The latest officially reported population of Gabon was 2,538,952 in 2024 vs 85,518,661 people in Turkey in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Gabon's population is 2,647,992 people compared to 85,963,745 in Turkey.
Population statistics:
- Turkey's population is 32.5 times bigger than Gabon's.
- Gabon is ranked the 141st most populous country in the world, while Turkey is the 18th.
- The countries together account for 1.07% of the world: 0.03% for Gabon vs 1.04% for Turkey.
- For the last 10 years, Gabon has had an average growth rate of +2.61% per year vs +1.06% in Turkey.
- Since 2006, the population of Gabon has increased from 1.51M people to 2.65M (75.6% growth), while Turkey has grown from 70M to 86M (22.7% growth).
- Gabon is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 6.9M people compared to the peak of 89.4M people in 2047 for Turkey.
Gabon vs Turkey: live population counter
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| Current population |
2647992
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85963745
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| Population rank | 141/197 | 18/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.03% | 1.04% |
| One net population change |
9.7 minutes
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2.73 minutes
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| One birth every |
7.65 minutes
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33 seconds
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| One death every |
33.7 minutes
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59.6 seconds
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| One migration net change every |
7.93 hours
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1.9 minutes
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| Annual migration change | +1,105 | -275,952 |
| Daily growth/decline | +148 | +528 |
| Annual growth/decline | +54,163 | +192,696 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +2.18% | +0.23% |
| Population growth rate rank | 44/197 | 155/197 |
Gabon and Turkey: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 512,316 | 28,329,898 | - | - |
| 1961 | 518,266 | 29,119,238 | 1.16% | 2.79% |
| 1962 | 524,649 | 29,916,147 | 1.23% | 2.74% |
| 1963 | 531,452 | 30,726,841 | 1.3% | 2.71% |
| 1964 | 538,657 | 31,543,072 | 1.36% | 2.66% |
| 1965 | 546,308 | 32,345,220 | 1.42% | 2.54% |
| 1966 | 554,463 | 33,177,672 | 1.49% | 2.57% |
| 1967 | 563,108 | 34,050,421 | 1.56% | 2.63% |
| 1968 | 572,257 | 34,921,684 | 1.62% | 2.56% |
| 1969 | 583,276 | 35,787,774 | 1.93% | 2.48% |
| 1970 | 595,846 | 36,638,465 | 2.16% | 2.38% |
| 1971 | 608,348 | 37,518,611 | 2.1% | 2.4% |
| 1972 | 620,960 | 38,430,221 | 2.07% | 2.43% |
| 1973 | 633,995 | 39,329,533 | 2.1% | 2.34% |
| 1974 | 647,691 | 40,210,234 | 2.16% | 2.24% |
| 1975 | 662,197 | 41,053,126 | 2.24% | 2.1% |
| 1976 | 677,628 | 41,899,984 | 2.33% | 2.06% |
| 1977 | 693,984 | 42,773,298 | 2.41% | 2.08% |
| 1978 | 711,245 | 43,645,306 | 2.49% | 2.04% |
| 1979 | 729,375 | 44,510,429 | 2.55% | 1.98% |
| 1980 | 748,389 | 45,408,815 | 2.61% | 2.02% |
| 1981 | 768,385 | 46,321,190 | 2.67% | 2.01% |
| 1982 | 789,286 | 47,322,096 | 2.72% | 2.16% |
| 1983 | 811,005 | 48,447,410 | 2.75% | 2.38% |
| 1984 | 833,501 | 49,574,069 | 2.77% | 2.33% |
| 1985 | 856,726 | 50,687,115 | 2.79% | 2.25% |
| 1986 | 880,705 | 51,777,772 | 2.8% | 2.15% |
| 1987 | 905,479 | 52,843,670 | 2.81% | 2.06% |
| 1988 | 931,020 | 53,909,626 | 2.82% | 2.02% |
| 1989 | 957,138 | 54,976,723 | 2.81% | 1.98% |
| 1990 | 983,734 | 56,015,628 | 2.78% | 1.89% |
| 1991 | 1,010,818 | 57,009,887 | 2.75% | 1.77% |
| 1992 | 1,038,380 | 57,990,118 | 2.73% | 1.72% |
| 1993 | 1,066,405 | 58,999,167 | 2.7% | 1.74% |
| 1994 | 1,094,720 | 60,033,836 | 2.66% | 1.75% |
| 1995 | 1,123,213 | 61,024,503 | 2.6% | 1.65% |
| 1996 | 1,152,015 | 61,951,134 | 2.56% | 1.52% |
