Babies on Map births by country, 0 CE – 2026

Africa · Middle Africa

How many babies are born in Gabon?

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

Plus or minus about 6%. These years have not happened yet or have not been counted yet. They are the medium variant of the UN's projection, not a record of births that took place.

Births in Gabon through history

1K10K 1 CE1000150018002026
Estimated annual births in Gabon, 0 CE to 2026, on a logarithmic scale. The shaded band on the left marks the years where births are modelled rather than recorded. The marker sits on 2026.
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
2024 68.9K 2.54M 27.1 UN projection
2026 69.5K 2.65M 26.3 UN projection

What the numbers show

Annual births in Gabon are at their highest in the whole run of estimates in 2026, at about 69.5K. That is roughly 84 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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Where these numbers come from

2026 figures are the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium variant. Earlier years come from the UN's estimates (1950 onward), 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.