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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Gabon	Namibia	Gabon	Namibia
1960	512,316	591,465	-	-
1961	518,266	603,067	1.16%	1.96%
1962	524,649	615,759	1.23%	2.1%
1963	531,452	629,589	1.3%	2.25%
1964	538,657	644,530	1.36%	2.37%
1965	546,308	660,558	1.42%	2.49%
1966	554,463	677,655	1.49%	2.59%
1967	563,108	696,045	1.56%	2.71%
1968	572,257	715,542	1.62%	2.8%
1969	583,276	736,120	1.93%	2.88%
1970	595,846	757,868	2.16%	2.95%
1971	608,348	780,584	2.1%	3%
1972	620,960	804,399	2.07%	3.05%
1973	633,995	828,928	2.1%	3.05%
1974	647,691	854,320	2.16%	3.06%
1975	662,197	881,032	2.24%	3.13%
1976	677,628	906,566	2.33%	2.9%
1977	693,984	931,104	2.41%	2.71%
1978	711,245	947,269	2.49%	1.74%
1979	729,375	962,825	2.55%	1.64%
1980	748,389	981,434	2.61%	1.93%
1981	768,385	992,500	2.67%	1.13%
1982	789,286	1,010,308	2.72%	1.79%
1983	811,005	1,037,511	2.75%	2.69%
1984	833,501	1,065,989	2.77%	2.74%
1985	856,726	1,096,890	2.79%	2.9%
1986	880,705	1,131,081	2.8%	3.12%
1987	905,479	1,167,889	2.81%	3.25%
1988	931,020	1,209,696	2.82%	3.58%
1989	957,138	1,288,947	2.81%	6.55%
1990	983,734	1,369,303	2.78%	6.23%
1991	1,010,818	1,415,684	2.75%	3.39%
1992	1,038,380	1,461,322	2.73%	3.22%
1993	1,066,405	1,508,697	2.7%	3.24%
1994	1,094,720	1,556,304	2.66%	3.16%
1995	1,123,213	1,602,170	2.6%	2.95%
1996	1,152,015	1,646,103	2.56%	2.74%
1997	1,181,439	1,689,264	2.55%	2.62%
1998	1,211,736	1,732,745	2.56%	2.57%
1999	1,243,016	1,776,368	2.58%	2.52%
2000	1,275,572	1,818,647	2.62%	2.38%
2001	1,309,589	1,857,048	2.67%	2.11%
2002	1,345,135	1,889,970	2.71%	1.77%
2003	1,382,350	1,917,464	2.77%	1.45%
2004	1,421,609	1,942,082	2.84%	1.28%
2005	1,463,495	1,966,582	2.95%	1.26%
2006	1,508,337	1,991,888	3.06%	1.29%
2007	1,556,237	2,018,600	3.18%	1.34%
2008	1,607,175	2,047,056	3.27%	1.41%
2009	1,661,556	2,077,394	3.38%	1.48%
2010	1,719,879	2,109,811	3.51%	1.56%
2011	1,781,985	2,146,325	3.61%	1.73%
2012	1,846,889	2,194,654	3.64%	2.25%
2013	1,913,059	2,252,508	3.58%	2.64%
2014	1,978,399	2,312,139	3.42%	2.65%
2015	2,040,989	2,374,300	3.16%	2.69%
2016	2,100,306	2,439,213	2.91%	2.73%
2017	2,156,900	2,506,853	2.69%	2.77%
2018	2,212,318	2,577,327	2.57%	2.81%
2019	2,267,706	2,650,494	2.5%	2.84%
2020	2,322,539	2,728,762	2.42%	2.95%
2021	2,376,722	2,810,548	2.33%	3%
2022	2,430,747	2,889,662	2.27%	2.81%
2023	2,484,789	2,963,095	2.22%	2.54%
2024	2,538,952	3,030,131	2.18%	2.26%
2025	2,593,130	3,092,826	2.13%	2.07%
2026	2,647,397	3,153,252	2.09%	1.95%
2027	2,701,860	3,212,910	2.06%	1.89%
2028	2,756,474	3,272,166	2.02%	1.84%
2029	2,811,348	3,330,819	1.99%	1.79%
2030	2,866,668	3,389,961	1.97%	1.78%
2031	2,922,503	3,449,508	1.95%	1.76%
2032	2,978,812	3,508,245	1.93%	1.7%
2033	3,035,711	3,565,349	1.91%	1.63%
2034	3,093,221	3,621,829	1.89%	1.58%
2035	3,151,467	3,678,888	1.88%	1.58%
2036	3,210,584	3,735,939	1.88%	1.55%
2037	3,270,304	3,792,807	1.86%	1.52%
2038	3,330,507	3,850,310	1.84%	1.52%
2039	3,391,378	3,907,182	1.83%	1.48%
2040	3,452,985	3,962,414	1.82%	1.41%
2041	3,515,218	4,017,690	1.8%	1.4%
2042	3,577,745	4,073,359	1.78%	1.39%
2043	3,640,570	4,129,577	1.76%	1.38%
2044	3,703,794	4,186,114	1.74%	1.37%
2045	3,767,430	4,243,359	1.72%	1.37%
2046	3,831,211	4,299,969	1.69%	1.33%
2047	3,894,840	4,355,507	1.66%	1.29%
2048	3,958,294	4,409,459	1.63%	1.24%
2049	4,021,470	4,460,507	1.6%	1.16%
2050	4,084,535	4,512,307	1.57%	1.16%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Gabon increased by 577,494 people (a 39.5% growth), while Namibia gained 407,718 people (a 20.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Gabon gained 595,732 (a 29.2% growth), while Namibia's population increased by 767,064 (a 32.3% growth).

Gabon was ranked 147th most populous country in 2005 and is 142nd in 2025. Namibia was ranked 143rd in 2005 and ranked 134th 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 Namibia will increase by 43.6% to 4,512,307 people and rank change from 134th to 131st.