Demographics of Gambia

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date	30 Oct 2021

As of 2021, the population of Gambia is projected at 2.49 million, up by 2.91% compared with 2.42 million in 2020. Gambia is ranked 144th in terms of population and 13th in terms of population growth rate.

There are 92.36 thousand births in Gambia in 2021. That is 253 per day, which is ranked 112th. The crude birth rate is 37.09 per 1000 people. There are 18.37 thousand deaths in Gambia in 2021. That is 50 per day, which is ranked 144th. The crude death rate is 7.38 per 1000 people.

1.5 million people are living in urban areas, which is 63.22% of Gambia population. Gambia is ranked 119th in terms of urbanization.

The Sex Ratio in Gambia in 2021 is 98.39 males per 100 females. There are 1.23 million males and 1.25 million females in Gambia. The percentage of female population is 50.41% compare to 49.59% male population. Gambia has 20.2 thousand more females than males. Gambia is at 89th position out of 201 countries/territories in terms of female to male ratio.

Gambia population

Year	Population	Growth (%)
1950	304,895	-
1955	329,662	1.82
1960	365,049	2.07
1965	405,258	2.33
1970	464,404	2.92
1975	539,985	3.20
1980	637,252	3.32
1985	755,791	4.15
1990	955,595	4.36
1995	1,128,577	3.14
2000	1,317,708	3.18
2005	1,543,745	3.16
2010	1,793,199	3.04
2015	2,085,860	3.05
2016	2,149,134	3.03
2017	2,213,900	3.01
2018	2,280,092	2.99
2019	2,347,696	2.96
2020	2,416,664	2.94
2021	2,486,937	2.91

Total
Crude

Gambia death and birth rate

Year	Total		Crude(per 1000)
Year	Death	Birth	Crude death	Crude birth
1950	10,768	15,191	35.05	49.53
1955	10,894	16,443	32.89	49.64
1960	11,366	17,810	31.12	48.85
1965	11,723	19,621	28.73	48.12
1970	11,614	22,137	24.93	47.57
1975	11,514	25,802	21.20	47.55
1980	11,540	29,957	18.09	47.10
1985	11,997	36,133	15.57	46.84
1990	13,370	44,501	14.08	46.98
1995	14,470	50,877	12.78	45.01
2000	14,902	56,466	11.26	42.68
2005	15,418	64,168	9.97	41.52
2010	16,231	73,561	9.01	40.88
2015	17,429	83,026	8.33	39.72
2020	18,269	90,977	7.55	37.59
2021	18,365	92,362	7.38	37.09

Population
Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Gambia

Year	Population		Urbanization
Year	Urban	Rural	growth rate (%)	Urban (%)
1950	27,856	243,521	-	10.265
1955	33,939	270,090	5.62	11.163
1960	44,628	323,300	4.79	12.129
1965	58,255	342,606	7.95	14.533
1970	87,204	360,081	8.69	19.496
1975	127,275	393,795	6.35	24.426
1980	171,726	432,643	6.39	28.414
1985	241,730	490,366	7.72	33.019
1990	351,250	565,558	7.08	38.312
1995	462,336	603,887	4.99	43.362
2000	589,663	642,181	5.04	47.868
2005	751,269	692,935	4.73	52.020
2010	941,876	750,273	4.57	55.662
2015	1,171,281	806,309	4.35	59.228
2020	1,435,308	858,185	4.02	62.582
2021	1,492,019	867,935	3.95	63.222

Population pyramid
Gender ratio

Gambia population by Age Group (2011)

Age group	Male	Female	Total		M per 100 F
Age group	Male	Female	Persons	Share (%)	M per 100 F
00-04	210,944	206,812	417,756	16.80	101.998
05-09	183,079	179,525	362,604	14.58	101.980
10-14	155,913	153,476	309,389	12.44	101.588
15-19	132,401	131,905	264,306	10.63	100.376
20-24	115,507	117,330	232,837	9.36	98.446
25-29	101,523	104,644	206,167	8.29	97.018
30-34	82,084	85,270	167,354	6.73	96.264
35-39	61,599	66,455	128,054	5.15	92.693
40-44	48,197	53,138	101,335	4.07	90.702
45-49	37,752	41,217	78,969	3.18	91.593
50-54	31,324	35,602	66,926	2.69	87.984
55-59	24,864	27,950	52,814	2.12	88.959
60-64	17,811	18,072	35,883	1.44	98.556
65-69	12,568	13,001	25,569	1.03	96.669
70-74	9,268	9,811	19,079	0.77	94.465
75-79	5,521	5,878	11,399	0.46	93.927
80-84	2,306	2,573	4,879	0.20	89.623
85-89	620	761	1,381	0.06	81.472
90-94	89	131	220	0.01	67.939
95-99	6	10	16	0.00	60.000
100+	0	0	0	0.00	-
Total	1,233,376	1,253,561	2,486,937		98.390