Gabon
Population 2026
2,647,400
Overview
- Yearly change
- +2.09%
- Density
- 10 per km²
- Land area
- 257,670 km²
- Capital
- Libreville
- Currency
- Franc (XAF)
- Official languages
- FR-GA
- Urban population
- 92.1%
- Continent
- AF
Demographics
- Births
- 69,4842026
- Deaths
- 16,2782026
- Birth rate
- 27.1per 1,000
- Death rate
- 6.2per 1,000
- Fertility rate
- 3.59
- Life expectancy
- 68.5At birth, years
- Median age
- 21.6
- Net migration
- 1,116
Age distribution
- 0–1436.2%
- 15–6459.6%
- 65+4.1%
Population by year
Economy
- GDP
- $21.4B
- GDP per capita
- $8.3K
- GDP growth
- +2.5%
- Inflation
- 1.8%
- Unemployment
- 20.2%
- Exports
- $11.9B
- Imports
- $6.3B
- Tourism receipts
- 0.5%% of exports
Economic output by sector (% of GDP)
- Agriculture6.8%
- Industry47.2%
- Manufacturing19.1%
- Services42.3%
Employment by sector (%)
- Agriculture28.9%
- Industry18.9%
- Services52.3%
Largest cities
| # | City | Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | LibrevilleEstuaire | 846,0902023 |
| 2 | Port-GentilOgooué-Maritime | 164,0182023 |
| 3 | FrancevilleHaut-Ogooué | 132,8952023 |
| 4 | OwendoEstuaire | 95,3132023 |
| 5 | OyemWoleu-Ntem | 72,9392025 |
| 6 | MoandaHaut-Ogooué | 71,0992023 |
| 7 | NtoumEstuaire | 62,4452023 |
| 8 | LambarénéMoyen-Ogooué | 46,6052023 |
| 9 | MouilaNgouni | 43,3422023 |
| 10 | AkandaEstuaire | 41,5242023 |
Populated place as listed by GeoNames. Not a metropolitan-area figure.
Historical statistics
| Year | Population | Births | Deaths |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2,647,400 | 69.5K | 16.3K |
| 2020 | 2,322,538 | 68.6K | 15.9K |
| 2010 | 1,719,883 | 56.8K | 13.7K |
| 2000 | 1,275,578 | 42.6K | 12.4K |
| 1990 | 983,740 | 37.0K | 11.1K |
| 1980 | 748,395 | 28.9K | 10.4K |
| 1970 | 595,856 | 20.9K | 10.3K |
| 1960 | 512,324 | 16.3K | 10.6K |
| 1950 | 472,843 | 14.2K | 11.5K |