Demographics of Gambia

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2022)
Date	24 May 2024

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There are 1.41 million males and 1.43 million females in Gambia. The percentage of the male population is 49.78%, compared to 50.22% of the female population. Gambia has 13k more females than males. The sex ratio in Gambia in 2024 will be 99.111 males per 100 females. Gambia is in the 134th position in terms of the female-to-male ratio.

Gambia population
Year	Population	Growth (%)
1950	306,781	2.48
1955	349,374	2.65
1960	399,649	2.75
1965	458,908	2.77
1970	528,731	2.89
1975	612,909	3.01
1980	718,586	3.34
1985	855,958	3.75
1990	1,040,616	4.03
1995	1,242,155	2.93
2000	1,437,539	2.88
2005	1,660,368	2.97
2010	1,937,275	3.09
2015	2,253,133	2.84
2020	2,573,995	2.56
2021	2,639,916	2.50
2022	2,705,992	2.45
2023	2,773,168	2.46
2024	2,841,803	2.43

Population
Growth

Gambia death and birth rate
Year	Total		Crude(per 1000)
Year	Death	Birth	Crude death	Crude birth
1950	9,842	15,177	32.187	49.636
1955	10,775	17,752	30.935	50.966
1960	11,536	20,225	28.943	50.742
1965	12,192	22,610	26.629	49.385
1970	12,747	25,271	24.168	47.913
1975	13,514	28,977	22.100	47.386
1980	14,719	33,471	20.555	46.742
1985	15,815	39,527	18.565	46.398
1990	16,668	47,342	16.102	45.733
1995	16,375	55,568	13.163	44.670
2000	17,050	62,130	11.841	43.146
2005	17,557	70,058	10.560	42.138
2010	17,338	79,665	8.941	41.084
2015	17,453	84,732	7.740	37.576
2020	18,986	86,835	7.373	33.719
2021	19,923	87,840	7.543	33.257
2022	19,327	88,535	7.137	32.696
2023	18,377	89,518	6.622	32.258
2024	18,092	90,217	6.363	31.727

Total
Crude

Urban and rural population of Gambia
Year	Population		Urban (%)
Year	Urban	Rural	Urban (%)
1950	27,856	243,521	10.265
1955	33,939	270,090	11.163
1960	44,628	323,300	12.129
1965	58,255	342,606	14.533
1970	87,204	360,081	19.496
1975	127,275	393,795	24.426
1980	171,726	432,643	28.414
1985	241,730	490,366	33.019
1990	351,250	565,558	38.312
1995	462,336	603,887	43.362
2000	589,663	642,181	47.868
2005	751,269	692,935	52.020
2010	941,876	750,273	55.662
2015	1,171,281	806,309	59.228
2020	1,435,308	858,185	62.582
2021	1,492,019	867,935	63.222
2022	1,549,970	877,453	63.852
2023	1,609,155	886,748	64.472
2024	1,669,536	895,810	65.080

Population
Urbanization

Gambia population by Age Group (2024)
Age group	Male	Female	Total		M per 100 F
Age group	Male	Female	Persons	Share (%)	M per 100 F
00-04	215,042	209,978	425,020	14.96	102.412
05-09	201,246	197,042	398,288	14.02	102.134
10-14	188,252	184,431	372,683	13.11	102.072
15-19	163,250	160,245	323,495	11.38	101.875
20-24	133,876	131,758	265,635	9.35	101.607
25-29	109,810	108,883	218,693	7.70	100.851
30-34	90,657	91,639	182,297	6.41	98.928
35-39	74,213	77,347	151,560	5.33	95.948
40-44	60,804	65,399	126,203	4.44	92.974
45-49	49,775	55,148	104,922	3.69	90.257
50-54	40,171	45,800	85,971	3.03	87.710
55-59	31,526	36,207	67,733	2.38	87.072
60-64	23,005	25,968	48,974	1.72	88.590
65-69	14,633	16,191	30,823	1.08	90.377
70-74	8,540	9,400	17,941	0.63	90.851
75-79	5,649	6,365	12,014	0.42	88.751
80-84	2,896	3,611	6,506	0.23	80.199
85-89	975	1,381	2,356	0.08	70.601
90-94	215	383	598	0.02	56.136
95-99	25	60	86	0.00	41.667
100+	0	0	0	0.00	-
Total	1,414,561	1,427,240	2,841,803		99.112

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