Gabon
Fertility rate in Gabon
Fertility rate in Gabon: 3.95 births per woman in 1950 and 3.65 births per woman in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 3.65 births per woman
- Since 1950
- −0.3 births per woman
- Rank, 2023
- 40 of 229
- counting from the highest
- World, 2023
- 2.25 births per woman
- Projected, 2100
- 1.97 births per woman
- UN projection (medium variant)
births per woman · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 1.97 births per woman in 2100, between 1.23 births per woman and 3.09 births per woman (95% prediction interval).
- The highest was 5.76 births per woman in 1983, the lowest 3.65 births per woman in 2023.
Every year
births per woman · UN
| Year | Gabon | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3.65 | 2.25 |
| 2022 | 3.71 | 2.27 |
| 2021 | 3.78 | 2.29 |
| 2020 | 3.83 | 2.32 |
| 2019 | 3.88 | 2.4 |
| 2018 | 3.91 | 2.44 |
| 2017 | 3.91 | 2.5 |
| 2016 | 3.92 | 2.54 |
| 2015 | 3.92 | 2.54 |
| 2014 | 3.95 | 2.56 |
| 2013 | 4.02 | 2.57 |
| 2012 | 4.09 | 2.61 |
| 2011 | 4.15 | 2.59 |
| 2010 | 4.15 | 2.6 |
| 2009 | 4.14 | 2.62 |
| 2008 | 4.12 | 2.63 |
| 2007 | 4.14 | 2.62 |
| 2006 | 4.17 | 2.63 |
| 2005 | 4.21 | 2.63 |
| 2004 | 4.25 | 2.65 |
| 2003 | 4.3 | 2.66 |
| 2002 | 4.36 | 2.68 |
| 2001 | 4.42 | 2.71 |
| 2000 | 4.47 | 2.75 |
| 1999 | 4.5 | 2.75 |
| 1998 | 4.58 | 2.78 |
| 1997 | 4.66 | 2.81 |
| 1996 | 4.74 | 2.85 |
| 1995 | 4.88 | 2.89 |
| 1994 | 5.04 | 2.93 |
| 1993 | 5.19 | 2.98 |
| 1992 | 5.29 | 3.04 |
| 1991 | 5.37 | 3.13 |
| 1990 | 5.46 | 3.31 |
| 1989 | 5.55 | 3.35 |
| 1988 | 5.62 | 3.39 |
| 1987 | 5.67 | 3.48 |
| 1986 | 5.69 | 3.5 |
| 1985 | 5.71 | 3.51 |
| 1984 | 5.73 | 3.55 |
| 1983 | 5.76 | 3.58 |
| 1982 | 5.74 | 3.71 |
| 1981 | 5.73 | 3.71 |
| 1980 | 5.66 | 3.74 |
| 1979 | 5.61 | 3.77 |
| 1978 | 5.57 | 3.79 |
| 1977 | 5.52 | 3.85 |
| 1976 | 5.46 | 3.97 |
| 1975 | 5.39 | 4.08 |
| 1974 | 5.33 | 4.26 |
| 1973 | 5.29 | 4.42 |
| 1972 | 5.24 | 4.55 |
| 1971 | 5.16 | 4.68 |
| 1970 | 5.1 | 4.83 |
| 1969 | 5.05 | 4.87 |
| 1968 | 4.98 | 4.96 |
| 1967 | 4.92 | 4.85 |
| 1966 | 4.86 | 4.96 |
| 1965 | 4.79 | 5.07 |
| 1964 | 4.71 | 5.12 |
| 1963 | 4.65 | 5.31 |
| 1962 | 4.59 | 5.02 |
| 1961 | 4.5 | 4.57 |
| 1960 | 4.42 | 4.7 |
| 1959 | 4.34 | 4.74 |
| 1958 | 4.25 | 4.93 |
| 1957 | 4.17 | 5.07 |
| 1956 | 4.12 | 4.93 |
| 1955 | 4.07 | 5 |
| 1954 | 4.03 | 5 |
| 1953 | 3.99 | 4.92 |
| 1952 | 3.97 | 5 |
| 1951 | 3.95 | 4.82 |
| 1950 | 3.95 | 4.85 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Gabon | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3.592.95–4.25 | 2.25 |
| 2025 | 3.542.84–4.26 | 2.24 |
| 2026 | 3.492.76–4.25 | 2.23 |
| 2027 | 3.432.69–4.25 | 2.22 |
| 2028 | 3.372.6–4.24 | 2.21 |
| 2029 | 3.332.51–4.24 | 2.2 |
| 2030 | 3.292.45–4.25 | 2.2 |
| 2031 | 3.242.35–4.24 | 2.19 |
| 2032 | 3.22.3–4.2 | 2.18 |
| 2033 | 3.162.25–4.17 | 2.17 |
| 2034 | 3.122.21–4.13 | 2.16 |
| 2035 | 3.082.15–4.12 | 2.15 |
