The latest officially reported population of Gabon was 2,538,952 in 2024 vs 6,036,860 people in Singapore in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Gabon's population is 2,636,721 people compared to 6,105,665 in Singapore.
Population statistics:
- Singapore's population is 2.32 times bigger than Gabon's.
- Gabon is ranked the 142nd most populous country in the world, while Singapore is the 113th.
- The countries together account for 0.11% of the world: 0.03% for Gabon vs 0.07% for Singapore.
- For the last 10 years, Gabon has had an average growth rate of +2.61% per year vs +1.04% in Singapore.
- Since 2005, the population of Gabon has increased from 1.46M people to 2.64M (80.2% growth), while Singapore has grown from 4.27M to 6.11M (43.1% growth).
- Gabon is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 6.9M people compared to the peak of 6.41M people in 2040 for Singapore.
Gabon vs Singapore: live population counter
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| Current population |
2636721
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6105665
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| Population rank | 142/197 | 113/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.03% | 0.07% |
| One net population change |
9.7 minutes
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4.41 minutes
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| One birth every |
7.65 minutes
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12 minutes
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| One death every |
33.7 minutes
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14.3 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
7.93 hours
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26.3 minutes
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| Annual migration change | +1,105 | +20,011 |
| Daily growth/decline | +148 | +327 |
| Annual growth/decline | +54,163 | +119,212 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +2.18% | +2.01% |
| Population growth rate rank | 46/197 | 53/197 |
Gabon and Singapore: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 512,316 | 1,646,400 | - | - |
| 1961 | 518,266 | 1,702,400 | 1.16% | 3.4% |
| 1962 | 524,649 | 1,750,200 | 1.23% | 2.81% |
| 1963 | 531,452 | 1,795,000 | 1.3% | 2.56% |
| 1964 | 538,657 | 1,841,600 | 1.36% | 2.6% |
| 1965 | 546,308 | 1,886,900 | 1.42% | 2.46% |
| 1966 | 554,463 | 1,934,400 | 1.49% | 2.52% |
| 1967 | 563,108 | 1,977,600 | 1.56% | 2.23% |
| 1968 | 572,257 | 2,012,000 | 1.62% | 1.74% |
| 1969 | 583,276 | 2,042,500 | 1.93% | 1.52% |
| 1970 | 595,846 | 2,074,507 | 2.16% | 1.57% |
| 1971 | 608,348 | 2,112,900 | 2.1% | 1.85% |
| 1972 | 620,960 | 2,152,400 | 2.07% | 1.87% |
| 1973 | 633,995 | 2,193,000 | 2.1% | 1.89% |
| 1974 | 647,691 | 2,229,800 | 2.16% | 1.68% |
| 1975 | 662,197 | 2,262,600 | 2.24% | 1.47% |
| 1976 | 677,628 | 2,293,300 | 2.33% | 1.36% |
| 1977 | 693,984 | 2,325,300 | 2.41% | 1.4% |
| 1978 | 711,245 | 2,353,600 | 2.49% | 1.22% |
| 1979 | 729,375 | 2,383,500 | 2.55% | 1.27% |
| 1980 | 748,389 | 2,413,945 | 2.61% | 1.28% |
| 1981 | 768,385 | 2,532,835 | 2.67% | 4.93% |
| 1982 | 789,286 | 2,646,466 | 2.72% | 4.49% |
| 1983 | 811,005 | 2,681,061 | 2.75% | 1.31% |
| 1984 | 833,501 | 2,732,221 | 2.77% | 1.91% |
| 1985 | 856,726 | 2,735,957 | 2.79% | 0.14% |
| 1986 | 880,705 | 2,733,373 | 2.8% | -0.09% |
| 1987 | 905,479 | 2,774,789 | 2.81% | 1.52% |
| 1988 | 931,020 | 2,846,108 | 2.82% | 2.57% |
| 1989 | 957,138 | 2,930,901 | 2.81% | 2.98% |
| 1990 | 983,734 | 3,047,132 | 2.78% | 3.97% |
| 1991 | 1,010,818 | 3,135,083 | 2.75% | 2.89% |
| 1992 | 1,038,380 | 3,230,698 | 2.73% | 3.05% |
| 1993 | 1,066,405 | 3,313,471 | 2.7% | 2.56% |
| 1994 | 1,094,720 | 3,419,048 | 2.66% | 3.19% |
| 1995 | 1,123,213 | 3,524,506 | 2.6% | 3.08% |
| 1996 | 1,152,015 | 3,670,704 | 2.56% | 4.15% |
| 1997 | 1,181,439 | 3,796,038 | 2.55% | 3.41% |
