Gambia vs Sierra Leone statistics compared

The Gambia has a population of 2.76M (ranked 140/197), compared with 8.64M in Sierra Leone (ranked 102/197). The Gambia's land area is 3,907 sq mi versus 27,869 sq mi for Sierra Leone (ranked 161st vs. 116th).

By GDP, The Gambia ranks 173/197 ($2.51B) and Sierra Leone ranks 157/197 ($7.55B). By GDP per capita, The Gambia ranks 182/197 ($909), while Sierra Leone ranks 183/197 ($873).

Gambia and Sierra Leone: Comparison Charts

Gambia and Sierra Leone economies compared

GDP

Gambia

Sierra Leone

Table

Year	GDP
	Gambia	Sierra Leone
1960	-	$322,151,961
1961	-	$327,978,758
1962	-	$342,872,549
1963	-	$348,700,980
1964	-	$372,011,438
1965	-	$359,523,810
1966	$44,212,081	$375,630,252
1967	$46,695,007	$348,895,028
1968	$41,160,066	$329,991,597
1969	$45,168,072	$408,853,541
1970	$52,296,084	$434,584,634
1971	$55,728,663	$419,495,788
1972	$59,160,569	$465,254,682
1973	$75,187,749	$575,471,814
1974	$95,796,022	$648,940,351
1975	$115,179,719	$679,352,876
1976	$112,190,829	$594,810,422
1977	$138,093,099	$692,079,407
1978	$171,833,086	$960,765,043
1979	$207,112,628	$1,109,343,425
1980	$241,083,090	$1,100,476,190
1981	$218,767,743	$1,114,926,661
1982	$216,050,552	$1,294,995,964
1983	$213,448,585	$995,278,515
1984	$177,340,880	$1,087,450,199
1985	$225,726,359	$856,890,459
1986	$185,646,987	$490,181,457
1987	$220,626,484	$660,106,336
1988	$266,672,212	$1,055,083,933
1989	$284,120,329	$932,974,420
1990	$317,083,695	$649,644,098
1991	$690,311,081	$779,981,987
1992	$714,254,256	$679,940,814
1993	$755,040,974	$768,867,883
1994	$746,493,952	$911,853,802
1995	$785,999,865	$870,740,292
1996	$848,239,446	$941,709,423
1997	$803,633,342	$850,232,760
1998	$840,285,265	$672,368,187
1999	$814,724,032	$669,386,624
2000	$782,913,872	$635,866,404
2001	$687,410,645	$1,681,473,894
2002	$578,235,309	$1,933,863,911
2003	$487,038,685	$2,142,618,046
2004	$961,900,651	$2,237,350,687
2005	$1,027,701,068	$2,545,275,313
2006	$1,054,112,488	$3,263,697,467
2007	$1,279,703,047	$3,632,957,611
2008	$1,561,766,956	$4,157,895,298
2009	$1,450,142,509	$3,953,403,098
2010	$1,543,294,927	$4,262,805,967
2011	$1,409,693,597	$4,861,632,885
2012	$1,415,004,738	$6,141,666,509
2013	$1,375,609,453	$7,502,762,863
2014	$1,229,461,721	$7,686,138,791
2015	$1,378,176,609	$6,788,352,975
2016	$1,484,578,886	$6,084,297,211
2017	$1,504,909,463	$5,749,846,528
2018	$1,670,671,328	$6,390,514,689
2019	$1,813,609,692	$6,526,183,564
2020	$1,812,170,891	$6,693,888,876
2021	$2,014,158,842	$7,173,379,137
2022	$2,204,734,527	$7,124,465,160
2023	$2,396,111,021	$6,411,787,856
2024	$2,507,519,958	$7,547,843,281

