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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Gabon	Kenya	Gabon	Kenya
1960	512,316	7,695,307	-	-
1961	518,266	7,987,770	1.16%	3.8%
1962	524,649	8,299,308	1.23%	3.9%
1963	531,452	8,627,971	1.3%	3.96%
1964	538,657	8,973,535	1.36%	4.01%
1965	546,308	9,338,078	1.42%	4.06%
1966	554,463	9,717,816	1.49%	4.07%
1967	563,108	10,111,057	1.56%	4.05%
1968	572,257	10,518,823	1.62%	4.03%
1969	583,276	10,939,695	1.93%	4%
1970	595,846	11,368,791	2.16%	3.92%
1971	608,348	11,788,904	2.1%	3.7%
1972	620,960	12,206,060	2.07%	3.54%
1973	633,995	12,634,835	2.1%	3.51%
1974	647,691	13,070,078	2.16%	3.44%
1975	662,197	13,511,671	2.24%	3.38%
1976	677,628	13,957,623	2.33%	3.3%
1977	693,984	14,428,819	2.41%	3.38%
1978	711,245	14,934,126	2.49%	3.5%
1979	729,375	15,460,666	2.55%	3.53%
1980	748,389	16,018,459	2.61%	3.61%
1981	768,385	16,601,507	2.67%	3.64%
1982	789,286	17,206,175	2.72%	3.64%
1983	811,005	17,846,374	2.75%	3.72%
1984	833,501	18,514,906	2.77%	3.75%
1985	856,726	19,201,768	2.79%	3.71%
1986	880,705	19,901,646	2.8%	3.64%
1987	905,479	20,616,096	2.81%	3.59%
1988	931,020	21,356,219	2.82%	3.59%
1989	957,138	22,118,434	2.81%	3.57%
1990	983,734	22,892,651	2.78%	3.5%
1991	1,010,818	23,646,514	2.75%	3.29%
1992	1,038,380	24,382,460	2.73%	3.11%
1993	1,066,405	25,117,188	2.7%	3.01%
1994	1,094,720	25,857,130	2.66%	2.95%
1995	1,123,213	26,601,751	2.6%	2.88%
1996	1,152,015	27,344,211	2.56%	2.79%
1997	1,181,439	28,101,768	2.55%	2.77%
1998	1,211,736	28,888,057	2.56%	2.8%
1999	1,243,016	29,733,408	2.58%	2.93%
2000	1,275,572	30,642,890	2.62%	3.06%
2001	1,309,589	31,619,170	2.67%	3.19%
2002	1,345,135	32,629,808	2.71%	3.2%
2003	1,382,350	33,652,223	2.77%	3.13%
2004	1,421,609	34,713,455	2.84%	3.15%
2005	1,463,495	35,796,484	2.95%	3.12%
2006	1,508,337	36,904,008	3.06%	3.09%
2007	1,556,237	38,036,349	3.18%	3.07%
2008	1,607,175	39,206,351	3.27%	3.08%
2009	1,661,556	40,408,891	3.38%	3.07%
2010	1,719,879	41,598,567	3.51%	2.94%
2011	1,781,985	42,758,461	3.61%	2.79%
2012	1,846,889	43,888,303	3.64%	2.64%
2013	1,913,059	44,986,791	3.58%	2.5%
2014	1,978,399	46,051,440	3.42%	2.37%
2015	2,040,989	47,088,526	3.16%	2.25%
2016	2,100,306	48,139,687	2.91%	2.23%
2017	2,156,900	49,197,766	2.69%	2.2%
2018	2,212,318	50,207,107	2.57%	2.05%
2019	2,267,706	51,202,827	2.5%	1.98%
2020	2,322,539	52,217,334	2.42%	1.98%
2021	2,376,722	53,219,166	2.33%	1.92%
2022	2,430,747	54,252,461	2.27%	1.94%
2023	2,484,789	55,339,003	2.22%	2%
2024	2,538,952	56,432,944	2.18%	1.98%
2025	2,593,130	57,532,489	2.13%	1.95%
2026	2,647,397	58,636,403	2.09%	1.92%
2027	2,701,860	59,745,751	2.06%	1.89%
2028	2,756,474	60,860,444	2.02%	1.87%
2029	2,811,348	61,979,186	1.99%	1.84%
2030	2,866,668	63,102,241	1.97%	1.81%
2031	2,922,503	64,230,108	1.95%	1.79%
2032	2,978,812	65,359,031	1.93%	1.76%
2033	3,035,711	66,484,805	1.91%	1.72%
2034	3,093,221	67,604,628	1.89%	1.68%
2035	3,151,467	68,715,909	1.88%	1.64%
2036	3,210,584	69,818,887	1.88%	1.61%
2037	3,270,304	70,910,404	1.86%	1.56%
2038	3,330,507	71,990,929	1.84%	1.52%
2039	3,391,378	73,057,760	1.83%	1.48%
2040	3,452,985	74,108,858	1.82%	1.44%
2041	3,515,218	75,144,357	1.8%	1.4%
2042	3,577,745	76,161,719	1.78%	1.35%
2043	3,640,570	77,159,121	1.76%	1.31%
2044	3,703,794	78,134,979	1.74%	1.26%
2045	3,767,430	79,088,832	1.72%	1.22%
2046	3,831,211	80,022,371	1.69%	1.18%
2047	3,894,840	80,938,635	1.66%	1.15%
2048	3,958,294	81,837,657	1.63%	1.11%
2049	4,021,470	82,721,766	1.6%	1.08%
2050	4,084,535	83,593,232	1.57%	1.05%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Gabon increased by 577,494 people (a 39.5% growth), while Kenya gained 11,292,042 people (a 31.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Gabon gained 595,732 (a 29.2% growth), while Kenya's population increased by 11,330,713 (a 24.1% growth).

Gabon was ranked 147th most populous country in 2005 and is 142nd in 2025. Kenya was ranked 33rd in 2005 and ranked 26th 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 Kenya will increase by 43.1% to 83,593,232 people and rank change from 26th to 22nd.