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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Gambia	Guinea	Gambia	Guinea
1960	398,060	3,556,749	-	-
1961	408,930	3,619,551	2.73%	1.77%
1962	420,163	3,684,273	2.75%	1.79%
1963	431,757	3,750,954	2.76%	1.81%
1964	443,687	3,819,722	2.76%	1.83%
1965	455,952	3,890,716	2.76%	1.86%
1966	468,516	3,964,155	2.76%	1.89%
1967	481,588	4,040,153	2.79%	1.92%
1968	495,269	4,118,550	2.84%	1.94%
1969	509,440	4,198,300	2.86%	1.94%
1970	524,105	4,277,535	2.88%	1.89%
1971	539,388	4,355,200	2.92%	1.82%
1972	555,370	4,431,292	2.96%	1.75%
1973	571,991	4,506,324	2.99%	1.69%
1974	589,085	4,580,510	2.99%	1.65%
1975	606,821	4,653,876	3.01%	1.6%
1976	625,667	4,727,022	3.11%	1.57%
1977	645,770	4,801,128	3.21%	1.57%
1978	667,103	4,877,854	3.3%	1.6%
1979	689,781	4,959,283	3.4%	1.67%
1980	713,913	5,047,419	3.5%	1.78%
1981	739,125	5,143,288	3.53%	1.9%
1982	765,753	5,247,672	3.6%	2.03%
1983	794,525	5,359,814	3.76%	2.14%
1984	825,631	5,480,096	3.92%	2.24%
1985	858,874	5,610,373	4.03%	2.38%
1986	894,019	5,750,668	4.09%	2.5%
1987	931,091	5,900,198	4.15%	2.6%
1988	970,160	6,056,574	4.2%	2.65%
1989	1,011,357	6,215,811	4.25%	2.63%
1990	1,054,696	6,434,374	4.29%	3.52%
1991	1,099,959	6,697,166	4.29%	4.08%
1992	1,145,582	6,914,366	4.15%	3.24%
1993	1,188,365	7,128,177	3.73%	3.09%
1994	1,227,226	7,345,107	3.27%	3.04%
1995	1,264,313	7,553,249	3.02%	2.83%
1996	1,301,410	7,770,035	2.93%	2.87%
1997	1,338,889	7,931,370	2.88%	2.08%
1998	1,376,987	8,081,990	2.85%	1.9%
1999	1,415,779	8,265,123	2.82%	2.27%
2000	1,455,084	8,428,832	2.78%	1.98%
2001	1,495,011	8,539,960	2.74%	1.32%
2002	1,535,691	8,674,066	2.72%	1.57%
2003	1,577,611	8,870,781	2.73%	2.27%
2004	1,621,312	9,062,726	2.77%	2.16%
2005	1,667,037	9,245,844	2.82%	2.02%
2006	1,715,275	9,441,171	2.89%	2.11%
2007	1,765,774	9,662,281	2.94%	2.34%
2008	1,817,852	9,898,870	2.95%	2.45%
2009	1,871,422	10,143,534	2.95%	2.47%
2010	1,926,630	10,396,086	2.95%	2.49%
2011	1,983,784	10,656,810	2.97%	2.51%
2012	2,043,094	10,921,581	2.99%	2.48%
2013	2,103,820	11,191,873	2.97%	2.47%
2014	2,164,528	11,472,924	2.89%	2.51%
2015	2,224,529	11,767,070	2.77%	2.56%
2016	2,283,769	12,073,030	2.66%	2.6%
2017	2,342,189	12,385,659	2.56%	2.59%
2018	2,399,632	12,704,774	2.45%	2.58%
2019	2,456,844	13,034,346	2.38%	2.59%
2020	2,515,733	13,371,183	2.4%	2.58%
2021	2,576,010	13,710,513	2.4%	2.54%
2022	2,636,470	14,055,137	2.35%	2.51%
2023	2,697,845	14,405,468	2.33%	2.49%
2024	2,759,988	14,754,785	2.3%	2.42%
2025	2,822,083	15,099,737	2.25%	2.34%
2026	2,884,075	15,441,997	2.2%	2.27%
2027	2,945,874	15,784,102	2.14%	2.22%
2028	3,007,541	16,126,582	2.09%	2.17%
2029	3,069,012	16,466,764	2.04%	2.11%
2030	3,130,117	16,807,153	1.99%	2.07%
2031	3,190,986	17,147,643	1.94%	2.03%
2032	3,251,816	17,485,900	1.91%	1.97%
2033	3,312,585	17,822,213	1.87%	1.92%
2034	3,373,117	18,154,418	1.83%	1.86%
2035	3,433,418	18,486,025	1.79%	1.83%
2036	3,493,569	18,820,871	1.75%	1.81%
2037	3,553,521	19,155,764	1.72%	1.78%
2038	3,613,489	19,489,372	1.69%	1.74%
2039	3,673,332	19,823,866	1.66%	1.72%
2040	3,732,793	20,160,751	1.62%	1.7%
2041	3,791,791	20,497,039	1.58%	1.67%
2042	3,850,526	20,830,660	1.55%	1.63%
2043	3,909,016	21,163,506	1.52%	1.6%
2044	3,966,899	21,492,058	1.48%	1.55%
2045	4,024,221	21,817,254	1.45%	1.51%
2046	4,080,955	22,141,694	1.41%	1.49%
2047	4,137,188	22,463,122	1.38%	1.45%
2048	4,192,836	22,780,061	1.35%	1.41%
2049	4,247,701	23,092,618	1.31%	1.37%
2050	4,301,881	23,404,600	1.28%	1.35%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of the Gambia increased by 568,494 people (a 33.1% growth), while Guinea gained 2,631,859 people (a 27.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, the Gambia gained 600,981 (a 26.3% growth), while Guinea's population increased by 3,372,705 (a 27.9% growth).

The Gambia was ranked 146th most populous country in 2006 and is 138th in 2026. Guinea was ranked 84th in 2006 and ranked 75th 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 Guinea will increase by 51.5% to 23,404,600 people and rank change from 75th to 71st.