headcount.earth -6,544,849

Homo sapiens; growth slowing toward a projected peak

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Specimen · GAB

Gabon

Africa · Middle Africa

Gabon is recorded at 2.54m people in 2024, with total annual change of +54,179 under the WPP medium variant.

PLATE 266 · GAB

Gabon

GAB · GA
HOLDING
population 2.54m
annual change +54,179
natural change +53,068
fertility 3.59
migrant share 17.7%

The Slowing · peak 2100 · generated 2026-06-26

IMS 2024 · foreign citizens · stock 449.7k

parity_check POP/DB/WPP/Rev.2024/GEN/F01/Rev.1 · IMS 2024 Rev.2024 CC BY 3.0 IGO where matched · World Bank WDI CC BY 4.0

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population decomposition

2024

Population identity: births minus deaths plus net migration equals total change within the Record tolerance.

Population decomposition for Gabon in 2024
Births 68,875
Deaths -15,807
Natural change +53,068
Net migration +1,105
Total change +54,179
time anchors

+4,364,371

Change from 2024 to the WPP medium-variant 2100 endpoint.

Time anchors for Gabon
This year +54,179
Since peak -4,364,371 since 2100
Projected 2100 6.90m
Vanishing Point

not applicable

Current-rate extrapolation, not a forecast; WPP medium-variant projections remain the page baseline.

migrant share

17.7%

foreign citizens; working-age share is not published in IMS 2024.

PROVISIONAL

Latest reported

No reviewed Layer 2 dispatch is attached to this country record.

population pyramid

Observed / 2050 / 2100

WPP single-age population by sex, rendered as 5-year pyramid bands from the 101-bin canonical arrays.

Observed 2023 2.48m

Gabon 2023 pyramid: male and female single-age arrays cover 101 age bins; ages 0-14 911.0k, ages 15-64 1.47m, ages 65+ 100.4k.

0-14
911.0k
15-64
1.47m
65+
100.4k
2050 2050 4.08m

Gabon 2050 pyramid: male and female single-age arrays cover 101 age bins; ages 0-14 1.21m, ages 15-64 2.58m, ages 65+ 294.7k.

0-14
1.21m
15-64
2.58m
65+
294.7k
2100 2100 6.90m

Gabon 2100 pyramid: male and female single-age arrays cover 101 age bins; ages 0-14 1.41m, ages 15-64 4.43m, ages 65+ 1.07m.

0-14
1.41m
15-64
4.43m
65+
1.07m
stage

The Slowing

Stage since 2024.

crossover

not reached

First year deaths exceed births, if reached in the series.

working-age support

14.56

Potential support ratio: ages 15-64 per person aged 65+. Working-age peak: 2100.

source

POP/DB/WPP/Rev.2024/GEN/F01/Rev.1

Generated 2026-06-26. Last observed year: 2023.

Selected annual series preview · WPP 2024 medium variant
Year Population Change Births Deaths TFR
2024 2.54m 54,179 68.9k 15.8k 3.59
2030 2.87m 55,614 71.6k 17.4k 3.29
2050 4.08m 63,070 86.4k 26.4k 2.62
2080 5.90m 57,277 94.3k 42.0k 2.14
2100 6.90m 43,351 94.1k 56.6k 1.97