Gabon Population (LIVE)

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Gabon Population (1950 - 2025)

Yearly Population Growth Rate (%)

The current population of Gabon is 2,579,783 as of Saturday, April 5, 2025 based on Worldometer’s elaboration of the latest United Nations data¹.
Gabon 2025 population is estimated at 2,593,130 people at mid-year.
Gabon population is equivalent to 0.032% of the total world population.
Gabon ranks number 145 in the list of countries (and dependencies) by population.
The population density in Gabon is 10 per Km² (26 people per mi²).
The total land area is 257,670 Km² (99,487 sq. miles).
83.73% of the population is urban (2,171,202 people in 2025)
The median age in Gabon is 21.5 years.

1. U.N. Dept. of Economic and Social Affairs - Population Division. World Population Prospects: The 2024 Revision. (Medium-fertility variant).

Population of Gabon (2025 and historical)

Year	Population	Yearly % Change	Yearly Change	Migrants (net)	Median Age	Fertility Rate	Density (P/Km²)	Urban Pop %	Urban Population	Country's Share of World Pop	World Population	Gabon Global Rank
2025	2,593,130	2.13%	54,178	1,116	21.5	3.54	10	83.7%	2,171,202	0.032%	8,231,613,070	145
2024	2,538,952	2.18%	54,163	1,105	21.5	3.59	10	83.7%	2,124,612	0.031%	8,161,972,572	145
2023	2,484,789	2.22%	54,042	987	21.5	3.65	10	83.6%	2,077,770	0.031%	8,091,734,930	145
2022	2,430,747	2.3%	54,104	987	21.5	3.71	9	83.6%	2,030,901	0.030%	8,021,407,192	146
2020	2,322,539	2.62%	56,310	1,506	21.5	3.83	9	83.4%	1,938,139	0.029%	7,887,001,292	146
2015	2,040,989	3.48%	64,222	12,041	21.2	3.92	8	83.3%	1,700,834	0.027%	7,470,491,872	148
2010	1,719,879	3.28%	51,277	17,274	20.2	4.15	7	81.6%	1,402,919	0.024%	7,021,732,148	149
2005	1,463,495	2.79%	37,585	8,555	19.1	4.21	6	79.1%	1,156,908	0.022%	6,586,970,132	149
2000	1,275,572	2.58%	30,472	3,086	18.2	4.47	5	76.1%	971,091	0.021%	6,171,702,993	151
1995	1,123,213	2.69%	27,896	1,314	17.7	4.88	4	72.3%	812,399	0.020%	5,758,878,982	152
1990	983,734	2.8%	25,402	990	17.9	5.46	4	66.9%	658,385	0.018%	5,327,803,110	152
1985	856,726	2.74%	21,667	990	18.7	5.71	3	60.5%	517,989	0.018%	4,868,943,465	153
1980	748,389	2.48%	17,238	990	19.9	5.66	3	53.3%	398,719	0.017%	4,447,606,236	153
1975	662,197	2.13%	13,270	792	21.5	5.39	3	42.2%	279,190	0.016%	4,070,735,277	151
1970	595,846	1.75%	9,908	1,882	23.1	5.1	2	31.7%	188,838	0.016%	3,694,683,794	151
1965	546,308	1.29%	6,798	0	24.9	4.79	2	23.2%	126,602	0.016%	3,334,533,703	152
1960	512,316	0.94%	4,700	0	26.2	4.42	2	17%	86,847	0.017%	3,015,470,894	152
1955	488,817	0.67%	3,195	0	26.9	4.07	2	14%	68,209	0.018%	2,740,213,792	149

Source: Worldometer (www.Worldometers.info)

Elaboration of data by United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. World Population Prospects: The 2024 Revision. (Medium-fertility variant).

Gabon Population Forecast

Year	Population	Yearly % Change	Yearly Change	Migrants (net)	Median Age	Fertility Rate	Density (P/Km²)	Urban Pop %	Urban Population	Country's Share of World Pop	World Population	Gabon Global Rank
2030	2,866,667	2.03%	54,707	1,499	21.9	3.29	11	83.8%	2,403,217	0.033%	8,569,124,911	140
2035	3,151,468	1.91%	56,960	2,086	22.7	3.08	12	83.7%	2,636,380	0.035%	8,885,210,181	138
2040	3,452,988	1.84%	60,304	2,552	23.7	2.91	13	83.1%	2,871,071	0.038%	9,177,190,203	137
2045	3,767,429	1.76%	62,888	3,192	24.7	2.75	15	82.5%	3,107,080	0.040%	9,439,639,668	135
2050	4,084,533	1.63%	63,421	3,097	25.6	2.62	16	81.8%	3,339,415	0.042%	9,664,378,587	135

Source: Worldometer (www.Worldometers.info)

Elaboration of data by United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. World Population Prospects: The 2024 Revision. (Medium-fertility variant).

Gabon Demographics

Main Page: Demographics of Gabon

Life Expectancy

68.7 years

(life expectancy at birth, both sexes)

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Infant Mortality Rate

25.9

(infant deaths per 1,000 live births)

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Deaths under age 5

35.3

(per 1,000 live births)

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Notes

The Gabon Population (Live) counter shows a continuously updated estimate of the current population of Gabon delivered by Worldometer’s RTS algorithm, which processes data collected from the United Nations Population Division.

The Population of Gabon (1950 - 2025) chart plots the total population count as of July 1 of each year, from 1950 to 2025.

The Yearly Population Growth Rate chart plots the annual percentage changes in population registered on July 1 of each year, from 1951 to 2025. This value can differ from the Yearly % Change shown in the historical table, which shows the last year equivalent percentage change assuming homogeneous change in the preceding five year period.

Definitions

Year: as of July 1 of the year indicated.

Population: Overall total population (both sexes and all ages) in the country as of July 1 of the year indicated, as estimated by the United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. World Population Prospects: The 2024 Revision. For forecasted years, the U.N. medium-fertility variant is used.

Yearly % Change: For 2025: percentage change in total population over the last year (from July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025). For all other years: latest year annual percentage change equivalent assuming homogeneous change in the preceding five year period, calculated through reverse compounding.

Yearly Change: For 2025: absolute change in total population (increase or decrease in number of people) over the last year (from July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025). For all other years: average annual numerical change over the preceding five year period.

Migrants (net): The average annual number of immigrants minus the number of emigrants over the preceding five year period (running from July 1 to June 30 of the initial and final years), or subsequent five year period (for 2016 data). A negative number means that there are more emigrants than immigrants.

Median Age: age that divides the population into two numerically equal groups: half of the people are older than the median age indicated and half are younger. This parameter provides an indication of age distribution.

Fertility Rate: (Total Fertility Rate, or TFR), it is expressed as children per woman. It is calculated as the average number of children an average woman will have during her reproductive period (15 to 49 years old) based on the current fertility rates of every age group in the country, and assuming she is not subject to mortality.

Density (P/Km²): (Population Density) Population per square Kilometer (Km²).

Urban Pop % : Urban population as a percentage of total population.

Urban Population: Population living in areas classified as urban according to the criteria used by each country.

Country’s Share of World Pop: Total population in the country as a percentage of total World Population as of July 1 of the year indicated.

World Population: Total World Population as of July 1 of the year indicated.

Global Rank: Position held by Gabon in the list of all countries worldwide ranked by population (from the highest population to the lowest population) as of July 1 of the year indicated.