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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Gabon	Zimbabwe	Gabon	Zimbabwe
1960	512,316	3,809,389	-	-
1961	518,266	3,930,401	1.16%	3.18%
1962	524,649	4,055,959	1.23%	3.19%
1963	531,452	4,185,877	1.3%	3.2%
1964	538,657	4,320,006	1.36%	3.2%
1965	546,308	4,458,462	1.42%	3.2%
1966	554,463	4,601,217	1.49%	3.2%
1967	563,108	4,748,307	1.56%	3.2%
1968	572,257	4,900,440	1.62%	3.2%
1969	583,276	5,058,181	1.93%	3.22%
1970	595,846	5,215,918	2.16%	3.12%
1971	608,348	5,374,712	2.1%	3.04%
1972	620,960	5,542,445	2.07%	3.12%
1973	633,995	5,720,404	2.1%	3.21%
1974	647,691	5,908,328	2.16%	3.29%
1975	662,197	6,098,658	2.24%	3.22%
1976	677,628	6,287,105	2.33%	3.09%
1977	693,984	6,449,512	2.41%	2.58%
1978	711,245	6,543,575	2.49%	1.46%
1979	729,375	6,647,556	2.55%	1.59%
1980	748,389	7,041,303	2.61%	5.92%
1981	768,385	7,498,635	2.67%	6.49%
1982	789,286	7,796,496	2.72%	3.97%
1983	811,005	8,098,404	2.75%	3.87%
1984	833,501	8,391,488	2.77%	3.62%
1985	856,726	8,686,813	2.79%	3.52%
1986	880,705	8,982,578	2.8%	3.4%
1987	905,479	9,284,644	2.81%	3.36%
1988	931,020	9,583,094	2.82%	3.21%
1989	957,138	9,864,798	2.81%	2.94%
1990	983,734	10,137,281	2.78%	2.76%
1991	1,010,818	10,404,816	2.75%	2.64%
1992	1,038,380	10,702,700	2.73%	2.86%
1993	1,066,405	10,860,288	2.7%	1.47%
1994	1,094,720	10,873,148	2.66%	0.12%
1995	1,123,213	10,974,599	2.6%	0.93%
1996	1,152,015	11,158,360	2.56%	1.67%
1997	1,181,439	11,369,827	2.55%	1.9%
1998	1,211,736	11,594,297	2.56%	1.97%
1999	1,243,016	11,783,458	2.58%	1.63%
2000	1,275,572	11,892,055	2.62%	0.92%
2001	1,309,589	11,971,901	2.67%	0.67%
2002	1,345,135	12,087,653	2.71%	0.97%
2003	1,382,350	12,232,323	2.77%	1.2%
2004	1,421,609	12,365,896	2.84%	1.09%
2005	1,463,495	12,483,432	2.95%	0.95%
2006	1,508,337	12,636,445	3.06%	1.23%
2007	1,556,237	12,804,058	3.18%	1.33%
2008	1,607,175	12,959,149	3.27%	1.21%
2009	1,661,556	13,142,790	3.38%	1.42%
2010	1,719,879	13,356,548	3.51%	1.63%
2011	1,781,985	13,595,424	3.61%	1.79%
2012	1,846,889	13,817,887	3.64%	1.64%
2013	1,913,059	14,013,808	3.58%	1.42%
2014	1,978,399	14,207,359	3.42%	1.38%
2015	2,040,989	14,399,013	3.16%	1.35%
2016	2,100,306	14,600,294	2.91%	1.4%
2017	2,156,900	14,812,482	2.69%	1.45%
2018	2,212,318	15,034,452	2.57%	1.5%
2019	2,267,706	15,271,368	2.5%	1.58%
2020	2,322,539	15,526,888	2.42%	1.67%
2021	2,376,722	15,797,210	2.33%	1.74%
2022	2,430,747	16,069,056	2.27%	1.72%
2023	2,484,789	16,340,822	2.22%	1.69%
2024	2,538,952	16,634,373	2.18%	1.8%
2025	2,593,130	16,950,805	2.13%	1.9%
2026	2,647,397	17,273,591	2.09%	1.9%
2027	2,701,860	17,600,621	2.06%	1.89%
2028	2,756,474	17,932,015	2.02%	1.88%
2029	2,811,348	18,268,967	1.99%	1.88%
2030	2,866,668	18,610,356	1.97%	1.87%
2031	2,922,503	18,956,207	1.95%	1.86%
2032	2,978,812	19,311,368	1.93%	1.87%
2033	3,035,711	19,675,929	1.91%	1.89%
2034	3,093,221	20,041,125	1.89%	1.86%
2035	3,151,467	20,409,159	1.88%	1.84%
2036	3,210,584	20,778,662	1.88%	1.81%
2037	3,270,304	21,144,748	1.86%	1.76%
2038	3,330,507	21,512,919	1.84%	1.74%
2039	3,391,378	21,881,123	1.83%	1.71%
2040	3,452,985	22,250,123	1.82%	1.69%
2041	3,515,218	22,627,428	1.8%	1.7%
2042	3,577,745	23,000,906	1.78%	1.65%
2043	3,640,570	23,371,301	1.76%	1.61%
2044	3,703,794	23,740,630	1.74%	1.58%
2045	3,767,430	24,102,391	1.72%	1.52%
2046	3,831,211	24,462,491	1.69%	1.49%
2047	3,894,840	24,816,449	1.66%	1.45%
2048	3,958,294	25,168,419	1.63%	1.42%
2049	4,021,470	25,518,513	1.6%	1.39%
2050	4,084,535	25,866,397	1.57%	1.36%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Gabon increased by 577,494 people (a 39.5% growth), while Zimbabwe gained 1,915,581 people (a 15.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Gabon gained 595,732 (a 29.2% growth), while Zimbabwe's population increased by 2,811,079 (a 19.5% growth).

Gabon was ranked 147th most populous country in 2005 and is 142nd in 2025. Zimbabwe was ranked 70th in 2005 and ranked 74th 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 Zimbabwe will increase by 50.3% to 25,866,397 people and rank change from 74th to 65th.