Population of Gambia

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date	23 Aug 2021

The current population of Gambia is 3,038,752 as of April 16, 2024, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Gambia is projected at 2,486,945 or 2.487 million as of July 1, 2021. The total population in Gambia is projected at 2,416,668 or 2.417 million people for the year 2020. Gambia ranks number 144th in the world by population in the list of 235 countries/territories. Gambia is ranked 42nd among 58 countries in Africa.

Gambia's population will be increased year by year. The Gambia population is projected to reach 3.17 million in 2030 and increase to 4.88 million in 2050 and 8.17 million by 2100. Gambia accounts for 0.032 percent of the world population. However, its global share increased by 0.013% in 1970 and is projected to increase by 0.075% by 2100.

Gambia was at 156th position globally in 1950, and its rank is projected to decline to 108th in 2100.

Gambia population projections

Year	Population	Growth		Share (%)
Year	Population	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2020	2,416,668	68,962	2.94	0.030
2021	2,486,945	70,277	2.91	0.031
2022	2,558,482	71,537	2.88	0.032
2023	2,631,254	72,772	2.84	0.032
2024	2,705,192	73,938	2.81	0.033
2025	2,780,247	75,055	2.77	0.033
2026	2,856,397	76,150	2.74	0.034
2027	2,933,569	77,172	2.70	0.035
2028	3,011,723	78,154	2.66	0.035
2029	3,090,779	79,056	2.62	0.036
2030	3,170,685	79,906	2.59	0.037
2031	3,251,395	80,710	2.55	0.037
2032	3,332,858	81,463	2.51	0.038
2033	3,415,049	82,191	2.47	0.038
2034	3,497,964	82,915	2.43	0.039
2035	3,581,557	83,593	2.39	0.040
2036	3,665,805	84,248	2.35	0.040
2037	3,750,639	84,834	2.31	0.041
2038	3,836,010	85,371	2.28	0.042
2039	3,921,851	85,841	2.24	0.042
2040	4,008,102	86,251	2.20	0.043
2041	4,094,694	86,592	2.16	0.044
2042	4,181,598	86,904	2.12	0.044
2043	4,268,769	87,171	2.08	0.045
2044	4,356,156	87,387	2.05	0.046
2045	4,443,727	87,571	2.01	0.046
2046	4,531,433	87,706	1.97	0.047
2047	4,619,207	87,774	1.94	0.048
2048	4,706,972	87,765	1.90	0.048
2049	4,794,629	87,657	1.86	0.049
2050	4,882,101	87,472	1.82	0.050
2051	4,969,327	87,226	1.79	0.051
2052	5,056,269	86,942	1.75	0.051
2053	5,142,877	86,608	1.71	0.052
2054	5,229,114	86,237	1.68	0.053
2055	5,314,950	85,836	1.64	0.053
2056	5,400,329	85,379	1.61	0.054
2057	5,485,194	84,865	1.57	0.055
2058	5,569,532	84,338	1.54	0.055
2059	5,653,322	83,790	1.50	0.056
2060	5,736,530	83,208	1.47	0.057
2061	5,819,137	82,607	1.44	0.057
2062	5,901,086	81,949	1.41	0.058
2063	5,982,290	81,204	1.38	0.059
2064	6,062,661	80,371	1.34	0.059
2065	6,142,136	79,475	1.31	0.060
2066	6,220,637	78,501	1.28	0.061
2067	6,298,162	77,525	1.25	0.061
2068	6,374,718	76,556	1.22	0.062
2069	6,450,307	75,589	1.19	0.063
2070	6,524,963	74,656	1.16	0.063
2071	6,598,644	73,681	1.13	0.064
2072	6,671,321	72,677	1.10	0.064
2073	6,742,957	71,636	1.07	0.065
2074	6,813,509	70,552	1.05	0.066
2075	6,882,935	69,426	1.02	0.066
2076	6,951,200	68,265	0.99	0.067
2077	7,018,297	67,097	0.97	0.067
2078	7,084,184	65,887	0.94	0.068
2079	7,148,835	64,651	0.91	0.069
2080	7,212,222	63,387	0.89	0.069
2081	7,274,328	62,106	0.86	0.070
2082	7,335,112	60,784	0.84	0.070
2083	7,394,525	59,413	0.81	0.071
2084	7,452,551	58,026	0.78	0.071
2085	7,509,128	56,577	0.76	0.072
2086	7,564,257	55,129	0.73	0.073
2087	7,617,901	53,644	0.71	0.073
2088	7,670,041	52,140	0.68	0.074
2089	7,720,631	50,590	0.66	0.074
2090	7,769,644	49,013	0.63	0.075
2091	7,817,079	47,435	0.61	0.075
2092	7,862,939	45,860	0.59	0.076
2093	7,907,234	44,295	0.56	0.076
2094	7,949,984	42,750	0.54	0.077
2095	7,991,230	41,246	0.52	0.077
2096	8,030,979	39,749	0.50	0.077
2097	8,069,261	38,282	0.48	0.078
2098	8,106,101	36,840	0.46	0.078
2099	8,141,524	35,423	0.44	inf
2100	8,175,549	34,025	0.42	inf

