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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Gabon	Malawi	Gabon	Malawi
1960	512,316	3,628,134	-	-
1961	518,266	3,715,534	1.16%	2.41%
1962	524,649	3,806,307	1.23%	2.44%
1963	531,452	3,900,506	1.3%	2.47%
1964	538,657	3,997,305	1.36%	2.48%
1965	546,308	4,096,157	1.42%	2.47%
1966	554,463	4,197,926	1.49%	2.48%
1967	563,108	4,303,012	1.56%	2.5%
1968	572,257	4,411,054	1.62%	2.51%
1969	583,276	4,521,184	1.93%	2.5%
1970	595,846	4,633,944	2.16%	2.49%
1971	608,348	4,751,434	2.1%	2.54%
1972	620,960	4,874,475	2.07%	2.59%
1973	633,995	5,003,938	2.1%	2.66%
1974	647,691	5,141,337	2.16%	2.75%
1975	662,197	5,287,367	2.24%	2.84%
1976	677,628	5,443,384	2.33%	2.95%
1977	693,984	5,614,983	2.41%	3.15%
1978	711,245	5,810,132	2.49%	3.48%
1979	729,375	6,028,749	2.55%	3.76%
1980	748,389	6,265,529	2.61%	3.93%
1981	768,385	6,516,454	2.67%	4%
1982	789,286	6,778,879	2.72%	4.03%
1983	811,005	7,051,709	2.75%	4.02%
1984	833,501	7,332,810	2.77%	3.99%
1985	856,726	7,620,508	2.79%	3.92%
1986	880,705	7,906,480	2.8%	3.75%
1987	905,479	8,293,174	2.81%	4.89%
1988	931,020	8,753,262	2.82%	5.55%
1989	957,138	9,176,220	2.81%	4.83%
1990	983,734	9,545,852	2.78%	4.03%
1991	1,010,818	9,844,227	2.75%	3.13%
1992	1,038,380	10,135,079	2.73%	2.95%
1993	1,066,405	10,284,024	2.7%	1.47%
1994	1,094,720	10,164,894	2.66%	-1.16%
1995	1,123,213	10,150,117	2.6%	-0.15%
1996	1,152,015	10,352,228	2.56%	1.99%
1997	1,181,439	10,562,035	2.55%	2.03%
1998	1,211,736	10,792,876	2.56%	2.19%
1999	1,243,016	11,047,804	2.58%	2.36%
2000	1,275,572	11,315,942	2.62%	2.43%
2001	1,309,589	11,593,058	2.67%	2.45%
2002	1,345,135	11,880,440	2.71%	2.48%
2003	1,382,350	12,181,574	2.77%	2.53%
2004	1,421,609	12,500,737	2.84%	2.62%
2005	1,463,495	12,840,031	2.95%	2.71%
2006	1,508,337	13,198,701	3.06%	2.79%
2007	1,556,237	13,576,343	3.18%	2.86%
2008	1,607,175	13,976,417	3.27%	2.95%
2009	1,661,556	14,395,788	3.38%	3%
2010	1,719,879	14,826,463	3.51%	2.99%
2011	1,781,985	15,265,022	3.61%	2.96%
2012	1,846,889	15,709,577	3.64%	2.91%
2013	1,913,059	16,161,816	3.58%	2.88%
2014	1,978,399	16,621,538	3.42%	2.84%
2015	2,040,989	17,085,587	3.16%	2.79%
2016	2,100,306	17,557,739	2.91%	2.76%
2017	2,156,900	18,039,715	2.69%	2.75%
2018	2,212,318	18,528,081	2.57%	2.71%
2019	2,267,706	19,025,752	2.5%	2.69%
2020	2,322,539	19,533,888	2.42%	2.67%
2021	2,376,722	20,047,258	2.33%	2.63%
2022	2,430,747	20,568,728	2.27%	2.6%
2023	2,484,789	21,104,482	2.22%	2.6%
2024	2,538,952	21,655,286	2.18%	2.61%
2025	2,593,130	22,216,113	2.13%	2.59%
2026	2,647,397	22,785,530	2.09%	2.56%
2027	2,701,860	23,366,187	2.06%	2.55%
2028	2,756,474	23,954,450	2.02%	2.52%
2029	2,811,348	24,553,499	1.99%	2.5%
2030	2,866,668	25,160,293	1.97%	2.47%
2031	2,922,503	25,763,534	1.95%	2.4%
2032	2,978,812	26,366,760	1.93%	2.34%
2033	3,035,711	26,978,417	1.91%	2.32%
2034	3,093,221	27,595,295	1.89%	2.29%
2035	3,151,467	28,213,784	1.88%	2.24%
2036	3,210,584	28,835,595	1.88%	2.2%
2037	3,270,304	29,462,509	1.86%	2.17%
2038	3,330,507	30,081,741	1.84%	2.1%
2039	3,391,378	30,691,578	1.83%	2.03%
2040	3,452,985	31,302,092	1.82%	1.99%
2041	3,515,218	31,911,242	1.8%	1.95%
2042	3,577,745	32,517,509	1.78%	1.9%
2043	3,640,570	33,122,481	1.76%	1.86%
2044	3,703,794	33,736,523	1.74%	1.85%
2045	3,767,430	34,350,947	1.72%	1.82%
2046	3,831,211	34,959,606	1.69%	1.77%
2047	3,894,840	35,567,989	1.66%	1.74%
2048	3,958,294	36,165,757	1.63%	1.68%
2049	4,021,470	36,760,998	1.6%	1.65%
2050	4,084,535	37,361,672	1.57%	1.63%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Gabon increased by 577,494 people (a 39.5% growth), while Malawi gained 4,245,556 people (a 33.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Gabon gained 595,732 (a 29.2% growth), while Malawi's population increased by 5,587,926 (a 32.7% growth).

Gabon was ranked 147th most populous country in 2005 and is 142nd in 2025. Malawi was ranked 69th in 2005 and ranked 61st 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 Malawi will increase by 64.8% to 37,361,672 people and rank change from 61st to 55th.