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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Gabon	Ghana	Gabon	Ghana
1960	512,316	6,961,215	-	-
1961	518,266	7,162,667	1.16%	2.89%
1962	524,649	7,337,375	1.23%	2.44%
1963	531,452	7,514,714	1.3%	2.42%
1964	538,657	7,695,739	1.36%	2.41%
1965	546,308	7,882,606	1.42%	2.43%
1966	554,463	8,074,521	1.49%	2.43%
1967	563,108	8,271,913	1.56%	2.44%
1968	572,257	8,475,729	1.62%	2.46%
1969	583,276	8,690,383	1.93%	2.53%
1970	595,846	8,925,813	2.16%	2.71%
1971	608,348	9,176,264	2.1%	2.81%
1972	620,960	9,438,187	2.07%	2.85%
1973	633,995	9,714,617	2.1%	2.93%
1974	647,691	10,000,523	2.16%	2.94%
1975	662,197	10,294,308	2.24%	2.94%
1976	677,628	10,594,913	2.33%	2.92%
1977	693,984	10,911,871	2.41%	2.99%
1978	711,245	11,248,450	2.49%	3.08%
1979	729,375	11,597,255	2.55%	3.1%
1980	748,389	11,941,448	2.61%	2.97%
1981	768,385	12,281,712	2.67%	2.85%
1982	789,286	12,643,819	2.72%	2.95%
1983	811,005	13,029,836	2.75%	3.05%
1984	833,501	13,370,590	2.77%	2.62%
1985	856,726	13,661,229	2.79%	2.17%
1986	880,705	13,965,217	2.8%	2.23%
1987	905,479	14,289,108	2.81%	2.32%
1988	931,020	14,636,568	2.82%	2.43%
1989	957,138	15,006,813	2.81%	2.53%
1990	983,734	15,394,648	2.78%	2.58%
1991	1,010,818	15,787,496	2.75%	2.55%
1992	1,038,380	16,184,855	2.73%	2.52%
1993	1,066,405	16,589,519	2.7%	2.5%
1994	1,094,720	16,993,190	2.66%	2.43%
1995	1,123,213	17,399,017	2.6%	2.39%
1996	1,152,015	17,810,181	2.56%	2.36%
1997	1,181,439	18,238,958	2.55%	2.41%
1998	1,211,736	18,688,036	2.56%	2.46%
1999	1,243,016	19,149,864	2.58%	2.47%
2000	1,275,572	19,637,087	2.62%	2.54%
2001	1,309,589	20,167,069	2.67%	2.7%
2002	1,345,135	20,729,388	2.71%	2.79%
2003	1,382,350	21,296,705	2.77%	2.74%
2004	1,421,609	21,868,298	2.84%	2.68%
2005	1,463,495	22,449,438	2.95%	2.66%
2006	1,508,337	23,040,702	3.06%	2.63%
2007	1,556,237	23,642,279	3.18%	2.61%
2008	1,607,175	24,249,946	3.27%	2.57%
2009	1,661,556	24,862,664	3.38%	2.53%
2010	1,719,879	25,474,995	3.51%	2.46%
2011	1,781,985	26,095,088	3.61%	2.43%
2012	1,846,889	26,734,268	3.64%	2.45%
2013	1,913,059	27,386,193	3.58%	2.44%
2014	1,978,399	28,041,592	3.42%	2.39%
2015	2,040,989	28,696,068	3.16%	2.33%
2016	2,100,306	29,356,742	2.91%	2.3%
2017	2,156,900	30,008,354	2.69%	2.22%
2018	2,212,318	30,637,585	2.57%	2.1%
2019	2,267,706	31,258,945	2.5%	2.03%
2020	2,322,539	31,887,809	2.42%	2.01%
2021	2,376,722	32,518,665	2.33%	1.98%
2022	2,430,747	33,149,152	2.27%	1.94%
2023	2,484,789	33,787,914	2.22%	1.93%
2024	2,538,952	34,427,414	2.18%	1.89%
2025	2,593,130	35,064,273	2.13%	1.85%
2026	2,647,397	35,697,555	2.09%	1.81%
2027	2,701,860	36,328,265	2.06%	1.77%
2028	2,756,474	36,959,310	2.02%	1.74%
2029	2,811,348	37,589,709	1.99%	1.71%
2030	2,866,668	38,222,075	1.97%	1.68%
2031	2,922,503	38,856,804	1.95%	1.66%
2032	2,978,812	39,492,788	1.93%	1.64%
2033	3,035,711	40,132,720	1.91%	1.62%
2034	3,093,221	40,774,152	1.89%	1.6%
2035	3,151,467	41,412,555	1.88%	1.57%
2036	3,210,584	42,047,450	1.88%	1.53%
2037	3,270,304	42,682,177	1.86%	1.51%
2038	3,330,507	43,314,971	1.84%	1.48%
2039	3,391,378	43,942,852	1.83%	1.45%
2040	3,452,985	44,568,346	1.82%	1.42%
2041	3,515,218	45,190,628	1.8%	1.4%
2042	3,577,745	45,808,597	1.78%	1.37%
2043	3,640,570	46,421,960	1.76%	1.34%
2044	3,703,794	47,030,351	1.74%	1.31%
2045	3,767,430	47,634,271	1.72%	1.28%
2046	3,831,211	48,231,602	1.69%	1.25%
2047	3,894,840	48,823,456	1.66%	1.23%
2048	3,958,294	49,408,506	1.63%	1.2%
2049	4,021,470	49,984,435	1.6%	1.17%
2050	4,084,535	50,553,041	1.57%	1.14%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Gabon increased by 577,494 people (a 39.5% growth), while Ghana gained 6,246,630 people (a 27.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Gabon gained 595,732 (a 29.2% growth), while Ghana's population increased by 6,876,906 (a 24% growth).

Gabon was ranked 147th most populous country in 2005 and is 142nd in 2025. Ghana was ranked 49th in 2005 and ranked 47th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Gabon's population will grow by 54.9% to 4,084,535 people with a rank change from 142nd to 133rd. The population of Ghana will increase by 42.1% to 50,553,041 people and rank change from 47th to 42nd.