What is the difference in population by world region between Gabon and Greece?

627,750 people, with Gabon ahead.

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

318 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2100.

Where does this data come from?

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

Gabon vs Greece: Population by world region

Gabon

6.90 million people

in 2100

Greece

6.28 million people

in 2100

Gabon rank

116th

Greece rank

117th

Population by world region over time

Gabon
Greece

How they compare

Gabon currently reports 6.90 million people against 6.28 million people in Greece, a difference of 627,750 people.

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

The two have swapped places 1 time across 318 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Greece ahead.

Gabon ranks 116th and Greece ranks 117th of 238 countries.

Across the 48 decades both report, Gabon averaged higher in 2 and Greece in 46.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Gabon	Greece	Difference	Ahead
1000s	75,962 people	1.00 million people	924,038 people	Greece
1100s	86,814 people	1.08 million people	993,186 people	Greece
1200s	99,216 people	1.17 million people	1.07 million people	Greece
1300s	113,390 people	1.25 million people	1.14 million people	Greece
1400s	129,589 people	900,000 people	770,411 people	Greece
1500s	148,102 people	1.00 million people	851,898 people	Greece
1600s	169,259 people	1.50 million people	1.33 million people	Greece
1700s	193,439 people	1.50 million people	1.31 million people	Greece
1710s	197,387 people	1.57 million people	1.37 million people	Greece
1720s	199,213 people	1.64 million people	1.44 million people	Greece
1730s	201,137 people	1.70 million people	1.50 million people	Greece
1740s	203,168 people	1.77 million people	1.57 million people	Greece
1750s	205,319 people	1.84 million people	1.63 million people	Greece
1760s	207,603 people	1.91 million people	1.70 million people	Greece
1770s	210,035 people	1.97 million people	1.76 million people	Greece
1780s	212,634 people	2.04 million people	1.83 million people	Greece
1790s	215,422 people	2.11 million people	1.89 million people	Greece
1800s	158,227 people	2.26 million people	2.11 million people	Greece
1810s	158,294 people	2.30 million people	2.14 million people	Greece
1820s	174,593 people	2.41 million people	2.24 million people	Greece
1830s	215,143 people	2.64 million people	2.43 million people	Greece
1840s	265,419 people	2.90 million people	2.63 million people	Greece
1850s	305,545 people	3.18 million people	2.87 million people	Greece
1860s	325,520 people	3.49 million people	3.16 million people	Greece
1870s	347,989 people	3.84 million people	3.50 million people	Greece
1880s	373,878 people	4.26 million people	3.89 million people	Greece
1890s	380,349 people	4.73 million people	4.35 million people	Greece
1900s	354,857 people	5.16 million people	4.81 million people	Greece
1910s	327,775 people	5.54 million people	5.21 million people	Greece
1920s	336,760 people	6.05 million people	5.71 million people	Greece
1930s	380,916 people	6.83 million people	6.45 million people	Greece
1940s	437,109 people	7.48 million people	7.04 million people	Greece
1950s	488,123 people	7.96 million people	7.47 million people	Greece
1960s	544,484 people	8.55 million people	8.01 million people	Greece
1970s	658,134 people	9.06 million people	8.40 million people	Greece
1980s	848,168 people	9.98 million people	9.13 million people	Greece
1990s	1.11 million people	10.49 million people	9.38 million people	Greece
2000s	1.45 million people	10.96 million people	9.51 million people	Greece
2010s	2.00 million people	10.89 million people	8.89 million people	Greece
2020s	2.57 million people	10.12 million people	7.56 million people	Greece
2030s	3.13 million people	9.52 million people	6.39 million people	Greece
2040s	3.74 million people	9.08 million people	5.34 million people	Greece
2050s	4.37 million people	8.55 million people	4.18 million people	Greece
2060s	4.98 million people	7.91 million people	2.93 million people	Greece
2070s	5.58 million people	7.30 million people	1.73 million people	Greece
2080s	6.15 million people	6.87 million people	722,867 people	Greece
2090s	6.65 million people	6.50 million people	157,561 people	Gabon
2100s	6.90 million people	6.28 million people	627,750 people	Gabon

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher population by world region, Gabon or Greece?: Gabon, at 6.90 million people against 6.28 million people in Greece as of 2100.
What is the difference in population by world region between Gabon and Greece?: 627,750 people, with Gabon ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Gabon and Greece?: 318 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2100.
How do Gabon and Greece rank globally for population by world region?: Gabon ranks 116th and Greece ranks 117th 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 by world region. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator: Population by world region
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, 69,174 data points, 1000–2100
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2100, based on data and estimates from different sources.