The latest officially reported population of Gabon was 2,538,952 in 2024 vs 50,448,963 people in Sudan in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Gabon's population is 2,647,992 people compared to 53,298,472 in Sudan.
Population statistics:
- Sudan's population is 20.1 times bigger than Gabon's.
- Gabon is ranked the 141st most populous country in the world, while Sudan is the 29th.
- The countries together account for 0.68% of the world: 0.03% for Gabon vs 0.64% for Sudan.
- For the last 10 years, Gabon has had an average growth rate of +2.61% per year vs +2.67% in Sudan.
- Since 2006, the population of Gabon has increased from 1.51M people to 2.65M (75.6% growth), while Sudan has grown from 32M to 53.3M (66.6% growth).
- Gabon is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 6.9M people compared to the peak of 137M people in 2100 for Sudan.
Gabon vs Sudan: live population counter
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| Current population |
2647992
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53298472
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| Population rank | 141/197 | 29/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.03% | 0.64% |
| One net population change |
9.7 minutes
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1.29 minutes
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| One birth every |
7.65 minutes
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18.7 seconds
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| One death every |
33.7 minutes
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1.64 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
7.93 hours
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57.9 seconds
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| Annual migration change | +1,105 | -544,257 |
| Daily growth/decline | +148 | +1,113 |
| Annual growth/decline | +54,163 | +406,172 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +2.18% | +0.81% |
| Population growth rate rank | 44/197 | 117/197 |
Gabon and Sudan: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 512,316 | 8,364,489 | - | - |
| 1961 | 518,266 | 8,634,941 | 1.16% | 3.23% |
| 1962 | 524,649 | 8,919,028 | 1.23% | 3.29% |
| 1963 | 531,452 | 9,218,077 | 1.3% | 3.35% |
| 1964 | 538,657 | 9,531,109 | 1.36% | 3.4% |
| 1965 | 546,308 | 9,858,030 | 1.42% | 3.43% |
| 1966 | 554,463 | 10,197,578 | 1.49% | 3.44% |
| 1967 | 563,108 | 10,550,597 | 1.56% | 3.46% |
| 1968 | 572,257 | 10,917,999 | 1.62% | 3.48% |
| 1969 | 583,276 | 11,298,936 | 1.93% | 3.49% |
| 1970 | 595,846 | 11,695,771 | 2.16% | 3.51% |
| 1971 | 608,348 | 12,105,539 | 2.1% | 3.5% |
| 1972 | 620,960 | 12,527,856 | 2.07% | 3.49% |
| 1973 | 633,995 | 13,049,315 | 2.1% | 4.16% |
| 1974 | 647,691 | 13,580,723 | 2.16% | 4.07% |
| 1975 | 662,197 | 14,064,798 | 2.24% | 3.56% |
| 1976 | 677,628 | 14,569,716 | 2.33% | 3.59% |
| 1977 | 693,984 | 15,086,614 | 2.41% | 3.55% |
| 1978 | 711,245 | 15,695,003 | 2.49% | 4.03% |
| 1979 | 729,375 | 16,355,352 | 2.55% | 4.21% |
| 1980 | 748,389 | 17,058,905 | 2.61% | 4.3% |
| 1981 | 768,385 | 17,780,572 | 2.67% | 4.23% |
| 1982 | 789,286 | 18,486,645 | 2.72% | 3.97% |
| 1983 | 811,005 | 19,109,770 | 2.75% | 3.37% |
| 1984 | 833,501 | 19,546,528 | 2.77% | 2.29% |
| 1985 | 856,726 | 19,905,872 | 2.79% | 1.84% |
| 1986 | 880,705 | 20,288,238 | 2.8% | 1.92% |
| 1987 | 905,479 | 20,704,904 | 2.81% | 2.05% |
| 1988 | 931,020 | 21,138,431 | 2.82% | 2.09% |
| 1989 | 957,138 | 21,578,022 | 2.81% | 2.08% |
| 1990 | 983,734 | 22,021,481 | 2.78% | 2.06% |
| 1991 | 1,010,818 | 22,470,676 | 2.75% | 2.04% |
| 1992 | 1,038,380 | 22,927,355 | 2.73% | 2.03% |
| 1993 | 1,066,405 | 23,445,592 | 2.7% | 2.26% |
| 1994 | 1,094,720 | 24,043,948 | 2.66% | 2.55% |
| 1995 | 1,123,213 | 24,672,143 | 2.6% | 2.61% |
| 1996 | 1,152,015 | 25,231,528 | 2.56% | 2.27% |
| 1997 | 1,181,439 | 25,799,821 | 2.55% | 2.25% |
| 1998 | 1,211,736 | 26,458,999 | 2.56% | 2.55% |
| 1999 | 1,243,016 | 27,130,613 | 2.58% | 2.54% |
| 2000 | 1,275,572 | 27,816,745 | 2.62% | 2.53% |
