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Gabon

Country

Member state of the United Nations.[1]

Capital
Population
2,593,130 in 2025[3]
Other published figures
  • 2,025,137in 2017[4]
Land area
257,670 km²[5]
Total area
267,667 km²[6] land and water
Official language
Currency
Land borders
Cameroon, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea[10]
Coast
Yes[10]
Continent
Official names
  • Repubblica Gabonese[11]
  • Gabon[12]
  • la République gabonaise[13]

Parts of Gabon

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Through time

Population over time[3]
196020252.6M

512,316 in 1960, 2,593,130 in 2025

Show as a table
YearPopulation
1960512,316
1961518,266
1962524,649
1963531,452
1964538,657
1965546,308
1966554,463
1967563,108
1968572,257
1969583,276
1970595,846
1971608,348
1972620,960
1973633,995
1974647,691
1975662,197
1976677,628
1977693,984
1978711,245
1979729,375
1980748,389
1981768,385
1982789,286
1983811,005
1984833,501
1985856,726
1986880,705
1987905,479
1988931,020
1989957,138
1990983,734
19911,010,818
19921,038,380
19931,066,405
19941,094,720
19951,123,213
19961,152,015
19971,181,439
19981,211,736
19991,243,016
20001,275,572
20011,309,589
20021,345,135
20031,382,350
20041,421,609
20051,463,495
20061,508,337
20071,556,237
20081,607,175
20091,661,556
20101,719,879
20111,781,985
20121,846,889
20131,913,059
20141,978,399
20152,040,989
20162,100,306
20172,156,900
20182,212,318
20192,267,706
20202,322,539
20212,376,722
20222,430,747
20232,484,789
20242,538,952
20252,593,130

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Codes

ISO alpha-2
GA[14]
ISO alpha-3
GAB[15]
ISO numeric
266[16]

Changes to this page's data

No changes recorded since the dataset of 5 November 2026.

Sources

  1. United Nations: Member States (checked 2026-11-05) Published directly by the source.
  2. Wikidata: Gabon (Q1000), capital: Libreville (revision 2562959993) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  3. World Bank, World Development Indicators: Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL) (2026-10-08) Published directly by the source.
  4. Wikidata: Gabon (Q1000), population (revision 2562959993) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  5. World Bank, World Development Indicators: Land area (sq. km) (AG.LND.TOTL.K2) (2026-10-08) Published directly by the source.
  6. Wikidata: Gabon (Q1000), area (revision 2562959993) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  7. Wikidata: Gabon (Q1000), official language: French (revision 2562959993) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
    • Cites: Constitution of Gabon
    • Cites: Ethnologue
  8. Wikidata: Gabon (Q1000), currency: Central African CFA franc (revision 2562959993) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  9. Wikidata: Gabon (Q1000), continent: Africa (revision 2562959993) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  10. Natural Earth: Admin 0 countries, 1:50m (revision v5.1.2) Published directly by the source.
  11. Wikidata: Gabon (Q1000), official name (revision 2562959993) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  12. Wikidata: Gabon (Q1000), official name (revision 2562959993) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  13. Wikidata: Gabon (Q1000), official name (revision 2562959993) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  14. Wikidata: Gabon (Q1000), ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code (revision 2562959993) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  15. Wikidata: Gabon (Q1000), ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 code (revision 2562959993) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  16. Wikidata: Gabon (Q1000), ISO 3166-1 numeric code (revision 2562959993) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.

Flag image: Flag of Gabon.svg, Public domain, Léon Augé and Pierre Claver Eyeghe, via Wikimedia Commons.