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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Gabon	Iraq	Gabon	Iraq
1960	512,316	7,022,052	-	-
1961	518,266	7,194,553	1.16%	2.46%
1962	524,649	7,413,875	1.23%	3.05%
1963	531,452	7,667,928	1.3%	3.43%
1964	538,657	7,929,566	1.36%	3.41%
1965	546,308	8,202,140	1.42%	3.44%
1966	554,463	8,485,104	1.49%	3.45%
1967	563,108	8,778,869	1.56%	3.46%
1968	572,257	9,085,016	1.62%	3.49%
1969	583,276	9,403,356	1.93%	3.5%
1970	595,846	9,735,611	2.16%	3.53%
1971	608,348	10,077,809	2.1%	3.51%
1972	620,960	10,430,164	2.07%	3.5%
1973	633,995	10,795,869	2.1%	3.51%
1974	647,691	11,167,761	2.16%	3.44%
1975	662,197	11,543,639	2.24%	3.37%
1976	677,628	11,927,651	2.33%	3.33%
1977	693,984	12,331,046	2.41%	3.38%
1978	711,245	12,753,355	2.49%	3.42%
1979	729,375	13,170,365	2.55%	3.27%
1980	748,389	13,591,992	2.61%	3.2%
1981	768,385	14,006,381	2.67%	3.05%
1982	789,286	14,406,083	2.72%	2.85%
1983	811,005	14,840,555	2.75%	3.02%
1984	833,501	15,310,733	2.77%	3.17%
1985	856,726	15,683,430	2.79%	2.43%
1986	880,705	16,074,145	2.8%	2.49%
1987	905,479	16,521,049	2.81%	2.78%
1988	931,020	16,908,819	2.82%	2.35%
1989	957,138	17,364,542	2.81%	2.7%
1990	983,734	17,581,206	2.78%	1.25%
1991	1,010,818	17,767,253	2.75%	1.06%
1992	1,038,380	18,300,845	2.73%	3%
1993	1,066,405	19,201,195	2.7%	4.92%
1994	1,094,720	20,139,807	2.66%	4.89%
1995	1,123,213	20,825,860	2.6%	3.41%
1996	1,152,015	21,501,321	2.56%	3.24%
1997	1,181,439	22,176,593	2.55%	3.14%
1998	1,211,736	22,884,399	2.56%	3.19%
1999	1,243,016	23,636,527	2.58%	3.29%
2000	1,275,572	24,424,056	2.62%	3.33%
2001	1,309,589	25,197,840	2.67%	3.17%
2002	1,345,135	26,006,559	2.71%	3.21%
2003	1,382,350	26,802,659	2.77%	3.06%
2004	1,421,609	27,577,878	2.84%	2.89%
2005	1,463,495	28,407,448	2.95%	3.01%
2006	1,508,337	28,616,515	3.06%	0.74%
2007	1,556,237	28,391,607	3.18%	-0.79%
2008	1,607,175	28,971,036	3.27%	2.04%
2009	1,661,556	30,058,206	3.38%	3.75%
2010	1,719,879	31,045,366	3.51%	3.28%
2011	1,781,985	32,161,424	3.61%	3.59%
2012	1,846,889	33,654,842	3.64%	4.64%
2013	1,913,059	35,281,989	3.58%	4.83%
2014	1,978,399	36,550,059	3.42%	3.59%
2015	2,040,989	37,560,535	3.16%	2.76%
2016	2,100,306	38,469,627	2.91%	2.42%
2017	2,156,900	39,337,353	2.69%	2.26%
2018	2,212,318	40,265,624	2.57%	2.36%
2019	2,267,706	41,192,171	2.5%	2.3%
2020	2,322,539	42,116,605	2.42%	2.24%
2021	2,376,722	43,071,211	2.33%	2.27%
2022	2,430,747	44,070,551	2.27%	2.32%
2023	2,484,789	45,074,049	2.22%	2.28%
2024	2,538,952	46,042,015	2.18%	2.15%
2025	2,593,130	47,020,778	2.13%	2.13%
2026	2,647,397	48,007,435	2.09%	2.1%
2027	2,701,860	48,987,424	2.06%	2.04%
2028	2,756,474	49,960,955	2.02%	1.99%
2029	2,811,348	50,943,339	1.99%	1.97%
2030	2,866,668	51,937,208	1.97%	1.95%
2031	2,922,503	52,934,373	1.95%	1.92%
2032	2,978,812	53,953,395	1.93%	1.93%
2033	3,035,711	54,985,129	1.91%	1.91%
2034	3,093,221	56,012,641	1.89%	1.87%
2035	3,151,467	57,035,917	1.88%	1.83%
2036	3,210,584	58,071,740	1.88%	1.82%
2037	3,270,304	59,109,258	1.86%	1.79%
2038	3,330,507	60,132,232	1.84%	1.73%
2039	3,391,378	61,174,679	1.83%	1.73%
2040	3,452,985	62,223,208	1.82%	1.71%
2041	3,515,218	63,249,167	1.8%	1.65%
2042	3,577,745	64,260,847	1.78%	1.6%
2043	3,640,570	65,257,000	1.76%	1.55%
2044	3,703,794	66,237,772	1.74%	1.5%
2045	3,767,430	67,204,176	1.72%	1.46%
2046	3,831,211	68,150,060	1.69%	1.41%
2047	3,894,840	69,098,087	1.66%	1.39%
2048	3,958,294	70,050,118	1.63%	1.38%
2049	4,021,470	70,999,566	1.6%	1.36%
2050	4,084,535	71,928,759	1.57%	1.31%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Gabon increased by 577,494 people (a 39.5% growth), while Iraq gained 9,153,087 people (a 32.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Gabon gained 595,732 (a 29.2% growth), while Iraq's population increased by 10,252,803 (a 27.3% growth).

Gabon was ranked 147th most populous country in 2005 and is 142nd in 2025. Iraq was ranked 38th in 2005 and ranked 34th 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 Iraq will increase by 50.4% to 71,928,759 people and rank change from 34th to 28th.