Gabon vs Jamaica
Jamaica has 9% more people than Gabon: 2,837,077 vs 2,593,130, a gap of 243,947. Gabon is growing faster (+2.11% vs −0.07% a year), adding about 54,752 people a year against −2,097. Using continuous exponential growth from the stated base year, if these rates held, Gabon would overtake Jamaica in about 4 years (from the 2025 population bases, around 2029) — a projection, not a forecast. Jamaica is the older society: 8.6% aged 65+ against 4.1% in Gabon, while Gabon has more children (36.2% under 15 vs 18.3%). Jamaica is 27.2× as densely populated (262.2 vs 9.6 people per km²). People in Jamaica live 3.1 years longer on average (71.6 vs 68.5).
Country/territory population bases: World Bank 2025 (Gabon) and 2025 (Jamaica); growth years 2025 / 2025. Annual source values, not live counts; years may differ. Growth is national, not local.
Gabon vs Jamaica — side by side
 Gabon |  Jamaica | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 2,593,1302025 | 2,837,0772025 |
| Growth rate / yr | +2.11%2025 | −0.07%2025 |
| Births per 1,000 | 27.12024 | 11.42024 |
| Deaths per 1,000 | 6.22024 | 8.22024 |
| Children per woman | 3.592024 | 1.352024 |
| Life expectancy | 68.5 yrs2024 | 71.6 yrs2024 |
| Aged 0–14 | 36.2%2025 | 18.3%2025 |
| Aged 65+ | 4.1%2025 | 8.6%2025 |
| Density | 9.6 /km²2023 | 262.2 /km²2023 |
| Area | 267,670 km²2023 | 10,990 km²2023 |
| Urban population | 92.1%2025 | 59.4%2025 |
| Net migration / yr | +1,1162025 | -11,0532025 |
| GDP per capita | $8,2632025 | $8,0032025 |
| Country population rank (available records) | #142 | #140 |
| Base / world population (World Bank 2025) | 0.03% | 0.03% |
Highlighted cell = the higher value (not "better"). Small print under each value is its own data year. Source: World Bank; country/territory population bases may have different years. These are not live counts.
Population since 1960
World Bank population history (not the separate UN WPP timeline). Gabon: 5.1× from 1960 to 2025; Jamaica: 1.7× from 1960 to 2025. Left: absolute population. Right: each series indexed to its own first available year = 100; baseline years may differ.
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