Population in Gabon compared to North Korea: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Gabon and North Korea: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Gabon	North Korea	Gabon	North Korea
1960	512,316	11,722,953	-	-
1961	518,266	11,990,713	1.16%	2.28%
1962	524,649	12,262,882	1.23%	2.27%
1963	531,452	12,567,057	1.3%	2.48%
1964	538,657	12,889,770	1.36%	2.57%
1965	546,308	13,219,369	1.42%	2.56%
1966	554,463	13,569,094	1.49%	2.65%
1967	563,108	13,958,350	1.56%	2.87%
1968	572,257	14,365,596	1.62%	2.92%
1969	583,276	14,767,615	1.93%	2.8%
1970	595,846	15,172,775	2.16%	2.74%
1971	608,348	15,572,457	2.1%	2.63%
1972	620,960	15,975,069	2.07%	2.59%
1973	633,995	16,350,367	2.1%	2.35%
1974	647,691	16,673,121	2.16%	1.97%
1975	662,197	16,971,055	2.24%	1.79%
1976	677,628	17,243,450	2.33%	1.61%
1977	693,984	17,492,798	2.41%	1.45%
1978	711,245	17,735,995	2.49%	1.39%
1979	729,375	17,983,470	2.55%	1.4%
1980	748,389	18,236,786	2.61%	1.41%
1981	768,385	18,501,295	2.67%	1.45%
1982	789,286	18,776,357	2.72%	1.49%
1983	811,005	19,054,034	2.75%	1.48%
1984	833,501	19,335,043	2.77%	1.47%
1985	856,726	19,620,388	2.79%	1.48%
1986	880,705	19,910,855	2.8%	1.48%
1987	905,479	20,205,483	2.81%	1.48%
1988	931,020	20,503,161	2.82%	1.47%
1989	957,138	20,804,367	2.81%	1.47%
1990	983,734	21,112,137	2.78%	1.48%
1991	1,010,818	21,428,638	2.75%	1.5%
1992	1,038,380	21,750,911	2.73%	1.5%
1993	1,066,405	22,073,352	2.7%	1.48%
1994	1,094,720	22,393,975	2.66%	1.45%
1995	1,123,213	22,669,304	2.6%	1.23%
1996	1,152,015	22,895,746	2.56%	1%
1997	1,181,439	23,110,830	2.55%	0.94%
1998	1,211,736	23,311,564	2.56%	0.87%
1999	1,243,016	23,497,599	2.58%	0.8%
2000	1,275,572	23,665,910	2.62%	0.72%
2001	1,309,589	23,815,358	2.67%	0.63%
2002	1,345,135	23,943,973	2.71%	0.54%
2003	1,382,350	24,090,380	2.77%	0.61%
2004	1,421,609	24,254,943	2.84%	0.68%
2005	1,463,495	24,396,433	2.95%	0.58%
2006	1,508,337	24,524,507	3.06%	0.52%
2007	1,556,237	24,646,383	3.18%	0.5%
2008	1,607,175	24,764,618	3.27%	0.48%
2009	1,661,556	24,878,332	3.38%	0.46%
2010	1,719,879	24,987,258	3.51%	0.44%
2011	1,781,985	25,097,874	3.61%	0.44%
2012	1,846,889	25,211,728	3.64%	0.45%
2013	1,913,059	25,329,451	3.58%	0.47%
2014	1,978,399	25,451,262	3.42%	0.48%
2015	2,040,989	25,575,350	3.16%	0.49%
2016	2,100,306	25,698,326	2.91%	0.48%
2017	2,156,900	25,817,709	2.69%	0.46%
2018	2,212,318	25,931,147	2.57%	0.44%
2019	2,267,706	26,037,632	2.5%	0.41%
2020	2,322,539	26,136,312	2.42%	0.38%
2021	2,376,722	26,232,534	2.33%	0.37%
2022	2,430,747	26,328,845	2.27%	0.37%
2023	2,484,789	26,418,204	2.22%	0.34%
2024	2,538,952	26,498,823	2.18%	0.31%
2025	2,593,130	26,571,033	2.13%	0.27%
2026	2,647,397	26,633,682	2.09%	0.24%
2027	2,701,860	26,686,492	2.06%	0.2%
2028	2,756,474	26,729,261	2.02%	0.16%
2029	2,811,348	26,762,008	1.99%	0.12%
2030	2,866,668	26,784,894	1.97%	0.09%
2031	2,922,503	26,797,946	1.95%	0.05%
2032	2,978,812	26,801,071	1.93%	0.01%
2033	3,035,711	26,795,061	1.91%	-0.02%
2034	3,093,221	26,780,481	1.89%	-0.05%
2035	3,151,467	26,757,705	1.88%	-0.09%
2036	3,210,584	26,727,309	1.88%	-0.11%
2037	3,270,304	26,689,907	1.86%	-0.14%
2038	3,330,507	26,646,323	1.84%	-0.16%
2039	3,391,378	26,596,967	1.83%	-0.19%
2040	3,452,985	26,542,417	1.82%	-0.21%
2041	3,515,218	26,483,475	1.8%	-0.22%
2042	3,577,745	26,420,812	1.78%	-0.24%
2043	3,640,570	26,354,324	1.76%	-0.25%
2044	3,703,794	26,284,000	1.74%	-0.27%
2045	3,767,430	26,210,196	1.72%	-0.28%
2046	3,831,211	26,132,922	1.69%	-0.29%
2047	3,894,840	26,052,086	1.66%	-0.31%
2048	3,958,294	25,967,581	1.63%	-0.32%
2049	4,021,470	25,879,244	1.6%	-0.34%
2050	4,084,535	25,787,120	1.57%	-0.36%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Gabon increased by 577,494 people (a 39.5% growth), while North Korea gained 1,178,917 people (a 4.83% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Gabon gained 595,732 (a 29.2% growth), while North Korea's population increased by 1,046,007 (a 4.09% growth).

Gabon was ranked 147th most populous country in 2005 and is 142nd in 2025. North Korea was ranked 46th in 2005 and ranked 56th 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 North Korea will decrease by 3.13% to 25,787,120 people and rank change from 56th to 66th.