Gambia vs Namibia statistics compared

The Gambia has a population of 2.76M (ranked 140/197), compared with 3.03M in Namibia (ranked 136/197). The Gambia's land area is 3,907 sq mi versus 317,874 sq mi for Namibia (ranked 161st vs. 33rd).

By GDP, The Gambia ranks 173/197 ($2.51B) and Namibia ranks 147/197 ($13.4B). By GDP per capita, The Gambia ranks 182/197 ($909), while Namibia ranks 126/197 ($4,413).

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Gambia and Namibia economies compared

GDP

Gambia

Namibia

Table

Year	GDP
	Gambia	Namibia
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	$2,421,990,338
1981	$218,767,743	$2,249,908,578
1982	$216,050,552	$2,118,710,248
1983	$213,448,585	$2,297,400,688
1984	$177,340,880	$1,951,260,038
1985	$225,726,359	$1,608,237,350
1986	$185,646,987	$1,809,048,527
1987	$220,626,484	$2,300,068,217
1988	$266,672,212	$2,495,094,746
1989	$284,120,329	$2,535,135,798
1990	$317,083,695	$2,789,921,854
1991	$690,311,081	$2,996,869,281
1992	$714,254,256	$3,429,521,699
1993	$755,040,974	$3,251,188,833
1994	$746,493,952	$3,666,503,530
1995	$785,999,865	$3,978,514,206
1996	$848,239,446	$3,989,163,197
1997	$803,633,342	$4,154,989,950
1998	$840,285,265	$3,873,109,866
1999	$814,724,032	$3,868,551,730
2000	$782,913,872	$3,922,232,165
2001	$687,410,645	$3,557,341,215
2002	$578,235,309	$3,349,169,826
2003	$487,038,685	$4,926,439,384
2004	$961,900,651	$6,609,205,995
2005	$1,027,701,068	$7,248,374,838
2006	$1,054,112,488	$8,001,779,551
2007	$1,279,703,047	$8,839,536,476
2008	$1,561,766,956	$8,607,431,497
2009	$1,450,142,509	$8,938,847,189
2010	$1,543,294,927	$11,431,412,421
2011	$1,409,693,597	$12,523,359,441
2012	$1,415,004,738	$13,042,053,592
2013	$1,375,609,453	$12,043,307,277
2014	$1,229,461,721	$12,435,430,970
2015	$1,378,176,609	$11,335,161,084
2016	$1,484,578,886	$10,722,018,732
2017	$1,504,909,463	$12,895,153,371
2018	$1,670,671,328	$13,682,019,076
2019	$1,813,609,692	$12,541,928,303
2020	$1,812,170,891	$10,583,748,542
2021	$2,014,158,842	$12,402,486,184
2022	$2,204,734,527	$12,569,449,123
2023	$2,396,111,021	$12,408,271,448
2024	$2,507,519,958	$13,372,354,269

Gambia and Namibia economies compared

GDP per capita

Gambia

Namibia

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Gambia	Namibia
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	$2,468
1981	$296	$2,267
1982	$282.1	$2,097
1983	$268.6	$2,214
1984	$214.8	$1,830
1985	$262.8	$1,466
1986	$207.7	$1,599
1987	$237	$1,969
1988	$274.9	$2,063
1989	$280.9	$1,967
1990	$301	$2,037
1991	$628	$2,117
1992	$623	$2,347
1993	$635	$2,155
1994	$608	$2,356
1995	$622	$2,483
1996	$652	$2,423
1997	$600	$2,460
1998	$610	$2,235
1999	$575	$2,178
2000	$538	$2,157
2001	$460	$1,916
2002	$377	$1,772
2003	$309	$2,569
2004	$593	$3,403
2005	$616	$3,686
2006	$615	$4,017
2007	$725	$4,379
2008	$859	$4,205
2009	$775	$4,303
2010	$801	$5,418
2011	$711	$5,835
2012	$693	$5,943
2013	$654	$5,347
2014	$568	$5,378
2015	$620	$4,774
2016	$650	$4,396
2017	$643	$5,144
2018	$696	$5,309
2019	$738	$4,732
2020	$720	$3,879
2021	$782	$4,413
2022	$836	$4,350
2023	$888	$4,188
2024	$909	$4,413

