The latest officially reported population of Fiji was 928,784 in 2024 vs 2,759,988 people in the Gambia in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Fiji's population is 936,456 people compared to 2,871,879 in the Gambia.
Population statistics:
- The Gambia's population is 3.07 times bigger than Fiji's.
- Fiji is ranked the 159th most populous country in the world, while the Gambia is the 138th.
- The countries together account for 0.05% of the world: 0.01% for Fiji vs 0.03% for the Gambia.
- For the last 10 years, Fiji has had an average growth rate of +0.12% per year vs +2.5% in the Gambia.
- Since 2005, the population of Fiji has increased from 882K people to 936K (6.13% growth), while the Gambia has grown from 1.67M to 2.87M (72.3% growth).
- Fiji is projected to reach its peak in 2054 at 1M people compared to the peak of 5.7M people in 2100 for the Gambia.
Fiji vs Gambia: live population counter
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| Current population |
936456
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2871879
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| Population rank | 159/197 | 138/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.01% | 0.03% |
| One net population change |
1.89 hours
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8.46 minutes
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| One birth every |
31.6 minutes
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6.4 minutes
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| One death every |
1.02 hours
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31 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
2.67 hours
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2.93 hours
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| Annual migration change | -3,278 | -2,989 |
| Daily growth/decline | +13 | +170 |
| Annual growth/decline | +4,639 | +62,143 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.5% | +2.3% |
| Population growth rate rank | 134/197 | 39/197 |
Fiji and the Gambia: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 404,887 | 398,060 | - | - |
| 1961 | 417,406 | 408,930 | 3.09% | 2.73% |
| 1962 | 430,536 | 420,163 | 3.15% | 2.75% |
| 1963 | 444,276 | 431,757 | 3.19% | 2.76% |
| 1964 | 458,324 | 443,687 | 3.16% | 2.76% |
| 1965 | 472,575 | 455,952 | 3.11% | 2.76% |
| 1966 | 486,487 | 468,516 | 2.94% | 2.76% |
| 1967 | 498,873 | 481,588 | 2.55% | 2.79% |
| 1968 | 510,002 | 495,269 | 2.23% | 2.84% |
| 1969 | 520,797 | 509,440 | 2.12% | 2.86% |
| 1970 | 531,188 | 524,105 | 2% | 2.88% |
| 1971 | 541,121 | 539,388 | 1.87% | 2.92% |
| 1972 | 550,499 | 555,370 | 1.73% | 2.96% |
| 1973 | 559,222 | 571,991 | 1.58% | 2.99% |
| 1974 | 567,489 | 589,085 | 1.48% | 2.99% |
| 1975 | 575,906 | 606,821 | 1.48% | 3.01% |
| 1976 | 585,534 | 625,667 | 1.67% | 3.11% |
| 1977 | 597,805 | 645,770 | 2.1% | 3.21% |
| 1978 | 612,091 | 667,103 | 2.39% | 3.3% |
| 1979 | 626,862 | 689,781 | 2.41% | 3.4% |
| 1980 | 641,975 | 713,913 | 2.41% | 3.5% |
| 1981 | 657,471 | 739,125 | 2.41% | 3.53% |
| 1982 | 673,414 | 765,753 | 2.42% | 3.6% |
| 1983 | 689,835 | 794,525 | 2.44% | 3.76% |
| 1984 | 706,716 | 825,631 | 2.45% | 3.92% |
| 1985 | 723,761 | 858,874 | 2.41% | 4.03% |
| 1986 | 739,306 | 894,019 | 2.15% | 4.09% |
| 1987 | 750,540 | 931,091 | 1.52% | 4.15% |
| 1988 | 758,697 | 970,160 | 1.09% | 4.2% |
| 1989 | 766,321 | 1,011,357 | 1% | 4.25% |
| 1990 | 773,316 | 1,054,696 | 0.91% | 4.29% |
| 1991 | 779,656 | 1,099,959 | 0.82% | 4.29% |
| 1992 | 785,346 | 1,145,582 | 0.73% | 4.15% |
| 1993 | 790,369 | 1,188,365 | 0.64% | 3.73% |
| 1994 | 794,771 | 1,227,226 | 0.56% | 3.27% |
| 1995 | 798,746 | 1,264,313 | 0.5% | 3.02% |
