Gabon
Life expectancy in Gabon
Life expectancy in Gabon: 39.3 years in 1950 and 68.3 years in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 68.3 years
- Since 1950
- +29.1 years
- Rank, 2023
- 176 of 229
- counting from the highest
- World, 2023
- 73.2 years
- Projected, 2100
- 79.8 years
- UN projection (medium variant)
years · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 79.8 years in 2100, between 66.6 years and 88.5 years (95% prediction interval).
Every year
years · UN
| Year | Gabon | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 68.3 | 73.2 |
| 2022 | 67.7 | 72.6 |
| 2021 | 67.1 | 70.9 |
| 2020 | 67.1 | 71.9 |
| 2019 | 67.3 | 72.6 |
| 2018 | 67 | 72.4 |
| 2017 | 66.8 | 72.1 |
| 2016 | 66.6 | 71.9 |
| 2015 | 66.3 | 71.6 |
| 2014 | 66.1 | 71.4 |
| 2013 | 65.8 | 71.1 |
| 2012 | 65.4 | 70.8 |
| 2011 | 65.1 | 70.4 |
| 2010 | 64.7 | 70.1 |
| 2009 | 64.4 | 69.7 |
| 2008 | 64 | 69.3 |
| 2007 | 63.6 | 69 |
| 2006 | 63.3 | 68.6 |
| 2005 | 63 | 68.1 |
| 2004 | 62.7 | 67.7 |
| 2003 | 62.5 | 67.4 |
| 2002 | 62.2 | 67.1 |
| 2001 | 62 | 66.8 |
| 2000 | 61.8 | 66.4 |
| 1999 | 61.7 | 66 |
| 1998 | 61.5 | 65.7 |
| 1997 | 61.4 | 65.5 |
| 1996 | 61.3 | 65.2 |
| 1995 | 61.3 | 64.9 |
| 1994 | 61.2 | 64.3 |
| 1993 | 61.1 | 64.4 |
| 1992 | 61 | 64.3 |
| 1991 | 60.9 | 64.1 |
| 1990 | 60.7 | 64 |
| 1989 | 60.6 | 63.8 |
| 1988 | 60.4 | 63.4 |
| 1987 | 60.2 | 63.2 |
| 1986 | 60 | 62.7 |
| 1985 | 59.7 | 62.2 |
| 1984 | 59.3 | 61.9 |
| 1983 | 59 | 61.5 |
| 1982 | 58.6 | 61.3 |
| 1981 | 58.3 | 60.9 |
| 1980 | 57.9 | 60.5 |
| 1979 | 57.4 | 60.2 |
| 1978 | 57 | 59.5 |
| 1977 | 56.5 | 59.2 |
| 1976 | 56 | 58.6 |
| 1975 | 55.5 | 58.3 |
| 1974 | 54.9 | 58.1 |
| 1973 | 54.4 | 57.7 |
| 1972 | 53.8 | 57.2 |
| 1971 | 53.3 | 56 |
| 1970 | 52.7 | 56.3 |
| 1969 | 52.1 | 56 |
| 1968 | 51.6 | 55.6 |
| 1967 | 50.9 | 55.1 |
| 1966 | 50.3 | 54.6 |
| 1965 | 49.7 | 54 |
| 1964 | 49 | 54.3 |
| 1963 | 48.4 | 53.7 |
| 1962 | 47.8 | 53.2 |
| 1961 | 47.1 | 50.4 |
| 1960 | 46.4 | 47.8 |
| 1959 | 45.8 | 49.6 |
| 1958 | 45.1 | 51.6 |
| 1957 | 44.4 | 51.1 |
| 1956 | 43.7 | 50.7 |
| 1955 | 43 | 50.2 |
| 1954 | 42.2 | 49.7 |
| 1953 | 41.5 | 48.8 |
| 1952 | 40.7 | 48.2 |
| 1951 | 40 | 47.1 |
| 1950 | 39.3 | 46.4 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Gabon | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 68.567.1–69.9 | 73.3 |
| 2025 | 68.766.7–70.6 | 73.5 |
| 2026 | 68.966.5–71.1 | 73.8 |
| 2027 | 6966.3–71.7 | 73.9 |
