Gambia vs Japan statistics compared

The Gambia has a population of 2.76M (ranked 140/197), compared with 124M in Japan (ranked 12/197). The Gambia's land area is 3,907 sq mi versus 140,761 sq mi for Japan (ranked 161st vs. 61st).

By GDP, The Gambia ranks 173/197 ($2.51B) and Japan ranks 4/197 ($4.03T). By GDP per capita, The Gambia ranks 182/197 ($909), while Japan ranks 37/197 ($32,476).

Gambia and Japan: Comparison Charts

Gambia and Japan economies compared

GDP

Gambia

Japan

Table

Year	GDP
	Gambia	Japan
1960	-	$47,419,238,274
1961	-	$57,266,758,180
1962	-	$64,987,857,542
1963	-	$74,379,284,603
1964	-	$87,490,590,818
1965	-	$97,338,107,606
1966	$44,212,081	$113,046,784,179
1967	$46,695,007	$132,475,614,227
1968	$41,160,066	$156,897,496,759
1969	$45,168,072	$184,298,841,305
1970	$52,296,084	$217,223,652,719
1971	$55,728,663	$245,364,056,622
1972	$59,160,569	$324,933,841,269
1973	$75,187,749	$441,460,582,536
1974	$95,796,022	$490,035,789,970
1975	$115,179,719	$532,861,438,885
1976	$112,190,829	$598,883,902,156
1977	$138,093,099	$737,069,290,928
1978	$171,833,086	$1,035,611,588,217
1979	$207,112,628	$1,077,910,077,676
1980	$241,083,090	$1,129,377,244,854
1981	$218,767,743	$1,245,221,410,764
1982	$216,050,552	$1,158,731,426,906
1983	$213,448,585	$1,270,859,919,743
1984	$177,340,880	$1,345,824,500,837
1985	$225,726,359	$1,427,019,759,717
1986	$185,646,987	$2,120,083,812,110
1987	$220,626,484	$2,580,748,422,781
1988	$266,672,212	$3,125,724,434,401
1989	$284,120,329	$3,109,455,047,824
1990	$317,083,695	$3,185,904,656,664
1991	$690,311,081	$3,648,065,760,649
1992	$714,254,256	$3,980,702,922,118
1993	$755,040,974	$4,536,940,479,038
1994	$746,493,952	$4,998,797,547,741
1995	$785,999,865	$5,545,563,663,890
1996	$848,239,446	$4,923,391,533,852
1997	$803,633,342	$4,492,448,605,639
1998	$840,285,265	$4,098,362,709,531
1999	$814,724,032	$4,635,982,224,064
2000	$782,913,872	$4,968,359,075,957
2001	$687,410,645	$4,374,711,694,091
2002	$578,235,309	$4,182,846,045,874
2003	$487,038,685	$4,519,561,645,254
2004	$961,900,651	$4,893,116,005,657
2005	$1,027,701,068	$4,831,467,035,390
2006	$1,054,112,488	$4,601,663,122,650
2007	$1,279,703,047	$4,579,750,920,355
2008	$1,561,766,956	$5,106,679,115,127
2009	$1,450,142,509	$5,289,493,117,994
2010	$1,543,294,927	$5,759,071,769,013
2011	$1,409,693,597	$6,233,147,172,341
2012	$1,415,004,738	$6,272,362,996,105
2013	$1,375,609,453	$5,212,328,181,166
2014	$1,229,461,721	$4,896,994,405,353
2015	$1,378,176,609	$4,444,930,651,964
2016	$1,484,578,886	$5,003,677,627,544
2017	$1,504,909,463	$4,930,837,369,151
2018	$1,670,671,328	$5,040,880,939,325
2019	$1,813,609,692	$5,117,993,853,017
2020	$1,812,170,891	$5,054,068,005,376
2021	$2,014,158,842	$5,039,148,168,861
2022	$2,204,734,527	$4,262,463,317,797
2023	$2,396,111,021	$4,213,167,237,906
2024	$2,507,519,958	$4,026,210,821,147

