Gambia Population (LIVE)

2,805,644

Gambia Population (1950 - 2025)

Yearly Population Growth Rate (%)

The current population of Gambia is 2,805,084 as of Wednesday, March 26, 2025 based on Worldometer’s elaboration of the latest United Nations data¹.
Gambia 2025 population is estimated at 2,822,093 people at mid-year.
Gambia population is equivalent to 0.034% of the total world population.
Gambia ranks number 143 in the list of countries (and dependencies) by population.
The population density in Gambia is 279 per Km² (722 people per mi²).
The total land area is 10,120 Km² (3,907 sq. miles).
61.34% of the population is urban (1,731,095 people in 2025)
The median age in Gambia is 18.6 years.

1. U.N. Dept. of Economic and Social Affairs - Population Division. World Population Prospects: The 2024 Revision. (Medium-fertility variant).

Population of Gambia (2025 and historical)

Year	Population	Yearly % Change	Yearly Change	Migrants (net)	Median Age	Fertility Rate	Density (P/Km²)	Urban Pop %	Urban Population	Country's Share of World Pop	World Population	Gambia Global Rank
2025	2,822,093	2.25%	62,105	−2,984	18.6	3.8	279	61.3%	1,731,095	0.034%	8,231,613,070	143
2024	2,759,988	2.3%	62,143	−2,989	18.4	3.91	273	60.5%	1,669,536	0.034%	8,161,972,572	144
2023	2,697,845	2.33%	61,375	−3,000	18.2	4.01	267	59.6%	1,609,155	0.033%	8,091,734,930	144
2022	2,636,470	2.37%	60,369	−3,000	18	4.08	261	58.8%	1,549,970	0.033%	8,021,407,192	144
2020	2,515,733	2.49%	58,241	−1,949	17.6	4.25	249	57.1%	1,435,308	0.032%	7,887,001,292	144
2015	2,224,529	2.92%	59,580	−3,224	16.9	5	220	52.7%	1,171,281	0.030%	7,470,491,872	144
2010	1,926,630	2.94%	51,919	−2,456	16.3	5.56	190	48.9%	941,876	0.027%	7,021,732,148	148
2005	1,667,037	2.76%	42,391	−3,209	15.7	5.71	165	45.1%	751,269	0.025%	6,586,970,132	148
2000	1,455,084	2.85%	38,154	−3,670	15.4	5.72	144	40.5%	589,663	0.024%	6,171,702,993	148
1995	1,264,313	3.69%	41,923	−2,797	15.7	5.99	125	36.6%	462,336	0.022%	5,758,878,982	150
1990	1,054,696	4.19%	39,164	11,242	16.1	6.25	104	33.3%	351,250	0.020%	5,327,803,110	151
1985	858,874	3.77%	28,992	8,373	16.5	6.36	85	28.1%	241,730	0.018%	4,868,943,465	152
1980	713,913	3.3%	21,418	5,268	17.2	6.41	71	24.1%	171,726	0.016%	4,447,606,236	154
1975	606,821	2.97%	16,543	2,979	17.9	6.43	60	21%	127,275	0.015%	4,070,735,277	154
1970	524,105	2.83%	13,631	2,777	18.4	6.26	52	16.6%	87,204	0.014%	3,694,683,794	157
1965	455,952	2.75%	11,578	2,272	18.7	6.19	45	12.8%	58,255	0.014%	3,334,533,703	157
1960	398,060	2.68%	9,854	2,272	18.3	6.25	39	11.2%	44,628	0.013%	3,015,470,894	156
1955	348,789	2.6%	8,411	2,272	17.9	6.33	34	9.7%	33,939	0.013%	2,740,213,792	156

Source: Worldometer (www.Worldometers.info)

Elaboration of data by United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. World Population Prospects: The 2024 Revision. (Medium-fertility variant).

Gambia Population Forecast

Year	Population	Yearly % Change	Yearly Change	Migrants (net)	Median Age	Fertility Rate	Density (P/Km²)	Urban Pop %	Urban Population	Country's Share of World Pop	World Population	Gambia Global Rank
2030	3,130,133	2.09%	61,608	−2,887	19.9	3.33	309	65.7%	2,055,288	0.037%	8,569,124,911	138
2035	3,433,425	1.87%	60,658	−2,535	21.5	2.97	339	70%	2,402,797	0.039%	8,885,210,181	136
2040	3,732,798	1.69%	59,875	−2,196	23.1	2.71	369	74.1%	2,765,918	0.041%	9,177,190,203	134
2045	4,024,237	1.51%	58,288	−2,214	24.6	2.52	398	78.1%	3,141,268	0.043%	9,439,639,668	133
2050	4,301,895	1.34%	55,532	−2,103	26.1	2.38	425	81.9%	3,523,313	0.045%	9,664,378,587	133

Source: Worldometer (www.Worldometers.info)

Elaboration of data by United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. World Population Prospects: The 2024 Revision. (Medium-fertility variant).

Gambia Demographics

Main Page: Demographics of Gambia

Life Expectancy

66.3 years

(life expectancy at birth, both sexes)

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Infant Mortality Rate

28.3

(infant deaths per 1,000 live births)

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Deaths under age 5

42.3

(per 1,000 live births)

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Notes

The Gambia Population (Live) counter shows a continuously updated estimate of the current population of Gambia delivered by Worldometer’s RTS algorithm, which processes data collected from the United Nations Population Division.

The Population of Gambia (1950 - 2025) chart plots the total population count as of July 1 of each year, from 1950 to 2025.

The Yearly Population Growth Rate chart plots the annual percentage changes in population registered on July 1 of each year, from 1951 to 2025. This value can differ from the Yearly % Change shown in the historical table, which shows the last year equivalent percentage change assuming homogeneous change in the preceding five year period.

Definitions

Year: as of July 1 of the year indicated.

Population: Overall total population (both sexes and all ages) in the country as of July 1 of the year indicated, as estimated by the United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. World Population Prospects: The 2024 Revision. For forecasted years, the U.N. medium-fertility variant is used.

Yearly % Change: For 2025: percentage change in total population over the last year (from July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025). For all other years: latest year annual percentage change equivalent assuming homogeneous change in the preceding five year period, calculated through reverse compounding.

Yearly Change: For 2025: absolute change in total population (increase or decrease in number of people) over the last year (from July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025). For all other years: average annual numerical change over the preceding five year period.

Migrants (net): The average annual number of immigrants minus the number of emigrants over the preceding five year period (running from July 1 to June 30 of the initial and final years), or subsequent five year period (for 2016 data). A negative number means that there are more emigrants than immigrants.

Median Age: age that divides the population into two numerically equal groups: half of the people are older than the median age indicated and half are younger. This parameter provides an indication of age distribution.

Fertility Rate: (Total Fertility Rate, or TFR), it is expressed as children per woman. It is calculated as the average number of children an average woman will have during her reproductive period (15 to 49 years old) based on the current fertility rates of every age group in the country, and assuming she is not subject to mortality.

Density (P/Km²): (Population Density) Population per square Kilometer (Km²).

Urban Pop % : Urban population as a percentage of total population.

Urban Population: Population living in areas classified as urban according to the criteria used by each country.

Country’s Share of World Pop: Total population in the country as a percentage of total World Population as of July 1 of the year indicated.

World Population: Total World Population as of July 1 of the year indicated.

Global Rank: Position held by Gambia in the list of all countries worldwide ranked by population (from the highest population to the lowest population) as of July 1 of the year indicated.