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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of the Gambia was 2,759,988 in 2024 vs 283,487,931 people in Indonesia in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Gambia's population is 2,871,879 people compared to 287,460,768 in Indonesia.

Population statistics:

  • Indonesia's population is 100.1 times bigger than the Gambia's.
  • The Gambia is ranked the 138th most populous country in the world, while Indonesia is the 4th.
  • The countries together account for 3.51% of the world: 0.03% for the Gambia vs 3.48% for Indonesia.
  • For the last 10 years, the Gambia has had an average growth rate of +2.5% per year vs +0.94% in Indonesia.
  • Since 2005, the population of the Gambia has increased from 1.67M people to 2.87M (72.3% growth), while Indonesia has grown from 231M to 287M (24.5% growth).
  • The Gambia is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 5.7M people compared to the peak of 323M people in 2058 for Indonesia.

Gambia vs Indonesia: live population counter

Gambia Indonesia
Current population
2871879
287460768
Population rank 138/197 4/197
Percent of world population 0.03% 3.48%
One net population change
8.46 minutes
13.7 seconds
One birth every
6.4 minutes
7.04 seconds
One death every
31 minutes
14.9 seconds
One migration net change every
2.93 hours
13.7 minutes
Annual migration change -2,989 -38,469
Daily growth/decline +170 +6,296
Annual growth/decline +62,143 +2,297,864
Annual growth/decline rate +2.3% +0.82%
Population growth rate rank 39/197 117/197

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

Gambia
Population

Growth rate
Indonesia
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Gambia Indonesia Gambia Indonesia
1960 398,060 88,296,070 - -
1961 408,930 90,791,249 2.73% 2.83%
1962 420,163 93,375,850 2.75% 2.85%
1963 431,757 96,051,424 2.76% 2.87%
1964 443,687 98,833,749 2.76% 2.9%
1965 455,952 101,365,130 2.76% 2.56%
1966 468,516 103,792,754 2.76% 2.39%
1967 481,588 106,526,393 2.79% 2.63%
1968 495,269 109,450,006 2.84% 2.74%
1969 509,440 112,517,639 2.86% 2.8%
1970 524,105 115,657,495 2.88% 2.79%
1971 539,388 118,833,702 2.92% 2.75%
1972 555,370 122,039,841 2.96% 2.7%
1973 571,991 125,288,515 2.99% 2.66%
1974 589,085 128,555,045 2.99% 2.61%
1975 606,821 131,843,848 3.01% 2.56%
1976 625,667 135,173,655 3.11% 2.53%
1977 645,770 138,533,541 3.21% 2.49%
1978 667,103 141,953,163 3.3% 2.47%
1979 689,781 145,434,834 3.4% 2.45%
1980 713,913 148,950,540 3.5% 2.42%
1981 739,125 152,485,035 3.53% 2.37%
1982 765,753 156,052,152 3.6% 2.34%
1983 794,525 159,651,381 3.76% 2.31%
1984 825,631 163,251,124 3.92% 2.25%
1985 858,874 166,776,185 4.03% 2.16%
1986 894,019 170,175,065 4.09% 2.04%
1987 931,091 173,511,154 4.15% 1.96%
1988 970,160 176,855,065 4.2% 1.93%
1989 1,011,357 180,201,630 4.25% 1.89%
1990 1,054,696 183,501,098 4.29% 1.83%
1991 1,099,959 186,778,238 4.29% 1.79%
1992 1,145,582 190,043,744 4.15% 1.75%
1993 1,188,365 193,305,168 3.73% 1.72%
1994 1,227,226 196,591,828 3.27% 1.7%
1995 1,264,313 199,888,057 3.02% 1.68%
1996 1,301,410 203,204,348 2.93% 1.66%
1997 1,338,889 206,536,095 2.88% 1.64%
1998 1,376,987 209,826,788 2.85% 1.59%
1999 1,415,779 213,004,668 2.82% 1.51%
2000 1,455,084 216,077,790 2.78% 1.44%
2001 1,495,011 219,097,902 2.74% 1.4%
2002 1,535,691 222,088,495 2.72% 1.36%
2003 1,577,611 225,048,008 2.73% 1.33%
2004 1,621,312 227,926,649 2.77% 1.28%
2005 1,667,037 230,871,650 2.82% 1.29%
2006 1,715,275 233,951,652 2.89% 1.33%
2007 1,765,774 237,062,337 2.94% 1.33%
2008 1,817,852 240,157,903 2.95% 1.31%
2009 1,871,422 243,220,028 2.95% 1.28%
2010 1,926,630 246,305,322 2.95% 1.27%
2011 1,983,784 249,470,032 2.97% 1.28%
2012 2,043,094 252,698,525 2.99% 1.29%
2013 2,103,820 255,852,467 2.97% 1.25%
2014 2,164,528 258,877,399 2.89% 1.18%
2015 2,224,529 261,799,249 2.77% 1.13%
2016 2,283,769 264,627,418 2.66% 1.08%
2017 2,342,189 267,346,658 2.56% 1.03%
2018 2,399,632 269,951,846 2.45% 0.97%
2019 2,456,844 272,489,381 2.38% 0.94%
2020 2,515,733 274,814,866 2.4% 0.85%
2021 2,576,010 276,758,053 2.4% 0.71%
2022 2,636,470 278,830,529 2.35% 0.75%
2023 2,697,845 281,190,067 2.33% 0.85%
2024 2,759,988 283,487,931 2.3% 0.82%
2025 2,822,083 285,721,231 2.25% 0.79%
2026 2,884,075 287,886,778 2.2% 0.76%
2027 2,945,874 289,986,520 2.14% 0.73%
2028 3,007,541 292,016,774 2.09% 0.7%
2029 3,069,012 293,978,106 2.04% 0.67%
2030 3,130,117 295,876,644 1.99% 0.65%
2031 3,190,986 297,719,741 1.94% 0.62%
2032 3,251,816 299,510,654 1.91% 0.6%
2033 3,312,585 301,250,975 1.87% 0.58%
2034 3,373,117 302,938,571 1.83% 0.56%
2035 3,433,418 304,566,615 1.79% 0.54%
2036 3,493,569 306,135,097 1.75% 0.51%
2037 3,553,521 307,646,407 1.72% 0.49%
2038 3,613,489 309,096,450 1.69% 0.47%
2039 3,673,332 310,481,116 1.66% 0.45%
2040 3,732,793 311,797,391 1.62% 0.42%
2041 3,791,791 313,041,656 1.58% 0.4%
2042 3,850,526 314,211,278 1.55% 0.37%
2043 3,909,016 315,304,309 1.52% 0.35%
2044 3,966,899 316,318,412 1.48% 0.32%
2045 4,024,221 317,249,609 1.45% 0.29%
2046 4,080,955 318,096,567 1.41% 0.27%
2047 4,137,188 318,862,018 1.38% 0.24%
2048 4,192,836 319,554,646 1.35% 0.22%
2049 4,247,701 320,173,244 1.31% 0.19%
2050 4,301,881 320,712,941 1.28% 0.17%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Gambia increased by 557,492 people (a 33.4% growth), while Indonesia gained 30,927,599 people (a 13.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Gambia gained 647,350 (a 29.1% growth), while Indonesia's population increased by 25,661,519 (a 9.8% growth).

The Gambia was ranked 146th most populous country in 2005 and is 138th in 2025. Indonesia was ranked 4th in 2005 and still ranked 4th 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 Indonesia will increase by 11.6% to 320,712,941 people and rank change from 4th to 6th.

Biggest cities by population

Gambia
City Population
Brikama 81K
Banjul 31.4K
Lamin 31.1K

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