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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Gabon was 2,538,952 in 2024 vs 527,799 people in Maldives in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Gabon's population is 2,636,721 people compared to 531,152 in Maldives.

Population statistics:

  • Gabon's population is 4.96 times bigger than Maldives'.
  • Gabon is ranked the 142nd most populous country in the world, while Maldives is the 168th.
  • The countries together account for 0.04% of the world: 0.03% for Gabon vs 0.006% for Maldives.
  • For the last 10 years, Gabon has had an average growth rate of +2.61% per year vs +2.56% in Maldives.
  • Since 2005, the population of Gabon has increased from 1.46M people to 2.64M (80.2% growth), while Maldives has grown from 306K to 531K (73.3% growth).
  • Gabon is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 6.9M people compared to the peak of 597K people in 2057 for Maldives.

Gabon vs Maldives: live population counter

Gabon Maldives
Current population
2636721
531152
Population rank 142/197 168/197
Percent of world population 0.03% 0.006%
One net population change
9.7 minutes
4.85 hours
One birth every
7.65 minutes
1.51 hours
One death every
33.7 minutes
7.13 hours
One migration net change every
7.93 hours
3.62 hours
Annual migration change +1,105 -2,421
Daily growth/decline +148 +5
Annual growth/decline +54,163 +1,805
Annual growth/decline rate +2.18% +0.34%
Population growth rate rank 46/197 145/197

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

Gabon
Population

Growth rate
Maldives
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Gabon Maldives Gabon Maldives
1960 512,316 91,189 - -
1961 518,266 93,450 1.16% 2.48%
1962 524,649 95,802 1.23% 2.52%
1963 531,452 98,222 1.3% 2.53%
1964 538,657 100,662 1.36% 2.48%
1965 546,308 104,102 1.42% 3.42%
1966 554,463 108,507 1.49% 4.23%
1967 563,108 112,528 1.56% 3.71%
1968 572,257 116,075 1.62% 3.15%
1969 583,276 119,564 1.93% 3.01%
1970 595,846 123,219 2.16% 3.06%
1971 608,348 127,035 2.1% 3.1%
1972 620,960 130,968 2.07% 3.1%
1973 633,995 134,952 2.1% 3.04%
1974 647,691 138,978 2.16% 2.98%
1975 662,197 143,158 2.24% 3.01%
1976 677,628 147,525 2.33% 3.05%
1977 693,984 151,930 2.41% 2.99%
1978 711,245 156,159 2.49% 2.78%
1979 729,375 160,360 2.55% 2.69%
1980 748,389 164,835 2.61% 2.79%
1981 768,385 169,532 2.67% 2.85%
1982 789,286 174,333 2.72% 2.83%
1983 811,005 179,128 2.75% 2.75%
1984 833,501 184,198 2.77% 2.83%
1985 856,726 190,169 2.79% 3.24%
1986 880,705 196,935 2.8% 3.56%
1987 905,479 203,944 2.81% 3.56%
1988 931,020 210,885 2.82% 3.4%
1989 957,138 217,738 2.81% 3.25%
1990 983,734 224,762 2.78% 3.23%
1991 1,010,818 231,802 2.75% 3.13%
1992 1,038,380 238,543 2.73% 2.91%
1993 1,066,405 244,884 2.7% 2.66%
1994 1,094,720 250,822 2.66% 2.42%
1995 1,123,213 256,649 2.6% 2.32%
1996 1,152,015 262,347 2.56% 2.22%
1997 1,181,439 267,707 2.55% 2.04%
1998 1,211,736 272,723 2.56% 1.87%
1999 1,243,016 277,412 2.58% 1.72%
2000 1,275,572 282,019 2.62% 1.66%
2001 1,309,589 286,767 2.67% 1.68%
2002 1,345,135 291,616 2.71% 1.69%
2003 1,382,350 296,491 2.77% 1.67%
2004 1,421,609 301,413 2.84% 1.66%
2005 1,463,495 306,429 2.95% 1.66%
2006 1,508,337 313,851 3.06% 2.42%
2007 1,556,237 324,479 3.18% 3.39%
2008 1,607,175 336,170 3.27% 3.6%
2009 1,661,556 348,275 3.38% 3.6%
2010 1,719,879 360,792 3.51% 3.59%
2011 1,781,985 373,674 3.61% 3.57%
2012 1,846,889 386,818 3.64% 3.52%
2013 1,913,059 400,070 3.58% 3.43%
2014 1,978,399 413,617 3.42% 3.39%
2015 2,040,989 428,154 3.16% 3.51%
2016 2,100,306 443,308 2.91% 3.54%
2017 2,156,900 458,287 2.69% 3.38%
2018 2,212,318 473,099 2.57% 3.23%
2019 2,267,706 487,731 2.5% 3.09%
2020 2,322,539 502,118 2.42% 2.95%
2021 2,376,722 516,154 2.33% 2.8%
2022 2,430,747 524,106 2.27% 1.54%
2023 2,484,789 525,994 2.22% 0.36%
2024 2,538,952 527,799 2.18% 0.34%
2025 2,593,130 529,677 2.13% 0.36%
2026 2,647,397 531,514 2.09% 0.35%
2027 2,701,860 533,433 2.06% 0.36%
2028 2,756,474 535,502 2.02% 0.39%
2029 2,811,348 537,574 1.99% 0.39%
2030 2,866,668 539,667 1.97% 0.39%
2031 2,922,503 541,929 1.95% 0.42%
2032 2,978,812 544,288 1.93% 0.44%
2033 3,035,711 546,723 1.91% 0.45%
2034 3,093,221 549,162 1.89% 0.45%
2035 3,151,467 551,599 1.88% 0.44%
2036 3,210,584 554,092 1.88% 0.45%
2037 3,270,304 556,637 1.86% 0.46%
2038 3,330,507 559,231 1.84% 0.47%
2039 3,391,378 561,958 1.83% 0.49%
2040 3,452,985 564,800 1.82% 0.51%
2041 3,515,218 567,606 1.8% 0.5%
2042 3,577,745 570,381 1.78% 0.49%
2043 3,640,570 573,138 1.76% 0.48%
2044 3,703,794 575,811 1.74% 0.47%
2045 3,767,430 578,459 1.72% 0.46%
2046 3,831,211 581,026 1.69% 0.44%
2047 3,894,840 583,393 1.66% 0.41%
2048 3,958,294 585,720 1.63% 0.4%
2049 4,021,470 587,988 1.6% 0.39%
2050 4,084,535 589,960 1.57% 0.34%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Gabon increased by 577,494 people (a 39.5% growth), while Maldives gained 121,725 people (a 39.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Gabon gained 595,732 (a 29.2% growth), while Maldives' population increased by 102,998 (a 24.1% growth).

Gabon was ranked 147th most populous country in 2005 and is 142nd in 2025. Maldives was ranked 171st in 2005 and ranked 168th 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 Maldives will increase by 11.1% to 589,960 people and rank change from 168th to 166th.

Biggest cities by population

Gabon
City Population
Libreville 899K
Port-Gentil 136K
Maldives
City Population
Male 133K
Hulhumale 50K

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