Population in Gabon compared to Uganda: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Gabon and Uganda: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Gabon	Uganda	Gabon	Uganda
1960	512,316	7,640,973	-	-
1961	518,266	7,862,217	1.16%	2.9%
1962	524,649	8,092,231	1.23%	2.93%
1963	531,452	8,333,663	1.3%	2.98%
1964	538,657	8,586,363	1.36%	3.03%
1965	546,308	8,849,203	1.42%	3.06%
1966	554,463	9,122,864	1.49%	3.09%
1967	563,108	9,408,924	1.56%	3.14%
1968	572,257	9,708,632	1.62%	3.19%
1969	583,276	10,014,858	1.93%	3.15%
1970	595,846	10,321,603	2.16%	3.06%
1971	608,348	10,618,206	2.1%	2.87%
1972	620,960	10,885,796	2.07%	2.52%
1973	633,995	11,144,236	2.1%	2.37%
1974	647,691	11,424,846	2.16%	2.52%
1975	662,197	11,725,240	2.24%	2.63%
1976	677,628	12,037,294	2.33%	2.66%
1977	693,984	12,359,669	2.41%	2.68%
1978	711,245	12,692,113	2.49%	2.69%
1979	729,375	13,002,163	2.55%	2.44%
1980	748,389	13,275,741	2.61%	2.1%
1981	768,385	13,556,452	2.67%	2.11%
1982	789,286	13,873,631	2.72%	2.34%
1983	811,005	14,221,881	2.75%	2.51%
1984	833,501	14,607,677	2.77%	2.71%
1985	856,726	15,023,681	2.79%	2.85%
1986	880,705	15,467,579	2.8%	2.95%
1987	905,479	15,954,170	2.81%	3.15%
1988	931,020	16,470,483	2.82%	3.24%
1989	957,138	17,010,698	2.81%	3.28%
1990	983,734	17,569,897	2.78%	3.29%
1991	1,010,818	18,155,901	2.75%	3.34%
1992	1,038,380	18,785,032	2.73%	3.47%
1993	1,066,405	19,445,161	2.7%	3.51%
1994	1,094,720	20,108,801	2.66%	3.41%
1995	1,123,213	20,665,667	2.6%	2.77%
1996	1,152,015	21,231,550	2.56%	2.74%
1997	1,181,439	21,856,046	2.55%	2.94%
1998	1,211,736	22,515,806	2.56%	3.02%
1999	1,243,016	23,257,281	2.58%	3.29%
2000	1,275,572	24,000,150	2.62%	3.19%
2001	1,309,589	24,745,676	2.67%	3.11%
2002	1,345,135	25,532,870	2.71%	3.18%
2003	1,382,350	26,352,124	2.77%	3.21%
2004	1,421,609	27,154,515	2.84%	3.04%
2005	1,463,495	27,963,289	2.95%	2.98%
2006	1,508,337	28,794,003	3.06%	2.97%
2007	1,556,237	29,653,430	3.18%	2.98%
2008	1,607,175	30,539,553	3.27%	2.99%
2009	1,661,556	31,451,151	3.38%	2.98%
2010	1,719,879	32,390,802	3.51%	2.99%
2011	1,781,985	33,354,543	3.61%	2.98%
2012	1,846,889	34,337,438	3.64%	2.95%
2013	1,913,059	35,337,042	3.58%	2.91%
2014	1,978,399	36,395,539	3.42%	3%
2015	2,040,989	37,531,446	3.16%	3.12%
2016	2,100,306	38,799,152	2.91%	3.38%
2017	2,156,900	40,177,388	2.69%	3.55%
2018	2,212,318	41,565,831	2.57%	3.46%
2019	2,267,706	42,999,637	2.5%	3.45%
2020	2,322,539	44,457,152	2.42%	3.39%
2021	2,376,722	45,910,930	2.33%	3.27%
2022	2,430,747	47,312,719	2.27%	3.05%
2023	2,484,789	48,656,601	2.22%	2.84%
2024	2,538,952	50,015,092	2.18%	2.79%
2025	2,593,130	51,384,895	2.13%	2.74%
2026	2,647,397	52,761,471	2.09%	2.68%
2027	2,701,860	54,144,274	2.06%	2.62%
2028	2,756,474	55,532,564	2.02%	2.56%
2029	2,811,348	56,922,797	1.99%	2.5%
2030	2,866,668	58,312,944	1.97%	2.44%
2031	2,922,503	59,703,537	1.95%	2.38%
2032	2,978,812	61,089,060	1.93%	2.32%
2033	3,035,711	62,464,116	1.91%	2.25%
2034	3,093,221	63,833,872	1.89%	2.19%
2035	3,151,467	65,205,570	1.88%	2.15%
2036	3,210,584	66,573,737	1.88%	2.1%
2037	3,270,304	67,942,634	1.86%	2.06%
2038	3,330,507	69,312,210	1.84%	2.02%
2039	3,391,378	70,669,875	1.83%	1.96%
2040	3,452,985	72,020,414	1.82%	1.91%
2041	3,515,218	73,372,658	1.8%	1.88%
2042	3,577,745	74,730,004	1.78%	1.85%
2043	3,640,570	76,090,991	1.76%	1.82%
2044	3,703,794	77,449,517	1.74%	1.79%
2045	3,767,430	78,797,995	1.72%	1.74%
2046	3,831,211	80,139,174	1.69%	1.7%
2047	3,894,840	81,478,503	1.66%	1.67%
2048	3,958,294	82,812,102	1.63%	1.64%
2049	4,021,470	84,130,056	1.6%	1.59%
2050	4,084,535	85,431,202	1.57%	1.55%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Gabon increased by 577,494 people (a 39.5% growth), while Uganda gained 9,568,157 people (a 34.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Gabon gained 595,732 (a 29.2% growth), while Uganda's population increased by 14,959,223 (a 39.9% growth).

Gabon was ranked 147th most populous country in 2005 and is 142nd in 2025. Uganda was ranked 40th in 2005 and ranked 30th 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 Uganda will increase by 62.8% to 85,431,202 people and rank change from 30th to 20th.