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Population in Gabon compared to the Seychelles: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Gabon was 2,538,952 in 2024 vs 121,354 people in the Seychelles in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Gabon's population is 2,636,721 people compared to 125,181 in the Seychelles.

Population statistics:

  • Gabon's population is 21.1 times bigger than the Seychelles'.
  • Gabon is ranked the 142nd most populous country in the world, while the Seychelles is the 181st.
  • The countries together account for 0.03% of the world: 0.03% for Gabon vs 0.002% for the Seychelles.
  • For the last 10 years, Gabon has had an average growth rate of +2.61% per year vs +2.9% in the Seychelles.
  • Since 2005, the population of Gabon has increased from 1.46M people to 2.64M (80.2% growth), while the Seychelles has grown from 82.9K to 125K (51.1% growth).
  • Gabon is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 6.9M people compared to the peak of 133K people in 2042 for the Seychelles.

Gabon vs Seychelles: live population counter

Gabon Seychelles
Current population
2636721
125181
Population rank 142/197 181/197
Percent of world population 0.03% 0.002%
One net population change
9.7 minutes
5.54 hours
One birth every
7.65 minutes
5.63 hours
One death every
33.7 minutes
10 hours
One migration net change every
7.93 hours
5.01 hours
Annual migration change +1,105 +1,747
Daily growth/decline +148 +4
Annual growth/decline +54,163 +1,581
Annual growth/decline rate +2.18% +1.32%
Population growth rate rank 46/197 83/197

Gabon and the Seychelles: population history and growth rate by year chart

Gabon
Population

Growth rate
Seychelles
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Gabon Seychelles Gabon Seychelles
1960 512,316 41,700 - -
1961 518,266 42,889 1.16% 2.85%
1962 524,649 44,042 1.23% 2.69%
1963 531,452 45,176 1.3% 2.57%
1964 538,657 46,322 1.36% 2.54%
1965 546,308 47,500 1.42% 2.54%
1966 554,463 48,699 1.49% 2.52%
1967 563,108 49,911 1.56% 2.49%
1968 572,257 51,134 1.62% 2.45%
1969 583,276 52,365 1.93% 2.41%
1970 595,846 53,600 2.16% 2.36%
1971 608,348 54,695 2.1% 2.04%
1972 620,960 56,029 2.07% 2.44%
1973 633,995 56,892 2.1% 1.54%
1974 647,691 57,937 2.16% 1.84%
1975 662,197 59,292 2.24% 2.34%
1976 677,628 60,504 2.33% 2.04%
1977 693,984 61,786 2.41% 2.12%
1978 711,245 62,150 2.49% 0.59%
1979 729,375 62,686 2.55% 0.86%
1980 748,389 63,261 2.61% 0.92%
1981 768,385 64,035 2.67% 1.22%
1982 789,286 64,413 2.72% 0.59%
1983 811,005 64,335 2.75% -0.12%
1984 833,501 64,717 2.77% 0.59%
1985 856,726 65,244 2.79% 0.81%
1986 880,705 65,652 2.8% 0.63%
1987 905,479 68,499 2.81% 4.34%
1988 931,020 68,755 2.82% 0.37%
1989 957,138 69,167 2.81% 0.6%
1990 983,734 69,507 2.78% 0.49%
1991 1,010,818 70,439 2.75% 1.34%
1992 1,038,380 70,763 2.73% 0.46%
1993 1,066,405 72,253 2.7% 2.11%
1994 1,094,720 74,205 2.66% 2.7%
1995 1,123,213 75,304 2.6% 1.48%
1996 1,152,015 76,417 2.56% 1.48%
1997 1,181,439 77,319 2.55% 1.18%
1998 1,211,736 78,846 2.56% 1.97%
1999 1,243,016 80,410 2.58% 1.98%
2000 1,275,572 81,131 2.62% 0.9%
2001 1,309,589 81,202 2.67% 0.09%
2002 1,345,135 83,723 2.71% 3.1%
2003 1,382,350 82,781 2.77% -1.13%
2004 1,421,609 82,475 2.84% -0.37%
2005 1,463,495 82,858 2.95% 0.46%
2006 1,508,337 84,600 3.06% 2.1%
2007 1,556,237 85,033 3.18% 0.51%
2008 1,607,175 86,956 3.27% 2.26%
2009 1,661,556 87,298 3.38% 0.39%
2010 1,719,879 89,770 3.51% 2.83%
2011 1,781,985 87,441 3.61% -2.59%
2012 1,846,889 88,303 3.64% 0.99%
2013 1,913,059 89,949 3.58% 1.86%
2014 1,978,399 91,359 3.42% 1.57%
2015 2,040,989 93,419 3.16% 2.25%
2016 2,100,306 94,677 2.91% 1.35%
2017 2,156,900 95,843 2.69% 1.23%
2018 2,212,318 96,762 2.57% 0.96%
2019 2,267,706 97,625 2.5% 0.89%
2020 2,322,539 98,462 2.42% 0.86%
2021 2,376,722 99,258 2.33% 0.81%
2022 2,430,747 119,878 2.27% 20.8%
2023 2,484,789 119,773 2.22% -0.09%
2024 2,538,952 121,354 2.18% 1.32%
2025 2,593,130 123,549 2.13% 1.81%
2026 2,647,397 125,581 2.09% 1.64%
2027 2,701,860 127,380 2.06% 1.43%
2028 2,756,474 128,883 2.02% 1.18%
2029 2,811,348 130,011 1.99% 0.87%
2030 2,866,668 130,635 1.97% 0.48%
2031 2,922,503 130,989 1.95% 0.27%
2032 2,978,812 131,305 1.93% 0.24%
2033 3,035,711 131,578 1.91% 0.21%
2034 3,093,221 131,816 1.89% 0.18%
2035 3,151,467 132,027 1.88% 0.16%
2036 3,210,584 132,202 1.88% 0.13%
2037 3,270,304 132,348 1.86% 0.11%
2038 3,330,507 132,467 1.84% 0.09%
2039 3,391,378 132,552 1.83% 0.06%
2040 3,452,985 132,631 1.82% 0.06%
2041 3,515,218 132,681 1.8% 0.04%
2042 3,577,745 132,700 1.78% 0.01%
2043 3,640,570 132,698 1.76% -0.001%
2044 3,703,794 132,665 1.74% -0.03%
2045 3,767,430 132,613 1.72% -0.04%
2046 3,831,211 132,531 1.69% -0.06%
2047 3,894,840 132,415 1.66% -0.09%
2048 3,958,294 132,264 1.63% -0.11%
2049 4,021,470 132,085 1.6% -0.14%
2050 4,084,535 131,885 1.57% -0.15%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Gabon increased by 577,494 people (a 39.5% growth), while the Seychelles gained 10,561 people (a 12.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Gabon gained 595,732 (a 29.2% growth), while the Seychelles' population increased by 31,762 (a 34% growth).

Gabon was ranked 147th most populous country in 2005 and is 142nd in 2025. The Seychelles was ranked 184th in 2005 and ranked 181st 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 the Seychelles will increase by 5.36% to 131,885 people and will still be ranked 181st.

Biggest cities by population

Gabon
City Population
Libreville 899K
Port-Gentil 136K
Seychelles
City Population
Victoria 24.7K

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