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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Gambia	Ghana	Gambia	Ghana
1960	398,060	6,961,215	-	-
1961	408,930	7,162,667	2.73%	2.89%
1962	420,163	7,337,375	2.75%	2.44%
1963	431,757	7,514,714	2.76%	2.42%
1964	443,687	7,695,739	2.76%	2.41%
1965	455,952	7,882,606	2.76%	2.43%
1966	468,516	8,074,521	2.76%	2.43%
1967	481,588	8,271,913	2.79%	2.44%
1968	495,269	8,475,729	2.84%	2.46%
1969	509,440	8,690,383	2.86%	2.53%
1970	524,105	8,925,813	2.88%	2.71%
1971	539,388	9,176,264	2.92%	2.81%
1972	555,370	9,438,187	2.96%	2.85%
1973	571,991	9,714,617	2.99%	2.93%
1974	589,085	10,000,523	2.99%	2.94%
1975	606,821	10,294,308	3.01%	2.94%
1976	625,667	10,594,913	3.11%	2.92%
1977	645,770	10,911,871	3.21%	2.99%
1978	667,103	11,248,450	3.3%	3.08%
1979	689,781	11,597,255	3.4%	3.1%
1980	713,913	11,941,448	3.5%	2.97%
1981	739,125	12,281,712	3.53%	2.85%
1982	765,753	12,643,819	3.6%	2.95%
1983	794,525	13,029,836	3.76%	3.05%
1984	825,631	13,370,590	3.92%	2.62%
1985	858,874	13,661,229	4.03%	2.17%
1986	894,019	13,965,217	4.09%	2.23%
1987	931,091	14,289,108	4.15%	2.32%
1988	970,160	14,636,568	4.2%	2.43%
1989	1,011,357	15,006,813	4.25%	2.53%
1990	1,054,696	15,394,648	4.29%	2.58%
1991	1,099,959	15,787,496	4.29%	2.55%
1992	1,145,582	16,184,855	4.15%	2.52%
1993	1,188,365	16,589,519	3.73%	2.5%
1994	1,227,226	16,993,190	3.27%	2.43%
1995	1,264,313	17,399,017	3.02%	2.39%
1996	1,301,410	17,810,181	2.93%	2.36%
1997	1,338,889	18,238,958	2.88%	2.41%
1998	1,376,987	18,688,036	2.85%	2.46%
1999	1,415,779	19,149,864	2.82%	2.47%
2000	1,455,084	19,637,087	2.78%	2.54%
2001	1,495,011	20,167,069	2.74%	2.7%
2002	1,535,691	20,729,388	2.72%	2.79%
2003	1,577,611	21,296,705	2.73%	2.74%
2004	1,621,312	21,868,298	2.77%	2.68%
2005	1,667,037	22,449,438	2.82%	2.66%
2006	1,715,275	23,040,702	2.89%	2.63%
2007	1,765,774	23,642,279	2.94%	2.61%
2008	1,817,852	24,249,946	2.95%	2.57%
2009	1,871,422	24,862,664	2.95%	2.53%
2010	1,926,630	25,474,995	2.95%	2.46%
2011	1,983,784	26,095,088	2.97%	2.43%
2012	2,043,094	26,734,268	2.99%	2.45%
2013	2,103,820	27,386,193	2.97%	2.44%
2014	2,164,528	28,041,592	2.89%	2.39%
2015	2,224,529	28,696,068	2.77%	2.33%
2016	2,283,769	29,356,742	2.66%	2.3%
2017	2,342,189	30,008,354	2.56%	2.22%
2018	2,399,632	30,637,585	2.45%	2.1%
2019	2,456,844	31,258,945	2.38%	2.03%
2020	2,515,733	31,887,809	2.4%	2.01%
2021	2,576,010	32,518,665	2.4%	1.98%
2022	2,636,470	33,149,152	2.35%	1.94%
2023	2,697,845	33,787,914	2.33%	1.93%
2024	2,759,988	34,427,414	2.3%	1.89%
2025	2,822,083	35,064,273	2.25%	1.85%
2026	2,884,075	35,697,555	2.2%	1.81%
2027	2,945,874	36,328,265	2.14%	1.77%
2028	3,007,541	36,959,310	2.09%	1.74%
2029	3,069,012	37,589,709	2.04%	1.71%
2030	3,130,117	38,222,075	1.99%	1.68%
2031	3,190,986	38,856,804	1.94%	1.66%
2032	3,251,816	39,492,788	1.91%	1.64%
2033	3,312,585	40,132,720	1.87%	1.62%
2034	3,373,117	40,774,152	1.83%	1.6%
2035	3,433,418	41,412,555	1.79%	1.57%
2036	3,493,569	42,047,450	1.75%	1.53%
2037	3,553,521	42,682,177	1.72%	1.51%
2038	3,613,489	43,314,971	1.69%	1.48%
2039	3,673,332	43,942,852	1.66%	1.45%
2040	3,732,793	44,568,346	1.62%	1.42%
2041	3,791,791	45,190,628	1.58%	1.4%
2042	3,850,526	45,808,597	1.55%	1.37%
2043	3,909,016	46,421,960	1.52%	1.34%
2044	3,966,899	47,030,351	1.48%	1.31%
2045	4,024,221	47,634,271	1.45%	1.28%
2046	4,080,955	48,231,602	1.41%	1.25%
2047	4,137,188	48,823,456	1.38%	1.23%
2048	4,192,836	49,408,506	1.35%	1.2%
2049	4,247,701	49,984,435	1.31%	1.17%
2050	4,301,881	50,553,041	1.28%	1.14%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Gambia increased by 557,492 people (a 33.4% growth), while Ghana gained 6,246,630 people (a 27.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Gambia gained 647,350 (a 29.1% growth), while Ghana's population increased by 6,876,906 (a 24% growth).

The Gambia was ranked 146th most populous country in 2005 and is 138th in 2025. Ghana was ranked 49th in 2005 and ranked 47th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) the Gambia's population will grow by 49.8% to 4,301,881 people with a rank change from 138th to 132nd. The population of Ghana will increase by 42.1% to 50,553,041 people and rank change from 47th to 42nd.