Total fertility rate — all countries

Total fertility rate — Gabon

Total fertility rate in Gabon in 2024 — 3.59 births. Ranked 40 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 18.8%.

2024 3.59 births −1.51% vs 2023
World rank 40of 217
Period maximum 5.76 births1983
Period minimum 3.59 births2024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · births per woman

Total fertility rate — Gabon, 1960–2024345619601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 4.42 births1962: 4.59 births1964: 4.71 births1966: 4.86 births1968: 4.98 births1970: 5.1 births1972: 5.24 births1974: 5.33 births1976: 5.46 births1978: 5.57 births1980: 5.66 births1982: 5.74 births1984: 5.73 births1986: 5.69 births1988: 5.62 births1990: 5.46 births1992: 5.29 births1994: 5.04 births1996: 4.74 births1998: 4.58 births2000: 4.47 births2002: 4.36 births2004: 4.25 births2006: 4.17 births2008: 4.12 births2010: 4.15 births2012: 4.09 births2014: 3.95 births2016: 3.92 births2018: 3.91 births2020: 3.83 births2022: 3.71 births2024: 3.59 births
Change over the period: −0.83 (−18.77%) Average annual rate: -0.32 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Gabon

Gabon 3.59 births
World 2.19 births
Sub-Saharan Africa 4.26 births
Middle Africa computed 5.48 births
Upper-middle-income countries computed 1.44 births
Total fertility rate — Gabon, by year Gabon All countries CSV XLSX
Year births Change Change, %
2024 3.59 −0.05 −1.51%
2023 3.65 −0.07 −1.75%
2022 3.71 −0.06 −1.69%
2021 3.78 −0.06 −1.44%
2020 3.83 −0.05 −1.36%
2019 3.88 −0.02 −0.61%
2018 3.91 −0 −0.13%
2017 3.91 −0.01 −0.2%
2016 3.92 +0 +0%
2015 3.92 −0.03 −0.81%
2014 3.95 −0.07 −1.64%
2013 4.02 −0.07 −1.64%
2012 4.09 −0.06 −1.57%
2011 4.15 −0 −0.05%
2010 4.15 +0.01 +0.36%
2009 4.14 +0.02 +0.49%
2008 4.12 −0.02 −0.58%
2007 4.14 −0.03 −0.67%
2006 4.17 −0.04 −0.95%
2005 4.21 −0.04 −0.99%
2004 4.25 −0.05 −1.09%
2003 4.3 −0.06 −1.4%
2002 4.36 −0.06 −1.29%
2001 4.42 −0.05 −1.16%
2000 4.47 −0.03 −0.73%
1999 4.5 −0.07 −1.62%
1998 4.58 −0.08 −1.74%
1997 4.66 −0.09 −1.79%
1996 4.74 −0.14 −2.91%
1995 4.88 −0.16 −3.17%
1994 5.04 −0.14 −2.74%
1993 5.19 −0.1 −1.95%
1992 5.29 −0.08 −1.56%
1991 5.37 −0.09 −1.58%
1990 5.46 −0.09 −1.64%
1989 5.55 −0.07 −1.3%
1988 5.62 −0.04 −0.78%
1987 5.67 −0.02 −0.37%
1986 5.69 −0.03 −0.44%
1985 5.71 −0.02 −0.35%
1984 5.73 −0.03 −0.45%
1983 5.76 +0.02 +0.33%
1982 5.74 +0.01 +0.24%
1981 5.73 +0.06 +1.09%
1980 5.66 +0.06 +1%
1979 5.61 +0.04 +0.72%
1978 5.57 +0.05 +0.94%
1977 5.52 +0.06 +1.08%
1976 5.46 +0.07 +1.22%
1975 5.39 +0.06 +1.2%
1974 5.33 +0.04 +0.76%
1973 5.29 +0.05 +0.95%
1972 5.24 +0.07 +1.43%
1971 5.16 +0.07 +1.29%
1970 5.1 +0.05 +0.95%
1969 5.05 +0.07 +1.3%
1968 4.98 +0.07 +1.32%
1967 4.92 +0.06 +1.19%
1966 4.86 +0.08 +1.59%
1965 4.79 +0.07 +1.53%
1964 4.71 +0.06 +1.38%
1963 4.65 +0.06 +1.35%
1962 4.59 +0.08 +1.84%
1961 4.5 +0.08 +1.85%
1960 4.42

About the indicator

The total fertility rate is the average number of children a woman would bear over her entire reproductive period if the age-specific fertility rates of the year of calculation stayed unchanged. In countries with low mortality the replacement level is about 2.1 births per woman: below that threshold population starts to shrink in the absence of migration.

Important: The total fertility rate is a hypothetical value for a synthetic cohort; the completed fertility of real cohorts may differ.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.