Eritrea vs Gambia statistics compared

Eritrea has a population of 3.54M (ranked 131/197), compared with 2.76M in The Gambia (ranked 140/197). Eritrea's land area is 46,787 sq mi versus 3,907 sq mi for The Gambia (ranked 96th vs. 161st).

By GDP, Eritrea ranks 179/197 ($2.07B) and The Gambia ranks 173/197 ($2.51B). By GDP per capita, Eritrea ranks 188/197 ($689), while The Gambia ranks 182/197 ($909).

Eritrea and Gambia: Comparison Charts

Eritrea and Gambia economies compared

GDP

Eritrea

Gambia

Table

Year	GDP
	Eritrea	Gambia
1966	-	$44,212,081
1967	-	$46,695,007
1968	-	$41,160,066
1969	-	$45,168,072
1970	-	$52,296,084
1971	-	$55,728,663
1972	-	$59,160,569
1973	-	$75,187,749
1974	-	$95,796,022
1975	-	$115,179,719
1976	-	$112,190,829
1977	-	$138,093,099
1978	-	$171,833,086
1979	-	$207,112,628
1980	-	$241,083,090
1981	-	$218,767,743
1982	-	$216,050,552
1983	-	$213,448,585
1984	-	$177,340,880
1985	-	$225,726,359
1986	-	$185,646,987
1987	-	$220,626,484
1988	-	$266,672,212
1989	-	$284,120,329
1990	-	$317,083,695
1991	-	$690,311,081
1992	$477,101,652	$714,254,256
1993	$467,872,715	$755,040,974
1994	$531,688,312	$746,493,952
1995	$578,015,625	$785,999,865
1996	$693,535,954	$848,239,446
1997	$686,490,090	$803,633,342
1998	$745,523,117	$840,285,265
1999	$688,918,537	$814,724,032
2000	$706,370,816	$782,913,872
2001	$752,371,689	$687,410,645
2002	$729,321,680	$578,235,309
2003	$870,248,268	$487,038,685
2004	$1,109,054,005	$961,900,651
2005	$1,098,424,686	$1,027,701,068
2006	$1,211,161,880	$1,054,112,488
2007	$1,317,974,491	$1,279,703,047
2008	$1,380,188,800	$1,561,766,956
2009	$1,856,695,551	$1,450,142,509
2010	$1,589,515,447	$1,543,294,927
2011	$2,065,001,626	$1,409,693,597
2012	-	$1,415,004,738
2013	-	$1,375,609,453
2014	-	$1,229,461,721
2015	-	$1,378,176,609
2016	-	$1,484,578,886
2017	-	$1,504,909,463
2018	-	$1,670,671,328
2019	-	$1,813,609,692
2020	-	$1,812,170,891
2021	-	$2,014,158,842
2022	-	$2,204,734,527
2023	-	$2,396,111,021
2024	-	$2,507,519,958

Eritrea and Gambia economies compared

GDP per capita

Eritrea

Gambia

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Eritrea	Gambia
1966	-	$94.4
1967	-	$97
1968	-	$83.1
1969	-	$88.7
1970	-	$99.8
1971	-	$103.3
1972	-	$106.5
1973	-	$131.4
1974	-	$162.6
1975	-	$189.8
1976	-	$179.3
1977	-	$213.8
1978	-	$257.6
1979	-	$300
1980	-	$338
1981	-	$296
1982	-	$282.1
1983	-	$268.6
1984	-	$214.8
1985	-	$262.8
1986	-	$207.7
1987	-	$237
1988	-	$274.9
1989	-	$280.9
1990	-	$301
1991	-	$628
1992	$265.2	$623
1993	$252.1	$635
1994	$277.8	$608
1995	$285.4	$622
1996	$326	$652
1997	$319	$600
1998	$342	$610
1999	$311	$575
2000	$314	$538
2001	$325	$460
2002	$305	$377
2003	$349	$309
2004	$427	$593
2005	$413	$616
2006	$448	$615
2007	$480	$725
2008	$490	$859
2009	$643	$775
2010	$540	$801
2011	$689	$711
2012	-	$693
2013	-	$654
2014	-	$568
2015	-	$620
2016	-	$650
2017	-	$643
2018	-	$696
2019	-	$738
2020	-	$720
2021	-	$782
2022	-	$836
2023	-	$888
2024	-	$909