Gambia vs. Namibia life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Gambia

Namibia

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Gambia	Namibia
1950	31.2	41.9
1951	31.5	42.5
1952	31.7	43.1
1953	31.9	43.8
1954	32.2	44.4
1955	32.4	45
1956	32.8	45.7
1957	33.1	46.4
1958	33.6	47.1
1959	34.1	47.8
1960	34.6	48.5
1961	35.1	49.2
1962	35.6	50
1963	36.1	50.6
1964	36.6	51.3
1965	37.1	52
1966	37.6	52.3
1967	38.1	52.9
1968	38.5	53.6
1969	39	54.1
1970	39.5	54.7
1971	40	55.3
1972	40.5	55.8
1973	41.1	56.4
1974	41.7	56.9
1975	42.2	57.6
1976	42.9	58
1977	43.4	58.6
1978	43.6	59.1
1979	44.5	59.5
1980	45	56.6
1981	44.5	56.9
1982	46.3	57.3
1983	46.9	57.6
1984	47.5	58.1
1985	48.2	58.5
1986	48.8	58.7
1987	49.4	59.1
1988	50.1	59
1989	50.7	60.8
1990	51.3	61.4
1991	51.9	60.8
1992	52.5	60.2
1993	53.2	59.3
1994	53.8	58.4
1995	54.3	57.5
1996	54.8	56.6
1997	55.2	55.8
1998	56	54.8
1999	56.5	54
2000	56.9	52.9
2001	57.3	52
2002	57.7	52
2003	58.2	51.9
2004	58.7	52.2
2005	59.1	52.6
2006	59.7	53.2
2007	60	54
2008	60.5	54.7
2009	60.7	55.3
2010	61.2	56.1
2011	61.6	56.6
2012	61.9	57.7
2013	62.3	58.5
2014	62.6	59.3
2015	63	60
2016	63.4	60.8
2017	63.7	61.7
2018	64	62.6
2019	64.4	63.5
2020	64.4	64.1
2021	63.8	60.8
2022	64.9	64.2
2023	65.9	67.4
2024	66.1	67.5
2025	66.3	67.7

Gambia and Namibia population clocks and comparison

Population

Gambia

Namibia

Table

Year	Population
	Gambia	Namibia
1960	398,060	591,465
1961	408,930	603,067
1962	420,163	615,759
1963	431,757	629,589
1964	443,687	644,530
1965	455,952	660,558
1966	468,516	677,655
1967	481,588	696,045
1968	495,269	715,542
1969	509,440	736,120
1970	524,105	757,868
1971	539,388	780,584
1972	555,370	804,399
1973	571,991	828,928
1974	589,085	854,320
1975	606,821	881,032
1976	625,667	906,566
1977	645,770	931,104
1978	667,103	947,269
1979	689,781	962,825
1980	713,913	981,434
1981	739,125	992,500
1982	765,753	1,010,308
1983	794,525	1,037,511
1984	825,631	1,065,989
1985	858,874	1,096,890
1986	894,019	1,131,081
1987	931,091	1,167,889
1988	970,160	1,209,696
1989	1,011,357	1,288,947
1990	1,054,696	1,369,303
1991	1,099,959	1,415,684
1992	1,145,582	1,461,322
1993	1,188,365	1,508,697
1994	1,227,226	1,556,304
1995	1,264,313	1,602,170
1996	1,301,410	1,646,103
1997	1,338,889	1,689,264
1998	1,376,987	1,732,745
1999	1,415,779	1,776,368
2000	1,455,084	1,818,647
2001	1,495,011	1,857,048
2002	1,535,691	1,889,970
2003	1,577,611	1,917,464
2004	1,621,312	1,942,082
2005	1,667,037	1,966,582
2006	1,715,275	1,991,888
2007	1,765,774	2,018,600
2008	1,817,852	2,047,056
2009	1,871,422	2,077,394
2010	1,926,630	2,109,811
2011	1,983,784	2,146,325
2012	2,043,094	2,194,654
2013	2,103,820	2,252,508
2014	2,164,528	2,312,139
2015	2,224,529	2,374,300
2016	2,283,769	2,439,213
2017	2,342,189	2,506,853
2018	2,399,632	2,577,327
2019	2,456,844	2,650,494
2020	2,515,733	2,728,762
2021	2,576,010	2,810,548
2022	2,636,470	2,889,662
2023	2,697,845	2,963,095
2024	2,759,988	3,030,131

