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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Gabon	Malaysia	Gabon	Malaysia
1960	512,316	7,956,197	-	-
1961	518,266	8,164,443	1.16%	2.62%
1962	524,649	8,380,172	1.23%	2.64%
1963	531,452	8,602,160	1.3%	2.65%
1964	538,657	8,828,406	1.36%	2.63%
1965	546,308	9,056,408	1.42%	2.58%
1966	554,463	9,284,688	1.49%	2.52%
1967	563,108	9,507,099	1.56%	2.4%
1968	572,257	9,725,281	1.62%	2.29%
1969	583,276	9,947,597	1.93%	2.29%
1970	595,846	10,178,802	2.16%	2.32%
1971	608,348	10,423,453	2.1%	2.4%
1972	620,960	10,676,835	2.07%	2.43%
1973	633,995	10,935,621	2.1%	2.42%
1974	647,691	11,200,906	2.16%	2.43%
1975	662,197	11,471,914	2.24%	2.42%
1976	677,628	11,750,097	2.33%	2.42%
1977	693,984	12,035,713	2.41%	2.43%
1978	711,245	12,328,157	2.49%	2.43%
1979	729,375	12,627,862	2.55%	2.43%
1980	748,389	12,983,363	2.61%	2.82%
1981	768,385	13,399,203	2.67%	3.2%
1982	789,286	13,832,798	2.72%	3.24%
1983	811,005	14,285,907	2.75%	3.28%
1984	833,501	14,759,009	2.77%	3.31%
1985	856,726	15,252,258	2.79%	3.34%
1986	880,705	15,760,419	2.8%	3.33%
1987	905,479	16,276,737	2.81%	3.28%
1988	931,020	16,796,605	2.82%	3.19%
1989	957,138	17,314,997	2.81%	3.09%
1990	983,734	17,833,171	2.78%	2.99%
1991	1,010,818	18,342,464	2.75%	2.86%
1992	1,038,380	18,834,572	2.73%	2.68%
1993	1,066,405	19,322,664	2.7%	2.59%
1994	1,094,720	19,820,446	2.66%	2.58%
1995	1,123,213	20,330,599	2.6%	2.57%
1996	1,152,015	20,850,087	2.56%	2.56%
1997	1,181,439	21,375,218	2.55%	2.52%
1998	1,211,736	21,906,713	2.56%	2.49%
1999	1,243,016	22,435,531	2.58%	2.41%
2000	1,275,572	22,967,816	2.62%	2.37%
2001	1,309,589	23,526,538	2.67%	2.43%
2002	1,345,135	24,102,477	2.71%	2.45%
2003	1,382,350	24,679,602	2.77%	2.39%
2004	1,421,609	25,256,772	2.84%	2.34%
2005	1,463,495	25,836,071	2.95%	2.29%
2006	1,508,337	26,417,909	3.06%	2.25%
2007	1,556,237	26,998,389	3.18%	2.2%
2008	1,607,175	27,570,059	3.27%	2.12%
2009	1,661,556	28,124,778	3.38%	2.01%
2010	1,719,879	28,655,776	3.51%	1.89%
2011	1,781,985	29,162,039	3.61%	1.77%
2012	1,846,889	29,662,831	3.64%	1.72%
2013	1,913,059	30,174,265	3.58%	1.72%
2014	1,978,399	30,696,137	3.42%	1.73%
2015	2,040,989	31,232,798	3.16%	1.75%
2016	2,100,306	31,789,685	2.91%	1.78%
2017	2,156,900	32,355,644	2.69%	1.78%
2018	2,212,318	32,910,967	2.57%	1.72%
2019	2,267,706	33,440,596	2.5%	1.61%
2020	2,322,539	33,889,558	2.42%	1.34%
2021	2,376,722	34,282,399	2.33%	1.16%
2022	2,430,747	34,695,493	2.27%	1.2%
2023	2,484,789	35,126,298	2.22%	1.24%
2024	2,538,952	35,557,673	2.18%	1.23%
2025	2,593,130	35,977,838	2.13%	1.18%
2026	2,647,397	36,385,119	2.09%	1.13%
2027	2,701,860	36,785,089	2.06%	1.1%
2028	2,756,474	37,182,773	2.02%	1.08%
2029	2,811,348	37,574,292	1.99%	1.05%
2030	2,866,668	37,961,722	1.97%	1.03%
2031	2,922,503	38,347,786	1.95%	1.02%
2032	2,978,812	38,728,383	1.93%	0.99%
2033	3,035,711	39,097,871	1.91%	0.95%
2034	3,093,221	39,457,849	1.89%	0.92%
2035	3,151,467	39,814,834	1.88%	0.9%
2036	3,210,584	40,166,904	1.88%	0.88%
2037	3,270,304	40,512,289	1.86%	0.86%
2038	3,330,507	40,853,318	1.84%	0.84%
2039	3,391,378	41,185,892	1.83%	0.81%
2040	3,452,985	41,509,646	1.82%	0.79%
2041	3,515,218	41,828,594	1.8%	0.77%
2042	3,577,745	42,144,474	1.78%	0.76%
2043	3,640,570	42,455,952	1.76%	0.74%
2044	3,703,794	42,754,140	1.74%	0.7%
2045	3,767,430	43,038,205	1.72%	0.66%
2046	3,831,211	43,313,754	1.69%	0.64%
2047	3,894,840	43,580,459	1.66%	0.62%
2048	3,958,294	43,831,577	1.63%	0.58%
2049	4,021,470	44,065,538	1.6%	0.53%
2050	4,084,535	44,289,765	1.57%	0.51%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Gabon increased by 577,494 people (a 39.5% growth), while Malaysia gained 5,396,727 people (a 20.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Gabon gained 595,732 (a 29.2% growth), while Malaysia's population increased by 5,072,200 (a 16.2% growth).

Gabon was ranked 147th most populous country in 2005 and is 142nd in 2025. Malaysia was ranked 44th in 2005 and ranked 45th 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 Malaysia will increase by 22% to 44,289,765 people and rank change from 45th to 49th.