The latest officially reported population of Gabon was 2,538,952 in 2024 vs 58,986,023 people in Italy in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Gabon's population is 2,636,721 people compared to 58,790,597 in Italy.
Population statistics:
- Italy's population is 22.3 times bigger than Gabon's.
- Gabon is ranked the 142nd most populous country in the world, while Italy is the 25th.
- The countries together account for 0.74% of the world: 0.03% for Gabon vs 0.71% for Italy.
- For the last 10 years, Gabon has had an average growth rate of +2.61% per year vs -0.2% in Italy.
- Since 2005, the population of Gabon has increased from 1.46M people to 2.64M (80.2% growth), while Italy has grown from 58.2M to 58.8M (1.07% growth).
- Gabon is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 6.9M people, while Italy's population already peaked in 2014 at 60.3M people and is projected to decrease to 35.2M people by 2100.
Gabon vs Italy: live population counter
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| Current population |
2636721
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58790597
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| Population rank | 142/197 | 25/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.03% | 0.71% |
| One net population change |
9.7 minutes
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1.18 hours
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| One birth every |
7.65 minutes
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1.39 minutes
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| One death every |
33.7 minutes
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47.7 seconds
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| One migration net change every |
7.93 hours
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5.52 minutes
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| Annual migration change | +1,105 | +95,246 |
| Daily growth/decline | +148 | -20 |
| Annual growth/decline | +54,163 | -7,452 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +2.18% | -0.01% |
| Population growth rate rank | 46/197 | 166/197 |
Gabon and Italy: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 512,316 | 50,199,700 | - | - |
| 1961 | 518,266 | 50,536,350 | 1.16% | 0.67% |
| 1962 | 524,649 | 50,879,450 | 1.23% | 0.68% |
| 1963 | 531,452 | 51,252,000 | 1.3% | 0.73% |
| 1964 | 538,657 | 51,675,350 | 1.36% | 0.83% |
| 1965 | 546,308 | 52,112,350 | 1.42% | 0.85% |
| 1966 | 554,463 | 52,519,000 | 1.49% | 0.78% |
| 1967 | 563,108 | 52,900,500 | 1.56% | 0.73% |
| 1968 | 572,257 | 53,235,750 | 1.62% | 0.63% |
| 1969 | 583,276 | 53,537,950 | 1.93% | 0.57% |
| 1970 | 595,846 | 53,821,850 | 2.16% | 0.53% |
| 1971 | 608,348 | 54,073,490 | 2.1% | 0.47% |
| 1972 | 620,960 | 54,381,345 | 2.07% | 0.57% |
| 1973 | 633,995 | 54,751,406 | 2.1% | 0.68% |
| 1974 | 647,691 | 55,110,868 | 2.16% | 0.66% |
| 1975 | 662,197 | 55,441,001 | 2.24% | 0.6% |
| 1976 | 677,628 | 55,718,260 | 2.33% | 0.5% |
| 1977 | 693,984 | 55,955,411 | 2.41% | 0.43% |
| 1978 | 711,245 | 56,155,143 | 2.49% | 0.36% |
| 1979 | 729,375 | 56,317,749 | 2.55% | 0.29% |
| 1980 | 748,389 | 56,433,883 | 2.61% | 0.21% |
| 1981 | 768,385 | 56,501,675 | 2.67% | 0.12% |
| 1982 | 789,286 | 56,543,548 | 2.72% | 0.07% |
| 1983 | 811,005 | 56,564,074 | 2.75% | 0.04% |
| 1984 | 833,501 | 56,576,718 | 2.77% | 0.02% |
| 1985 | 856,726 | 56,593,071 | 2.79% | 0.03% |
| 1986 | 880,705 | 56,596,155 | 2.8% | 0.005% |
| 1987 | 905,479 | 56,601,931 | 2.81% | 0.01% |
| 1988 | 931,020 | 56,629,288 | 2.82% | 0.05% |
| 1989 | 957,138 | 56,671,781 | 2.81% | 0.08% |
| 1990 | 983,734 | 56,719,240 | 2.78% | 0.08% |
| 1991 | 1,010,818 | 56,758,521 | 2.75% | 0.07% |
| 1992 | 1,038,380 | 56,797,087 | 2.73% | 0.07% |
| 1993 | 1,066,405 | 56,831,821 | 2.7% | 0.06% |
| 1994 | 1,094,720 | 56,843,400 | 2.66% | 0.02% |
| 1995 | 1,123,213 | 56,844,303 | 2.6% | 0.002% |