Gambia and Japan economies compared

GDP per capita

Gambia

Japan

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Gambia	Japan
1960	-	$509
1961	-	$609
1962	-	$685
1963	-	$776
1964	-	$903
1965	-	$994
1966	$94.4	$1,144
1967	$97	$1,326
1968	$83.1	$1,553
1969	$88.7	$1,803
1970	$99.8	$2,101
1971	$103.3	$2,321
1972	$106.5	$3,031
1973	$131.4	$4,061
1974	$162.6	$4,448
1975	$189.8	$4,776
1976	$179.3	$5,310
1977	$213.8	$6,473
1978	$257.6	$9,012
1979	$300	$9,301
1980	$338	$9,669
1981	$296	$10,583
1982	$282.1	$9,780
1983	$268.6	$10,652
1984	$214.8	$11,207
1985	$262.8	$11,809
1986	$207.7	$17,452
1987	$237	$21,142
1988	$274.9	$25,500
1989	$280.9	$25,266
1990	$301	$25,801
1991	$628	$29,428
1992	$623	$31,993
1993	$635	$36,345
1994	$608	$39,934
1995	$622	$44,198
1996	$652	$39,150
1997	$600	$35,638
1998	$610	$32,424
1999	$575	$36,610
2000	$538	$39,169
2001	$460	$34,406
2002	$377	$32,821
2003	$309	$35,387
2004	$593	$38,299
2005	$616	$37,813
2006	$615	$35,992
2007	$725	$35,779
2008	$859	$39,876
2009	$775	$41,309
2010	$801	$44,968
2011	$711	$48,760
2012	$693	$49,145
2013	$654	$40,899
2014	$568	$38,475
2015	$620	$34,961
2016	$650	$39,375
2017	$643	$38,834
2018	$696	$39,751
2019	$738	$40,416
2020	$720	$40,029
2021	$782	$40,095
2022	$836	$34,066
2023	$888	$33,836
2024	$909	$32,476

Gambia vs. Japan life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Gambia

Japan

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Gambia	Japan
1950	31.2	59.3
1951	31.5	61
1952	31.7	63
1953	31.9	63.3
1954	32.2	64.5
1955	32.4	65.7
1956	32.8	65.6
1957	33.1	65.4
1958	33.6	67
1959	34.1	67.5
1960	34.6	67.7
1961	35.1	68.4
1962	35.6	68.7
1963	36.1	69.7
1964	36.6	70.2
1965	37.1	70.3
1966	37.6	71.1
1967	38.1	71.4
1968	38.5	71.7
1969	39	71.9
1970	39.5	72
1971	40	72.8
1972	40.5	73.3
1973	41.1	73.4
1974	41.7	73.8
1975	42.2	74.4
1976	42.9	74.8
1977	43.4	75.3
1978	43.6	75.7
1979	44.5	76.2
1980	45	76.1
1981	44.5	76.6
1982	46.3	77.1
1983	46.9	77.1
1984	47.5	77.5
1985	48.2	77.8
1986	48.8	78.2
1987	49.4	78.6
1988	50.1	78.5
1989	50.7	79
1990	51.3	79
1991	51.9	79.3
1992	52.5	79.3
1993	53.2	79.4
1994	53.8	79.8
1995	54.3	79.7
1996	54.8	80.4
1997	55.2	80.6
1998	56	80.6
1999	56.5	80.6
2000	56.9	81.2
2001	57.3	81.5
2002	57.7	81.8
2003	58.2	81.9
2004	58.7	82.1
2005	59.1	82
2006	59.7	82.4
2007	60	82.5
2008	60.5	82.6
2009	60.7	83
2010	61.2	82.9
2011	61.6	82.7
2012	61.9	83.2
2013	62.3	83.4
2014	62.6	83.6
2015	63	83.9
2016	63.4	84.1
2017	63.7	84.2
2018	64	84.3
2019	64.4	84.4
2020	64.4	84.7
2021	63.8	84.6
2022	64.9	84.1
2023	65.9	84.7
2024	66.1	84.9
2025	66.3	85

Gambia and Japan population clocks and comparison

Population

Gambia

Japan

Table

Year	Population
	Gambia	Japan
1960	398,060	93,216,000
1961	408,930	94,055,000
1962	420,163	94,933,000
1963	431,757	95,900,000
1964	443,687	96,903,000
1965	455,952	97,952,000
1966	468,516	98,851,000
1967	481,588	99,879,000
1968	495,269	101,011,000
1969	509,440	102,219,000
1970	524,105	103,403,000
1971	539,388	105,697,000
1972	555,370	107,188,000
1973	571,991	108,707,000
1974	589,085	110,162,000
1975	606,821	111,573,000
1976	625,667	112,775,000
1977	645,770	113,872,000
1978	667,103	114,913,000
1979	689,781	115,890,000
1980	713,913	116,807,000
1981	739,125	117,661,000
1982	765,753	118,480,000
1983	794,525	119,307,000
1984	825,631	120,083,000
1985	858,874	120,837,000
1986	894,019	121,482,000
1987	931,091	122,069,000
1988	970,160	122,578,000
1989	1,011,357	123,069,000
1990	1,054,696	123,478,000
1991	1,099,959	123,964,000
1992	1,145,582	124,425,000
1993	1,188,365	124,829,000
1994	1,227,226	125,178,000
1995	1,264,313	125,472,000
1996	1,301,410	125,757,000
1997	1,338,889	126,057,000
1998	1,376,987	126,400,000
1999	1,415,779	126,631,000
2000	1,455,084	126,843,000
2001	1,495,011	127,149,000
2002	1,535,691	127,445,000
2003	1,577,611	127,718,000
2004	1,621,312	127,761,000
2005	1,667,037	127,773,000
2006	1,715,275	127,854,000
2007	1,765,774	128,001,000
2008	1,817,852	128,063,000
2009	1,871,422	128,047,000
2010	1,926,630	128,070,000
2011	1,983,784	127,833,000
2012	2,043,094	127,629,000
2013	2,103,820	127,445,000
2014	2,164,528	127,276,000
2015	2,224,529	127,141,000
2016	2,283,769	127,076,000
2017	2,342,189	126,972,000
2018	2,399,632	126,811,000
2019	2,456,844	126,633,000
2020	2,515,733	126,261,000
2021	2,576,010	125,681,593
2022	2,636,470	125,124,989
2023	2,697,845	124,516,650
2024	2,759,988	123,975,371

