,556,237 | 3.18% |
| 2008 | 1,607,175 | 3.27% |
| 2009 | 1,661,556 | 3.38% |
| 2010 | 1,719,879 | 3.51% |
| 2011 | 1,781,985 | 3.61% |
| 2012 | 1,846,889 | 3.64% |
| 2013 | 1,913,059 | 3.58% |
| 2014 | 1,978,399 | 3.42% |
| 2015 | 2,040,989 | 3.16% |
| 2016 | 2,100,306 | 2.91% |
| 2017 | 2,156,900 | 2.69% |
| 2018 | 2,212,318 | 2.57% |
| 2019 | 2,267,706 | 2.5% |
| 2020 | 2,322,539 | 2.42% |
| 2021 | 2,376,722 | 2.33% |
| 2022 | 2,430,747 | 2.27% |
| 2023 | 2,484,789 | 2.22% |
| 2024 | 2,538,952 | 2.18% |
| 2025 | 2,593,130 | 2.13% |
| 2026 | 2,647,397 | 2.09% |
| 2027 | 2,701,860 | 2.06% |
| 2028 | 2,756,474 | 2.02% |
| 2029 | 2,811,348 | 1.99% |
| 2030 | 2,866,668 | 1.97% |
| 2031 | 2,922,503 | 1.95% |
| 2032 | 2,978,812 | 1.93% |
| 2033 | 3,035,711 | 1.91% |
| 2034 | 3,093,221 | 1.89% |
| 2035 | 3,151,467 | 1.88% |
| 2036 | 3,210,584 | 1.88% |
| 2037 | 3,270,304 | 1.86% |
| 2038 | 3,330,507 | 1.84% |
| 2039 | 3,391,378 | 1.83% |
| 2040 | 3,452,985 | 1.82% |
| 2041 | 3,515,218 | 1.8% |
| 2042 | 3,577,745 | 1.78% |
| 2043 | 3,640,570 | 1.76% |
| 2044 | 3,703,794 | 1.74% |
| 2045 | 3,767,430 | 1.72% |
| 2046 | 3,831,211 | 1.69% |
| 2047 | 3,894,840 | 1.66% |
| 2048 | 3,958,294 | 1.63% |
| 2049 | 4,021,470 | 1.6% |
| 2050 | 4,084,535 | 1.57% |
Gabon has a population of 2.64M as of 2025, compared to 2.04M in 2015, 1.46M in 2005, and 1.12M in 1995.
Over the past 10 years, the population has had a trend to increase by an average of 2.92% per year. Gabon is ranked 34th out of 197 countries by a 10-year average growth rate.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 20 years (in 2045) Gabon will have 3,767,430 people (42.9% growth) with a rank change from 142nd to 133rd.
By the year 2100, Gabon's population is projected to grow by 161.8% to 6.9M people.
Largest cities by population
|
Gabon
|
|
|---|---|
| City | Population |
| Libreville | 899K |
| Port-Gentil | 136K |
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Gabon population statistics
|
Gabon
|
World
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 68.7 years | 73.5 years |
| Average age | 26.2 years | 33.8 years |
| Median age | 22.6 years | 31.6 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50.8:49.2 | 50.3:49.7 |
| Fertility rate | 3.65 births per woman | 2.2 births per woman |
| Population density | 25.5 ppl/mi² | 141.6 ppl/mi² |
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