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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Gabon was 2,538,952 in 2024 vs 34,631,766 people in Mozambique in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Gabon's population is 2,636,721 people compared to 36,441,519 in Mozambique.

Population statistics:

  • Mozambique's population is 13.8 times bigger than Gabon's.
  • Gabon is ranked the 142nd most populous country in the world, while Mozambique is the 43rd.
  • The countries together account for 0.47% of the world: 0.03% for Gabon vs 0.44% for Mozambique.
  • For the last 10 years, Gabon has had an average growth rate of +2.61% per year vs +2.99% in Mozambique.
  • Since 2005, the population of Gabon has increased from 1.46M people to 2.64M (80.2% growth), while Mozambique has grown from 20.3M to 36.4M (79.5% growth).
  • Gabon is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 6.9M people compared to the peak of 104M people in 2100 for Mozambique.

Gabon vs Mozambique: live population counter

Gabon Mozambique
Current population
2636721
36441519
Population rank 142/197 43/197
Percent of world population 0.03% 0.44%
One net population change
9.7 minutes
31.6 seconds
One birth every
7.65 minutes
25 seconds
One death every
33.7 minutes
2.23 minutes
One migration net change every
7.93 hours
13.5 minutes
Annual migration change +1,105 -38,940
Daily growth/decline +148 +2,730
Annual growth/decline +54,163 +996,606
Annual growth/decline rate +2.18% +2.96%
Population growth rate rank 46/197 17/197

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

Gabon
Population

Growth rate
Mozambique
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Gabon Mozambique Gabon Mozambique
1960 512,316 6,713,695 - -
1961 518,266 6,834,936 1.16% 1.81%
1962 524,649 6,969,364 1.23% 1.97%
1963 531,452 7,109,828 1.3% 2.02%
1964 538,657 7,255,061 1.36% 2.04%
1965 546,308 7,406,421 1.42% 2.09%
1966 554,463 7,562,990 1.49% 2.11%
1967 563,108 7,724,550 1.56% 2.14%
1968 572,257 7,892,613 1.62% 2.18%
1969 583,276 8,066,951 1.93% 2.21%
1970 595,846 8,250,506 2.16% 2.28%
1971 608,348 8,456,317 2.1% 2.49%
1972 620,960 8,692,935 2.07% 2.8%
1973 633,995 8,954,242 2.1% 3.01%
1974 647,691 9,236,093 2.16% 3.15%
1975 662,197 9,540,817 2.24% 3.3%
1976 677,628 9,867,209 2.33% 3.42%
1977 693,984 10,224,975 2.41% 3.63%
1978 711,245 10,618,250 2.49% 3.85%
1979 729,375 11,028,809 2.55% 3.87%
1980 748,389 11,336,221 2.61% 2.79%
1981 768,385 11,568,127 2.67% 2.05%
1982 789,286 11,824,370 2.72% 2.22%
1983 811,005 12,073,822 2.75% 2.11%
1984 833,501 12,315,954 2.77% 2.01%
1985 856,726 12,548,949 2.79% 1.89%
1986 880,705 12,770,578 2.8% 1.77%
1987 905,479 12,822,574 2.81% 0.41%
1988 931,020 12,800,558 2.82% -0.17%
1989 957,138 12,906,842 2.81% 0.83%
1990 983,734 13,094,537 2.78% 1.45%
1991 1,010,818 13,352,090 2.75% 1.97%
1992 1,038,380 13,613,316 2.73% 1.96%
1993 1,066,405 14,051,192 2.7% 3.22%
1994 1,094,720 15,033,853 2.66% 6.99%
1995 1,123,213 15,960,530 2.6% 6.16%
1996 1,152,015 16,492,480 2.56% 3.33%
1997 1,181,439 16,949,982 2.55% 2.77%
1998 1,211,736 17,340,464 2.56% 2.3%
1999 1,243,016 17,734,506 2.58% 2.27%
2000 1,275,572 18,129,653 2.62% 2.23%
2001 1,309,589 18,537,729 2.67% 2.25%
2002 1,345,135 18,958,338 2.71% 2.27%
2003 1,382,350 19,392,475 2.77% 2.29%
2004 1,421,609 19,840,313 2.84% 2.31%
2005 1,463,495 20,304,569 2.95% 2.34%
2006 1,508,337 20,787,087 3.06% 2.38%
2007 1,556,237 21,287,635 3.18% 2.41%
2008 1,607,175 21,819,036 3.27% 2.5%
2009 1,661,556 22,391,745 3.38% 2.62%
2010 1,719,879 22,999,235 3.51% 2.71%
2011 1,781,985 23,649,039 3.61% 2.83%
2012 1,846,889 24,337,846 3.64% 2.91%
2013 1,913,059 25,051,611 3.58% 2.93%
2014 1,978,399 25,788,475 3.42% 2.94%
2015 2,040,989 26,547,572 3.16% 2.94%
2016 2,100,306 27,337,105 2.91% 2.97%
2017 2,156,900 28,166,393 2.69% 3.03%
2018 2,212,318 29,018,644 2.57% 3.03%
2019 2,267,706 29,884,380 2.5% 2.98%
2020 2,322,539 30,783,688 2.42% 3.01%
2021 2,376,722 31,707,800 2.33% 3%
2022 2,430,747 32,656,246 2.27% 2.99%
2023 2,484,789 33,635,160 2.22% 3%
2024 2,538,952 34,631,766 2.18% 2.96%
2025 2,593,130 35,631,656 2.13% 2.89%
2026 2,647,397 36,639,853 2.09% 2.83%
2027 2,701,860 37,668,656 2.06% 2.81%
2028 2,756,474 38,714,097 2.02% 2.78%
2029 2,811,348 39,774,947 1.99% 2.74%
2030 2,866,668 40,846,749 1.97% 2.69%
2031 2,922,503 41,931,250 1.95% 2.66%
2032 2,978,812 43,032,887 1.93% 2.63%
2033 3,035,711 44,144,533 1.91% 2.58%
2034 3,093,221 45,273,522 1.89% 2.56%
2035 3,151,467 46,411,774 1.88% 2.51%
2036 3,210,584 47,548,671 1.88% 2.45%
2037 3,270,304 48,684,563 1.86% 2.39%
2038 3,330,507 49,822,039 1.84% 2.34%
2039 3,391,378 50,971,124 1.83% 2.31%
2040 3,452,985 52,124,215 1.82% 2.26%
2041 3,515,218 53,271,004 1.8% 2.2%
2042 3,577,745 54,423,407 1.78% 2.16%
2043 3,640,570 55,574,711 1.76% 2.12%
2044 3,703,794 56,716,585 1.74% 2.05%
2045 3,767,430 57,851,787 1.72% 2%
2046 3,831,211 58,981,102 1.69% 1.95%
2047 3,894,840 60,117,587 1.66% 1.93%
2048 3,958,294 61,254,584 1.63% 1.89%
2049 4,021,470 62,397,018 1.6% 1.87%
2050 4,084,535 63,530,955 1.57% 1.82%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Gabon increased by 577,494 people (a 39.5% growth), while Mozambique gained 6,243,003 people (a 30.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Gabon gained 595,732 (a 29.2% growth), while Mozambique's population increased by 9,893,947 (a 37.3% growth).

Gabon was ranked 147th most populous country in 2005 and is 142nd in 2025. Mozambique was ranked 52nd in 2005 and ranked 43rd 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 Mozambique will increase by 74.3% to 63,530,955 people and rank change from 43rd to 32nd.

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