| 1996 | 1,152,015 | 56,860,281 | 2.56% | 0.03% |
| 1997 | 1,181,439 | 56,890,372 | 2.55% | 0.05% |
| 1998 | 1,211,736 | 56,906,744 | 2.56% | 0.03% |
| 1999 | 1,243,016 | 56,916,317 | 2.58% | 0.02% |
| 2000 | 1,275,572 | 56,942,108 | 2.62% | 0.05% |
| 2001 | 1,309,589 | 56,976,981 | 2.67% | 0.06% |
| 2002 | 1,345,135 | 57,089,824 | 2.71% | 0.2% |
| 2003 | 1,382,350 | 57,399,184 | 2.77% | 0.54% |
| 2004 | 1,421,609 | 57,828,179 | 2.84% | 0.75% |
| 2005 | 1,463,495 | 58,166,682 | 2.95% | 0.59% |
| 2006 | 1,508,337 | 58,399,861 | 3.06% | 0.4% |
| 2007 | 1,556,237 | 58,756,247 | 3.18% | 0.61% |
| 2008 | 1,607,175 | 59,211,181 | 3.27% | 0.77% |
| 2009 | 1,661,556 | 59,555,454 | 3.38% | 0.58% |
| 2010 | 1,719,879 | 59,819,407 | 3.51% | 0.44% |
| 2011 | 1,781,985 | 60,026,841 | 3.61% | 0.35% |
| 2012 | 1,846,889 | 60,191,247 | 3.64% | 0.27% |
| 2013 | 1,913,059 | 60,311,613 | 3.58% | 0.2% |
| 2014 | 1,978,399 | 60,320,707 | 3.42% | 0.02% |
| 2015 | 2,040,989 | 60,229,605 | 3.16% | -0.15% |
| 2016 | 2,100,306 | 60,115,223 | 2.91% | -0.19% |
| 2017 | 2,156,900 | 60,002,252 | 2.69% | -0.19% |
| 2018 | 2,212,318 | 60,148,658 | 2.57% | 0.24% |
| 2019 | 2,267,706 | 59,729,081 | 2.5% | -0.7% |
| 2020 | 2,322,539 | 59,438,851 | 2.42% | -0.49% |
| 2021 | 2,376,722 | 59,133,173 | 2.33% | -0.51% |
| 2022 | 2,430,747 | 59,013,667 | 2.27% | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 2,484,789 | 58,993,475 | 2.22% | -0.03% |
| 2024 | 2,538,952 | 58,986,023 | 2.18% | -0.01% |
| 2025 | 2,593,130 | 58,790,597 | 2.13% | -0.33% |
| 2026 | 2,647,397 | 58,571,823 | 2.09% | -0.37% |
| 2027 | 2,701,860 | 58,335,864 | 2.06% | -0.4% |
| 2028 | 2,756,474 | 58,094,373 | 2.02% | -0.41% |
| 2029 | 2,811,348 | 57,851,042 | 1.99% | -0.42% |
| 2030 | 2,866,668 | 57,597,622 | 1.97% | -0.44% |
| 2031 | 2,922,503 | 57,333,277 | 1.95% | -0.46% |
| 2032 | 2,978,812 | 57,071,235 | 1.93% | -0.46% |
| 2033 | 3,035,711 | 56,812,747 | 1.91% | -0.45% |
| 2034 | 3,093,221 | 56,548,816 | 1.89% | -0.46% |
| 2035 | 3,151,467 | 56,279,536 | 1.88% | -0.48% |
| 2036 | 3,210,584 | 56,009,844 | 1.88% | -0.48% |
| 2037 | 3,270,304 | 55,737,477 | 1.86% | -0.49% |
| 2038 | 3,330,507 | 55,460,735 | 1.84% | -0.5% |
| 2039 | 3,391,378 | 55,177,508 | 1.83% | -0.51% |
| 2040 | 3,452,985 | 54,889,107 | 1.82% | -0.52% |
| 2041 | 3,515,218 | 54,601,628 | 1.8% | -0.52% |
| 2042 | 3,577,745 | 54,307,412 | 1.78% | -0.54% |
| 2043 | 3,640,570 | 53,997,106 | 1.76% | -0.57% |
| 2044 | 3,703,794 | 53,679,603 | 1.74% | -0.59% |
| 2045 | 3,767,430 | 53,357,669 | 1.72% | -0.6% |
| 2046 | 3,831,211 | 53,025,288 | 1.69% | -0.62% |
| 2047 | 3,894,840 | 52,680,150 | 1.66% | -0.65% |
| 2048 | 3,958,294 | 52,324,241 | 1.63% | -0.68% |
| 2049 | 4,021,470 | 51,959,050 | 1.6% | -0.7% |
| 2050 | 4,084,535 | 51,579,060 | 1.57% | -0.73% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Gabon increased by 577,494 people (a 39.5% growth), while Italy gained 2,062,923 people (a 3.55% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Gabon gained 595,732 (a 29.2% growth), while Italy's population decreased by -1,439,008 (a 2.39% decline).
Gabon was ranked 147th most populous country in 2005 and is 142nd in 2025. Italy was ranked 23rd in 2005 and ranked 25th 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 Italy will decrease by 12.3% to 51,579,060 people and rank change from 25th to 40th.
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Population differences between Gabon and Italy
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| Life expectancy | 68.7 years | 84 years |
| Average age | 26.2 years | 46.5 years |
| Median age | 22.6 years | 48.8 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50.8:49.2 | 48.9:51.1 |
| Fertility rate | 3.65 births per woman | 1.2 births per woman |
| Population density | 25.5 ppl/mi² | 517 ppl/mi² |
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