Demographics of Gabon

The Demographics of Gabon is the makeup of the population of Gabon. As of 2020, Gabon has a population of 2,225,287. Gabon's population is relatively young with 35.5% of its population under 15 years of age and only 4.3% of its population over 65 years old. Gabon has a nearly even split between males and females with 0.99 males for every female in the population. In the age range of 15–65, the ratio is exactly 1 male to 1 female. The life expectancy of Gabon is lower than the world average. Gabon's population's life expectancy at birth is 53.11 years while the world average is 67.2 years as of 2010. Ethnically, the biggest group in Gabon are the Fang people with over 500,000 people, or about a third of Gabon's population, belonging to this ethnic group. The biggest religion in Gabon is Christianity, with between 55 and 75% of the population of Gabon being Christian.

Population

According to the total population was in, compared to only 469,000 in 1950. The proportion of children below the age of 15 in 2010 was 35.5%, 60.2% was between 15 and 65 years of age, while 4.3% was 65 years or older
Structure of the population :

Age group	Male	Female	Total
0–4	16.0	14.3	15.1
5–9	12.4	12.4	12.4
10–14	12.0	12.5	12.3
15–19	9.6	9.9	9.7
20–24	7.6	9.6	8.7
25–29	7.5	8.4	8.0
30–34	7.8	7.0	7.4
35–39	6.6	5.4	5.9
40–44	5.4	4.4	4.9
45–49	4.1	3.3	3.7
50–54	3.4	4.2	3.8
55–59	2.0	2.3	2.1
60–64	2.6	1.7	2.1
65–69	1.1	1.4	1.2
70–74	0.9	1.3	1.1
75–79	0.6	0.7	0.6
80+	0.5	1.3	0.9

Vital statistics

Registration of vital events is in Gabon not complete. The Population Department of the United Nations prepared the following estimates. Population estimates account for under numeration in population censuses.