Gambia population estimates

Year	Population	Growth		Share (%)
Year	Population	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	304,889	-	-	0.012
1951	309,086	4,197	1.38	0.012
1952	313,527	4,441	1.44	0.012
1953	318,382	4,855	1.55	0.012
1954	323,747	5,365	1.69	0.012
1955	329,661	5,914	1.83	0.012
1956	336,113	6,452	1.96	0.012
1957	343,014	6,901	2.05	0.012
1958	350,244	7,230	2.11	0.012
1959	357,628	7,384	2.11	0.012
1960	365,047	7,419	2.07	0.012
1961	372,445	7,398	2.03	0.012
1962	379,894	7,449	2.00	0.012
1963	387,641	7,747	2.04	0.012
1964	396,011	8,370	2.16	0.012
1965	405,259	9,248	2.34	0.012
1966	415,478	10,219	2.52	0.012
1967	426,629	11,151	2.68	0.012
1968	438,603	11,974	2.81	0.012
1969	451,228	12,625	2.88	0.012
1970	464,410	13,182	2.92	0.013
1971	478,116	13,706	2.95	0.013
1972	492,426	14,310	2.99	0.013
1973	507,432	15,006	3.05	0.013
1974	523,251	15,819	3.12	0.013
1975	539,979	16,728	3.20	0.013
1976	557,805	17,826	3.30	0.013
1977	576,757	18,952	3.40	0.014
1978	596,536	19,779	3.43	0.014
1979	616,768	20,232	3.39	0.014
1980	637,246	20,478	3.32	0.014
1981	657,579	20,333	3.19	0.015
1982	678,113	20,534	3.12	0.015
1983	700,199	22,086	3.26	0.015
1984	725,694	25,495	3.64	0.015
1985	755,787	30,093	4.15	0.016
1986	791,147	35,360	4.68	0.016
1987	831,023	39,876	5.04	0.016
1988	873,444	42,421	5.10	0.017
1989	915,635	42,191	4.83	0.018
1990	955,593	39,958	4.36	0.018
1991	992,673	37,080	3.88	0.018
1992	1,027,475	34,802	3.51	0.019
1993	1,060,862	33,387	3.25	0.019
1994	1,094,212	33,350	3.14	0.019
1995	1,128,575	34,363	3.14	0.020
1996	1,164,091	35,516	3.15	0.020
1997	1,200,526	36,435	3.13	0.020
1998	1,238,125	37,599	3.13	0.021
1999	1,277,133	39,008	3.15	0.021
2000	1,317,703	40,570	3.18	0.021
2001	1,360,074	42,371	3.22	0.022
2002	1,404,261	44,187	3.25	0.022
2003	1,449,925	45,664	3.25	0.023
2004	1,496,527	46,602	3.21	0.023
2005	1,543,741	47,214	3.15	0.024
2006	1,591,445	47,704	3.09	0.024
2007	1,639,848	48,403	3.04	0.024
2008	1,689,285	49,437	3.01	0.025
2009	1,740,279	50,994	3.02	0.025
2010	1,793,196	52,917	3.04	0.026
2011	1,848,147	54,951	3.06	0.026
2012	1,905,013	56,866	3.08	0.027
2013	1,963,712	58,699	3.08	0.027
2014	2,024,042	60,330	3.07	0.028
2015	2,085,860	61,818	3.05	0.028
2016	2,149,136	63,276	3.03	0.029
2017	2,213,889	64,753	3.01	0.029
2018	2,280,094	66,205	2.99	0.030
2019	2,347,706	67,612	2.97	0.030