| 1998 | 1,211,736 | 3,927,213 | 2.56% | 3.46% |
| 1999 | 1,243,016 | 3,958,723 | 2.58% | 0.8% |
| 2000 | 1,275,572 | 4,027,887 | 2.62% | 1.75% |
| 2001 | 1,309,589 | 4,138,012 | 2.67% | 2.73% |
| 2002 | 1,345,135 | 4,175,950 | 2.71% | 0.92% |
| 2003 | 1,382,350 | 4,114,826 | 2.77% | -1.46% |
| 2004 | 1,421,609 | 4,166,664 | 2.84% | 1.26% |
| 2005 | 1,463,495 | 4,265,762 | 2.95% | 2.38% |
| 2006 | 1,508,337 | 4,401,365 | 3.06% | 3.18% |
| 2007 | 1,556,237 | 4,588,599 | 3.18% | 4.25% |
| 2008 | 1,607,175 | 4,839,396 | 3.27% | 5.47% |
| 2009 | 1,661,556 | 4,987,573 | 3.38% | 3.06% |
| 2010 | 1,719,879 | 5,076,732 | 3.51% | 1.79% |
| 2011 | 1,781,985 | 5,183,688 | 3.61% | 2.11% |
| 2012 | 1,846,889 | 5,312,437 | 3.64% | 2.48% |
| 2013 | 1,913,059 | 5,399,162 | 3.58% | 1.63% |
| 2014 | 1,978,399 | 5,469,724 | 3.42% | 1.31% |
| 2015 | 2,040,989 | 5,535,002 | 3.16% | 1.19% |
| 2016 | 2,100,306 | 5,607,283 | 2.91% | 1.31% |
| 2017 | 2,156,900 | 5,612,253 | 2.69% | 0.09% |
| 2018 | 2,212,318 | 5,638,676 | 2.57% | 0.47% |
| 2019 | 2,267,706 | 5,703,569 | 2.5% | 1.15% |
| 2020 | 2,322,539 | 5,685,807 | 2.42% | -0.31% |
| 2021 | 2,376,722 | 5,453,566 | 2.33% | -4.08% |
| 2022 | 2,430,747 | 5,637,022 | 2.27% | 3.36% |
| 2023 | 2,484,789 | 5,917,648 | 2.22% | 4.98% |
| 2024 | 2,538,952 | 6,036,860 | 2.18% | 2.01% |
| 2025 | 2,593,130 | 6,076,565 | 2.13% | 0.66% |
| 2026 | 2,647,397 | 6,112,792 | 2.09% | 0.6% |
| 2027 | 2,701,860 | 6,147,775 | 2.06% | 0.57% |
| 2028 | 2,756,474 | 6,182,764 | 2.02% | 0.57% |
| 2029 | 2,811,348 | 6,214,576 | 1.99% | 0.51% |
| 2030 | 2,866,668 | 6,242,825 | 1.97% | 0.45% |
| 2031 | 2,922,503 | 6,270,800 | 1.95% | 0.45% |
| 2032 | 2,978,812 | 6,298,559 | 1.93% | 0.44% |
| 2033 | 3,035,711 | 6,325,401 | 1.91% | 0.43% |
| 2034 | 3,093,221 | 6,349,852 | 1.89% | 0.39% |
| 2035 | 3,151,467 | 6,368,948 | 1.88% | 0.3% |
| 2036 | 3,210,584 | 6,383,048 | 1.88% | 0.22% |
| 2037 | 3,270,304 | 6,394,813 | 1.86% | 0.18% |
| 2038 | 3,330,507 | 6,404,994 | 1.84% | 0.16% |
| 2039 | 3,391,378 | 6,411,057 | 1.83% | 0.09% |
| 2040 | 3,452,985 | 6,411,962 | 1.82% | 0.01% |
| 2041 | 3,515,218 | 6,408,383 | 1.8% | -0.06% |
| 2042 | 3,577,745 | 6,402,235 | 1.78% | -0.1% |
| 2043 | 3,640,570 | 6,394,872 | 1.76% | -0.12% |
| 2044 | 3,703,794 | 6,384,418 | 1.74% | -0.16% |
| 2045 | 3,767,430 | 6,372,013 | 1.72% | -0.19% |
| 2046 | 3,831,211 | 6,358,982 | 1.69% | -0.2% |
| 2047 | 3,894,840 | 6,343,000 | 1.66% | -0.25% |
| 2048 | 3,958,294 | 6,327,523 | 1.63% | -0.24% |
| 2049 | 4,021,470 | 6,312,515 | 1.6% | -0.24% |
| 2050 | 4,084,535 | 6,294,905 | 1.57% | -0.28% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Gabon increased by 577,494 people (a 39.5% growth), while Singapore gained 1,269,240 people (a 29.8% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Gabon gained 595,732 (a 29.2% growth), while Singapore's population increased by 570,663 (a 10.3% growth).
Gabon was ranked 147th most populous country in 2005 and is 142nd in 2025. Singapore was ranked 119th in 2005 and ranked 113th 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 Singapore will increase by 3.1% to 6,294,905 people and rank change from 113th to 118th.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Libreville | 899K |
| Port-Gentil | 136K |
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| City | Population |
| Singapore | 5.87M |
| Bukit Merah | 152K |
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Population differences between Gabon and Singapore
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| Life expectancy | 68.7 years | 84 years |
| Average age | 26.2 years | 39.3 years |
| Median age | 22.6 years | 36.8 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50.8:49.2 | 51.7:48.3 |
| Fertility rate | 3.65 births per woman | 0.97 births per woman |
| Population density | 25.5 ppl/mi² | 21,776 ppl/mi² |
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