Population in Gabon compared to Guinea-Bissau: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Gabon and Guinea-Bissau: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Gabon	Guinea-Bissau	Gabon	Guinea-Bissau
1960	512,316	577,633	-	-
1961	518,266	582,532	1.16%	0.85%
1962	524,649	589,474	1.23%	1.19%
1963	531,452	594,418	1.3%	0.84%
1964	538,657	588,543	1.36%	-0.99%
1965	546,308	575,005	1.42%	-2.3%
1966	554,463	566,908	1.49%	-1.41%
1967	563,108	569,011	1.56%	0.37%
1968	572,257	578,170	1.62%	1.61%
1969	583,276	581,610	1.93%	0.59%
1970	595,846	584,403	2.16%	0.48%
1971	608,348	586,221	2.1%	0.31%
1972	620,960	586,620	2.07%	0.07%
1973	633,995	592,808	2.1%	1.05%
1974	647,691	613,338	2.16%	3.46%
1975	662,197	650,966	2.24%	6.13%
1976	677,628	694,191	2.33%	6.64%
1977	693,984	741,789	2.41%	6.86%
1978	711,245	791,694	2.49%	6.73%
1979	729,375	819,867	2.55%	3.56%
1980	748,389	829,303	2.61%	1.15%
1981	768,385	842,432	2.67%	1.58%
1982	789,286	855,891	2.72%	1.6%
1983	811,005	869,592	2.75%	1.6%
1984	833,501	883,519	2.77%	1.6%
1985	856,726	897,697	2.79%	1.6%
1986	880,705	912,126	2.8%	1.61%
1987	905,479	926,862	2.81%	1.62%
1988	931,020	942,061	2.82%	1.64%
1989	957,138	957,789	2.81%	1.67%
1990	983,734	973,669	2.78%	1.66%
1991	1,010,818	994,639	2.75%	2.15%
1992	1,038,380	1,024,356	2.73%	2.99%
1993	1,066,405	1,058,745	2.7%	3.36%
1994	1,094,720	1,092,031	2.66%	3.14%
1995	1,123,213	1,119,949	2.6%	2.56%
1996	1,152,015	1,143,535	2.56%	2.11%
1997	1,181,439	1,165,545	2.55%	1.92%
1998	1,211,736	1,187,473	2.56%	1.88%
1999	1,243,016	1,210,206	2.58%	1.91%
2000	1,275,572	1,234,741	2.62%	2.03%
2001	1,309,589	1,261,273	2.67%	2.15%
2002	1,345,135	1,289,307	2.71%	2.22%
2003	1,382,350	1,318,806	2.77%	2.29%
2004	1,421,609	1,349,563	2.84%	2.33%
2005	1,463,495	1,381,585	2.95%	2.37%
2006	1,508,337	1,415,303	3.06%	2.44%
2007	1,556,237	1,450,986	3.18%	2.52%
2008	1,607,175	1,488,054	3.27%	2.55%
2009	1,661,556	1,526,377	3.38%	2.58%
2010	1,719,879	1,566,347	3.51%	2.62%
2011	1,781,985	1,608,076	3.61%	2.66%
2012	1,846,889	1,651,417	3.64%	2.7%
2013	1,913,059	1,695,973	3.58%	2.7%
2014	1,978,399	1,741,122	3.42%	2.66%
2015	2,040,989	1,786,457	3.16%	2.6%
2016	2,100,306	1,831,893	2.91%	2.54%
2017	2,156,900	1,877,072	2.69%	2.47%
2018	2,212,318	1,922,168	2.57%	2.4%
2019	2,267,706	1,967,696	2.5%	2.37%
2020	2,322,539	2,013,255	2.42%	2.32%
2021	2,376,722	2,058,841	2.33%	2.26%
2022	2,430,747	2,105,529	2.27%	2.27%
2023	2,484,789	2,153,339	2.22%	2.27%
2024	2,538,952	2,201,352	2.18%	2.23%
2025	2,593,130	2,249,512	2.13%	2.19%
2026	2,647,397	2,297,807	2.09%	2.15%
2027	2,701,860	2,346,190	2.06%	2.11%
2028	2,756,474	2,394,226	2.02%	2.05%
2029	2,811,348	2,441,574	1.99%	1.98%
2030	2,866,668	2,488,931	1.97%	1.94%
2031	2,922,503	2,536,893	1.95%	1.93%
2032	2,978,812	2,585,565	1.93%	1.92%
2033	3,035,711	2,634,701	1.91%	1.9%
2034	3,093,221	2,683,078	1.89%	1.84%
2035	3,151,467	2,730,136	1.88%	1.75%
2036	3,210,584	2,777,887	1.88%	1.75%
2037	3,270,304	2,826,159	1.86%	1.74%
2038	3,330,507	2,873,929	1.84%	1.69%
2039	3,391,378	2,921,973	1.83%	1.67%
2040	3,452,985	2,969,699	1.82%	1.63%
2041	3,515,218	3,016,537	1.8%	1.58%
2042	3,577,745	3,063,161	1.78%	1.55%
2043	3,640,570	3,109,927	1.76%	1.53%
2044	3,703,794	3,156,704	1.74%	1.5%
2045	3,767,430	3,204,242	1.72%	1.51%
2046	3,831,211	3,251,465	1.69%	1.47%
2047	3,894,840	3,298,563	1.66%	1.45%
2048	3,958,294	3,345,853	1.63%	1.43%
2049	4,021,470	3,392,557	1.6%	1.4%
2050	4,084,535	3,438,597	1.57%	1.36%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Gabon increased by 591,969 people (a 39.2% growth), while Guinea-Bissau gained 416,590 people (a 29.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Gabon gained 547,686 (a 26.1% growth), while Guinea-Bissau's population increased by 466,442 (a 25.5% growth).

Gabon was ranked 147th most populous country in 2006 and is 141st in 2026. Guinea-Bissau was ranked 148th in 2006 and ranked 146th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Gabon's population will grow by 54.3% to 4,084,535 people with a rank change from 141st to 133rd. The population of Guinea-Bissau will increase by 49.6% to 3,438,597 people and rank change from 146th to 136th.