Rural population share — all countries

Rural population share — Gabon

Rural population share in Gabon in 2025 — 7.9%. Ranked 190 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 79.5 pp.

2025 7.9% −0.2 pp vs 2024
World rank 190of 217
Period maximum 87.4%1960
Period minimum 7.9%2025

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Rural population share — Gabon, 1960–2025025507510019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 87.4%1962: 85.8%1964: 82.3%1966: 77.6%1968: 72.6%1970: 68%1972: 63.5%1974: 58.6%1976: 53.6%1978: 48.9%1980: 44.8%1982: 41.5%1984: 38.8%1986: 36.3%1988: 33.6%1990: 30.7%1992: 28.1%1994: 26%1996: 24.1%1998: 22.2%2000: 20.4%2002: 18.8%2004: 17.3%2006: 15.9%2008: 14.8%2010: 13.8%2012: 13.1%2014: 12.4%2016: 11.5%2018: 10.5%2020: 9.7%2022: 8.8%2024: 8.1%2025: 7.9%
Change over the period: −79.5 pp Annual average: -1.22 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Gabon 7.9%
World 42.2%
Middle Africa computed 49.1%
Rural population share — Gabon, by year Gabon All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 7.9 −0.2 pp
2024 8.1 −0.2 pp
2023 8.4 −0.4 pp
2022 8.8 −0.4 pp
2021 9.2 −0.4 pp
2020 9.7 −0.4 pp
2019 10.1 −0.4 pp
2018 10.5 −0.5 pp
2017 11 −0.5 pp
2016 11.5 −0.5 pp
2015 11.9 −0.5 pp
2014 12.4 −0.5 pp
2013 12.9 −0.3 pp
2012 13.1 −0.3 pp
2011 13.4 −0.4 pp
2010 13.8 −0.4 pp
2009 14.3 −0.5 pp
2008 14.8 −0.6 pp
2007 15.3 −0.6 pp
2006 15.9 −0.7 pp
2005 16.6 −0.7 pp
2004 17.3 −0.7 pp
2003 18 −0.8 pp
2002 18.8 −0.8 pp
2001 19.6 −0.8 pp
2000 20.4 −0.9 pp
1999 21.3 −0.9 pp
1998 22.2 −0.9 pp
1997 23.1 −0.9 pp
1996 24.1 −1 pp
1995 25 −1 pp
1994 26 −1 pp
1993 27 −1.1 pp
1992 28.1 −1.3 pp
1991 29.3 −1.4 pp
1990 30.7 −1.4 pp
1989 32.2 −1.4 pp
1988 33.6 −1.4 pp
1987 35 −1.3 pp
1986 36.3 −1.2 pp
1985 37.5 −1.2 pp
1984 38.8 −1.3 pp
1983 40.1 −1.4 pp
1982 41.5 −1.5 pp
1981 43 −1.8 pp
1980 44.8 −2 pp
1979 46.8 −2.2 pp
1978 48.9 −2.3 pp
1977 51.2 −2.4 pp
1976 53.6 −2.5 pp
1975 56.1 −2.5 pp
1974 58.6 −2.5 pp
1973 61.1 −2.4 pp
1972 63.5 −2.3 pp
1971 65.8 −2.2 pp
1970 68 −2.2 pp
1969 70.2 −2.4 pp
1968 72.6 −2.5 pp
1967 75.1 −2.5 pp
1966 77.6 −2.4 pp
1965 80 −2.2 pp
1964 82.3 −1.9 pp
1963 84.2 −1.6 pp
1962 85.8 −1.1 pp
1961 86.9 −0.5 pp
1960 87.4

About the indicator

The share of population living outside urban settlements, as a percent of the total. It is computed as the difference between total and urban population, and therefore inherits every particularity of national definitions of urban areas.

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