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How many babies are born in Gabon?

69.5 thousand babies born in Gabon in 2026. That is 0.05% of all births worldwide, and the 119th largest of any country. UN projection

2024–2100 uses the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario, based on assumptions about fertility, mortality and migration. These are projections, not observed births or guaranteed outcomes. Uncertainty increases further into the future; this site does not display prediction intervals.

Births in Gabon: history and projections

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Annual births, logarithmic scale. Shading marks modelled years before 1800; the dashed line marks UN projections from 2024.
Every figure refers to the area inside Gabon’s present-day borders. Before 1800 the state did not exist in its current form. See how borders are handled.
Year Estimated births Population Per 1,000 Evidence
1 CE ~830 ~20K 41.4 Modelled estimate
1000 ~3.1K ~76K 41.4 Modelled estimate
1500 ~6.1K ~150K 41.4 Modelled estimate
1800 ~7.11K ~158K 45.0 Historical reconstruction
1900 ~16.6K ~370K 45.0 Historical reconstruction
1950 14.2K 473K 30.0 UN estimate
2000 42.6K 1.28M 33.4 UN estimate
2023 68.8K 2.48M 27.7 UN estimate
2026 69.5K 2.65M 26.3 UN projection
2050 86.3K 4.08M 21.1 UN projection
2075 93.4K 5.61M 16.7 UN projection
2100 94.1K 6.9M 13.6 UN projection

What the numbers show

The highest annual births in Gabon among estimates through 2023 were in 2022, at about 68.8K. That is roughly 83 times the estimated ~827 births a year in 1 CE.

At 3.49 children per woman, fertility in Gabon is above the level of about 2.1 that would hold a population steady over the long run without migration.

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How many babies are born in Gabon each year?

An estimated 69.5 thousand babies are born in Gabon in 2026, according to the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium projection. That is about 190 a day and 0.05% of all births worldwide.

What is the birth rate in Gabon?

Gabon has an estimated 26.3 births per 1,000 people in 2026, and a total fertility rate of 3.49 children per woman.

Where these numbers come from

2026 figures are the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario. UN estimates cover 1950–2023; projections cover 2024–2100. Earlier years come from Gapminder’s reconstructions (1800–1949) and a model applied to HYDE population estimates (before 1800). The full chain is set out in the methodology, and every source is listed on the sources page.