	Mid-year population	Live births	Deaths	Natural change	Crude birth rate	Crude death rate	Natural change	Total fertility rate	Infant mortality	Life expectancy
1950	473	14	11	3	30.2	24.1	6.0	3.95	158.6	39.63
1951	476	14	11	3	30.1	23.8	6.3	3.95	154.9	40.34
1952	479	14	11	3	30.1	23.5	6.6	3.97	151.3	41.04
1953	482	15	11	3	30.1	23.0	7.1	3.99	147.7	41.81
1954	486	15	11	4	30.2	22.8	7.4	4.03	144.3	42.43
1955	489	15	11	4	30.3	22.3	8.0	4.07	140.7	43.18
1956	494	15	11	4	30.5	22.0	8.5	4.12	137.2	43.90
1957	498	15	11	5	30.7	21.6	9.1	4.17	133.8	44.60
1958	503	16	11	5	31.1	21.3	9.8	4.25	130.5	45.28
1959	508	16	11	5	31.5	21.0	10.5	4.34	127.4	45.90
1960	513	16	11	6	31.9	20.6	11.3	4.42	124.1	46.58
1961	519	17	11	6	32.3	20.3	11.9	4.50	121.0	47.23
1962	526	17	11	7	32.6	20.0	12.6	4.59	118.0	47.84
1963	533	18	10	7	32.9	19.7	13.2	4.65	115.0	48.48
1964	540	18	10	7	33.1	19.3	13.8	4.71	112.2	49.05
1965	548	18	10	8	33.5	18.9	14.5	4.79	109.4	49.75
1966	556	19	10	8	33.8	18.6	15.2	4.86	106.7	50.35
1967	564	19	10	9	34.1	18.3	15.8	4.92	104.0	50.89
1968	574	20	10	9	34.4	18.0	16.4	4.98	101.4	51.44
1969	585	20	10	10	34.7	17.7	17.1	5.05	98.8	51.96
1970	597	21	10	11	35.1	17.3	17.8	5.10	96.3	52.56
1971	610	22	10	11	35.6	17.0	18.6	5.16	93.9	53.07
1972	622	22	10	12	36.0	16.6	19.4	5.24	91.5	53.61
1973	635	23	10	13	36.3	16.3	19.9	5.29	89.2	54.06
1974	649	24	10	13	36.5	16.0	20.5	5.33	86.9	54.57
1975	663	24	10	14	36.9	15.7	21.2	5.39	84.6	55.04
1976	679	25	10	15	37.3	15.3	22.0	5.46	82.4	55.57
1977	695	26	10	16	37.7	15.0	22.7	5.52	80.3	56.09
1978	712	27	10	17	38.0	14.6	23.4	5.57	78.2	56.66
1979	730	28	10	17	38.2	14.3	23.9	5.61	76.1	57.05
1980	749	29	11	18	38.5	14.0	24.5	5.66	74.1	57.45
1981	769	30	11	19	38.9	13.8	25.1	5.73	72.2	57.82
1982	790	31	11	20	38.9	13.5	25.4	5.74	70.3	58.11
1983	811	32	11	21	39.0	13.2	25.9	5.76	68.6	58.60
1984	833	32	11	22	38.9	12.9	26.0	5.73	67.0	58.89
1985	856	33	11	22	38.8	12.5	26.3	5.71	65.5	59.31
1986	880	34	11	23	38.7	12.3	26.4	5.69	64.1	59.64
1987	905	35	11	24	38.7	12.0	26.7	5.67	62.9	59.89
1988	930	36	11	25	38.5	11.8	26.6	5.62	61.8	60.01
1989	957	36	11	25	38.1	11.6	26.5	5.55	60.8	60.27
1990	983	37	11	26	37.6	11.4	26.2	5.46	60.0	60.31
1991	1 010	38	11	26	37.2	11.3	26.0	5.37	59.3	60.40
1992	1 037	38	11	27	36.8	11.1	25.8	5.29	58.6	60.55
1993	1 065	39	12	27	36.4	10.9	25.5	5.19	58.1	60.72
1994	1 094	39	12	27	35.6	10.8	24.8	5.04	57.7	60.70
1995	1 122	39	12	27	34.8	10.6	24.2	4.88	57.3	60.70
1996	1 151	39	12	27	34.2	10.5	23.7	4.74	57.0	60.61
1997	1 180	40	12	28	34.0	10.4	23.6	4.66	56.6	60.66
1998	1 210	41	12	28	33.8	10.3	23.5	4.58	56.1	60.79
1999	1 241	42	13	29	33.5	10.2	23.3	4.50	55.4	60.85
2000	1 273	43	13	30	33.5	10.0	23.5	4.47	54.7	61.07
2001	1 307	43	13	31	33.3	9.8	23.4	4.42	53.8	61.27
2002	1 342	44	13	31	33.1	9.8	23.3	4.36	52.9	61.29
2003	1 378	45	13	32	32.9	9.5	23.3	4.30	51.8	61.67
2004	1 417	46	13	33	32.8	9.4	23.4	4.25	50.6	61.84
2005	1 458	48	14	34	32.7	9.3	23.4	4.21	49.4	61.96
2006	1 503	49	14	35	32.7	9.1	23.6	4.17	48.2	62.38
2007	1 550	50	14	37	32.7	8.9	23.8	4.14	46.8	62.62
2008	1 600	52	14	38	32.7	8.7	24.0	4.12	45.4	63.08
2009	1 654	54	14	40	33.0	8.6	24.4	4.14	43.9	63.30
2010	1 711	57	14	42	33.2	8.3	24.9	4.15	42.4	63.90
2011	1 773	59	14	44	33.2	8.2	25.0	4.15	41.0	64.05
2012	1 837	60	14	45	32.7	7.9	24.8	4.09	39.7	64.59
2013	1 902	61	15	46	32.2	7.8	24.4	4.02	38.4	64.78
2014	1 967	62	15	47	31.6	7.7	24.0	3.95	37.0	64.97
2015	2 029	63	15	48	31.0	7.4	23.6	3.92	35.6	65.46
2016	2 086	63	15	48	30.4	7.2	23.1	3.92	33.8	65.80
2017	2 140	64	15	48	29.7	7.1	22.7	3.91	32.6	66.19
2018	2 192	64	15	48	29.0	7.0	22.0	3.91	31.6	66.31
2019	2 243	64	15	48	28.4	6.9	21.5	3.88	30.9	66.60
2020	2 295	69	16	53	29.5	6.8	22.7	3.83	30.4	67.1
2021	2 350	69	16	53	28.9	6.8	22.	3.78	29.4	67.1
2022	2 404	69	16	53	28.3	6.5	21.8	3.71	28.4	67.7
2023	2 458	69	16	53	27.7	6.3	21.4	3.65	27.5	68.3
2024					27.1	6.2	20.9	3.59
2025					26.6	6.2	20.5	3.54

Demographic and Health Surveys

Total Fertility Rate and Crude Birth Rate :
Fertility data as of 2012 :

Province	Total fertility rate	Percentage of women age 15–49 currently pregnant	Mean number of children ever born to women age 40–49
Libreville/Port-Gentil	3.5	9.3	4.4
Estuaire	4.1	8.6	5.2
Haut-Ogooué	4.9	10.3	5.8
Moyen-Ogooué	4.9	8.9	5.4
Ngounié	5.7	10.9	6.0
Nyanga	5.7	10.7	6.2
Ogooué Maritime	4.8	9.8	4.6
Ogooué-Ivindo	6.7	14.0	6.6
Ogooué-Lolo	5.3	11.3	5.9
Woleu-N’tem	5.0	9.8	4.7

Ethnic groups

Broad ethnic groups in Gabon are:

Bantu groups including four major groupings
Other Africans, notably 'forest people' such as the Babongo tribe

2012 Census

Source:

Language and religion

Religions include Roman Catholic 43.5%, Protestant and other Christian 36%, Muslim 10%, animist 3.3%, other 6%, and none 1.2%.
Languages include French, Fang, Myene, the Teke group, Punu, and Njebi.
According to research conducted in 2011 at the University of Western Cape: