Demographics of Gabon
Source | UN (World Population Prospects 2019) |
Date | 30 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.
Year | Population | Growth (%) |
---|---|---|
1950 | 473,296 | - |
1955 | 484,308 | 0.41 |
1960 | 500,922 | 0.87 |
1965 | 533,357 | 1.61 |
1970 | 589,317 | 2.02 |
1975 | 647,538 | 2.02 |
1980 | 726,335 | 2.48 |
1985 | 827,107 | 2.73 |
1990 | 949,493 | 2.79 |
1995 | 1,084,951 | 2.62 |
2000 | 1,228,359 | 2.44 |
2005 | 1,390,550 | 2.72 |
2010 | 1,624,146 | 3.52 |
2015 | 1,947,690 | 3.39 |
2016 | 2,007,882 | 3.09 |
2017 | 2,064,812 | 2.84 |
2018 | 2,119,275 | 2.64 |
2019 | 2,172,578 | 2.52 |
2020 | 2,225,728 | 2.45 |
2021 | 2,278,829 | 2.39 |
- Population
- Growth
Year | Total | Crude(per 1000) | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Death | Birth | Crude death | Crude birth | |
1950 | 13,109 | 14,406 | 27.56 | 30.26 |
1955 | 12,685 | 14,737 | 26.20 | 30.47 |
1960 | 12,819 | 16,309 | 25.49 | 32.46 |
1965 | 12,748 | 18,930 | 23.75 | 35.26 |
1970 | 12,173 | 21,637 | 20.69 | 36.83 |
1975 | 11,582 | 24,384 | 17.79 | 37.51 |
1980 | 10,961 | 27,876 | 15.03 | 38.26 |
1985 | 10,320 | 31,777 | 12.45 | 38.31 |
1990 | 10,580 | 35,643 | 11.11 | 37.48 |
1995 | 12,064 | 38,628 | 11.11 | 35.61 |
2000 | 14,320 | 40,986 | 11.62 | 33.38 |
2005 | 15,767 | 45,739 | 11.26 | 32.68 |
2010 | 15,248 | 54,478 | 9.32 | 33.21 |
2015 | 14,441 | 63,816 | 7.45 | 32.93 |
2020 | 14,727 | 67,272 | 6.60 | 30.26 |
2021 | 14,903 | 67,194 | 6.53 | 29.51 |
- Total
- Crude
Year | Population | Urbanization | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Urban | Rural | growth rate (%) | Urban (%) | |
1950 | 53,956 | 419,342 | - | 11.400 |
1955 | 68,209 | 414,351 | 4.73 | 14.135 |
1960 | 86,847 | 412,337 | 5.11 | 17.398 |
1965 | 126,602 | 405,909 | 8.30 | 23.775 |
1970 | 188,838 | 401,280 | 8.03 | 32.000 |
1975 | 279,190 | 370,526 | 7.79 | 42.971 |
1980 | 398,719 | 330,440 | 7.07 | 54.682 |
1985 | 517,989 | 312,096 | 4.95 | 62.402 |
1990 | 658,385 | 293,827 | 4.81 | 69.143 |
1995 | 812,399 | 273,738 | 3.81 | 74.797 |
2000 | 971,091 | 260,031 | 3.55 | 78.879 |
2005 | 1,156,908 | 246,218 | 3.70 | 82.452 |
2010 | 1,402,919 | 237,291 | 4.07 | 85.533 |
2015 | 1,700,834 | 229,341 | 3.45 | 88.118 |
2020 | 1,938,139 | 213,150 | 2.40 | 90.092 |
2021 | 1,984,317 | 210,171 | 2.38 | 90.423 |
- Population
- Urbanization
Age group | Male | Female | Total | M per 100 F | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Persons | Share (%) | ||||
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 | 0 | 0.00 | - |
Total | 1,159,442 | 1,119,387 | 2,278,829 | 103.578 |
- Population pyramid
- Gender ratio