Fertility rate: births per woman in Gabon
Gabon: Fertility rate: births per woman was 3.65 live births per woman in 2023. ▼ Falling
Fertility rate: births per woman in Gabon, 1950–2023
Source: Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in live births per woman.
Analysis
The most recent figure for fertility rate: births per woman in Gabon is 3.65 live births per woman, measured in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 74 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.8% on the previous year and down 9.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fertility rate: births per woman in Gabon peaked at 5.76 live births per woman in 1983 and was at its lowest, 3.65 live births per woman, in 2023.
That places Gabon 41st out of 236 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 74 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 4.08 live births per woman | 3.95 live births per woman | 4.34 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1960s | 4.75 live births per woman | 4.42 live births per woman | 5.05 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1970s | 5.37 live births per woman | 5.1 live births per woman | 5.61 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1980s | 5.69 live births per woman | 5.55 live births per woman | 5.76 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1990s | 4.97 live births per woman | 4.5 live births per woman | 5.46 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2000s | 4.26 live births per woman | 4.12 live births per woman | 4.47 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.99 live births per woman | 3.88 live births per woman | 4.15 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.74 live births per woman | 3.65 live births per woman | 3.83 live births per woman | 4 |
Countries ranked near Gabon
More reference data data for Gabon
- Number of child deaths per woman 0.1086 under-five deaths per woman (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. Human Development Index 3.65 live births per woman (2023)
- Fertility rate: births per woman 3.65 live births per woman (2023)
- Human Development Index 0.733 (2023)
- Rule of Law - Governance estimate -1.16 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)
- Rule of Law - Governance score 37.07 0-100 (2024)
- Voice and Accountability - Governance score 38.98 0-100 (2024)
- Voice and Accountability - Governance estimate -1.02 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)
- Political Stability - Governance score 61.16 0-100 (2024)
- Political Stability - Governance estimate -0.2769 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fertility rate: births per woman in Gabon?
- Fertility rate: births per woman in Gabon was 3.65 live births per woman in 2023, according to Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest fertility rate: births per woman recorded in Gabon?
- The highest recorded value was 5.76 live births per woman in 1983.
- What is the lowest fertility rate: births per woman recorded in Gabon?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.65 live births per woman in 2023.
- How does Gabon rank for fertility rate: births per woman?
- Gabon ranks 41st out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is fertility rate: births per woman rising or falling in Gabon?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Gabon data come from?
- The figures come from Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Fertility rate: births per woman. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The average number of live births a hypothetical cohort of women would have at the end of their reproductive period if they were subject during their whole lives to the fertility rates of a given period and if they were not subject to mortality.