Gambia and Sierra Leone economies compared

GDP per capita

Gambia

Sierra Leone

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Gambia	Sierra Leone
1960	-	$142
1961	-	$142.3
1962	-	$146.4
1963	-	$146.4
1964	-	$153.4
1965	-	$145.6
1966	$94.4	$149.4
1967	$97	$136.2
1968	$83.1	$126.4
1969	$88.7	$153.6
1970	$99.8	$160.2
1971	$103.3	$151.8
1972	$106.5	$165.3
1973	$131.4	$200.7
1974	$162.6	$222.2
1975	$189.8	$228.4
1976	$179.3	$196.4
1977	$213.8	$224.3
1978	$257.6	$305
1979	$300	$346
1980	$338	$336
1981	$296	$334
1982	$282.1	$380
1983	$268.6	$285.9
1984	$214.8	$306
1985	$262.8	$235.5
1986	$207.7	$131.5
1987	$237	$172.4
1988	$274.9	$268.2
1989	$280.9	$231.3
1990	$301	$154.8
1991	$628	$183.7
1992	$623	$163.2
1993	$635	$185
1994	$608	$218.5
1995	$622	$208.4
1996	$652	$224.3
1997	$600	$199.9
1998	$610	$156.5
1999	$575	$155
2000	$538	$143.7
2001	$460	$358
2002	$377	$389
2003	$309	$414
2004	$593	$418
2005	$616	$463
2006	$615	$580
2007	$725	$632
2008	$859	$705
2009	$775	$653
2010	$801	$685
2011	$711	$761
2012	$693	$938
2013	$654	$1,117
2014	$568	$1,118
2015	$620	$965
2016	$650	$844
2017	$643	$779
2018	$696	$846
2019	$738	$844
2020	$720	$846
2021	$782	$886
2022	$836	$861
2023	$888	$758
2024	$909	$873

Gambia vs. Sierra Leone life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Gambia

Sierra Leone

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Gambia	Sierra Leone
1950	31.2	28.9
1951	31.5	29.3
1952	31.7	29.7
1953	31.9	30.1
1954	32.2	30.5
1955	32.4	30.9
1956	32.8	31.3
1957	33.1	31.8
1958	33.6	32.1
1959	34.1	32.6
1960	34.6	33.1
1961	35.1	33.6
1962	35.6	34.2
1963	36.1	34.7
1964	36.6	35.3
1965	37.1	35.9
1966	37.6	36.6
1967	38.1	37.3
1968	38.5	37.8
1969	39	38.2
1970	39.5	38.6
1971	40	39.1
1972	40.5	39.5
1973	41.1	40
1974	41.7	40.4
1975	42.2	41
1976	42.9	41.4
1977	43.4	41.8
1978	43.6	42.2
1979	44.5	42.5
1980	45	42.8
1981	44.5	43.1
1982	46.3	43.3
1983	46.9	43.5
1984	47.5	43.6
1985	48.2	43.6
1986	48.8	43.5
1987	49.4	43.7
1988	50.1	43.8
1989	50.7	43.7
1990	51.3	43.7
1991	51.9	43.3
1992	52.5	43.5
1993	53.2	43.4
1994	53.8	42.8
1995	54.3	42.6
1996	54.8	43.5
1997	55.2	43.6
1998	56	42.7
1999	56.5	42
2000	56.9	44.8
2001	57.3	45.4
2002	57.7	46.2
2003	58.2	46.8
2004	58.7	47.5
2005	59.1	48.3
2006	59.7	49.5
2007	60	50
2008	60.5	50.7
2009	60.7	51.3
2010	61.2	51.9
2011	61.6	52.6
2012	61.9	53.2
2013	62.3	54.1
2014	62.6	54.3
2015	63	55.5
2016	63.4	56.9
2017	63.7	57.8
2018	64	59.1
2019	64.4	59.6
2020	64.4	59.7
2021	63.8	60.3
2022	64.9	61.3
2023	65.9	61.8
2024	66.1	62
2025	66.3	62.2

Gambia and Sierra Leone population clocks and comparison

Population

Gambia

Sierra Leone

Table

Year	Population
	Gambia	Sierra Leone
1960	398,060	2,268,356
1961	408,930	2,304,227
1962	420,163	2,342,242
1963	431,757	2,382,258
1964	443,687	2,424,390
1965	455,952	2,468,666
1966	468,516	2,514,638
1967	481,588	2,562,384
1968	495,269	2,611,532
1969	509,440	2,661,365
1970	524,105	2,712,286
1971	539,388	2,763,222
1972	555,370	2,814,388
1973	571,991	2,866,955
1974	589,085	2,920,459
1975	606,821	2,974,657
1976	625,667	3,028,820
1977	645,770	3,085,354
1978	667,103	3,145,517
1979	689,781	3,207,499
1980	713,913	3,272,089
1981	739,125	3,338,940
1982	765,753	3,408,183
1983	794,525	3,481,646
1984	825,631	3,558,758
1985	858,874	3,638,438
1986	894,019	3,728,380
1987	931,091	3,829,718
1988	970,160	3,934,517
1989	1,011,357	4,034,037
1990	1,054,696	4,196,828
1991	1,099,959	4,246,267
1992	1,145,582	4,166,366
1993	1,188,365	4,157,130
1994	1,227,226	4,173,105
1995	1,264,313	4,179,179
1996	1,301,410	4,199,210
1997	1,338,889	4,253,716
1998	1,376,987	4,295,785
1999	1,415,779	4,318,043
2000	1,455,084	4,423,611
2001	1,495,011	4,692,716
2002	1,535,691	4,971,435
2003	1,577,611	5,177,687
2004	1,621,312	5,355,717
2005	1,667,037	5,501,712
2006	1,715,275	5,624,466
2007	1,765,774	5,749,352
2008	1,817,852	5,894,722
2009	1,871,422	6,055,646
2010	1,926,630	6,222,714
2011	1,983,784	6,387,251
2012	2,043,094	6,551,080
2013	2,103,820	6,714,051
2014	2,164,528	6,876,385
2015	2,224,529	7,037,655
2016	2,283,769	7,205,328
2017	2,342,189	7,379,299
2018	2,399,632	7,554,563
2019	2,456,844	7,731,991
2020	2,515,733	7,912,558
2021	2,576,010	8,094,602
2022	2,636,470	8,276,807
2023	2,697,845	8,460,512
2024	2,759,988	8,642,022

