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.
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 |
- Population
- Growth
Year | Total | Crude(per 1000) | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
- Total
- Crude
Year | Population | Urbanization | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
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
- Urbanization
Age group | Male | Female | Total | M per 100 F | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Persons | Share (%) | ||||
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 |
- Population pyramid
- Gender ratio