Population in Gabon compared to South Africa: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Gabon and South Africa: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Gabon	South Africa	Gabon	South Africa
1960	512,316	16,440,172	-	-
1961	518,266	16,908,035	1.16%	2.85%
1962	524,649	17,418,522	1.23%	3.02%
1963	531,452	17,954,564	1.3%	3.08%
1964	538,657	18,511,361	1.36%	3.1%
1965	546,308	19,089,380	1.42%	3.12%
1966	554,463	19,690,087	1.49%	3.15%
1967	563,108	20,314,066	1.56%	3.17%
1968	572,257	20,957,287	1.62%	3.17%
1969	583,276	21,614,676	1.93%	3.14%
1970	595,846	22,279,984	2.16%	3.08%
1971	608,348	22,942,143	2.1%	2.97%
1972	620,960	23,609,456	2.07%	2.91%
1973	633,995	24,294,263	2.1%	2.9%
1974	647,691	24,989,108	2.16%	2.86%
1975	662,197	25,690,940	2.24%	2.81%
1976	677,628	26,395,450	2.33%	2.74%
1977	693,984	27,118,952	2.41%	2.74%
1978	711,245	27,869,507	2.49%	2.77%
1979	729,375	28,634,162	2.55%	2.74%
1980	748,389	29,518,857	2.61%	3.09%
1981	768,385	30,541,044	2.67%	3.46%
1982	789,286	31,615,339	2.72%	3.52%
1983	811,005	32,739,304	2.75%	3.56%
1984	833,501	33,892,788	2.77%	3.52%
1985	856,726	35,042,093	2.79%	3.39%
1986	880,705	36,180,515	2.8%	3.25%
1987	905,479	37,326,190	2.81%	3.17%
1988	931,020	38,480,649	2.82%	3.09%
1989	957,138	39,628,575	2.81%	2.98%
1990	983,734	40,746,268	2.78%	2.82%
1991	1,010,818	41,687,898	2.75%	2.31%
1992	1,038,380	42,443,509	2.73%	1.81%
1993	1,066,405	43,297,156	2.7%	2.01%
1994	1,094,720	44,004,139	2.66%	1.63%
1995	1,123,213	44,541,554	2.6%	1.22%
1996	1,152,015	45,123,018	2.56%	1.31%
1997	1,181,439	45,666,838	2.55%	1.21%
1998	1,211,736	46,223,880	2.56%	1.22%
1999	1,243,016	46,730,335	2.58%	1.1%
2000	1,275,572	47,159,719	2.62%	0.92%
2001	1,309,589	47,566,800	2.67%	0.86%
2002	1,345,135	48,019,415	2.71%	0.95%
2003	1,382,350	48,500,348	2.77%	1%
2004	1,421,609	48,991,421	2.84%	1.01%
2005	1,463,495	49,490,033	2.95%	1.02%
2006	1,508,337	49,998,277	3.06%	1.03%
2007	1,556,237	50,528,584	3.18%	1.06%
2008	1,607,175	51,114,599	3.27%	1.16%
2009	1,661,556	51,728,516	3.38%	1.2%
2010	1,719,879	52,344,051	3.51%	1.19%
2011	1,781,985	52,995,205	3.61%	1.24%
2012	1,846,889	53,782,567	3.64%	1.49%
2013	1,913,059	54,678,791	3.58%	1.67%
2014	1,978,399	55,594,838	3.42%	1.68%
2015	2,040,989	56,723,537	3.16%	2.03%
2016	2,100,306	57,259,551	2.91%	0.94%
2017	2,156,900	57,635,162	2.69%	0.66%
2018	2,212,318	58,613,001	2.57%	1.7%
2019	2,267,706	59,587,885	2.5%	1.66%
2020	2,322,539	60,562,381	2.42%	1.64%
2021	2,376,722	61,502,603	2.33%	1.55%
2022	2,430,747	62,378,410	2.27%	1.42%
2023	2,484,789	63,212,384	2.22%	1.34%
2024	2,538,952	64,007,187	2.18%	1.26%
2025	2,593,130	64,747,317	2.13%	1.16%
2026	2,647,397	65,453,086	2.09%	1.09%
2027	2,701,860	66,143,018	2.06%	1.05%
2028	2,756,474	66,830,384	2.02%	1.04%
2029	2,811,348	67,506,850	1.99%	1.01%
2030	2,866,668	68,161,357	1.97%	0.97%
2031	2,922,503	68,798,574	1.95%	0.93%
2032	2,978,812	69,426,441	1.93%	0.91%
2033	3,035,711	70,040,484	1.91%	0.88%
2034	3,093,221	70,641,572	1.89%	0.86%
2035	3,151,467	71,234,749	1.88%	0.84%
2036	3,210,584	71,816,372	1.88%	0.82%
2037	3,270,304	72,387,807	1.86%	0.8%
2038	3,330,507	72,949,611	1.84%	0.78%
2039	3,391,378	73,496,152	1.83%	0.75%
2040	3,452,985	74,035,615	1.82%	0.73%
2041	3,515,218	74,575,444	1.8%	0.73%
2042	3,577,745	75,111,899	1.78%	0.72%
2043	3,640,570	75,641,512	1.76%	0.71%
2044	3,703,794	76,164,461	1.74%	0.69%
2045	3,767,430	76,681,448	1.72%	0.68%
2046	3,831,211	77,199,542	1.69%	0.68%
2047	3,894,840	77,716,650	1.66%	0.67%
2048	3,958,294	78,215,323	1.63%	0.64%
2049	4,021,470	78,699,584	1.6%	0.62%
2050	4,084,535	79,177,329	1.57%	0.61%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Gabon increased by 577,494 people (a 39.5% growth), while South Africa gained 7,233,504 people (a 14.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Gabon gained 595,732 (a 29.2% growth), while South Africa's population increased by 8,590,709 (a 15.1% growth).

Gabon was ranked 147th most populous country in 2005 and is 142nd in 2025. South Africa was ranked 24th in 2005 and still ranked 24th 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 South Africa will increase by 21.2% to 79,177,329 people and rank change from 24th to 23rd.