Fertility rates in Gambia and Japan

Fertility rate

Gambia

Japan

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Gambia	Japan
1960	6.25	2
1961	6.23	1.96
1962	6.21	1.98
1963	6.2	2
1964	6.2	2.05
1965	6.19	2.14
1966	6.18	1.58
1967	6.21	2.23
1968	6.22	2.13
1969	6.25	2.13
1970	6.26	2.13
1971	6.33	2.16
1972	6.37	2.14
1973	6.41	2.14
1974	6.42	2.05
1975	6.43	1.91
1976	6.43	1.85
1977	6.43	1.8
1978	6.42	1.79
1979	6.41	1.77
1980	6.41	1.75
1981	6.4	1.74
1982	6.4	1.77
1983	6.39	1.8
1984	6.39	1.81
1985	6.36	1.76
1986	6.34	1.72
1987	6.3	1.69
1988	6.26	1.66
1989	6.25	1.57
1990	6.25	1.54
1991	6.19	1.53
1992	6.11	1.5
1993	6.03	1.46
1994	6.04	1.5
1995	5.99	1.42
1996	5.93	1.43
1997	5.85	1.39
1998	5.82	1.38
1999	5.77	1.34
2000	5.72	1.36
2001	5.67	1.33
2002	5.66	1.32
2003	5.66	1.29
2004	5.68	1.29
2005	5.71	1.26
2006	5.74	1.32
2007	5.69	1.34
2008	5.63	1.37
2009	5.57	1.37
2010	5.56	1.39
2011	5.54	1.39
2012	5.52	1.41
2013	5.39	1.43
2014	5.2	1.42
2015	5	1.45
2016	4.81	1.44
2017	4.61	1.43
2018	4.42	1.42
2019	4.33	1.36
2020	4.25	1.33
2021	4.17	1.3
2022	4.08	1.26
2023	4.01	1.2

Gambia and Japan demographics compared

Median age

Gambia

Japan

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Gambia	Japan
1960	19.4	25.8
1961	19.4	26.2
1962	19.5	26.5
1963	19.6	26.9
1964	19.6	27.2
1965	19.7	27.6
1966	19.7	28
1967	19.8	28.4
1968	19.7	28.6
1969	19.6	28.9
1970	19.5	29.2
1971	19.4	29.6
1972	19.3	29.9
1973	19.2	30.2
1974	19.1	30.4
1975	18.9	30.6
1976	18.8	30.9
1977	18.6	31.5
1978	18.5	32
1979	18.4	32.4
1980	18.2	32.8
1981	18.1	33.1
1982	17.9	33.7
1983	17.8	34.3
1984	17.6	34.9
1985	17.5	35.4
1986	17.4	35.9
1987	17.4	36.3
1988	17.3	36.8
1989	17.2	37.2
1990	17.2	37.7
1991	17.1	38.2
1992	17.1	38.7
1993	17	39.2
1994	16.9	39.6
1995	16.8	40
1996	16.7	40.3
1997	16.6	40.7
1998	16.5	41
1999	16.5	41.4
2000	16.5	41.8
2001	16.6	42.1
2002	16.6	42.5
2003	16.7	42.8
2004	16.8	43.2
2005	16.9	43.6
2006	17	43.9
2007	17.1	44.2
2008	17.2	44.6
2009	17.3	44.9
2010	17.4	45.2
2011	17.5	45.5
2012	17.6	45.8
2013	17.7	46.2
2014	17.8	46.6
2015	17.9	47
2016	18.1	47.3
2017	18.2	47.6
2018	18.4	48
2019	18.5	48.3
2020	18.7	48.7
2021	18.9	49.1
2022	19.1	49.5
2023	19.2	50
2024	19.4	50.4

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