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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Gambia	Iran	Gambia	Iran
1960	398,060	21,470,434	-	-
1961	408,930	22,125,726	2.73%	3.05%
1962	420,163	22,807,907	2.75%	3.08%
1963	431,757	23,519,005	2.76%	3.12%
1964	443,687	24,262,859	2.76%	3.16%
1965	455,952	25,036,978	2.76%	3.19%
1966	468,516	25,829,270	2.76%	3.16%
1967	481,588	26,628,432	2.79%	3.09%
1968	495,269	27,437,391	2.84%	3.04%
1969	509,440	28,273,482	2.86%	3.05%
1970	524,105	29,145,100	2.88%	3.08%
1971	539,388	30,029,071	2.92%	3.03%
1972	555,370	30,921,179	2.96%	2.97%
1973	571,991	31,839,838	2.99%	2.97%
1974	589,085	32,796,463	2.99%	3%
1975	606,821	33,802,973	3.01%	3.07%
1976	625,667	34,837,271	3.11%	3.06%
1977	645,770	35,933,181	3.21%	3.15%
1978	667,103	37,126,535	3.3%	3.32%
1979	689,781	38,424,952	3.4%	3.5%
1980	713,913	39,842,324	3.5%	3.69%
1981	739,125	41,989,312	3.53%	5.39%
1982	765,753	44,272,141	3.6%	5.44%
1983	794,525	46,029,535	3.76%	3.97%
1984	825,631	47,793,998	3.92%	3.83%
1985	858,874	49,582,289	4.03%	3.74%
1986	894,019	51,446,045	4.09%	3.76%
1987	931,091	53,323,493	4.15%	3.65%
1988	970,160	55,072,694	4.2%	3.28%
1989	1,011,357	56,704,914	4.25%	2.96%
1990	1,054,696	58,380,092	4.29%	2.95%
1991	1,099,959	59,986,931	4.29%	2.75%
1992	1,145,582	61,184,983	4.15%	2%
1993	1,188,365	61,403,543	3.73%	0.36%
1994	1,227,226	61,520,598	3.27%	0.19%
1995	1,264,313	62,205,567	3.02%	1.11%
1996	1,301,410	62,881,300	2.93%	1.09%
1997	1,338,889	63,639,638	2.88%	1.21%
1998	1,376,987	64,519,859	2.85%	1.38%
1999	1,415,779	65,445,391	2.82%	1.43%
2000	1,455,084	66,418,659	2.78%	1.49%
2001	1,495,011	67,452,005	2.74%	1.56%
2002	1,535,691	68,011,317	2.72%	0.83%
2003	1,577,611	68,769,340	2.73%	1.11%
2004	1,621,312	70,256,316	2.77%	2.16%
2005	1,667,037	71,828,455	2.82%	2.24%
2006	1,715,275	73,392,747	2.89%	2.18%
2007	1,765,774	74,602,648	2.94%	1.65%
2008	1,817,852	75,514,204	2.95%	1.22%
2009	1,871,422	76,457,825	2.95%	1.25%
2010	1,926,630	77,420,842	2.95%	1.26%
2011	1,983,784	78,383,598	2.97%	1.24%
2012	2,043,094	79,370,580	2.99%	1.26%
2013	2,103,820	80,414,686	2.97%	1.32%
2014	2,164,528	81,502,045	2.89%	1.35%
2015	2,224,529	82,619,362	2.77%	1.37%
2016	2,283,769	83,812,228	2.66%	1.44%
2017	2,342,189	85,026,754	2.56%	1.45%
2018	2,399,632	86,117,998	2.45%	1.28%
2019	2,456,844	87,051,648	2.38%	1.08%
2020	2,515,733	87,723,443	2.4%	0.77%
2021	2,576,010	88,455,488	2.4%	0.83%
2022	2,636,470	89,524,246	2.35%	1.21%
2023	2,697,845	90,608,707	2.33%	1.21%
2024	2,759,988	91,567,738	2.3%	1.06%
2025	2,822,083	92,417,685	2.25%	0.93%
2026	2,884,075	93,168,494	2.2%	0.81%
2027	2,945,874	93,838,646	2.14%	0.72%
2028	3,007,541	94,440,024	2.09%	0.64%
2029	3,069,012	94,985,102	2.04%	0.58%
2030	3,130,117	95,486,672	1.99%	0.53%
2031	3,190,986	95,960,723	1.94%	0.5%
2032	3,251,816	96,415,457	1.91%	0.47%
2033	3,312,585	96,850,659	1.87%	0.45%
2034	3,373,117	97,271,044	1.83%	0.43%
2035	3,433,418	97,679,258	1.79%	0.42%
2036	3,493,569	98,075,324	1.75%	0.41%
2037	3,553,521	98,458,805	1.72%	0.39%
2038	3,613,489	98,828,318	1.69%	0.38%
2039	3,673,332	99,182,806	1.66%	0.36%
2040	3,732,793	99,524,286	1.62%	0.34%
2041	3,791,791	99,853,719	1.58%	0.33%
2042	3,850,526	100,167,076	1.55%	0.31%
2043	3,909,016	100,462,092	1.52%	0.29%
2044	3,966,899	100,737,592	1.48%	0.27%
2045	4,024,221	100,990,622	1.45%	0.25%
2046	4,080,955	101,219,689	1.41%	0.23%
2047	4,137,188	101,424,009	1.38%	0.2%
2048	4,192,836	101,601,932	1.35%	0.18%
2049	4,247,701	101,748,544	1.31%	0.14%
2050	4,301,881	101,862,002	1.28%	0.11%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Gambia increased by 557,492 people (a 33.4% growth), while Iran gained 10,790,907 people (a 15% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Gambia gained 647,350 (a 29.1% growth), while Iran's population increased by 10,401,431 (a 12.6% growth).

The Gambia was ranked 146th most populous country in 2005 and is 138th in 2025. Iran was ranked 17th in 2005 and still ranked 17th 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 Iran will increase by 9.5% to 101,862,002 people and rank change from 17th to 18th.