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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Gambia	Germany	Gambia	Germany
1960	398,060	72,814,900	-	-
1961	408,930	73,377,632	2.73%	0.77%
1962	420,163	74,025,784	2.75%	0.88%
1963	431,757	74,714,353	2.76%	0.93%
1964	443,687	75,318,337	2.76%	0.81%
1965	455,952	75,963,695	2.76%	0.86%
1966	468,516	76,600,311	2.76%	0.84%
1967	481,588	76,951,336	2.79%	0.46%
1968	495,269	77,294,314	2.84%	0.45%
1969	509,440	77,909,682	2.86%	0.8%
1970	524,105	78,169,289	2.88%	0.33%
1971	539,388	78,312,842	2.92%	0.18%
1972	555,370	78,688,452	2.96%	0.48%
1973	571,991	78,936,666	2.99%	0.32%
1974	589,085	78,967,433	2.99%	0.04%
1975	606,821	78,673,554	3.01%	-0.37%
1976	625,667	78,336,950	3.11%	-0.43%
1977	645,770	78,159,814	3.21%	-0.23%
1978	667,103	78,091,820	3.3%	-0.09%
1979	689,781	78,126,350	3.4%	0.04%
1980	713,913	78,288,576	3.5%	0.21%
1981	739,125	78,407,907	3.53%	0.15%
1982	765,753	78,333,366	3.6%	-0.1%
1983	794,525	78,128,282	3.76%	-0.26%
1984	825,631	77,858,685	3.92%	-0.35%
1985	858,874	77,684,873	4.03%	-0.22%
1986	894,019	77,720,436	4.09%	0.05%
1987	931,091	77,839,920	4.15%	0.15%
1988	970,160	78,144,619	4.2%	0.39%
1989	1,011,357	78,751,283	4.25%	0.78%
1990	1,054,696	79,433,029	4.29%	0.87%
1991	1,099,959	80,013,896	4.29%	0.73%
1992	1,145,582	80,624,598	4.15%	0.76%
1993	1,188,365	81,156,363	3.73%	0.66%
1994	1,227,226	81,438,348	3.27%	0.35%
1995	1,264,313	81,678,051	3.02%	0.29%
1996	1,301,410	81,914,831	2.93%	0.29%
1997	1,338,889	82,034,771	2.88%	0.15%
1998	1,376,987	82,047,195	2.85%	0.02%
1999	1,415,779	82,100,243	2.82%	0.06%
2000	1,455,084	82,211,508	2.78%	0.14%
2001	1,495,011	82,349,925	2.74%	0.17%
2002	1,535,691	82,488,495	2.72%	0.17%
2003	1,577,611	82,534,176	2.73%	0.06%
2004	1,621,312	82,516,260	2.77%	-0.02%
2005	1,667,037	82,469,422	2.82%	-0.06%
2006	1,715,275	82,376,451	2.89%	-0.11%
2007	1,765,774	82,266,372	2.94%	-0.13%
2008	1,817,852	82,110,097	2.95%	-0.19%
2009	1,871,422	81,902,307	2.95%	-0.25%
2010	1,926,630	81,776,930	2.95%	-0.15%
2011	1,983,784	80,274,983	2.97%	-1.84%
2012	2,043,094	80,425,823	2.99%	0.19%
2013	2,103,820	80,645,605	2.97%	0.27%
2014	2,164,528	80,982,500	2.89%	0.42%
2015	2,224,529	81,686,611	2.77%	0.87%
2016	2,283,769	82,348,669	2.66%	0.81%
2017	2,342,189	82,657,002	2.56%	0.37%
2018	2,399,632	82,905,782	2.45%	0.3%
2019	2,456,844	83,092,962	2.38%	0.23%
2020	2,515,733	83,160,871	2.4%	0.08%
2021	2,576,010	83,196,078	2.4%	0.04%
2022	2,636,470	83,177,813	2.35%	-0.02%
2023	2,697,845	83,287,273	2.33%	0.13%
2024	2,759,988	83,516,593	2.3%	0.28%
2025	2,822,083	83,045,276	2.25%	-0.56%
2026	2,884,075	82,619,736	2.2%	-0.51%
2027	2,945,874	82,420,656	2.14%	-0.24%
2028	3,007,541	82,209,650	2.09%	-0.26%
2029	3,069,012	81,988,746	2.04%	-0.27%
2030	3,130,117	81,767,011	1.99%	-0.27%
2031	3,190,986	81,541,291	1.94%	-0.28%
2032	3,251,816	81,315,327	1.91%	-0.28%
2033	3,312,585	81,094,150	1.87%	-0.27%
2034	3,373,117	80,879,704	1.83%	-0.26%
2035	3,433,418	80,669,570	1.79%	-0.26%
2036	3,493,569	80,445,835	1.75%	-0.28%
2037	3,553,521	80,222,108	1.72%	-0.28%
2038	3,613,489	80,001,936	1.69%	-0.27%
2039	3,673,332	79,780,699	1.66%	-0.28%
2040	3,732,793	79,565,092	1.62%	-0.27%
2041	3,791,791	79,361,541	1.58%	-0.26%
2042	3,850,526	79,167,400	1.55%	-0.24%
2043	3,909,016	78,962,964	1.52%	-0.26%
2044	3,966,899	78,743,160	1.48%	-0.28%
2045	4,024,221	78,518,131	1.45%	-0.29%
2046	4,080,955	78,293,579	1.41%	-0.29%
2047	4,137,188	78,066,226	1.38%	-0.29%
2048	4,192,836	77,826,011	1.35%	-0.31%
2049	4,247,701	77,578,876	1.31%	-0.32%
2050	4,301,881	77,335,610	1.28%	-0.31%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of the Gambia increased by 568,494 people (a 33.1% growth), while Germany lost 27,782 people (a 0.03% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, the Gambia gained 600,981 (a 26.3% growth), while Germany's population increased by 271,067 (a 0.33% growth).

The Gambia was ranked 146th most populous country in 2006 and is 138th in 2026. Germany was ranked 14th in 2006 and ranked 19th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) the Gambia's population will grow by 49.1% to 4,301,881 people with a rank change from 138th to 132nd. The population of Germany will decrease by 6.4% to 77,335,610 people and rank change from 19th to 24th.