Crude birth rate in Gabon

The crude birth rate in Gabon was 27.1 per 1,000 people in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1960.

Measure: Crude birth rate (UN estimates) Unit: Births per 1,000 people Data: 1960 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Gabon, 2024 27.1 Births per 1,000 people
Change from 2023 −0.5per 1,000 people 2023: 27.7 per 1,000 people
World, 2024 16.3 per 1,000 people Official aggregate
Position in 2024 42nd of 217 See the full ranking

Crude birth rate in Gabon over time

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Births per 1,000 people. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Crude birth rate (UN estimates) (births per 1,000 people), 2000 to 2024
Period GabonWorld
2024 27.1 per 1,000 people 16.3 per 1,000 people
2023 27.7 per 1,000 people 16.3 per 1,000 people
2022 28.3 per 1,000 people 16.6 per 1,000 people
2021 28.9 per 1,000 people 16.8 per 1,000 people
2020 29.5 per 1,000 people 17.1 per 1,000 people
2019 30.1 per 1,000 people 17.8 per 1,000 people
2018 30.5 per 1,000 people 18.2 per 1,000 people
2017 30.8 per 1,000 people 18.8 per 1,000 people
2016 31.0 per 1,000 people 19.3 per 1,000 people
2015 31.1 per 1,000 people 19.3 per 1,000 people
2014 31.4 per 1,000 people 19.8 per 1,000 people
2013 31.9 per 1,000 people 19.9 per 1,000 people
2012 32.5 per 1,000 people 20.4 per 1,000 people
2011 33.0 per 1,000 people 20.3 per 1,000 people
2010 33.0 per 1,000 people 20.2 per 1,000 people
2009 32.9 per 1,000 people 20.4 per 1,000 people
2008 32.6 per 1,000 people 20.5 per 1,000 people
2007 32.6 per 1,000 people 20.6 per 1,000 people
2006 32.6 per 1,000 people 20.6 per 1,000 people
2005 32.7 per 1,000 people 20.8 per 1,000 people
2004 32.7 per 1,000 people 21.0 per 1,000 people
2003 32.9 per 1,000 people 21.1 per 1,000 people
2002 33.1 per 1,000 people 21.4 per 1,000 people
2001 33.2 per 1,000 people 21.7 per 1,000 people
2000 33.4 per 1,000 people 22.1 per 1,000 people

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.5 from 27.7 per 1,000 people in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 31.4 per 1,000 people, the figure has changed by −4.3.
  • Among the 217 countries with data for 2024, Gabon has the 42nd highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 16.3 per 1,000 people.

Source and dates

Original producer
United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SP.DYN.CBRT.IN · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1960 to 2024 for Gabon
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects