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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Gambia	Iraq	Gambia	Iraq
1960	398,060	7,022,052	-	-
1961	408,930	7,194,553	2.73%	2.46%
1962	420,163	7,413,875	2.75%	3.05%
1963	431,757	7,667,928	2.76%	3.43%
1964	443,687	7,929,566	2.76%	3.41%
1965	455,952	8,202,140	2.76%	3.44%
1966	468,516	8,485,104	2.76%	3.45%
1967	481,588	8,778,869	2.79%	3.46%
1968	495,269	9,085,016	2.84%	3.49%
1969	509,440	9,403,356	2.86%	3.5%
1970	524,105	9,735,611	2.88%	3.53%
1971	539,388	10,077,809	2.92%	3.51%
1972	555,370	10,430,164	2.96%	3.5%
1973	571,991	10,795,869	2.99%	3.51%
1974	589,085	11,167,761	2.99%	3.44%
1975	606,821	11,543,639	3.01%	3.37%
1976	625,667	11,927,651	3.11%	3.33%
1977	645,770	12,331,046	3.21%	3.38%
1978	667,103	12,753,355	3.3%	3.42%
1979	689,781	13,170,365	3.4%	3.27%
1980	713,913	13,591,992	3.5%	3.2%
1981	739,125	14,006,381	3.53%	3.05%
1982	765,753	14,406,083	3.6%	2.85%
1983	794,525	14,840,555	3.76%	3.02%
1984	825,631	15,310,733	3.92%	3.17%
1985	858,874	15,683,430	4.03%	2.43%
1986	894,019	16,074,145	4.09%	2.49%
1987	931,091	16,521,049	4.15%	2.78%
1988	970,160	16,908,819	4.2%	2.35%
1989	1,011,357	17,364,542	4.25%	2.7%
1990	1,054,696	17,581,206	4.29%	1.25%
1991	1,099,959	17,767,253	4.29%	1.06%
1992	1,145,582	18,300,845	4.15%	3%
1993	1,188,365	19,201,195	3.73%	4.92%
1994	1,227,226	20,139,807	3.27%	4.89%
1995	1,264,313	20,825,860	3.02%	3.41%
1996	1,301,410	21,501,321	2.93%	3.24%
1997	1,338,889	22,176,593	2.88%	3.14%
1998	1,376,987	22,884,399	2.85%	3.19%
1999	1,415,779	23,636,527	2.82%	3.29%
2000	1,455,084	24,424,056	2.78%	3.33%
2001	1,495,011	25,197,840	2.74%	3.17%
2002	1,535,691	26,006,559	2.72%	3.21%
2003	1,577,611	26,802,659	2.73%	3.06%
2004	1,621,312	27,577,878	2.77%	2.89%
2005	1,667,037	28,407,448	2.82%	3.01%
2006	1,715,275	28,616,515	2.89%	0.74%
2007	1,765,774	28,391,607	2.94%	-0.79%
2008	1,817,852	28,971,036	2.95%	2.04%
2009	1,871,422	30,058,206	2.95%	3.75%
2010	1,926,630	31,045,366	2.95%	3.28%
2011	1,983,784	32,161,424	2.97%	3.59%
2012	2,043,094	33,654,842	2.99%	4.64%
2013	2,103,820	35,281,989	2.97%	4.83%
2014	2,164,528	36,550,059	2.89%	3.59%
2015	2,224,529	37,560,535	2.77%	2.76%
2016	2,283,769	38,469,627	2.66%	2.42%
2017	2,342,189	39,337,353	2.56%	2.26%
2018	2,399,632	40,265,624	2.45%	2.36%
2019	2,456,844	41,192,171	2.38%	2.3%
2020	2,515,733	42,116,605	2.4%	2.24%
2021	2,576,010	43,071,211	2.4%	2.27%
2022	2,636,470	44,070,551	2.35%	2.32%
2023	2,697,845	45,074,049	2.33%	2.28%
2024	2,759,988	46,042,015	2.3%	2.15%
2025	2,822,083	47,020,778	2.25%	2.13%
2026	2,884,075	48,007,435	2.2%	2.1%
2027	2,945,874	48,987,424	2.14%	2.04%
2028	3,007,541	49,960,955	2.09%	1.99%
2029	3,069,012	50,943,339	2.04%	1.97%
2030	3,130,117	51,937,208	1.99%	1.95%
2031	3,190,986	52,934,373	1.94%	1.92%
2032	3,251,816	53,953,395	1.91%	1.93%
2033	3,312,585	54,985,129	1.87%	1.91%
2034	3,373,117	56,012,641	1.83%	1.87%
2035	3,433,418	57,035,917	1.79%	1.83%
2036	3,493,569	58,071,740	1.75%	1.82%
2037	3,553,521	59,109,258	1.72%	1.79%
2038	3,613,489	60,132,232	1.69%	1.73%
2039	3,673,332	61,174,679	1.66%	1.73%
2040	3,732,793	62,223,208	1.62%	1.71%
2041	3,791,791	63,249,167	1.58%	1.65%
2042	3,850,526	64,260,847	1.55%	1.6%
2043	3,909,016	65,257,000	1.52%	1.55%
2044	3,966,899	66,237,772	1.48%	1.5%
2045	4,024,221	67,204,176	1.45%	1.46%
2046	4,080,955	68,150,060	1.41%	1.41%
2047	4,137,188	69,098,087	1.38%	1.39%
2048	4,192,836	70,050,118	1.35%	1.38%
2049	4,247,701	70,999,566	1.31%	1.36%
2050	4,301,881	71,928,759	1.28%	1.31%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of the Gambia increased by 568,494 people (a 33.1% growth), while Iraq gained 9,853,112 people (a 34.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, the Gambia gained 600,981 (a 26.3% growth), while Iraq's population increased by 9,548,518 (a 24.8% growth).

The Gambia was ranked 146th most populous country in 2006 and is 138th in 2026. Iraq was ranked 39th in 2006 and ranked 34th 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 Iraq will increase by 49.8% to 71,928,759 people and rank change from 34th to 28th.