| 1996 | 803,789 | 1,301,410 | 0.63% | 2.93% |
| 1997 | 812,139 | 1,338,889 | 1.04% | 2.88% |
| 1998 | 822,258 | 1,376,987 | 1.25% | 2.85% |
| 1999 | 831,828 | 1,415,779 | 1.16% | 2.82% |
| 2000 | 840,909 | 1,455,084 | 1.09% | 2.78% |
| 2001 | 849,596 | 1,495,011 | 1.03% | 2.74% |
| 2002 | 858,049 | 1,535,691 | 0.99% | 2.72% |
| 2003 | 866,286 | 1,577,611 | 0.96% | 2.73% |
| 2004 | 874,366 | 1,621,312 | 0.93% | 2.77% |
| 2005 | 882,379 | 1,667,037 | 0.92% | 2.82% |
| 2006 | 890,365 | 1,715,275 | 0.91% | 2.89% |
| 2007 | 897,832 | 1,765,774 | 0.84% | 2.94% |
| 2008 | 903,399 | 1,817,852 | 0.62% | 2.95% |
| 2009 | 907,239 | 1,871,422 | 0.43% | 2.95% |
| 2010 | 910,419 | 1,926,630 | 0.35% | 2.95% |
| 2011 | 912,989 | 1,983,784 | 0.28% | 2.97% |
| 2012 | 914,918 | 2,043,094 | 0.21% | 2.99% |
| 2013 | 916,352 | 2,103,820 | 0.16% | 2.97% |
| 2014 | 917,585 | 2,164,528 | 0.13% | 2.89% |
| 2015 | 918,578 | 2,224,529 | 0.11% | 2.77% |
| 2016 | 919,166 | 2,283,769 | 0.06% | 2.66% |
| 2017 | 918,759 | 2,342,189 | -0.04% | 2.56% |
| 2018 | 917,180 | 2,399,632 | -0.17% | 2.45% |
| 2019 | 914,899 | 2,456,844 | -0.25% | 2.38% |
| 2020 | 914,963 | 2,515,733 | 0.007% | 2.4% |
| 2021 | 916,711 | 2,576,010 | 0.19% | 2.4% |
| 2022 | 919,422 | 2,636,470 | 0.3% | 2.35% |
| 2023 | 924,145 | 2,697,845 | 0.51% | 2.33% |
| 2024 | 928,784 | 2,759,988 | 0.5% | 2.3% |
| 2025 | 933,141 | 2,822,083 | 0.47% | 2.25% |
| 2026 | 937,268 | 2,884,075 | 0.44% | 2.2% |
| 2027 | 941,304 | 2,945,874 | 0.43% | 2.14% |
| 2028 | 945,347 | 3,007,541 | 0.43% | 2.09% |
| 2029 | 949,269 | 3,069,012 | 0.41% | 2.04% |
| 2030 | 953,095 | 3,130,117 | 0.4% | 1.99% |
| 2031 | 956,685 | 3,190,986 | 0.38% | 1.94% |
| 2032 | 960,056 | 3,251,816 | 0.35% | 1.91% |
| 2033 | 963,339 | 3,312,585 | 0.34% | 1.87% |
| 2034 | 966,516 | 3,373,117 | 0.33% | 1.83% |
| 2035 | 969,613 | 3,433,418 | 0.32% | 1.79% |
| 2036 | 972,641 | 3,493,569 | 0.31% | 1.75% |
| 2037 | 975,643 | 3,553,521 | 0.31% | 1.72% |
| 2038 | 978,533 | 3,613,489 | 0.3% | 1.69% |
| 2039 | 981,270 | 3,673,332 | 0.28% | 1.66% |
| 2040 | 983,842 | 3,732,793 | 0.26% | 1.62% |
| 2041 | 986,409 | 3,791,791 | 0.26% | 1.58% |
| 2042 | 988,810 | 3,850,526 | 0.24% | 1.55% |
| 2043 | 990,851 | 3,909,016 | 0.21% | 1.52% |
| 2044 | 992,731 | 3,966,899 | 0.19% | 1.48% |
| 2045 | 994,437 | 4,024,221 | 0.17% | 1.45% |
| 2046 | 995,957 | 4,080,955 | 0.15% | 1.41% |
| 2047 | 997,319 | 4,137,188 | 0.14% | 1.38% |
| 2048 | 998,544 | 4,192,836 | 0.12% | 1.35% |
| 2049 | 999,530 | 4,247,701 | 0.1% | 1.31% |
| 2050 | 1,000,244 | 4,301,881 | 0.07% | 1.28% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Fiji increased by 36,199 people (a 4.1% growth), while the Gambia gained 557,492 people (a 33.4% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Fiji gained 17,878 (a 1.95% growth), while the Gambia's population increased by 647,350 (a 29.1% growth).
Fiji was ranked 157th most populous country in 2005 and is 159th 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) Fiji's population will grow by 6.81% to 1,000,244 people with a rank change from 159th to 161st. The population of the Gambia will increase by 49.8% to 4,301,881 people and rank change from 138th to 132nd.
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Population differences between Fiji and the Gambia
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| Life expectancy | 67.6 years | 66.3 years |
| Average age | 31.1 years | 23.7 years |
| Median age | 28.9 years | 19.4 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.6:50.4 | 49.8:50.2 |
| Fertility rate | 2.28 births per woman | 4.01 births per woman |
| Population density | 131.7 ppl/mi² | 706 ppl/mi² |
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