Gabon's population rose from 1.15M in 1996 to 2.59M in 2025.
Gabon · Population & demographics
Size, growth, ages, births, deaths, urbanisation and migration.
23 indicators · 23 with data
Gabon's population growth fell from 2.5 % in 1996 to 2.1 % in 2025.
Gabon's population density rose from 4.2 in 1994 to 9.6 in 2023.
Gabon's population, female (% of total) fell from 50.7 % in 1996 to 49.3 % in 2025.
Gabon's urbanisation rose from 75.9 % in 1996 to 92.1 % in 2025.
Gabon's urban population rose from 874,864 in 1996 to 2.39M in 2025.
Gabon's rural population fell from 277,151 in 1996 to 205,177 in 2025.
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- Fertilitydown −1.5 %40th of 217
- Birth rate, crudedown −1.9 %42nd of 217
- Death rate, crudedown −0.7 %150th of 217
- Adolescent fertility ratedown −2.4 %194th of 217
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- Median ageup +0.0 yrs163rd of 216
- Children (0–14)down −0.2 pts48th of 217
- Working age (15–64)up +0.2 pts169th of 217
- Seniors (65+)up +0.0 pts163rd of 217
- Age dependency ratiodown −0.5 pts49th of 217
- Old-age dependency ratioup +0.1 pts162nd of 217
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- Net migrationup +1.0 %63rd of 217
- Migrant stockdown −0.2 pts49th of 216
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- Refugees hosteddown −12.3 %141st of 178
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- Life expectancyup +0.2 yrs165th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, femaleup +0.2 yrs165th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, maleup +0.2 yrs165th of 217