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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Colombia	Gambia	Colombia	Gambia
1960	15,606,209	398,060	-	-
1961	16,095,203	408,930	3.13%	2.73%
1962	16,599,029	420,163	3.13%	2.75%
1963	17,113,823	431,757	3.1%	2.76%
1964	17,637,411	443,687	3.06%	2.76%
1965	18,169,050	455,952	3.01%	2.76%
1966	18,702,688	468,516	2.94%	2.76%
1967	19,235,618	481,588	2.85%	2.79%
1968	19,766,796	495,269	2.76%	2.84%
1969	20,291,942	509,440	2.66%	2.86%
1970	20,811,782	524,105	2.56%	2.88%
1971	21,319,096	539,388	2.44%	2.92%
1972	21,819,563	555,370	2.35%	2.96%
1973	22,325,374	571,991	2.32%	2.99%
1974	22,833,469	589,085	2.28%	2.99%
1975	23,344,644	606,821	2.24%	3.01%
1976	23,858,810	625,667	2.2%	3.11%
1977	24,393,494	645,770	2.24%	3.21%
1978	24,950,337	667,103	2.28%	3.3%
1979	25,515,626	689,781	2.27%	3.4%
1980	26,104,498	713,913	2.31%	3.5%
1981	26,713,267	739,125	2.33%	3.53%
1982	27,338,331	765,753	2.34%	3.6%
1983	27,988,173	794,525	2.38%	3.76%
1984	28,642,690	825,631	2.34%	3.92%
1985	29,268,470	858,874	2.18%	4.03%
1986	29,879,112	894,019	2.09%	4.09%
1987	30,499,467	931,091	2.08%	4.15%
1988	31,130,524	970,160	2.07%	4.2%
1989	31,776,279	1,011,357	2.07%	4.25%
1990	32,440,069	1,054,696	2.09%	4.29%
1991	33,098,372	1,099,959	2.03%	4.29%
1992	33,760,571	1,145,582	2%	4.15%
1993	34,441,473	1,188,365	2.02%	3.73%
1994	35,127,410	1,227,226	1.99%	3.27%
1995	35,804,662	1,264,313	1.93%	3.02%
1996	36,462,745	1,301,410	1.84%	2.93%
1997	37,121,149	1,338,889	1.81%	2.88%
1998	37,792,165	1,376,987	1.81%	2.85%
1999	38,454,863	1,415,779	1.75%	2.82%
2000	39,089,934	1,455,084	1.65%	2.78%
2001	39,709,262	1,495,011	1.58%	2.74%
2002	40,324,680	1,535,691	1.55%	2.72%
2003	40,937,429	1,577,611	1.52%	2.73%
2004	41,543,171	1,621,312	1.48%	2.77%
2005	42,128,977	1,667,037	1.41%	2.82%
2006	42,691,084	1,715,275	1.33%	2.89%
2007	43,235,374	1,765,774	1.27%	2.94%
2008	43,758,808	1,817,852	1.21%	2.95%
2009	44,271,541	1,871,422	1.17%	2.95%
2010	44,777,319	1,926,630	1.14%	2.95%
2011	45,259,614	1,983,784	1.08%	2.97%
2012	45,715,810	2,043,094	1.01%	2.99%
2013	46,151,584	2,103,820	0.95%	2.97%
2014	46,565,429	2,164,528	0.9%	2.89%
2015	46,969,940	2,224,529	0.87%	2.77%
2016	47,437,512	2,283,769	1%	2.66%
2017	48,131,078	2,342,189	1.46%	2.56%
2018	49,024,465	2,399,632	1.86%	2.45%
2019	49,907,985	2,456,844	1.8%	2.38%
2020	50,629,997	2,515,733	1.45%	2.4%
2021	51,188,173	2,576,010	1.1%	2.4%
2022	51,737,944	2,636,470	1.07%	2.35%
2023	52,321,152	2,697,845	1.13%	2.33%
2024	52,886,363	2,759,988	1.08%	2.3%
2025	53,425,632	2,822,083	1.02%	2.25%
2026	53,936,234	2,884,075	0.96%	2.2%
2027	54,422,275	2,945,874	0.9%	2.14%
2028	54,885,123	3,007,541	0.85%	2.09%
2029	55,322,627	3,069,012	0.8%	2.04%
2030	55,736,477	3,130,117	0.75%	1.99%
2031	56,125,966	3,190,986	0.7%	1.94%
2032	56,490,496	3,251,816	0.65%	1.91%
2033	56,832,264	3,312,585	0.61%	1.87%
2034	57,151,619	3,373,117	0.56%	1.83%
2035	57,445,755	3,433,418	0.51%	1.79%
2036	57,716,869	3,493,569	0.47%	1.75%
2037	57,965,300	3,553,521	0.43%	1.72%
2038	58,190,082	3,613,489	0.39%	1.69%
2039	58,394,310	3,673,332	0.35%	1.66%
2040	58,576,452	3,732,793	0.31%	1.62%
2041	58,736,886	3,791,791	0.27%	1.58%
2042	58,878,126	3,850,526	0.24%	1.55%
2043	59,000,362	3,909,016	0.21%	1.52%
2044	59,104,592	3,966,899	0.18%	1.48%
2045	59,190,826	4,024,221	0.15%	1.45%
2046	59,259,758	4,080,955	0.12%	1.41%
2047	59,313,132	4,137,188	0.09%	1.38%
2048	59,351,262	4,192,836	0.06%	1.35%
2049	59,375,012	4,247,701	0.04%	1.31%
2050	59,385,355	4,301,881	0.02%	1.28%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Colombia increased by 4,840,963 people (a 11.5% growth), while the Gambia gained 557,492 people (a 33.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Colombia gained 6,865,847 (a 14.6% growth), while the Gambia's population increased by 647,350 (a 29.1% growth).

Colombia was ranked 29th most populous country in 2005 and is 28th 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) Colombia's population will grow by 10.3% to 59,385,355 people with a rank change from 28th to 34th. The population of the Gambia will increase by 49.8% to 4,301,881 people and rank change from 138th to 132nd.