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

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The latest officially reported population of Gabon was 2,538,952 in 2024 vs 340,110,988 people in the United States in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Gabon's population is 2,636,721 people compared to 343,323,530 in the United States.

Population statistics:

  • The United States' population is 130.2 times bigger than Gabon's.
  • Gabon is ranked the 142nd most populous country in the world, while the United States is the 3rd.
  • The countries together account for 4.18% of the world: 0.03% for Gabon vs 4.15% for the United States.
  • For the last 10 years, Gabon has had an average growth rate of +2.61% per year vs +0.67% in the United States.
  • Since 2005, the population of Gabon has increased from 1.46M people to 2.64M (80.2% growth), while the United States has grown from 296M to 343M (16.2% growth).
  • Gabon is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 6.9M people compared to the peak of 415M people in 2100 for the United States.

Gabon vs United States: live population counter

Gabon United States
Current population
2636721
343323530
Population rank 142/197 3/197
Percent of world population 0.03% 4.15%
One net population change
9.7 minutes
6.07 seconds
One birth every
7.65 minutes
8.8 seconds
One death every
33.7 minutes
10.2 seconds
One migration net change every
7.93 hours
24.5 seconds
Annual migration change +1,105 +1,286,132
Daily growth/decline +148 +14,236
Annual growth/decline +54,163 +5,196,093
Annual growth/decline rate +2.18% +1.55%
Population growth rate rank 46/197 72/197