| 2036 | 3.042.07–4.11 | 2.15 |
| 2037 | 3.012.05–4.07 | 2.14 |
| 2038 | 2.972–4.03 | 2.13 |
| 2039 | 2.941.95–4.06 | 2.13 |
| 2040 | 2.911.91–4.05 | 2.13 |
| 2041 | 2.881.87–4.02 | 2.12 |
| 2042 | 2.841.83–4.01 | 2.12 |
| 2043 | 2.811.81–3.99 | 2.12 |
| 2044 | 2.781.79–3.95 | 2.12 |
| 2045 | 2.751.74–3.95 | 2.12 |
| 2046 | 2.731.73–3.92 | 2.11 |
| 2047 | 2.71.71–3.88 | 2.11 |
| 2048 | 2.671.65–3.82 | 2.11 |
| 2049 | 2.641.64–3.8 | 2.1 |
| 2050 | 2.621.61–3.78 | 2.1 |
| 2051 | 2.591.59–3.77 | 2.09 |
| 2052 | 2.571.59–3.75 | 2.09 |
| 2053 | 2.541.56–3.72 | 2.08 |
| 2054 | 2.521.54–3.69 | 2.07 |
| 2055 | 2.51.5–3.66 | 2.07 |
| 2056 | 2.481.51–3.59 | 2.06 |
| 2057 | 2.461.49–3.6 | 2.05 |
| 2058 | 2.441.49–3.62 | 2.04 |
| 2059 | 2.421.48–3.57 | 2.04 |
| 2060 | 2.41.46–3.54 | 2.03 |
| 2061 | 2.381.45–3.5 | 2.02 |
| 2062 | 2.371.43–3.51 | 2.02 |
| 2063 | 2.351.43–3.48 | 2.01 |
| 2064 | 2.341.42–3.47 | 2 |
| 2065 | 2.321.42–3.48 | 2 |
| 2066 | 2.311.41–3.48 | 1.99 |
| 2067 | 2.291.39–3.43 | 1.98 |
| 2068 | 2.281.38–3.42 | 1.98 |
| 2069 | 2.261.37–3.37 | 1.97 |
| 2070 | 2.251.37–3.42 | 1.97 |
| 2071 | 2.241.35–3.38 | 1.96 |
| 2072 | 2.231.35–3.34 | 1.96 |
| 2073 | 2.211.35–3.31 | 1.95 |
| 2074 | 2.21.33–3.27 | 1.95 |
| 2075 | 2.191.31–3.3 | 1.94 |
| 2076 | 2.181.33–3.28 | 1.94 |
| 2077 | 2.171.31–3.24 | 1.94 |
| 2078 | 2.161.32–3.22 | 1.93 |
| 2079 | 2.151.32–3.21 | 1.93 |
| 2080 | 2.141.32–3.25 | 1.92 |
| 2081 | 2.131.31–3.26 | 1.92 |
| 2082 | 2.111.3–3.25 | 1.91 |
| 2083 | 2.11.28–3.25 | 1.91 |
| 2084 | 2.091.29–3.23 | 1.91 |
| 2085 | 2.081.28–3.18 | 1.9 |
| 2086 | 2.071.29–3.19 | 1.9 |
| 2087 | 2.061.29–3.16 | 1.89 |
| 2088 | 2.061.29–3.15 | 1.89 |
| 2089 | 2.051.28–3.18 | 1.88 |
| 2090 | 2.041.28–3.17 | 1.88 |
| 2091 | 2.031.27–3.16 | 1.88 |
| 2092 | 2.031.26–3.15 | 1.87 |
| 2093 | 2.021.27–3.18 | 1.87 |
| 2094 | 2.011.24–3.13 | 1.86 |
| 2095 | 21.23–3.12 | 1.86 |
| 2096 | 21.23–3.12 | 1.85 |
| 2097 | 1.991.22–3.11 | 1.85 |
| 2098 | 1.981.21–3.11 | 1.85 |
| 2099 | 1.981.21–3.12 | 1.84 |
| 2100 | 1.971.23–3.09 | 1.84 |
Good to know
- The children a woman would have over her life at the year’s birth rates for each age.
- Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
- The dashed line is the UN projection (medium variant), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its 95% prediction interval.
- Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2023, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
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- Military spending1.66% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$337M in 2025
- Military spending per person$139 in 2025
- Military share of state spending6.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel7,000 people in 2020
- National power0.02% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers1% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports6 million TIV in 2024
- Arms exports1 million TIV in 1973