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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Gabon	Nigeria	Gabon	Nigeria
1960	512,316	45,053,782	-	-
1961	518,266	45,989,310	1.16%	2.08%
1962	524,649	46,965,292	1.23%	2.12%
1963	531,452	47,973,575	1.3%	2.15%
1964	538,657	49,012,016	1.36%	2.16%
1965	546,308	50,086,764	1.42%	2.19%
1966	554,463	51,188,234	1.49%	2.2%
1967	563,108	52,293,065	1.56%	2.16%
1968	572,257	53,432,783	1.62%	2.18%
1969	583,276	54,631,914	1.93%	2.24%
1970	595,846	55,893,838	2.16%	2.31%
1971	608,348	57,214,684	2.1%	2.36%
1972	620,960	58,601,748	2.07%	2.42%
1973	633,995	60,082,139	2.1%	2.53%
1974	647,691	61,679,144	2.16%	2.66%
1975	662,197	63,410,815	2.24%	2.81%
1976	677,628	65,258,009	2.33%	2.91%
1977	693,984	67,234,590	2.41%	3.03%
1978	711,245	69,326,532	2.49%	3.11%
1979	729,375	71,498,242	2.55%	3.13%
1980	748,389	73,764,641	2.61%	3.17%
1981	768,385	76,068,103	2.67%	3.12%
1982	789,286	78,378,701	2.72%	3.04%
1983	811,005	80,438,260	2.75%	2.63%
1984	833,501	82,526,443	2.77%	2.6%
1985	856,726	84,897,973	2.79%	2.87%
1986	880,705	87,235,953	2.8%	2.75%
1987	905,479	89,591,716	2.81%	2.7%
1988	931,020	92,020,090	2.82%	2.71%
1989	957,138	94,531,014	2.81%	2.73%
1990	983,734	97,120,925	2.78%	2.74%
1991	1,010,818	99,720,162	2.75%	2.68%
1992	1,038,380	102,372,770	2.73%	2.66%
1993	1,066,405	105,122,069	2.7%	2.69%
1994	1,094,720	107,935,714	2.66%	2.68%
1995	1,123,213	110,819,428	2.6%	2.67%
1996	1,152,015	113,754,779	2.56%	2.65%
1997	1,181,439	116,754,792	2.55%	2.64%
1998	1,211,736	119,846,254	2.56%	2.65%
1999	1,243,016	123,047,320	2.58%	2.67%
2000	1,275,572	126,382,494	2.62%	2.71%
2001	1,309,589	129,862,595	2.67%	2.75%
2002	1,345,135	133,471,989	2.71%	2.78%
2003	1,382,350	137,202,644	2.77%	2.8%
2004	1,421,609	141,057,045	2.84%	2.81%
2005	1,463,495	145,017,253	2.95%	2.81%
2006	1,508,337	149,077,334	3.06%	2.8%
2007	1,556,237	153,267,261	3.18%	2.81%
2008	1,607,175	157,595,014	3.27%	2.82%
2009	1,661,556	162,049,464	3.38%	2.83%
2010	1,719,879	166,642,886	3.51%	2.83%
2011	1,781,985	171,379,598	3.61%	2.84%
2012	1,846,889	176,200,625	3.64%	2.81%
2013	1,913,059	181,049,443	3.58%	2.75%
2014	1,978,399	185,896,915	3.42%	2.68%
2015	2,040,989	190,671,878	3.16%	2.57%
2016	2,100,306	195,443,700	2.91%	2.5%
2017	2,156,900	200,254,579	2.69%	2.46%
2018	2,212,318	204,938,755	2.57%	2.34%
2019	2,267,706	209,485,641	2.5%	2.22%
2020	2,322,539	213,996,181	2.42%	2.15%
2021	2,376,722	218,529,286	2.33%	2.12%
2022	2,430,747	223,150,896	2.27%	2.11%
2023	2,484,789	227,882,945	2.22%	2.12%
2024	2,538,952	232,679,478	2.18%	2.1%
2025	2,593,130	237,527,783	2.13%	2.08%
2026	2,647,397	242,431,830	2.09%	2.06%
2027	2,701,860	247,374,258	2.06%	2.04%
2028	2,756,474	252,346,128	2.02%	2.01%
2029	2,811,348	257,352,638	1.99%	1.98%
2030	2,866,668	262,380,975	1.97%	1.95%
2031	2,922,503	267,421,079	1.95%	1.92%
2032	2,978,812	272,483,635	1.93%	1.89%
2033	3,035,711	277,555,116	1.91%	1.86%
2034	3,093,221	282,622,388	1.89%	1.83%
2035	3,151,467	287,685,757	1.88%	1.79%
2036	3,210,584	292,739,390	1.88%	1.76%
2037	3,270,304	297,773,236	1.86%	1.72%
2038	3,330,507	302,782,350	1.84%	1.68%
2039	3,391,378	307,764,754	1.83%	1.65%
2040	3,452,985	312,710,403	1.82%	1.61%
2041	3,515,218	317,607,237	1.8%	1.57%
2042	3,577,745	322,450,302	1.78%	1.52%
2043	3,640,570	327,243,941	1.76%	1.49%
2044	3,703,794	331,983,354	1.74%	1.45%
2045	3,767,430	336,662,502	1.72%	1.41%
2046	3,831,211	341,281,757	1.69%	1.37%
2047	3,894,840	345,844,004	1.66%	1.34%
2048	3,958,294	350,347,757	1.63%	1.3%
2049	4,021,470	354,792,418	1.6%	1.27%
2050	4,084,535	359,185,550	1.57%	1.24%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Gabon increased by 577,494 people (a 39.5% growth), while Nigeria gained 45,654,625 people (a 31.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Gabon gained 595,732 (a 29.2% growth), while Nigeria's population increased by 50,795,221 (a 26.6% growth).

Gabon was ranked 147th most populous country in 2005 and is 142nd in 2025. Nigeria was ranked 7th in 2005 and ranked 6th 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 Nigeria will increase by 48.8% to 359,185,550 people and rank change from 6th to 5th.