🇬🇦Gabon

Libreville

Africa

Upper middle income

GAB

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Population

2.6M

2.1%as of 2025

Fertility Rate

3.59

births/woman

Life Expectancy

68.5y

GDP / capita

$8.3K

Pop. Growth

2.11%

Net Migration

1.1K

Population over time

Total population · observed (solid) and UN medium projection to 2100 (dashed)

Source: World Bank · UN World Population Prospects 2024

Fertility rate over time

Births per woman · dashed line = replacement (2.1)

Source: World Bank

Where immigrants come from

Largest foreign-born communities in Gabon by country of birth (2024) · arrow shows change since 2010.

🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea94.4K(21.5%)

+66%

🇲🇱Mali59.8K(13.7%)

+66%

🇧🇯

Population projections to 2100

Official UN projections — Low / Medium / High variants

Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024

Population pyramid (2025)

Age & sex structure · share of total population by 5-year cohort

Male1.3MTotal 2.6M1.3MFemale

Source: birthrate.io model

GDP per capita over time

Current US$

Source: World Bank

Life expectancy over time

Years at birth

Source: World Bank

GDP over time

Current US$

Source: World Bank

Net migration over time

Net migrants per year (immigrants − emigrants)

Source: World Bank

Foreign-born population over time

Immigrant / diaspora population living in the country

Source: World Bank / UN DESA

Foreign-born share over time

Foreign-born residents as % of the population

Source: World Bank / UN DESA

🇨🇲Cameroon54.9K(12.5%)

+66%

🇸🇳Senegal33.1K(7.6%)

+66%

🇳🇬Nigeria25.9K(5.9%)

+66%

🇹🇬Togo25K(5.7%)

+66%

🇨🇬Congo, Rep.17.7K(4.0%)

+66%

🇫🇷France17.4K(4.0%)

+66%

🇨🇩Congo, Dem. Rep.9.7K(2.2%)

+66%

🇧🇫Burkina Faso7.6K(1.7%)

+66%

Source: UN DESA International Migrant Stock 2024

Where the Gabon diaspora lives

Top destinations for people born in Gabon who now live abroad (2024) · arrow shows change since 2010.

🇫🇷France36.8K(60.1%)

+85%

🇲🇱Mali15.6K(25.4%)

+62%

🇨🇬Congo, Rep.3.1K(5.1%)

+31%

🇨🇲Cameroon1.4K(2.2%)

+61%

🇹🇬Togo910(1.5%)

+14%

🇵🇹Portugal728(1.2%)

+46%

🇮🇹Italy662(1.1%)

+170%

🇿🇦South Africa652(1.1%)

−30%

🇹🇩Chad455(0.7%)

+61%

🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea331(0.5%)

+61%

🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe192(0.3%)

−28%

🇲🇷Mauritania97(0.2%)

+64%

Source: UN DESA International Migrant Stock 2024