Population in Algeria compared to the Gambia: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Algeria and the Gambia: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Algeria	Gambia	Algeria	Gambia
1960	11,424,922	398,060	-	-
1961	11,628,883	408,930	1.79%	2.73%
1962	11,800,771	420,163	1.48%	2.75%
1963	11,982,118	431,757	1.54%	2.76%
1964	12,179,813	443,687	1.65%	2.76%
1965	12,365,976	455,952	1.53%	2.76%
1966	12,590,069	468,516	1.81%	2.76%
1967	12,876,118	481,588	2.27%	2.79%
1968	13,172,614	495,269	2.3%	2.84%
1969	13,475,960	509,440	2.3%	2.86%
1970	13,783,719	524,105	2.28%	2.88%
1971	14,098,936	539,388	2.29%	2.92%
1972	14,427,072	555,370	2.33%	2.96%
1973	14,771,147	571,991	2.38%	2.99%
1974	15,133,502	589,085	2.45%	2.99%
1975	15,678,596	606,821	3.6%	3.01%
1976	16,409,170	625,667	4.66%	3.11%
1977	17,015,994	645,770	3.7%	3.21%
1978	17,506,974	667,103	2.89%	3.3%
1979	18,036,655	689,781	3.03%	3.4%
1980	18,607,174	713,913	3.16%	3.5%
1981	19,220,704	739,125	3.3%	3.53%
1982	19,872,348	765,753	3.39%	3.6%
1983	20,558,115	794,525	3.45%	3.76%
1984	21,271,969	825,631	3.47%	3.92%
1985	22,008,544	858,874	3.46%	4.03%
1986	22,745,499	894,019	3.35%	4.09%
1987	23,443,624	931,091	3.07%	4.15%
1988	24,109,536	970,160	2.84%	4.2%
1989	24,754,485	1,011,357	2.68%	4.25%
1990	25,375,810	1,054,696	2.51%	4.29%
1991	25,987,928	1,099,959	2.41%	4.29%
1992	26,628,568	1,145,582	2.47%	4.15%
1993	27,277,048	1,188,365	2.44%	3.73%
1994	27,887,279	1,227,226	2.24%	3.27%
1995	28,470,191	1,264,313	2.09%	3.02%
1996	29,033,044	1,301,410	1.98%	2.93%
1997	29,579,301	1,338,889	1.88%	2.88%
1998	30,054,133	1,376,987	1.61%	2.85%
1999	30,474,354	1,415,779	1.4%	2.82%
2000	30,903,893	1,455,084	1.41%	2.78%
2001	31,331,221	1,495,011	1.38%	2.74%
2002	31,750,835	1,535,691	1.34%	2.72%
2003	32,175,818	1,577,611	1.34%	2.73%
2004	32,628,286	1,621,312	1.41%	2.77%
2005	33,109,249	1,667,037	1.47%	2.82%
2006	33,623,506	1,715,275	1.55%	2.89%
2007	34,189,416	1,765,774	1.68%	2.94%
2008	34,816,961	1,817,852	1.84%	2.95%
2009	35,490,445	1,871,422	1.93%	2.95%
2010	36,188,236	1,926,630	1.97%	2.95%
2011	36,903,376	1,983,784	1.98%	2.97%
2012	37,646,166	2,043,094	2.01%	2.99%
2013	38,414,171	2,103,820	2.04%	2.97%
2014	39,205,031	2,164,528	2.06%	2.89%
2015	40,019,529	2,224,529	2.08%	2.77%
2016	40,850,721	2,283,769	2.08%	2.66%
2017	41,689,299	2,342,189	2.05%	2.56%
2018	42,505,035	2,399,632	1.96%	2.45%
2019	43,294,546	2,456,844	1.86%	2.38%
2020	44,042,091	2,515,733	1.73%	2.4%
2021	44,761,099	2,576,010	1.63%	2.4%
2022	45,477,389	2,636,470	1.6%	2.35%
2023	46,164,219	2,697,845	1.51%	2.33%
2024	46,814,308	2,759,988	1.41%	2.3%
2025	47,435,316	2,822,083	1.33%	2.25%
2026	48,028,344	2,884,075	1.25%	2.2%
2027	48,593,419	2,945,874	1.18%	2.14%
2028	49,135,532	3,007,541	1.12%	2.09%
2029	49,655,386	3,069,012	1.06%	2.04%
2030	50,154,168	3,130,117	1%	1.99%
2031	50,637,369	3,190,986	0.96%	1.94%
2032	51,113,505	3,251,816	0.94%	1.91%
2033	51,584,249	3,312,585	0.92%	1.87%
2034	52,048,009	3,373,117	0.9%	1.83%
2035	52,516,794	3,433,418	0.9%	1.79%
2036	52,986,277	3,493,569	0.89%	1.75%
2037	53,452,788	3,553,521	0.88%	1.72%
2038	53,921,847	3,613,489	0.88%	1.69%
2039	54,396,263	3,673,332	0.88%	1.66%
2040	54,873,482	3,732,793	0.88%	1.62%
2041	55,351,998	3,791,791	0.87%	1.58%
2042	55,834,554	3,850,526	0.87%	1.55%
2043	56,319,606	3,909,016	0.87%	1.52%
2044	56,806,185	3,966,899	0.86%	1.48%
2045	57,290,162	4,024,221	0.85%	1.45%
2046	57,767,681	4,080,955	0.83%	1.41%
2047	58,234,183	4,137,188	0.81%	1.38%
2048	58,690,893	4,192,836	0.78%	1.35%
2049	59,136,165	4,247,701	0.76%	1.31%
2050	59,565,558	4,301,881	0.73%	1.28%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Algeria increased by 6,910,280 people (a 20.9% growth), while the Gambia gained 557,492 people (a 33.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Algeria gained 7,892,153 (a 19.7% growth), while the Gambia's population increased by 647,350 (a 29.1% growth).

Algeria was ranked 34th most populous country in 2005 and is 33rd in 2025. The Gambia was ranked 146th in 2005 and ranked 138th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Algeria's population will grow by 24.3% to 59,565,558 people and will still be ranked 33rd. The population of the Gambia will increase by 49.8% to 4,301,881 people and rank change from 138th to 132nd.