| 1997 | 1,181,439 | 62,852,966 | 2.55% | 1.46% |
| 1998 | 1,211,736 | 63,734,383 | 2.56% | 1.4% |
| 1999 | 1,243,016 | 64,591,923 | 2.58% | 1.35% |
| 2000 | 1,275,572 | 65,425,961 | 2.62% | 1.29% |
| 2001 | 1,309,589 | 66,245,128 | 2.67% | 1.25% |
| 2002 | 1,345,135 | 67,048,795 | 2.71% | 1.21% |
| 2003 | 1,382,350 | 67,831,730 | 2.77% | 1.17% |
| 2004 | 1,421,609 | 68,592,617 | 2.84% | 1.12% |
| 2005 | 1,463,495 | 69,329,557 | 2.95% | 1.07% |
| 2006 | 1,508,337 | 70,045,349 | 3.06% | 1.03% |
| 2007 | 1,556,237 | 70,158,112 | 3.18% | 0.16% |
| 2008 | 1,607,175 | 71,051,678 | 3.27% | 1.27% |
| 2009 | 1,661,556 | 72,039,206 | 3.38% | 1.39% |
| 2010 | 1,719,879 | 73,142,150 | 3.51% | 1.53% |
| 2011 | 1,781,985 | 74,223,629 | 3.61% | 1.48% |
| 2012 | 1,846,889 | 75,175,827 | 3.64% | 1.28% |
| 2013 | 1,913,059 | 76,147,624 | 3.58% | 1.29% |
| 2014 | 1,978,399 | 77,181,884 | 3.42% | 1.36% |
| 2015 | 2,040,989 | 78,218,479 | 3.16% | 1.34% |
| 2016 | 2,100,306 | 79,277,962 | 2.91% | 1.35% |
| 2017 | 2,156,900 | 80,312,698 | 2.69% | 1.31% |
| 2018 | 2,212,318 | 81,407,204 | 2.57% | 1.36% |
| 2019 | 2,267,706 | 82,579,440 | 2.5% | 1.44% |
| 2020 | 2,322,539 | 83,384,680 | 2.42% | 0.98% |
| 2021 | 2,376,722 | 84,147,318 | 2.33% | 0.91% |
| 2022 | 2,430,747 | 84,979,913 | 2.27% | 0.99% |
| 2023 | 2,484,789 | 85,325,965 | 2.22% | 0.41% |
| 2024 | 2,538,952 | 85,518,661 | 2.18% | 0.23% |
| 2025 | 2,593,130 | 85,725,557 | 2.13% | 0.24% |
| 2026 | 2,647,397 | 85,960,835 | 2.09% | 0.27% |
| 2027 | 2,701,860 | 86,227,115 | 2.06% | 0.31% |
| 2028 | 2,756,474 | 86,502,744 | 2.02% | 0.32% |
| 2029 | 2,811,348 | 86,771,652 | 1.99% | 0.31% |
| 2030 | 2,866,668 | 87,037,680 | 1.97% | 0.31% |
| 2031 | 2,922,503 | 87,297,191 | 1.95% | 0.3% |
| 2032 | 2,978,812 | 87,537,075 | 1.93% | 0.27% |
| 2033 | 3,035,711 | 87,762,403 | 1.91% | 0.26% |
| 2034 | 3,093,221 | 87,974,138 | 1.89% | 0.24% |
| 2035 | 3,151,467 | 88,172,739 | 1.88% | 0.23% |
| 2036 | 3,210,584 | 88,364,318 | 1.88% | 0.22% |
| 2037 | 3,270,304 | 88,545,669 | 1.86% | 0.21% |
| 2038 | 3,330,507 | 88,707,268 | 1.84% | 0.18% |
| 2039 | 3,391,378 | 88,849,956 | 1.83% | 0.16% |
| 2040 | 3,452,985 | 88,975,510 | 1.82% | 0.14% |
| 2041 | 3,515,218 | 89,083,304 | 1.8% | 0.12% |
| 2042 | 3,577,745 | 89,177,769 | 1.78% | 0.11% |
| 2043 | 3,640,570 | 89,254,147 | 1.76% | 0.09% |
| 2044 | 3,703,794 | 89,311,458 | 1.74% | 0.06% |
| 2045 | 3,767,430 | 89,349,806 | 1.72% | 0.04% |
| 2046 | 3,831,211 | 89,375,429 | 1.69% | 0.03% |
| 2047 | 3,894,840 | 89,383,765 | 1.66% | 0.009% |
| 2048 | 3,958,294 | 89,361,174 | 1.63% | -0.03% |
| 2049 | 4,021,470 | 89,306,566 | 1.6% | -0.06% |
| 2050 | 4,084,535 | 89,218,346 | 1.57% | -0.1% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Gabon increased by 591,969 people (a 39.2% growth), while Turkey gained 9,232,613 people (a 13.2% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Gabon gained 547,686 (a 26.1% growth), while Turkey's population increased by 6,685,783 (a 8.43% growth).
Gabon was ranked 147th most populous country in 2006 and is 141st in 2026. Turkey was ranked 18th in 2006 and still ranked 18th 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 Turkey will increase by 3.79% to 89,218,346 people and rank change from 18th to 19th.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Libreville | 899K |
| Port-Gentil | 136K |
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Population differences between Gabon and Turkey
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| Life expectancy | 68.9 years | 78.4 years |
| Average age | 26.2 years | 35.3 years |
| Median age | 22.6 years | 34 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50.8:49.2 | 49.9:50.1 |
| Fertility rate | 3.65 births per woman | 1.51 births per woman |
| Population density | 25.5 ppl/mi² | 287.8 ppl/mi² |
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