Fertility rates in Gambia and Sierra Leone

Fertility rate

Gambia

Sierra Leone

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Gambia	Sierra Leone
1960	6.25	6.18
1961	6.23	6.21
1962	6.21	6.22
1963	6.2	6.26
1964	6.2	6.29
1965	6.19	6.31
1966	6.18	6.35
1967	6.21	6.38
1968	6.22	6.39
1969	6.25	6.39
1970	6.26	6.41
1971	6.33	6.43
1972	6.37	6.45
1973	6.41	6.47
1974	6.42	6.53
1975	6.43	6.55
1976	6.43	6.55
1977	6.43	6.57
1978	6.42	6.59
1979	6.41	6.58
1980	6.41	6.56
1981	6.4	6.55
1982	6.4	6.56
1983	6.39	6.57
1984	6.39	6.59
1985	6.36	6.59
1986	6.34	6.6
1987	6.3	6.61
1988	6.26	6.59
1989	6.25	6.57
1990	6.25	6.57
1991	6.19	6.55
1992	6.11	6.56
1993	6.03	6.57
1994	6.04	6.56
1995	5.99	6.56
1996	5.93	6.55
1997	5.85	6.53
1998	5.82	6.5
1999	5.77	6.42
2000	5.72	6.36
2001	5.67	6.31
2002	5.66	6.23
2003	5.66	6.09
2004	5.68	5.92
2005	5.71	5.81
2006	5.74	5.74
2007	5.69	5.64
2008	5.63	5.56
2009	5.57	5.45
2010	5.56	5.33
2011	5.54	5.21
2012	5.52	5.06
2013	5.39	4.87
2014	5.2	4.7
2015	5	4.55
2016	4.81	4.47
2017	4.61	4.39
2018	4.42	4.29
2019	4.33	4.19
2020	4.25	4.08
2021	4.17	3.98
2022	4.08	3.88
2023	4.01	3.79

Gambia and Sierra Leone demographics compared

Median age

Gambia

Sierra Leone

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Gambia	Sierra Leone
1960	19.4	21.1
1961	19.4	21.1
1962	19.5	21.1
1963	19.6	21
1964	19.6	21
1965	19.7	20.9
1966	19.7	20.9
1967	19.8	20.8
1968	19.7	20.7
1969	19.6	20.6
1970	19.5	20.4
1971	19.4	20.2
1972	19.3	20.1
1973	19.2	19.9
1974	19.1	19.8
1975	18.9	19.6
1976	18.8	19.5
1977	18.6	19.4
1978	18.5	19.3
1979	18.4	19.2
1980	18.2	19.1
1981	18.1	19.1
1982	17.9	19
1983	17.8	18.9
1984	17.6	18.9
1985	17.5	18.8
1986	17.4	18.7
1987	17.4	18.7
1988	17.3	18.6
1989	17.2	18.6
1990	17.2	18.5
1991	17.1	18.5
1992	17.1	18.4
1993	17	18.4
1994	16.9	18.3
1995	16.8	18.2
1996	16.7	18.2
1997	16.6	18.1
1998	16.5	18.1
1999	16.5	18
2000	16.5	18
2001	16.6	18
2002	16.6	17.9
2003	16.7	17.9
2004	16.8	17.9
2005	16.9	18
2006	17	18
2007	17.1	18
2008	17.2	18.1
2009	17.3	18.1
2010	17.4	18.2
2011	17.5	18.3
2012	17.6	18.4
2013	17.7	18.5
2014	17.8	18.6
2015	17.9	18.7
2016	18.1	18.9
2017	18.2	19.1
2018	18.4	19.2
2019	18.5	19.4
2020	18.7	19.6
2021	18.9	19.8
2022	19.1	20
2023	19.2	20.3
2024	19.4	20.5

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