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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Gabon	Jamaica	Gabon	Jamaica
1960	512,316	1,650,005	-	-
1961	518,266	1,673,261	1.16%	1.41%
1962	524,649	1,696,932	1.23%	1.41%
1963	531,452	1,721,099	1.3%	1.42%
1964	538,657	1,745,568	1.36%	1.42%
1965	546,308	1,769,192	1.42%	1.35%
1966	554,463	1,791,475	1.49%	1.26%
1967	563,108	1,812,865	1.56%	1.19%
1968	572,257	1,833,765	1.62%	1.15%
1969	583,276	1,855,127	1.93%	1.16%
1970	595,846	1,878,196	2.16%	1.24%
1971	608,348	1,903,728	2.1%	1.36%
1972	620,960	1,931,542	2.07%	1.46%
1973	633,995	1,961,219	2.1%	1.54%
1974	647,691	1,990,906	2.16%	1.51%
1975	662,197	2,018,981	2.24%	1.41%
1976	677,628	2,045,578	2.33%	1.32%
1977	693,984	2,070,657	2.41%	1.23%
1978	711,245	2,094,836	2.49%	1.17%
1979	729,375	2,119,486	2.55%	1.18%
1980	748,389	2,145,658	2.61%	1.23%
1981	768,385	2,173,818	2.67%	1.31%
1982	789,286	2,203,889	2.72%	1.38%
1983	811,005	2,234,832	2.75%	1.4%
1984	833,501	2,264,562	2.77%	1.33%
1985	856,726	2,290,656	2.79%	1.15%
1986	880,705	2,312,125	2.8%	0.94%
1987	905,479	2,329,813	2.81%	0.77%
1988	931,020	2,345,777	2.82%	0.69%
1989	957,138	2,361,916	2.81%	0.69%
1990	983,734	2,379,877	2.78%	0.76%
1991	1,010,818	2,400,869	2.75%	0.88%
1992	1,038,380	2,424,701	2.73%	0.99%
1993	1,066,405	2,449,916	2.7%	1.04%
1994	1,094,720	2,475,220	2.66%	1.03%
1995	1,123,213	2,500,151	2.6%	1.01%
1996	1,152,015	2,524,463	2.56%	0.97%
1997	1,181,439	2,547,848	2.55%	0.93%
1998	1,211,736	2,569,736	2.56%	0.86%
1999	1,243,016	2,589,795	2.58%	0.78%
2000	1,275,572	2,607,826	2.62%	0.7%
2001	1,309,589	2,624,403	2.67%	0.64%
2002	1,345,135	2,640,572	2.71%	0.62%
2003	1,382,350	2,656,623	2.77%	0.61%
2004	1,421,609	2,672,225	2.84%	0.59%
2005	1,463,495	2,687,066	2.95%	0.56%
2006	1,508,337	2,700,968	3.06%	0.52%
2007	1,556,237	2,713,800	3.18%	0.48%
2008	1,607,175	2,725,635	3.27%	0.44%
2009	1,661,556	2,736,995	3.38%	0.42%
2010	1,719,879	2,748,568	3.51%	0.42%
2011	1,781,985	2,760,494	3.61%	0.43%
2012	1,846,889	2,772,430	3.64%	0.43%
2013	1,913,059	2,783,687	3.58%	0.41%
2014	1,978,399	2,793,749	3.42%	0.36%
2015	2,040,989	2,802,534	3.16%	0.31%
2016	2,100,306	2,809,915	2.91%	0.26%
2017	2,156,900	2,815,764	2.69%	0.21%
2018	2,212,318	2,820,097	2.57%	0.15%
2019	2,267,706	2,823,271	2.5%	0.11%
2020	2,322,539	2,830,739	2.42%	0.26%
2021	2,376,722	2,837,682	2.33%	0.25%
2022	2,430,747	2,839,144	2.27%	0.05%
2023	2,484,789	2,839,786	2.22%	0.02%
2024	2,538,952	2,839,175	2.18%	-0.02%
2025	2,593,130	2,837,071	2.13%	-0.07%
2026	2,647,397	2,833,401	2.09%	-0.13%
2027	2,701,860	2,828,530	2.06%	-0.17%
2028	2,756,474	2,822,861	2.02%	-0.2%
2029	2,811,348	2,816,391	1.99%	-0.23%
2030	2,866,668	2,808,946	1.97%	-0.26%
2031	2,922,503	2,800,607	1.95%	-0.3%
2032	2,978,812	2,791,130	1.93%	-0.34%
2033	3,035,711	2,780,468	1.91%	-0.38%
2034	3,093,221	2,768,714	1.89%	-0.42%
2035	3,151,467	2,755,929	1.88%	-0.46%
2036	3,210,584	2,742,071	1.88%	-0.5%
2037	3,270,304	2,726,892	1.86%	-0.55%
2038	3,330,507	2,710,812	1.84%	-0.59%
2039	3,391,378	2,693,901	1.83%	-0.62%
2040	3,452,985	2,676,087	1.82%	-0.66%
2041	3,515,218	2,657,558	1.8%	-0.69%
2042	3,577,745	2,638,085	1.78%	-0.73%
2043	3,640,570	2,617,576	1.76%	-0.78%
2044	3,703,794	2,596,160	1.74%	-0.82%
2045	3,767,430	2,574,074	1.72%	-0.85%
2046	3,831,211	2,551,347	1.69%	-0.88%
2047	3,894,840	2,528,004	1.66%	-0.91%
2048	3,958,294	2,504,191	1.63%	-0.94%
2049	4,021,470	2,479,744	1.6%	-0.98%
2050	4,084,535	2,454,935	1.57%	-1%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Gabon increased by 577,494 people (a 39.5% growth), while Jamaica gained 115,468 people (a 4.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Gabon gained 595,732 (a 29.2% growth), while Jamaica's population increased by 34,537 (a 1.23% growth).

Gabon was ranked 147th most populous country in 2005 and is 142nd in 2025. Jamaica was ranked 135th in 2005 and ranked 140th 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 Jamaica will decrease by 13.5% to 2,454,935 people and rank change from 140th to 144th.