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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Gabon	Romania	Gabon	Romania
1960	512,316	18,406,905	-	-
1961	518,266	18,555,250	1.16%	0.81%
1962	524,649	18,676,550	1.23%	0.65%
1963	531,452	18,797,850	1.3%	0.65%
1964	538,657	18,919,126	1.36%	0.65%
1965	546,308	19,031,576	1.42%	0.59%
1966	554,463	19,215,450	1.49%	0.97%
1967	563,108	19,534,242	1.56%	1.66%
1968	572,257	19,799,831	1.62%	1.36%
1969	583,276	20,009,141	1.93%	1.06%
1970	595,846	20,250,398	2.16%	1.21%
1971	608,348	20,461,567	2.1%	1.04%
1972	620,960	20,657,957	2.07%	0.96%
1973	633,995	20,835,681	2.1%	0.86%
1974	647,691	21,029,429	2.16%	0.93%
1975	662,197	21,293,583	2.24%	1.26%
1976	677,628	21,551,634	2.33%	1.21%
1977	693,984	21,756,096	2.41%	0.95%
1978	711,245	21,951,464	2.49%	0.9%
1979	729,375	22,090,488	2.55%	0.63%
1980	748,389	22,207,282	2.61%	0.53%
1981	768,385	22,353,070	2.67%	0.66%
1982	789,286	22,475,741	2.72%	0.55%
1983	811,005	22,560,478	2.75%	0.38%
1984	833,501	22,640,547	2.77%	0.35%
1985	856,726	22,732,999	2.79%	0.41%
1986	880,705	22,836,841	2.8%	0.46%
1987	905,479	22,949,430	2.81%	0.49%
1988	931,020	23,057,662	2.82%	0.47%
1989	957,138	23,161,458	2.81%	0.45%
1990	983,734	23,201,835	2.78%	0.17%
1991	1,010,818	23,001,155	2.75%	-0.86%
1992	1,038,380	22,794,284	2.73%	-0.9%
1993	1,066,405	22,763,280	2.7%	-0.14%
1994	1,094,720	22,730,211	2.66%	-0.15%
1995	1,123,213	22,684,270	2.6%	-0.2%
1996	1,152,015	22,619,004	2.56%	-0.29%
1997	1,181,439	22,553,978	2.55%	-0.29%
1998	1,211,736	22,507,344	2.56%	-0.21%
1999	1,243,016	22,472,040	2.58%	-0.16%
2000	1,275,572	22,442,971	2.62%	-0.13%
2001	1,309,589	22,131,970	2.67%	-1.39%
2002	1,345,135	21,730,496	2.71%	-1.81%
2003	1,382,350	21,574,326	2.77%	-0.72%
2004	1,421,609	21,451,748	2.84%	-0.57%
2005	1,463,495	21,319,685	2.95%	-0.62%
2006	1,508,337	21,193,760	3.06%	-0.59%
2007	1,556,237	20,882,982	3.18%	-1.47%
2008	1,607,175	20,537,875	3.27%	-1.65%
2009	1,661,556	20,367,487	3.38%	-0.83%
2010	1,719,879	20,246,871	3.51%	-0.59%
2011	1,781,985	20,147,528	3.61%	-0.49%
2012	1,846,889	20,058,035	3.64%	-0.44%
2013	1,913,059	19,983,693	3.58%	-0.37%
2014	1,978,399	19,908,979	3.42%	-0.37%
2015	2,040,989	19,815,616	3.16%	-0.47%
2016	2,100,306	19,702,267	2.91%	-0.57%
2017	2,156,900	19,588,715	2.69%	-0.58%
2018	2,212,318	19,473,970	2.57%	-0.59%
2019	2,267,706	19,371,648	2.5%	-0.53%
2020	2,322,539	19,265,250	2.42%	-0.55%
2021	2,376,722	19,122,059	2.33%	-0.74%
2022	2,430,747	19,048,502	2.27%	-0.38%
2023	2,484,789	19,059,479	2.22%	0.06%
2024	2,538,952	19,069,340	2.18%	0.05%
2025	2,593,130	18,962,595	2.13%	-0.56%
2026	2,647,397	18,854,232	2.09%	-0.57%
2027	2,701,860	18,744,883	2.06%	-0.58%
2028	2,756,474	18,634,894	2.02%	-0.59%
2029	2,811,348	18,523,736	1.99%	-0.6%
2030	2,866,668	18,411,878	1.97%	-0.6%
2031	2,922,503	18,299,820	1.95%	-0.61%
2032	2,978,812	18,187,406	1.93%	-0.61%
2033	3,035,711	18,074,282	1.91%	-0.62%
2034	3,093,221	17,960,330	1.89%	-0.63%
2035	3,151,467	17,845,182	1.88%	-0.64%
2036	3,210,584	17,728,480	1.88%	-0.65%
2037	3,270,304	17,611,384	1.86%	-0.66%
2038	3,330,507	17,493,684	1.84%	-0.67%
2039	3,391,378	17,375,991	1.83%	-0.67%
2040	3,452,985	17,258,810	1.82%	-0.67%
2041	3,515,218	17,140,535	1.8%	-0.69%
2042	3,577,745	17,022,168	1.78%	-0.69%
2043	3,640,570	16,904,427	1.76%	-0.69%
2044	3,703,794	16,786,029	1.74%	-0.7%
2045	3,767,430	16,667,734	1.72%	-0.7%
2046	3,831,211	16,550,066	1.69%	-0.71%
2047	3,894,840	16,431,566	1.66%	-0.72%
2048	3,958,294	16,312,099	1.63%	-0.73%
2049	4,021,470	16,192,424	1.6%	-0.73%
2050	4,084,535	16,072,989	1.57%	-0.74%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Gabon increased by 577,494 people (a 39.5% growth), while Romania lost 1,504,069 people (a 7.05% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Gabon gained 595,732 (a 29.2% growth), while Romania's population decreased by -853,021 (a 4.3% decline).

Gabon was ranked 147th most populous country in 2005 and is 142nd in 2025. Romania was ranked 50th in 2005 and ranked 69th 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 Romania will decrease by 15.2% to 16,072,989 people and rank change from 69th to 81st.