The latest officially reported population of Gabon was 2,538,952 in 2024 vs 143,533,851 people in Russia in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Gabon's population is 2,636,721 people compared to 142,718,132 in Russia.
Population statistics:
- Russia's population is 54.1 times bigger than Gabon's.
- Gabon is ranked the 142nd most populous country in the world, while Russia is the 9th.
- The countries together account for 1.76% of the world: 0.03% for Gabon vs 1.73% for Russia.
- For the last 10 years, Gabon has had an average growth rate of +2.61% per year vs -0.02% in Russia.
- Since 2005, the population of Gabon has increased from 1.46M people to 2.64M (80.2% growth), while Russia has declined from 144M to 143M (0.56% decline).
- Gabon is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 6.9M people, while Russia's population already peaked in 1992 at 149M people and is projected to decrease to 125M people by 2100.
Gabon vs Russia: live population counter
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| Current population |
2636721
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142718132
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| Population rank | 142/197 | 9/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.03% | 1.73% |
| One net population change |
9.7 minutes
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1.8 minutes
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| One birth every |
7.65 minutes
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25.5 seconds
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| One death every |
33.7 minutes
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18.1 seconds
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| One migration net change every |
7.93 hours
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2.95 minutes
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| Annual migration change | +1,105 | -178,042 |
| Daily growth/decline | +148 | -801 |
| Annual growth/decline | +54,163 | -292,279 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +2.18% | -0.2% |
| Population growth rate rank | 46/197 | 177/197 |
Gabon and Russia: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 512,316 | 119,897,000 | - | - |
| 1961 | 518,266 | 121,236,000 | 1.16% | 1.12% |
| 1962 | 524,649 | 122,591,000 | 1.23% | 1.12% |
| 1963 | 531,452 | 123,960,000 | 1.3% | 1.12% |
| 1964 | 538,657 | 125,345,000 | 1.36% | 1.12% |
| 1965 | 546,308 | 126,745,000 | 1.42% | 1.12% |
| 1966 | 554,463 | 127,468,000 | 1.49% | 0.57% |
| 1967 | 563,108 | 128,196,000 | 1.56% | 0.57% |
| 1968 | 572,257 | 128,928,000 | 1.62% | 0.57% |
| 1969 | 583,276 | 129,664,000 | 1.93% | 0.57% |
| 1970 | 595,846 | 130,404,000 | 2.16% | 0.57% |
| 1971 | 608,348 | 131,155,000 | 2.1% | 0.58% |
| 1972 | 620,960 | 131,909,000 | 2.07% | 0.57% |
| 1973 | 633,995 | 132,669,000 | 2.1% | 0.58% |
| 1974 | 647,691 | 133,432,000 | 2.16% | 0.58% |
| 1975 | 662,197 | 134,200,000 | 2.24% | 0.58% |
| 1976 | 677,628 | 135,147,000 | 2.33% | 0.71% |
| 1977 | 693,984 | 136,100,000 | 2.41% | 0.71% |
| 1978 | 711,245 | 137,060,000 | 2.49% | 0.71% |
| 1979 | 729,375 | 138,027,000 | 2.55% | 0.71% |
| 1980 | 748,389 | 139,010,000 | 2.61% | 0.71% |
| 1981 | 768,385 | 139,941,000 | 2.67% | 0.67% |
| 1982 | 789,286 | 140,823,000 | 2.72% | 0.63% |
| 1983 | 811,005 | 141,668,000 | 2.75% | 0.6% |
| 1984 | 833,501 | 142,745,000 | 2.77% | 0.76% |
| 1985 | 856,726 | 143,858,000 | 2.79% | 0.78% |
| 1986 | 880,705 | 144,894,000 | 2.8% | 0.72% |
| 1987 | 905,479 | 145,908,000 | 2.81% | 0.7% |
| 1988 | 931,020 | 146,857,000 | 2.82% | 0.65% |
| 1989 | 957,138 | 147,721,000 | 2.81% | 0.59% |
| 1990 | 983,734 | 147,969,406 | 2.78% | 0.17% |
| 1991 | 1,010,818 | 148,394,216 | 2.75% | 0.29% |
| 1992 | 1,038,380 | 148,538,197 | 2.73% | 0.1% |
| 1993 | 1,066,405 | 148,458,777 | 2.7% | -0.05% |
| 1994 | 1,094,720 | 148,407,912 | 2.66% | -0.03% |
| 1995 | 1,123,213 | 148,375,787 | 2.6% | -0.02% |
| 1996 | 1,152,015 | 148,160,129 | 2.56% | -0.15% |
| 1997 | 1,181,439 | 147,915,361 | 2.55% | -0.17% |
| 1998 | 1,211,736 | 147,670,784 | 2.56% | -0.17% |
