What is the difference in population between Gabon and Gambia?

213,060 people, with Gambia ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Gabon and Gambia?

241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Population. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Gabon vs Gambia: Population

Gabon

2.48 million people

in 2023

Gambia

2.70 million people

in 2023

Gabon rank

145th

Gambia rank

144th

Population over time

Gabon
Gambia

How they compare

Gambia currently reports 2.70 million people against 2.48 million people in Gabon, a difference of 213,060 people.

That makes Gambia's figure about 1.1 times Gabon's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Gabon ahead.

Gabon ranks 145th and Gambia ranks 144th of 238 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Gabon averaged higher in 35 and Gambia in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Gabon	Gambia	Difference	Ahead
1000s	75,962 people	1,798 people	74,164 people	Gabon
1100s	86,814 people	2,055 people	84,759 people	Gabon
1200s	99,216 people	2,348 people	96,868 people	Gabon
1300s	113,390 people	2,684 people	110,706 people	Gabon
1400s	129,589 people	3,067 people	126,522 people	Gabon
1500s	148,102 people	3,506 people	144,596 people	Gabon
1600s	169,259 people	4,006 people	165,253 people	Gabon
1700s	193,439 people	4,579 people	188,860 people	Gabon
1710s	197,387 people	4,134 people	193,253 people	Gabon
1720s	199,213 people	3,733 people	195,480 people	Gabon
1730s	201,137 people	3,370 people	197,767 people	Gabon
1740s	203,168 people	3,043 people	200,125 people	Gabon
1750s	205,319 people	2,748 people	202,571 people	Gabon
1760s	207,603 people	2,481 people	205,122 people	Gabon
1770s	210,035 people	2,240 people	207,795 people	Gabon
1780s	212,634 people	2,022 people	210,612 people	Gabon
1790s	215,422 people	1,826 people	213,596 people	Gabon
1800s	158,227 people	103,274 people	54,953 people	Gabon
1810s	158,294 people	103,280 people	55,015 people	Gabon
1820s	174,593 people	104,574 people	70,019 people	Gabon
1830s	215,143 people	107,438 people	107,705 people	Gabon
1840s	265,419 people	110,412 people	155,007 people	Gabon
1850s	305,545 people	115,500 people	190,045 people	Gabon
1860s	325,520 people	123,356 people	202,164 people	Gabon
1870s	347,989 people	133,598 people	214,392 people	Gabon
1880s	373,878 people	146,974 people	226,904 people	Gabon
1890s	380,349 people	160,244 people	220,104 people	Gabon
1900s	354,857 people	172,882 people	181,975 people	Gabon
1910s	327,775 people	185,630 people	142,145 people	Gabon
1920s	336,760 people	205,774 people	130,987 people	Gabon
1930s	380,916 people	237,570 people	143,346 people	Gabon
1940s	437,109 people	278,153 people	158,955 people	Gabon
1950s	488,123 people	345,412 people	142,711 people	Gabon
1960s	544,484 people	451,344 people	93,139 people	Gabon
1970s	658,134 people	601,517 people	56,618 people	Gabon
1980s	848,168 people	850,451 people	2,282 people	Gambia
1990s	1.11 million people	1.24 million people	130,776 people	Gambia
2000s	1.45 million people	1.65 million people	199,103 people	Gambia
2010s	2.00 million people	2.19 million people	191,040 people	Gambia
2020s	2.40 million people	2.61 million people	202,818 people	Gambia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher population, Gabon or Gambia?: Gambia, at 2.70 million people against 2.48 million people in Gabon as of 2023.
What is the difference in population between Gabon and Gambia?: 213,060 people, with Gambia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Gabon and Gambia?: 241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Gabon and Gambia rank globally for population?: Gabon ranks 145th and Gambia ranks 144th of 238 countries.
Where does this data come from?: HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Population. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator: Population
Unit: people
Source: HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 239 places, 51,002 data points, 1000–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2023, based on data and estimates from different sources.