Eritrea vs. Gambia life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Eritrea

Gambia

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Eritrea	Gambia
1950	33.3	31.2
1951	33.6	31.5
1952	34	31.7
1953	34.4	31.9
1954	34.8	32.2
1955	35.2	32.4
1956	35.6	32.8
1957	30.4	33.1
1958	30.9	33.6
1959	37	34.1
1960	37.4	34.6
1961	37.9	35.1
1962	38.3	35.6
1963	38.8	36.1
1964	39.2	36.6
1965	39.6	37.1
1966	37.6	37.6
1967	40.2	38.1
1968	40.5	38.5
1969	40.8	39
1970	41.2	39.5
1971	41.5	40
1972	40.7	40.5
1973	41.1	41.1
1974	39	41.7
1975	39	42.2
1976	42.6	42.9
1977	43	43.4
1978	43.4	43.6
1979	43.8	44.5
1980	44.6	45
1981	45	44.5
1982	44.9	46.3
1983	37.2	46.9
1984	37.7	47.5
1985	38.6	48.2
1986	39.5	48.8
1987	47.4	49.4
1988	48.1	50.1
1989	47.8	50.7
1990	49.7	51.3
1991	50.5	51.9
1992	52.4	52.5
1993	53.2	53.2
1994	54	53.8
1995	54.8	54.3
1996	55.5	54.8
1997	56.2	55.2
1998	50	56
1999	44.5	56.5
2000	56.3	56.9
2001	58.4	57.3
2002	58.9	57.7
2003	59.5	58.2
2004	60.1	58.7
2005	60.6	59.1
2006	61.5	59.7
2007	62	60
2008	62.4	60.5
2009	63.2	60.7
2010	63.7	61.2
2011	64.2	61.6
2012	64.7	61.9
2013	65	62.3
2014	65.5	62.6
2015	65.9	63
2016	66.2	63.4
2017	66.6	63.7
2018	67	64
2019	67.3	64.4
2020	67	64.4
2021	66.9	63.8
2022	67.8	64.9
2023	68.6	65.9
2024	68.9	66.1
2025	69.2	66.3

Eritrea and Gambia population clocks and comparison

Population

Eritrea

Gambia

Table

Year	Population
	Eritrea	Gambia
1960	972,547	398,060
1961	995,573	408,930
1962	1,019,788	420,163
1963	1,045,092	431,757
1964	1,071,287	443,687
1965	1,098,335	455,952
1966	1,124,957	468,516
1967	1,152,339	481,588
1968	1,181,737	495,269
1969	1,212,005	509,440
1970	1,243,453	524,105
1971	1,276,154	539,388
1972	1,309,235	555,370
1973	1,342,669	571,991
1974	1,375,688	589,085
1975	1,408,210	606,821
1976	1,443,807	625,667
1977	1,482,565	645,770
1978	1,522,378	667,103
1979	1,563,332	689,781
1980	1,605,797	713,913
1981	1,649,939	739,125
1982	1,695,461	765,753
1983	1,736,160	794,525
1984	1,771,730	825,631
1985	1,807,816	858,874
1986	1,845,164	894,019
1987	1,888,669	931,091
1988	1,938,255	970,160
1989	1,987,017	1,011,357
1990	2,032,737	1,054,696
1991	1,919,571	1,099,959
1992	1,798,748	1,145,582
1993	1,856,006	1,188,365
1994	1,913,915	1,227,226
1995	2,025,267	1,264,313
1996	2,128,464	1,301,410
1997	2,152,135	1,338,889
1998	2,180,419	1,376,987
1999	2,212,780	1,415,779
2000	2,247,031	1,455,084
2001	2,312,079	1,495,011
2002	2,392,978	1,535,691
2003	2,493,903	1,577,611
2004	2,598,284	1,621,312
2005	2,661,215	1,667,037
2006	2,703,502	1,715,275
2007	2,743,222	1,765,774
2008	2,816,327	1,817,852
2009	2,887,885	1,871,422
2010	2,945,186	1,926,630
2011	2,998,485	1,983,784
2012	3,036,988	2,043,094
2013	3,074,360	2,103,820
2014	3,095,173	2,164,528
2015	3,105,546	2,224,529
2016	3,124,698	2,283,769
2017	3,150,347	2,342,189
2018	3,192,760	2,399,632
2019	3,240,194	2,456,844
2020	3,291,271	2,515,733
2021	3,350,183	2,576,010
2022	3,409,447	2,636,470
2023	3,470,390	2,697,845
2024	3,535,603	2,759,988