| 1999 | 1,243,016 | 147,214,776 | 2.58% | -0.31% |
| 2000 | 1,275,572 | 146,596,869 | 2.62% | -0.42% |
| 2001 | 1,309,589 | 145,976,482 | 2.67% | -0.42% |
| 2002 | 1,345,135 | 145,306,497 | 2.71% | -0.46% |
| 2003 | 1,382,350 | 144,648,618 | 2.77% | -0.45% |
| 2004 | 1,421,609 | 144,067,316 | 2.84% | -0.4% |
| 2005 | 1,463,495 | 143,518,814 | 2.95% | -0.38% |
| 2006 | 1,508,337 | 143,049,637 | 3.06% | -0.33% |
| 2007 | 1,556,237 | 142,805,114 | 3.18% | -0.17% |
| 2008 | 1,607,175 | 142,742,366 | 3.27% | -0.04% |
| 2009 | 1,661,556 | 142,785,348 | 3.38% | 0.03% |
| 2010 | 1,719,879 | 142,849,468 | 3.51% | 0.04% |
| 2011 | 1,781,985 | 143,018,195 | 3.61% | 0.12% |
| 2012 | 1,846,889 | 143,378,447 | 3.64% | 0.25% |
| 2013 | 1,913,059 | 143,805,638 | 3.58% | 0.3% |
| 2014 | 1,978,399 | 144,237,223 | 3.42% | 0.3% |
| 2015 | 2,040,989 | 144,640,716 | 3.16% | 0.28% |
| 2016 | 2,100,306 | 145,015,460 | 2.91% | 0.26% |
| 2017 | 2,156,900 | 145,293,260 | 2.69% | 0.19% |
| 2018 | 2,212,318 | 145,398,106 | 2.57% | 0.07% |
| 2019 | 2,267,706 | 145,453,291 | 2.5% | 0.04% |
| 2020 | 2,322,539 | 145,245,148 | 2.42% | -0.14% |
| 2021 | 2,376,722 | 144,746,762 | 2.33% | -0.34% |
| 2022 | 2,430,747 | 144,236,933 | 2.27% | -0.35% |
| 2023 | 2,484,789 | 143,826,130 | 2.22% | -0.28% |
| 2024 | 2,538,952 | 143,533,851 | 2.18% | -0.2% |
| 2025 | 2,593,130 | 142,718,132 | 2.13% | -0.57% |
| 2026 | 2,647,397 | 142,120,553 | 2.09% | -0.42% |
| 2027 | 2,701,860 | 141,773,330 | 2.06% | -0.24% |
| 2028 | 2,756,474 | 141,402,326 | 2.02% | -0.26% |
| 2029 | 2,811,348 | 141,021,009 | 1.99% | -0.27% |
| 2030 | 2,866,668 | 140,628,883 | 1.97% | -0.28% |
| 2031 | 2,922,503 | 140,218,596 | 1.95% | -0.29% |
| 2032 | 2,978,812 | 139,807,207 | 1.93% | -0.29% |
| 2033 | 3,035,711 | 139,414,947 | 1.91% | -0.28% |
| 2034 | 3,093,221 | 139,034,543 | 1.89% | -0.27% |
| 2035 | 3,151,467 | 138,666,694 | 1.88% | -0.26% |
| 2036 | 3,210,584 | 138,311,757 | 1.88% | -0.26% |
| 2037 | 3,270,304 | 137,968,177 | 1.86% | -0.25% |
| 2038 | 3,330,507 | 137,643,032 | 1.84% | -0.24% |
| 2039 | 3,391,378 | 137,336,299 | 1.83% | -0.22% |
| 2040 | 3,452,985 | 137,053,347 | 1.82% | -0.21% |
| 2041 | 3,515,218 | 136,795,588 | 1.8% | -0.19% |
| 2042 | 3,577,745 | 136,558,692 | 1.78% | -0.17% |
| 2043 | 3,640,570 | 136,335,849 | 1.76% | -0.16% |
| 2044 | 3,703,794 | 136,124,845 | 1.74% | -0.15% |
| 2045 | 3,767,430 | 135,933,758 | 1.72% | -0.14% |
| 2046 | 3,831,211 | 135,756,848 | 1.69% | -0.13% |
| 2047 | 3,894,840 | 135,574,181 | 1.66% | -0.13% |
| 2048 | 3,958,294 | 135,372,557 | 1.63% | -0.15% |
| 2049 | 4,021,470 | 135,156,911 | 1.6% | -0.16% |
| 2050 | 4,084,535 | 134,923,391 | 1.57% | -0.17% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Gabon increased by 577,494 people (a 39.5% growth), while Russia gained 1,121,902 people (a 0.78% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Gabon gained 595,732 (a 29.2% growth), while Russia's population decreased by -1,922,584 (a 1.33% decline).
Gabon was ranked 147th most populous country in 2005 and is 142nd in 2025. Russia was ranked 9th in 2005 and still ranked 9th 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 Russia will decrease by 5.46% to 134,923,391 people and rank change from 9th to 13th.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Libreville | 899K |
| Port-Gentil | 136K |
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| City | Population |
| Moscow | 13.3M |
| Saint Petersburg | 5.65M |
| Novosibirsk | 1.64M |
| Yekaterinburg | 1.47M |
| Kazan | 1.33M |
| Nizhny Novgorod | 1.2M |
| Chelyabinsk | 1.18M |
| Krasnodar | 1.15M |
| Samara | 1.15M |
| Ufa | 1.14M |
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Population differences between Gabon and Russia
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| Life expectancy | 68.7 years | 73.5 years |
| Average age | 26.2 years | 40.8 years |
| Median age | 22.6 years | 40.9 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50.8:49.2 | 46.4:53.6 |
| Fertility rate | 3.65 births per woman | 1.41 births per woman |
| Population density | 25.5 ppl/mi² | 22.7 ppl/mi² |
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