Demographic profile
Gabon is the 149th most populous of the 238 countries and territories tracked on this site, home to about 0.03% of everyone alive. Within Central Africa, it ranks 6 of 8.
Each day brings roughly 106 births and 49 deaths, adding about 20,818 people over a year. At the current natural-increase rate of 0.9% annually, the population would double in roughly 78 years if the rate held. Real trajectories bend as fertility, mortality and migration shift, which is why the chart below shows both history and projection.
Among its first-level divisions, the largest by our modelled allocation is Estuaire, holding an estimated 30.8% of the national population. The full breakdown of all 9 states and regions is in the table below — regional figures outside Sudan are modelled estimates built on real region names, and are flagged as such.
Literacy stands near 85.0% and adult smoking prevalence around 17.0%, with life expectancy at about 50.1 years. Baselines come from UN World Population Prospects, the World Bank, WHO surveys, WorldPop and HDX; the counters project them forward in real time — the method, and every caveat, is documented on our data sources page.
Quick answers
What is the population of Gabon in 2026? Approximately 2,279,090 people (live projection; the counter above updates every second).
How fast is Gabon growing? About 0.9% per year — roughly 106 births and 49 deaths every day.
What share of the world lives in Gabon? Around 0.03% — ranked 149 worldwide by population.