Gabon vs Lesotho
Gabon has 10% more people than Lesotho: 2,593,130 vs 2,363,325, a gap of 229,805. Gabon is growing faster (+2.11% vs +1.10% a year), adding about 54,752 people a year against +26,045. At these source-year rates the modelled relative population gap is widening. Lesotho is 7.9× as densely populated (76.1 vs 9.6 people per km²). People in Gabon live 10.7 years longer on average (68.5 vs 57.8). GDP per capita is 7.6× higher in Gabon ($8,263 vs $1,089).
Country/territory population bases: World Bank 2025 (Gabon) and 2025 (Lesotho); growth years 2025 / 2025. Annual source values, not live counts; years may differ. Growth is national, not local.
Gabon vs Lesotho — side by side
 Gabon |  Lesotho | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 2,593,1302025 | 2,363,3252025 |
| Growth rate / yr | +2.11%2025 | +1.10%2025 |
| Births per 1,000 | 27.12024 | 23.82024 |
| Deaths per 1,000 | 6.22024 | 10.52024 |
| Children per woman | 3.592024 | 2.662024 |
| Life expectancy | 68.5 yrs2024 | 57.8 yrs2024 |
| Aged 0–14 | 36.2%2025 | 34.1%2025 |
| Aged 65+ | 4.1%2025 | 3.9%2025 |
| Density | 9.6 /km²2023 | 76.1 /km²2023 |
| Area | 267,670 km²2023 | 30,360 km²2023 |
| Urban population | 92.1%2025 | 44.7%2025 |
| Net migration / yr | +1,1162025 | -5,1922025 |
| GDP per capita | $8,2632025 | $1,0892025 |
| Country population rank (available records) | #142 | #144 |
| 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; Lesotho: 3.2× 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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