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

Gabon
Population

Growth rate
United States
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Gabon United States Gabon United States
1900 - 76,094,000 - -
1901 - 77,584,000 - 1.96%
1902 - 79,163,000 - 2.04%
1903 - 80,632,000 - 1.86%
1904 - 82,166,000 - 1.9%
1905 - 83,822,000 - 2.02%
1906 - 85,450,000 - 1.94%
1907 - 87,008,000 - 1.82%
1908 - 88,710,000 - 1.96%
1909 - 90,490,000 - 2.01%
1910 - 92,407,000 - 2.12%
1911 - 93,863,000 - 1.58%
1912 - 95,335,000 - 1.57%
1913 - 97,225,000 - 1.98%
1914 - 99,111,000 - 1.94%
1915 - 100,546,000 - 1.45%
1916 - 101,961,000 - 1.41%
1917 - 103,268,000 - 1.28%
1918 - 103,208,000 - -0.06%
1919 - 104,514,000 - 1.27%
1920 - 106,461,000 - 1.86%
1921 - 108,538,000 - 1.95%
1922 - 110,049,000 - 1.39%
1923 - 111,947,000 - 1.72%
1924 - 114,109,000 - 1.93%
1925 - 115,829,000 - 1.51%
1926 - 117,397,000 - 1.35%
1927 - 119,035,000 - 1.4%
1928 - 120,509,000 - 1.24%
1929 - 121,767,000 - 1.04%
1930 - 123,076,741 - 1.08%
1931 - 124,039,648 - 0.78%
1932 - 124,840,471 - 0.65%
1933 - 125,578,763 - 0.59%
1934 - 126,373,773 - 0.63%
1935 - 127,250,232 - 0.69%
1936 - 128,053,180 - 0.63%
1937 - 128,824,829 - 0.6%
1938 - 129,824,939 - 0.78%
1939 - 130,879,718 - 0.81%
1940 - 132,122,446 - 0.95%
1941 - 133,402,471 - 0.97%
1942 - 134,859,553 - 1.09%
1943 - 136,739,353 - 1.39%
1944 - 138,397,345 - 1.21%
1945 - 139,928,165 - 1.11%
1946 - 141,388,566 - 1.04%
1947 - 144,126,071 - 1.94%
1948 - 146,631,302 - 1.74%
1949 - 149,188,130 - 1.74%
1950 - 152,271,417 - 2.07%
1951 - 154,877,889 - 1.71%
1952 - 157,552,740 - 1.73%
1953 - 160,184,192 - 1.67%
1954 - 163,025,854 - 1.77%
1955 - 165,931,202 - 1.78%
1956 - 168,903,031 - 1.79%
1957 - 171,984,130 - 1.82%
1958 - 174,881,904 - 1.68%
1959 - 177,829,628 - 1.69%
1960 512,316 180,671,158 - 1.6%
1961 518,266 183,691,481 1.16% 1.67%
1962 524,649 186,537,737 1.23% 1.55%
1963 531,452 189,241,798 1.3% 1.45%
1964 538,657 191,888,791 1.36% 1.4%
1965 546,308 194,302,963 1.42% 1.26%
1966 554,463 196,560,338 1.49% 1.16%
1967 563,108 198,712,056 1.56% 1.09%
1968 572,257 200,706,052 1.62% 1%
1969 583,276 202,676,946 1.93% 0.98%
1970 595,846 205,052,174 2.16% 1.17%
1971 608,348 207,660,677 2.1% 1.27%
1972 620,960 209,896,021 2.07% 1.08%
1973 633,995 211,908,788 2.1% 0.96%
1974 647,691 213,853,928 2.16% 0.92%
1975 662,197 215,973,199 2.24% 0.99%
1976 677,628 218,035,164 2.33% 0.95%
1977 693,984 220,239,425 2.41% 1.01%
1978 711,245 222,584,545 2.49% 1.06%
1979 729,375 225,055,487 2.55% 1.11%
1980 748,389 226,542,250 2.61% 0.66%
1981 768,385 229,465,744 2.67% 1.29%
1982 789,286 231,664,432 2.72% 0.96%
1983 811,005 233,792,014 2.75% 0.92%
1984 833,501 235,824,908 2.77% 0.87%
1985 856,726 237,923,734 2.79% 0.89%
1986 880,705 240,132,831 2.8% 0.93%
1987 905,479 242,288,936 2.81% 0.9%
1988 931,020 244,499,004 2.82% 0.91%
1989 957,138 246,819,222 2.81% 0.95%
1990 983,734 250,131,894 2.78% 1.34%
1991 1,010,818 253,492,503 2.75% 1.34%
1992 1,038,380 256,894,189 2.73% 1.34%
1993 1,066,405 260,255,352 2.7% 1.31%
1994 1,094,720 263,435,673 2.66% 1.22%
1995 1,123,213 266,557,091 2.6% 1.18%
1996 1,152,015 269,667,391 2.56% 1.17%
1997 1,181,439 272,911,760 2.55% 1.2%
1998 1,211,736 276,115,288 2.56% 1.17%
1999 1,243,016 279,294,713 2.58% 1.15%
2000 1,275,572 282,162,411 2.62% 1.03%
2001 1,309,589 284,968,955 2.67% 0.99%
2002 1,345,135 287,625,193 2.71% 0.93%
2003 1,382,350 290,107,933 2.77% 0.86%
2004 1,421,609 292,805,298 2.84% 0.93%
2005 1,463,495 295,516,599 2.95% 0.93%
2006 1,508,337 298,379,912 3.06% 0.97%
2007 1,556,237 301,231,207 3.18% 0.96%
2008 1,607,175 304,093,966 3.27% 0.95%
2009 1,661,556 306,771,529 3.38% 0.88%
2010 1,719,879 309,327,143 3.51% 0.83%
2011 1,781,985 311,583,481 3.61% 0.73%
2012 1,846,889 313,877,662 3.64% 0.74%
2013 1,913,059 316,059,947 3.58% 0.7%
2014 1,978,399 318,386,329 3.42% 0.74%
2015 2,040,989 320,738,994 3.16% 0.74%
2016 2,100,306 323,071,755 2.91% 0.73%
2017 2,156,900 325,122,128 2.69% 0.63%
2018 2,212,318 326,838,199 2.57% 0.53%
2019 2,267,706 328,329,953 2.5% 0.46%
2020 2,322,539 331,526,933 2.42% 0.97%
2021 2,376,722 331,893,745 2.33% 0.11%
2022 2,430,747 333,271,411 2.27% 0.42%
2023 2,484,789 334,914,895 2.22% 0.49%
2024 2,538,952 340,110,988 2.18% 1.55%
2025 2,593,130 341,931,772 2.13% 0.54%
2026 2,647,397 343,664,369 2.09% 0.51%
2027 2,701,860 345,331,185 2.06% 0.49%
2028 2,756,474 346,981,137 2.02% 0.48%
2029 2,811,348 348,601,982 1.99% 0.47%
2030 2,866,668 350,176,974 1.97% 0.45%
2031 2,922,503 351,725,612 1.95% 0.44%
2032 2,978,812 353,249,060 1.93% 0.43%
2033 3,035,711 354,749,644 1.91% 0.42%
2034 3,093,221 356,234,239 1.89% 0.42%
2035 3,151,467 357,694,316 1.88% 0.41%
2036 3,210,584 359,119,002 1.88% 0.4%
2037 3,270,304 360,517,853 1.86% 0.39%
2038 3,330,507 361,895,407 1.84% 0.38%
2039 3,391,378 363,229,908 1.83% 0.37%
2040 3,452,985 364,512,364 1.82% 0.35%
2041 3,515,218 365,753,139 1.8% 0.34%
2042 3,577,745 366,969,419 1.78% 0.33%
2043 3,640,570 368,146,925 1.76% 0.32%
2044 3,703,794 369,258,123 1.74% 0.3%
2045 3,767,430 370,318,770 1.72% 0.29%
2046 3,831,211 371,328,255 1.69% 0.27%
2047 3,894,840 372,299,116 1.66% 0.26%
2048 3,958,294 373,230,539 1.63% 0.25%
2049 4,021,470 374,119,803 1.6% 0.24%
2050 4,084,535 374,986,259 1.57% 0.23%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Gabon increased by 577,494 people (a 39.5% growth), while the United States gained 25,222,395 people (a 8.54% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Gabon gained 595,732 (a 29.2% growth), while the United States' population increased by 22,584,536 (a 7.04% growth).

Gabon was ranked 147th most populous country in 2005 and is 142nd in 2025. The United States was ranked 3rd in 2005 and still ranked 3rd 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 States will increase by 9.22% to 374,986,259 people and will still be ranked 3rd.

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