Gabon vs Guinea-Bissau: Population
Gabon
2.48 million people
in 2023
Guinea-Bissau
2.15 million people
in 2023
Gabon rank
145th
Guinea-Bissau rank
148th
Population over time
- Gabon
- Guinea-Bissau
How they compare
Gabon currently reports 2.48 million people against 2.15 million people in Guinea-Bissau, a difference of 331,450 people.
That makes Gabon's figure about 1.2 times Guinea-Bissau's.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Gabon ahead.
Gabon ranks 145th and Guinea-Bissau ranks 148th of 238 countries.
Across the 40 decades both report, Gabon averaged higher in 29 and Guinea-Bissau in 11.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Gabon | Guinea-Bissau | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 75,962 people | 42,620 people | 33,342 people | Gabon |
| 1100s | 86,814 people | 48,709 people | 38,105 people | Gabon |
| 1200s | 99,216 people | 55,667 people | 43,549 people | Gabon |
| 1300s | 113,390 people | 63,620 people | 49,770 people | Gabon |
| 1400s | 129,589 people | 72,708 people | 56,881 people | Gabon |
| 1500s | 148,102 people | 83,095 people | 65,007 people | Gabon |
| 1600s | 169,259 people | 94,966 people | 74,293 people | Gabon |
| 1700s | 193,439 people | 108,533 people | 84,906 people | Gabon |
| 1710s | 197,387 people | 110,208 people | 87,179 people | Gabon |
| 1720s | 199,213 people | 111,981 people | 87,232 people | Gabon |
| 1730s | 201,137 people | 113,862 people | 87,275 people | Gabon |
| 1740s | 203,168 people | 115,864 people | 87,304 people | Gabon |
| 1750s | 205,319 people | 117,999 people | 87,320 people | Gabon |
| 1760s | 207,603 people | 120,284 people | 87,319 people | Gabon |
| 1770s | 210,035 people | 122,739 people | 87,296 people | Gabon |
| 1780s | 212,634 people | 125,386 people | 87,248 people | Gabon |
| 1790s | 215,422 people | 128,253 people | 87,169 people | Gabon |
| 1800s | 158,227 people | 218,167 people | 59,940 people | Guinea-Bissau |
| 1810s | 158,294 people | 218,162 people | 59,868 people | Guinea-Bissau |
| 1820s | 174,593 people | 216,982 people | 42,389 people | Guinea-Bissau |
| 1830s | 215,143 people | 214,433 people | 710.5 people | Gabon |
| 1840s | 265,419 people | 211,911 people | 53,508 people | Gabon |
| 1850s | 305,545 people | 214,623 people | 90,922 people | Gabon |
| 1860s | 325,520 people | 224,790 people | 100,730 people | Gabon |
| 1870s | 347,989 people | 240,008 people | 107,981 people | Gabon |
| 1880s | 373,878 people | 260,325 people | 113,553 people | Gabon |
| 1890s | 380,349 people | 282,388 people | 97,961 people | Gabon |
| 1900s | 354,857 people | 306,273 people | 48,584 people | Gabon |
| 1910s | 327,775 people | 330,565 people | 2,790 people | Guinea-Bissau |
| 1920s | 336,760 people | 366,971 people | 30,210 people | Guinea-Bissau |
| 1930s | 380,916 people | 423,676 people | 42,760 people | Guinea-Bissau |
| 1940s | 437,109 people | 495,929 people | 58,820 people | Guinea-Bissau |
| 1950s | 488,123 people | 561,418 people | 73,295 people | Guinea-Bissau |
| 1960s | 544,484 people | 580,338 people | 35,855 people | Guinea-Bissau |
| 1970s | 658,134 people | 666,196 people | 8,062 people | Guinea-Bissau |
| 1980s | 848,168 people | 891,734 people | 43,566 people | Guinea-Bissau |
| 1990s | 1.11 million people | 1.10 million people | 13,529 people | Gabon |
| 2000s | 1.45 million people | 1.37 million people | 81,504 people | Gabon |
| 2010s | 2.00 million people | 1.76 million people | 237,019 people | Gabon |
| 2020s | 2.40 million people | 2.08 million people | 320,958 people | Gabon |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher population, Gabon or Guinea-Bissau?
- Gabon, at 2.48 million people against 2.15 million people in Guinea-Bissau as of 2023.
- What is the difference in population between Gabon and Guinea-Bissau?
- 331,450 people, with Gabon ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Gabon and Guinea-Bissau?
- 241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
- How do Gabon and Guinea-Bissau rank globally for population?
- Gabon ranks 145th and Guinea-Bissau ranks 148th 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
Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2023, based on data and estimates from different sources.