| 2028 | 69.266.2–72.3 | 74.1 |
| 2029 | 69.465.9–72.5 | 74.2 |
| 2030 | 69.565.9–72.9 | 74.4 |
| 2031 | 69.766–73.2 | 74.5 |
| 2032 | 69.865.8–73.7 | 74.7 |
| 2033 | 7065.7–74 | 74.8 |
| 2034 | 70.265.8–74.4 | 75 |
| 2035 | 70.365.7–74.9 | 75.1 |
| 2036 | 70.565.6–75.2 | 75.3 |
| 2037 | 70.665.6–75.5 | 75.4 |
| 2038 | 70.865.5–75.9 | 75.5 |
| 2039 | 70.965.6–76.2 | 75.7 |
| 2040 | 71.165.2–76.5 | 75.8 |
| 2041 | 71.265.2–76.7 | 75.9 |
| 2042 | 71.465.1–76.9 | 76.1 |
| 2043 | 71.565.1–77 | 76.2 |
| 2044 | 71.765.2–77.4 | 76.3 |
| 2045 | 71.865.2–77.6 | 76.5 |
| 2046 | 7265.3–78 | 76.6 |
| 2047 | 72.165.4–78.2 | 76.7 |
| 2048 | 72.365.3–78.6 | 76.8 |
| 2049 | 72.465.2–78.9 | 76.9 |
| 2050 | 72.665.4–79.2 | 77 |
| 2051 | 72.765.3–79.5 | 77.1 |
| 2052 | 72.965.6–79.8 | 77.2 |
| 2053 | 7365.8–80.1 | 77.3 |
| 2054 | 73.165.8–80.5 | 77.4 |
| 2055 | 73.365.7–80.8 | 77.6 |
| 2056 | 73.465.6–80.8 | 77.7 |
| 2057 | 73.665.5–81.1 | 77.8 |
| 2058 | 73.865.6–81.3 | 77.9 |
| 2059 | 73.965.7–81.4 | 78 |
| 2060 | 74.165.8–81.5 | 78.1 |
| 2061 | 74.265.6–82 | 78.2 |
| 2062 | 74.365.4–82.3 | 78.3 |
| 2063 | 74.565.7–82.6 | 78.4 |
| 2064 | 74.665.7–82.7 | 78.5 |
| 2065 | 74.865.6–82.9 | 78.6 |
| 2066 | 74.965.8–83.2 | 78.7 |
| 2067 | 75.165.7–83.4 | 78.8 |
| 2068 | 75.265.8–83.7 | 78.9 |
| 2069 | 75.365.9–83.8 | 79 |
| 2070 | 75.565.9–83.8 | 79.1 |
| 2071 | 75.666–84.1 | 79.2 |
| 2072 | 75.866.2–84.4 | 79.3 |
| 2073 | 75.966.1–84.6 | 79.4 |
| 2074 | 7666.3–84.8 | 79.4 |
| 2075 | 76.266.1–85.1 | 79.5 |
| 2076 | 76.366.1–85.2 | 79.6 |
| 2077 | 76.566.1–85.4 | 79.7 |
| 2078 | 76.666.3–85.5 | 79.8 |
| 2079 | 76.866.4–85.8 | 79.9 |
| 2080 | 76.966.4–85.6 | 80 |
| 2081 | 77.166.1–85.9 | 80.1 |
| 2082 | 77.266.1–86.1 | 80.2 |
| 2083 | 77.466.1–86.3 | 80.3 |
| 2084 | 77.566.2–86.3 | 80.3 |
| 2085 | 77.766.1–86.4 | 80.4 |
| 2086 | 77.866.2–86.7 | 80.5 |
| 2087 | 77.966.3–86.9 | 80.6 |
| 2088 | 78.166.2–86.9 | 80.7 |
| 2089 | 78.266.7–87.1 | 80.8 |
| 2090 | 78.466.5–87.3 | 80.9 |
| 2091 | 78.566.4–87.6 | 81 |
| 2092 | 78.766.6–87.5 | 81 |
| 2093 | 78.866.6–87.8 | 81.1 |
| 2094 | 78.966.6–87.9 | 81.2 |
| 2095 | 79.166.8–88 | 81.3 |
| 2096 | 79.266.6–88.2 | 81.4 |
| 2097 | 79.366.6–88.4 | 81.5 |
| 2098 | 79.566.7–88.4 | 81.6 |
| 2099 | 79.666.7–88.4 | 81.7 |
| 2100 | 79.866.6–88.5 | 81.7 |
Good to know
- How long a newborn would live on average if the year’s death rates held all its life.
- 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