Fertility rates in Eritrea and Gambia

Fertility rate

Eritrea

Gambia

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Eritrea	Gambia
1960	6.48	6.25
1961	6.47	6.23
1962	6.5	6.21
1963	6.48	6.2
1964	6.49	6.2
1965	6.49	6.19
1966	6.5	6.18
1967	6.5	6.21
1968	6.5	6.22
1969	6.5	6.25
1970	6.54	6.26
1971	6.54	6.33
1972	6.54	6.37
1973	6.55	6.41
1974	6.57	6.42
1975	6.59	6.43
1976	6.6	6.43
1977	6.61	6.43
1978	6.61	6.42
1979	6.62	6.41
1980	6.61	6.41
1981	6.62	6.4
1982	6.63	6.4
1983	6.65	6.39
1984	6.62	6.39
1985	6.59	6.36
1986	6.56	6.34
1987	6.52	6.3
1988	6.47	6.26
1989	6.41	6.25
1990	6.34	6.25
1991	6.24	6.19
1992	6.16	6.11
1993	6.07	6.03
1994	6.01	6.04
1995	5.94	5.99
1996	5.84	5.93
1997	5.74	5.85
1998	5.63	5.82
1999	5.52	5.77
2000	5.4	5.72
2001	5.31	5.67
2002	5.23	5.66
2003	5.14	5.66
2004	5.04	5.68
2005	4.93	5.71
2006	4.88	5.74
2007	4.81	5.69
2008	4.74	5.63
2009	4.66	5.57
2010	4.57	5.56
2011	4.49	5.54
2012	4.41	5.52
2013	4.34	5.39
2014	4.27	5.2
2015	4.22	5
2016	4.16	4.81
2017	4.11	4.61
2018	4.06	4.42
2019	4	4.33
2020	3.93	4.25
2021	3.87	4.17
2022	3.79	4.08
2023	3.71	4.01

Eritrea and Gambia demographics compared

Median age

Eritrea

Gambia

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Eritrea	Gambia
1960	18.8	19.4
1961	18.9	19.4
1962	18.9	19.5
1963	19	19.6
1964	19	19.6
1965	19	19.7
1966	19	19.7
1967	18.9	19.8
1968	18.9	19.7
1969	18.8	19.6
1970	18.6	19.5
1971	18.5	19.4
1972	18.3	19.3
1973	18.2	19.2
1974	18.2	19.1
1975	18.1	18.9
1976	18	18.8
1977	17.9	18.6
1978	17.8	18.5
1979	17.8	18.4
1980	17.8	18.2
1981	17.7	18.1
1982	17.7	17.9
1983	17.7	17.8
1984	17.8	17.6
1985	17.8	17.5
1986	17.9	17.4
1987	17.9	17.4
1988	17.8	17.3
1989	17.7	17.2
1990	17.6	17.2
1991	17.6	17.1
1992	17.5	17.1
1993	17.6	17
1994	17.6	16.9
1995	18.1	16.8
1996	18.4	16.7
1997	18	16.6
1998	17.8	16.5
1999	17.5	16.5
2000	17.4	16.5
2001	17.5	16.6
2002	17.7	16.6
2003	18	16.7
2004	18.3	16.8
2005	18.3	16.9
2006	18.2	17
2007	18.1	17.1
2008	18.2	17.2
2009	18.4	17.3
2010	18.4	17.4
2011	18.5	17.5
2012	18.5	17.6
2013	18.5	17.7
2014	18.5	17.8
2015	18.4	17.9
2016	18.4	18.1
2017	18.5	18.2
2018	18.7	18.4
2019	18.9	18.5
2020	19.1	18.7
2021	19.3	18.9
2022	19.5	19.1
2023	19.7	19.2
2024	19.9	19.4

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