Population in Gabon compared to the United Kingdom: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Gabon and the United Kingdom: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Gabon	United Kingdom	Gabon	United Kingdom
1960	512,316	52,400,000	-	-
1961	518,266	52,800,000	1.16%	0.76%
1962	524,649	53,250,000	1.23%	0.85%
1963	531,452	53,650,000	1.3%	0.75%
1964	538,657	54,000,000	1.36%	0.65%
1965	546,308	54,348,050	1.42%	0.64%
1966	554,463	54,648,500	1.49%	0.55%
1967	563,108	54,943,600	1.56%	0.54%
1968	572,257	55,211,700	1.62%	0.49%
1969	583,276	55,441,750	1.93%	0.42%
1970	595,846	55,663,250	2.16%	0.4%
1971	608,348	55,896,223	2.1%	0.42%
1972	620,960	56,086,065	2.07%	0.34%
1973	633,995	56,194,527	2.1%	0.19%
1974	647,691	56,229,974	2.16%	0.06%
1975	662,197	56,225,800	2.24%	-0.007%
1976	677,628	56,211,968	2.33%	-0.02%
1977	693,984	56,193,492	2.41%	-0.03%
1978	711,245	56,196,504	2.49%	0.005%
1979	729,375	56,246,951	2.55%	0.09%
1980	748,389	56,314,216	2.61%	0.12%
1981	768,385	56,333,829	2.67%	0.03%
1982	789,286	56,313,641	2.72%	-0.04%
1983	811,005	56,332,848	2.75%	0.03%
1984	833,501	56,422,072	2.77%	0.16%
1985	856,726	56,550,268	2.79%	0.23%
1986	880,705	56,681,396	2.8%	0.23%
1987	905,479	56,802,050	2.81%	0.21%
1988	931,020	56,928,327	2.82%	0.22%
1989	957,138	57,076,711	2.81%	0.26%
1990	983,734	57,247,586	2.78%	0.3%
1991	1,010,818	57,424,897	2.75%	0.31%
1992	1,038,380	57,580,402	2.73%	0.27%
1993	1,066,405	57,718,614	2.7%	0.24%
1994	1,094,720	57,865,745	2.66%	0.25%
1995	1,123,213	58,019,030	2.6%	0.26%
1996	1,152,015	58,166,950	2.56%	0.25%
1997	1,181,439	58,316,954	2.55%	0.26%
1998	1,211,736	58,487,141	2.56%	0.29%
1999	1,243,016	58,682,466	2.58%	0.33%
2000	1,275,572	58,892,514	2.62%	0.36%
2001	1,309,589	59,119,673	2.67%	0.39%
2002	1,345,135	59,370,479	2.71%	0.42%
2003	1,382,350	59,647,577	2.77%	0.47%
2004	1,421,609	59,987,905	2.84%	0.57%
2005	1,463,495	60,401,206	2.95%	0.69%
2006	1,508,337	60,846,820	3.06%	0.74%
2007	1,556,237	61,322,463	3.18%	0.78%
2008	1,607,175	61,806,995	3.27%	0.79%
2009	1,661,556	62,276,270	3.38%	0.76%
2010	1,719,879	62,766,365	3.51%	0.79%
2011	1,781,985	63,258,810	3.61%	0.78%
2012	1,846,889	63,711,000	3.64%	0.71%
2013	1,913,059	64,139,000	3.58%	0.67%
2014	1,978,399	64,620,000	3.42%	0.75%
2015	2,040,989	65,088,000	3.16%	0.72%
2016	2,100,306	65,607,000	2.91%	0.8%
2017	2,156,900	65,966,000	2.69%	0.55%
2018	2,212,318	66,289,000	2.57%	0.49%
2019	2,267,706	66,631,000	2.5%	0.52%
2020	2,322,539	66,744,000	2.42%	0.17%
2021	2,376,722	66,984,000	2.33%	0.36%
2022	2,430,747	67,604,000	2.27%	0.93%
2023	2,484,789	68,492,000	2.22%	1.31%
2024	2,538,952	69,226,000	2.18%	1.07%
2025	2,593,130	69,639,673	2.13%	0.6%
2026	2,647,397	70,020,350	2.09%	0.55%
2027	2,701,860	70,382,853	2.06%	0.52%
2028	2,756,474	70,732,699	2.02%	0.5%
2029	2,811,348	71,061,482	1.99%	0.46%
2030	2,866,668	71,377,535	1.97%	0.44%
2031	2,922,503	71,678,351	1.95%	0.42%
2032	2,978,812	71,959,934	1.93%	0.39%
2033	3,035,711	72,234,509	1.91%	0.38%
2034	3,093,221	72,497,650	1.89%	0.36%
2035	3,151,467	72,749,096	1.88%	0.35%
2036	3,210,584	72,990,847	1.88%	0.33%
2037	3,270,304	73,218,850	1.86%	0.31%
2038	3,330,507	73,441,349	1.84%	0.3%
2039	3,391,378	73,658,392	1.83%	0.3%
2040	3,452,985	73,868,334	1.82%	0.29%
2041	3,515,218	74,074,316	1.8%	0.28%
2042	3,577,745	74,275,779	1.78%	0.27%
2043	3,640,570	74,475,035	1.76%	0.27%
2044	3,703,794	74,667,284	1.74%	0.26%
2045	3,767,430	74,848,605	1.72%	0.24%
2046	3,831,211	75,020,949	1.69%	0.23%
2047	3,894,840	75,184,478	1.66%	0.22%
2048	3,958,294	75,337,543	1.63%	0.2%
2049	4,021,470	75,476,141	1.6%	0.18%
2050	4,084,535	75,600,588	1.57%	0.16%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Gabon increased by 577,494 people (a 39.5% growth), while the United Kingdom gained 4,686,794 people (a 7.76% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Gabon gained 595,732 (a 29.2% growth), while the United Kingdom's population increased by 4,857,462 (a 7.46% growth).

Gabon was ranked 147th most populous country in 2005 and is 142nd in 2025. The United Kingdom was ranked 21st in 2005 and ranked 22nd 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 the United Kingdom will increase by 8.09% to 75,600,588 people and rank change from 22nd to 26th.