| 2001 | 1,309,589 | 28,516,770 | 2.67% | 2.52% |
| 2002 | 1,345,135 | 29,228,727 | 2.71% | 2.5% |
| 2003 | 1,382,350 | 29,896,035 | 2.77% | 2.28% |
| 2004 | 1,421,609 | 30,556,637 | 2.84% | 2.21% |
| 2005 | 1,463,495 | 31,262,444 | 2.95% | 2.31% |
| 2006 | 1,508,337 | 31,992,435 | 3.06% | 2.34% |
| 2007 | 1,556,237 | 32,764,135 | 3.18% | 2.41% |
| 2008 | 1,607,175 | 33,623,980 | 3.27% | 2.62% |
| 2009 | 1,661,556 | 34,569,113 | 3.38% | 2.81% |
| 2010 | 1,719,879 | 35,414,399 | 3.51% | 2.45% |
| 2011 | 1,781,985 | 36,140,806 | 3.61% | 2.05% |
| 2012 | 1,846,889 | 36,923,178 | 3.64% | 2.16% |
| 2013 | 1,913,059 | 37,785,849 | 3.58% | 2.34% |
| 2014 | 1,978,399 | 38,823,318 | 3.42% | 2.75% |
| 2015 | 2,040,989 | 40,024,431 | 3.16% | 3.09% |
| 2016 | 2,100,306 | 41,259,892 | 2.91% | 3.09% |
| 2017 | 2,156,900 | 42,714,306 | 2.69% | 3.53% |
| 2018 | 2,212,318 | 44,230,596 | 2.57% | 3.55% |
| 2019 | 2,267,706 | 45,548,175 | 2.5% | 2.98% |
| 2020 | 2,322,539 | 46,789,231 | 2.42% | 2.72% |
| 2021 | 2,376,722 | 48,066,924 | 2.33% | 2.73% |
| 2022 | 2,430,747 | 49,383,346 | 2.27% | 2.74% |
| 2023 | 2,484,789 | 50,042,791 | 2.22% | 1.34% |
| 2024 | 2,538,952 | 50,448,963 | 2.18% | 0.81% |
| 2025 | 2,593,130 | 51,662,152 | 2.13% | 2.4% |
| 2026 | 2,647,397 | 53,282,718 | 2.09% | 3.14% |
| 2027 | 2,701,860 | 54,724,215 | 2.06% | 2.71% |
| 2028 | 2,756,474 | 55,993,833 | 2.02% | 2.32% |
| 2029 | 2,811,348 | 57,275,443 | 1.99% | 2.29% |
| 2030 | 2,866,668 | 58,571,624 | 1.97% | 2.26% |
| 2031 | 2,922,503 | 59,872,936 | 1.95% | 2.22% |
| 2032 | 2,978,812 | 61,179,476 | 1.93% | 2.18% |
| 2033 | 3,035,711 | 62,497,205 | 1.91% | 2.15% |
| 2034 | 3,093,221 | 63,822,356 | 1.89% | 2.12% |
| 2035 | 3,151,467 | 65,148,317 | 1.88% | 2.08% |
| 2036 | 3,210,584 | 66,470,018 | 1.88% | 2.03% |
| 2037 | 3,270,304 | 67,791,240 | 1.86% | 1.99% |
| 2038 | 3,330,507 | 69,107,712 | 1.84% | 1.94% |
| 2039 | 3,391,378 | 70,416,631 | 1.83% | 1.89% |
| 2040 | 3,452,985 | 71,730,604 | 1.82% | 1.87% |
| 2041 | 3,515,218 | 73,056,213 | 1.8% | 1.85% |
| 2042 | 3,577,745 | 74,387,562 | 1.78% | 1.82% |
| 2043 | 3,640,570 | 75,723,670 | 1.76% | 1.8% |
| 2044 | 3,703,794 | 77,066,454 | 1.74% | 1.77% |
| 2045 | 3,767,430 | 78,415,205 | 1.72% | 1.75% |
| 2046 | 3,831,211 | 79,767,271 | 1.69% | 1.72% |
| 2047 | 3,894,840 | 81,115,241 | 1.66% | 1.69% |
| 2048 | 3,958,294 | 82,463,202 | 1.63% | 1.66% |
| 2049 | 4,021,470 | 83,828,356 | 1.6% | 1.66% |
| 2050 | 4,084,535 | 85,206,384 | 1.57% | 1.64% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Gabon increased by 591,969 people (a 39.2% growth), while Sudan gained 9,267,457 people (a 29% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Gabon gained 547,686 (a 26.1% growth), while Sudan's population increased by 12,038,580 (a 29.2% growth).
Gabon was ranked 147th most populous country in 2006 and is 141st in 2026. Sudan was ranked 36th in 2006 and ranked 29th now.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Gabon's population will grow by 54.3% to 4,084,535 people with a rank change from 141st to 133rd. The population of Sudan will increase by 59.9% to 85,206,384 people and rank change from 29th to 21st.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Libreville | 899K |
| Port-Gentil | 136K |
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| City | Population |
| Khartoum | 5.34M |
| Omdurman | 2.81M |
| Khartoum North | 936K |
| Port Sudan | 580K |
| El-Obeid | 560K |
| Kassala | 536K |
| Kosti | 528K |
| Nyala | 493K |
| El-Gadarif | 355K |
| Al-Fashir | 286K |
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Population differences between Gabon and Sudan
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| Life expectancy | 68.9 years | 66.9 years |
| Average age | 26.2 years | 23.6 years |
| Median age | 22.6 years | 19.4 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50.8:49.2 | 49.6:50.4 |
| Fertility rate | 3.65 births per woman | 4.32 births per woman |
| Population density | 25.5 ppl/mi² | 69.9 ppl/mi² |
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