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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Gambia	India	Gambia	India
1960	398,060	435,990,338	-	-
1961	408,930	446,564,729	2.73%	2.43%
1962	420,163	457,283,090	2.75%	2.4%
1963	431,757	468,138,575	2.76%	2.37%
1964	443,687	479,229,598	2.76%	2.37%
1965	455,952	490,140,146	2.76%	2.28%
1966	468,516	500,740,247	2.76%	2.16%
1967	481,588	511,606,372	2.79%	2.17%
1968	495,269	522,716,889	2.84%	2.17%
1969	509,440	533,880,544	2.86%	2.14%
1970	524,105	545,864,268	2.88%	2.24%
1971	539,388	558,096,387	2.92%	2.24%
1972	555,370	570,482,142	2.96%	2.22%
1973	571,991	583,465,598	2.99%	2.28%
1974	589,085	597,041,391	2.99%	2.33%
1975	606,821	611,309,535	3.01%	2.39%
1976	625,667	625,861,883	3.11%	2.38%
1977	645,770	640,801,103	3.21%	2.39%
1978	667,103	655,728,229	3.3%	2.33%
1979	689,781	671,155,747	3.4%	2.35%
1980	713,913	687,354,025	3.5%	2.41%
1981	739,125	703,696,250	3.53%	2.38%
1982	765,753	720,313,473	3.6%	2.36%
1983	794,525	737,372,681	3.76%	2.37%
1984	825,631	754,875,449	3.92%	2.37%
1985	858,874	772,647,793	4.03%	2.35%
1986	894,019	790,689,978	4.09%	2.34%
1987	931,091	808,931,270	4.15%	2.31%
1988	970,160	827,342,990	4.2%	2.28%
1989	1,011,357	846,039,529	4.25%	2.26%
1990	1,054,696	864,972,221	4.29%	2.24%
1991	1,099,959	883,927,600	4.29%	2.19%
1992	1,145,582	902,957,070	4.15%	2.15%
1993	1,188,365	922,118,387	3.73%	2.12%
1994	1,227,226	941,163,767	3.27%	2.07%
1995	1,264,313	960,301,044	3.02%	2.03%
1996	1,301,410	979,678,458	2.93%	2.02%
1997	1,338,889	999,133,762	2.88%	1.99%
1998	1,376,987	1,018,665,080	2.85%	1.95%
1999	1,415,779	1,038,225,823	2.82%	1.92%
2000	1,455,084	1,057,922,733	2.78%	1.9%
2001	1,495,011	1,077,898,575	2.74%	1.89%
2002	1,535,691	1,097,600,380	2.72%	1.83%
2003	1,577,611	1,116,803,006	2.73%	1.75%
2004	1,621,312	1,135,991,513	2.77%	1.72%
2005	1,667,037	1,154,676,322	2.82%	1.64%
2006	1,715,275	1,172,878,890	2.89%	1.58%
2007	1,765,774	1,190,676,021	2.94%	1.52%
2008	1,817,852	1,207,930,964	2.95%	1.45%
2009	1,871,422	1,225,524,753	2.95%	1.46%
2010	1,926,630	1,243,481,564	2.95%	1.47%
2011	1,983,784	1,261,224,954	2.97%	1.43%
2012	2,043,094	1,278,674,502	2.99%	1.38%
2013	2,103,820	1,295,829,511	2.97%	1.34%
2014	2,164,528	1,312,277,191	2.89%	1.27%
2015	2,224,529	1,328,024,498	2.77%	1.2%
2016	2,283,769	1,343,944,296	2.66%	1.2%
2017	2,342,189	1,359,657,400	2.56%	1.17%
2018	2,399,632	1,374,659,064	2.45%	1.1%
2019	2,456,844	1,389,030,312	2.38%	1.05%
2020	2,515,733	1,402,617,695	2.4%	0.98%
2021	2,576,010	1,414,203,896	2.4%	0.83%
2022	2,636,470	1,425,423,212	2.35%	0.79%
2023	2,697,845	1,438,069,596	2.33%	0.89%
2024	2,759,988	1,450,935,791	2.3%	0.89%
2025	2,822,083	1,463,865,531	2.25%	0.89%
2026	2,884,075	1,476,625,576	2.2%	0.87%
2027	2,945,874	1,489,164,679	2.14%	0.85%
2028	3,007,541	1,501,432,748	2.09%	0.82%
2029	3,069,012	1,513,423,737	2.04%	0.8%
2030	3,130,117	1,525,138,852	1.99%	0.77%
2031	3,190,986	1,536,540,604	1.94%	0.75%
2032	3,251,816	1,547,607,126	1.91%	0.72%
2033	3,312,585	1,558,324,087	1.87%	0.69%
2034	3,373,117	1,568,688,356	1.83%	0.67%
2035	3,433,418	1,578,694,799	1.79%	0.64%
2036	3,493,569	1,588,325,366	1.75%	0.61%
2037	3,553,521	1,597,537,009	1.72%	0.58%
2038	3,613,489	1,606,300,646	1.69%	0.55%
2039	3,673,332	1,614,639,243	1.66%	0.52%
2040	3,732,793	1,622,580,052	1.62%	0.49%
2041	3,791,791	1,630,119,374	1.58%	0.46%
2042	3,850,526	1,637,235,363	1.55%	0.44%
2043	3,909,016	1,643,915,269	1.52%	0.41%
2044	3,966,899	1,650,186,610	1.48%	0.38%
2045	4,024,221	1,656,067,585	1.45%	0.36%
2046	4,080,955	1,661,548,400	1.41%	0.33%
2047	4,137,188	1,666,628,151	1.38%	0.31%
2048	4,192,836	1,671,309,727	1.35%	0.28%
2049	4,247,701	1,675,619,893	1.31%	0.26%
2050	4,301,881	1,679,589,268	1.28%	0.24%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Gambia increased by 557,492 people (a 33.4% growth), while India gained 173,348,176 people (a 15% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Gambia gained 647,350 (a 29.1% growth), while India's population increased by 146,090,905 (a 11% growth).

The Gambia was ranked 146th most populous country in 2005 and is 138th in 2025. India was ranked 2nd in 2005 and ranked 1st 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 India will increase by 13.9% to 1,679,589,268 people and will still be ranked 1st.