Demographics of Gabon

Source UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date30 Oct 2021

As of 2021, the population of Gabon is projected at 2.28 million, up by 2.39% compared with 2.23 million in 2020. Gabon is ranked 146th in terms of population and 37th in terms of population growth rate.

There are 67.2 thousand births in Gabon in 2021. That is 184 per day, which is ranked 126th. The crude birth rate is 29.51 per 1000 people. There are 15 thousand deaths in Gabon in 2021. That is 41 per day, which is ranked 148th. The crude death rate is 6.53 per 1000 people.

1.98 million people are living in urban areas, which is 90.42% of Gabon population. Gabon is ranked 32nd in terms of urbanization.

The Sex Ratio in Gabon in 2021 is 103.58 males per 100 females. There are 1.16 million males and 1.12 million females in Gabon. The percentage of female population is 49.12% compare to 50.88% male population. Gabon has 40.05 million more males than females. Gabon is at 179th position out of 201 countries/territories in terms of female to male ratio.

  • Population
  • Growth rate

Gabon population

Year Population Growth (%)
1950473,296-
1955484,3080.41
1960500,9220.87
1965533,3571.61
1970589,3172.02
1975647,5382.02
1980726,3352.48
1985827,1072.73
1990949,4932.79
19951,084,9512.62
20001,228,3592.44
20051,390,5502.72
20101,624,1463.52
20151,947,6903.39
20162,007,8823.09
20172,064,8122.84
20182,119,2752.64
20192,172,5782.52
20202,225,7282.45
20212,278,8292.39
  • Total
  • Crude

Gabon death and birth rate

Year Total Crude(per 1000)
DeathBirthCrude deathCrude birth
195013,10914,40627.5630.26
195512,68514,73726.2030.47
196012,81916,30925.4932.46
196512,74818,93023.7535.26
197012,17321,63720.6936.83
197511,58224,38417.7937.51
198010,96127,87615.0338.26
198510,32031,77712.4538.31
199010,58035,64311.1137.48
199512,06438,62811.1135.61
200014,32040,98611.6233.38
200515,76745,73911.2632.68
201015,24854,4789.3233.21
201514,44163,8167.4532.93
202014,72767,2726.6030.26
202114,90367,1946.5329.51
  • Population
  • Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Gabon

Year Population Urbanization
UrbanRuralgrowth rate (%)Urban (%)
195053,956419,342-11.400
195568,209414,3514.7314.135
196086,847412,3375.1117.398
1965126,602405,9098.3023.775
1970188,838401,2808.0332.000
1975279,190370,5267.7942.971
1980398,719330,4407.0754.682
1985517,989312,0964.9562.402
1990658,385293,8274.8169.143
1995812,399273,7383.8174.797
2000971,091260,0313.5578.879
20051,156,908246,2183.7082.452
20101,402,919237,2914.0785.533
20151,700,834229,3413.4588.118
20201,938,139213,1502.4090.092
20211,984,317210,1712.3890.423
  • Population pyramid
  • Gender ratio

Gabon population by Age Group (2011)

Age group Male Female Total M per 100 F
PersonsShare (%)
00-04 163,662 160,190 323,852 14.21 102.167
05-09 145,766 143,128 288,894 12.68 101.843
10-14 120,237 118,345 238,582 10.47 101.599
15-19 99,933 98,761 198,694 8.72 101.187
20-24 90,390 89,343 179,733 7.89 101.172
25-29 93,852 91,787 185,639 8.15 102.250
30-34 96,391 93,925 190,316 8.35 102.625
35-39 87,239 79,965 167,204 7.34 109.096
40-44 73,085 61,161 134,246 5.89 119.496
45-49 58,972 48,498 107,470 4.72 121.597
50-54 44,012 38,854 82,866 3.64 113.275
55-59 29,458 29,220 58,678 2.57 100.815
60-64 20,605 21,537 42,142 1.85 95.673
65-69 14,937 16,490 31,427 1.38 90.582
70-74 10,346 12,137 22,483 0.99 85.243
75-79 6,211 8,600 14,811 0.65 72.221
80-84 3,090 4,991 8,081 0.35 61.911
85-89 1,061 2,012 3,073 0.13 52.734
90-94 184 417 601 0.03 44.125
95-99 11 26 37 0.00 42.308
100+ 0 0 00.00 -
Total 1,159,442 1,119,387 2,278,829 103.578