What is the difference in births and deaths per year between Equatorial Guinea and Gabon?

1,023 deaths, with Gabon ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Equatorial Guinea and Gabon?

74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Births and deaths per year. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Equatorial Guinea vs Gabon: Births and deaths per year

Equatorial Guinea

14,554 deaths

in 2023

Gabon

15,577 deaths

in 2023

Equatorial Guinea rank

148th

Gabon rank

146th

Births and deaths per year over time

Equatorial Guinea
Gabon

How they compare

Gabon currently reports 15,577 deaths against 14,554 deaths in Equatorial Guinea, a difference of 1,023 deaths.

That makes Gabon's figure about 1.1 times Equatorial Guinea's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Gabon ahead.

Equatorial Guinea ranks 148th and Gabon ranks 146th of 236 countries.

Gabon has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Equatorial Guinea	Gabon	Difference	Ahead
1950s	5,910 deaths	11,041 deaths	5,131 deaths	Gabon
1960s	6,851 deaths	10,417 deaths	3,566 deaths	Gabon
1970s	7,614 deaths	10,280 deaths	2,666 deaths	Gabon
1980s	6,308 deaths	10,663 deaths	4,355 deaths	Gabon
1990s	8,597 deaths	11,681 deaths	3,084 deaths	Gabon
2000s	11,241 deaths	13,004 deaths	1,763 deaths	Gabon
2010s	13,556 deaths	14,484 deaths	928.1 deaths	Gabon
2020s	14,668 deaths	15,865 deaths	1,196 deaths	Gabon

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher births and deaths per year, Equatorial Guinea or Gabon?: Gabon, at 15,577 deaths against 14,554 deaths in Equatorial Guinea as of 2023.
What is the difference in births and deaths per year between Equatorial Guinea and Gabon?: 1,023 deaths, with Gabon ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Equatorial Guinea and Gabon?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Equatorial Guinea and Gabon rank globally for births and deaths per year?: Equatorial Guinea ranks 148th and Gabon ranks 146th of 236 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Births and deaths per year. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Births and deaths per year
Unit: deaths
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

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