Fertility rates in Gambia and Namibia

Fertility rate

Gambia

Namibia

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Gambia	Namibia
1960	6.25	6.24
1961	6.23	6.29
1962	6.21	6.35
1963	6.2	6.41
1964	6.2	6.43
1965	6.19	6.45
1966	6.18	6.47
1967	6.21	6.49
1968	6.22	6.5
1969	6.25	6.51
1970	6.26	6.52
1971	6.33	6.52
1972	6.37	6.53
1973	6.41	6.54
1974	6.42	6.55
1975	6.43	6.53
1976	6.43	6.49
1977	6.43	6.44
1978	6.42	6.38
1979	6.41	6.31
1980	6.41	6.24
1981	6.4	6.16
1982	6.4	6.08
1983	6.39	6
1984	6.39	5.94
1985	6.36	5.88
1986	6.34	5.79
1987	6.3	5.7
1988	6.26	5.61
1989	6.25	5.52
1990	6.25	5.4
1991	6.19	5.29
1992	6.11	5.11
1993	6.03	4.91
1994	6.04	4.68
1995	5.99	4.42
1996	5.93	4.2
1997	5.85	4.17
1998	5.82	4.18
1999	5.77	4.14
2000	5.72	3.99
2001	5.67	3.83
2002	5.66	3.69
2003	5.66	3.58
2004	5.68	3.55
2005	5.71	3.57
2006	5.74	3.6
2007	5.69	3.61
2008	5.63	3.62
2009	5.57	3.63
2010	5.56	3.66
2011	5.54	3.66
2012	5.52	3.68
2013	5.39	3.65
2014	5.2	3.64
2015	5	3.6
2016	4.81	3.57
2017	4.61	3.51
2018	4.42	3.46
2019	4.33	3.4
2020	4.25	3.35
2021	4.17	3.3
2022	4.08	3.25
2023	4.01	3.21

Gambia and Namibia demographics compared

Median age

Gambia

Namibia

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Gambia	Namibia
1960	19.4	18.9
1961	19.4	18.7
1962	19.5	18.6
1963	19.6	18.5
1964	19.6	18.4
1965	19.7	18.4
1966	19.7	18.3
1967	19.8	18.3
1968	19.7	18.2
1969	19.6	18.1
1970	19.5	18.1
1971	19.4	18
1972	19.3	17.9
1973	19.2	17.8
1974	19.1	17.7
1975	18.9	17.6
1976	18.8	17.5
1977	18.6	17.3
1978	18.5	17
1979	18.4	16.8
1980	18.2	16.6
1981	18.1	16.4
1982	17.9	16.3
1983	17.8	16.4
1984	17.6	16.5
1985	17.5	16.7
1986	17.4	16.9
1987	17.4	17
1988	17.3	17.3
1989	17.2	17.8
1990	17.2	18.3
1991	17.1	18.4
1992	17.1	18.4
1993	17	18.5
1994	16.9	18.5
1995	16.8	18.6
1996	16.7	18.7
1997	16.6	18.8
1998	16.5	18.9
1999	16.5	18.9
2000	16.5	19
2001	16.6	19.1
2002	16.6	19.2
2003	16.7	19.3
2004	16.8	19.4
2005	16.9	19.6
2006	17	19.7
2007	17.1	19.9
2008	17.2	20
2009	17.3	20.3
2010	17.4	20.5
2011	17.5	20.7
2012	17.6	20.9
2013	17.7	21.1
2014	17.8	21.3
2015	17.9	21.4
2016	18.1	21.5
2017	18.2	21.6
2018	18.4	21.7
2019	18.5	21.8
2020	18.7	21.8
2021	18.9	21.8
2022	19.1	21.8
2023	19.2	21.9
2024	19.4	22.1

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