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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of the Gambia was 2,759,988 in 2024 vs 20,592,571 people in Kazakhstan in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Gambia's population is 2,871,879 people compared to 21,036,432 in Kazakhstan.

Population statistics:

  • Kazakhstan's population is 7.32 times bigger than the Gambia's.
  • The Gambia is ranked the 138th most populous country in the world, while Kazakhstan is the 65th.
  • The countries together account for 0.29% of the world: 0.03% for the Gambia vs 0.25% for Kazakhstan.
  • For the last 10 years, the Gambia has had an average growth rate of +2.5% per year vs +1.46% in Kazakhstan.
  • Since 2005, the population of the Gambia has increased from 1.67M people to 2.87M (72.3% growth), while Kazakhstan has grown from 16M to 21M (31.7% growth).
  • The Gambia is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 5.7M people compared to the peak of 33.7M people in 2100 for Kazakhstan.

Gambia vs Kazakhstan: live population counter

Gambia Kazakhstan
Current population
2871879
21036432
Population rank 138/197 65/197
Percent of world population 0.03% 0.25%
One net population change
8.46 minutes
2 minutes
One birth every
6.4 minutes
1.28 minutes
One death every
31 minutes
3.85 minutes
One migration net change every
2.93 hours
1.19 hours
Annual migration change -2,989 -7,368
Daily growth/decline +170 +719
Annual growth/decline +62,143 +262,467
Annual growth/decline rate +2.3% +1.29%
Population growth rate rank 39/197 84/197

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

Gambia
Population

Growth rate
Kazakhstan
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Gambia Kazakhstan Gambia Kazakhstan
1960 398,060 9,429,981 - -
1961 408,930 9,742,085 2.73% 3.31%
1962 420,163 10,058,928 2.75% 3.25%
1963 431,757 10,377,466 2.76% 3.17%
1964 443,687 10,690,309 2.76% 3.01%
1965 455,952 10,993,183 2.76% 2.83%
1966 468,516 11,288,989 2.76% 2.69%
1967 481,588 11,584,428 2.79% 2.62%
1968 495,269 11,879,182 2.84% 2.54%
1969 509,440 12,156,212 2.86% 2.33%
1970 524,105 12,419,057 2.88% 2.16%
1971 539,388 12,684,813 2.92% 2.14%
1972 555,370 12,951,798 2.96% 2.1%
1973 571,991 13,208,121 2.99% 1.98%
1974 589,085 13,454,570 2.99% 1.87%
1975 606,821 13,700,843 3.01% 1.83%
1976 625,667 13,998,738 3.11% 2.17%
1977 645,770 14,353,265 3.21% 2.53%
1978 667,103 14,711,497 3.3% 2.5%
1979 689,781 14,978,696 3.4% 1.82%
1980 713,913 15,152,949 3.5% 1.16%
1981 739,125 15,323,082 3.53% 1.12%
1982 765,753 15,492,595 3.6% 1.11%
1983 794,525 15,665,551 3.76% 1.12%
1984 825,631 15,844,621 3.92% 1.14%
1985 858,874 16,031,090 4.03% 1.18%
1986 894,019 16,262,702 4.09% 1.44%
1987 931,091 16,527,715 4.15% 1.63%
1988 970,160 16,781,168 4.2% 1.53%
1989 1,011,357 16,997,013 4.25% 1.29%
1990 1,054,696 17,154,054 4.29% 0.92%
1991 1,099,959 17,278,600 4.29% 0.73%
1992 1,145,582 17,332,625 4.15% 0.31%
1993 1,188,365 17,274,487 3.73% -0.34%
1994 1,227,226 17,043,771 3.27% -1.34%
1995 1,264,313 16,730,536 3.02% -1.84%
1996 1,301,410 16,416,027 2.93% -1.88%
1997 1,338,889 16,043,251 2.88% -2.27%
1998 1,376,987 15,647,785 2.85% -2.46%
1999 1,415,779 15,455,874 2.82% -1.23%
2000 1,455,084 15,501,103 2.78% 0.29%
2001 1,495,011 15,575,550 2.74% 0.48%
2002 1,535,691 15,656,677 2.72% 0.52%
2003 1,577,611 15,747,380 2.73% 0.58%
2004 1,621,312 15,850,159 2.77% 0.65%
2005 1,667,037 15,968,117 2.82% 0.74%
2006 1,715,275 16,103,716 2.89% 0.85%
2007 1,765,774 16,257,214 2.94% 0.95%
2008 1,817,852 16,426,525 2.95% 1.04%
2009 1,871,422 16,619,846 2.95% 1.18%
2010 1,926,630 16,836,810 2.95% 1.31%
2011 1,983,784 17,066,002 2.97% 1.36%
2012 2,043,094 17,306,106 2.99% 1.41%
2013 2,103,820 17,556,502 2.97% 1.45%
2014 2,164,528 17,816,285 2.89% 1.48%
2015 2,224,529 18,084,169 2.77% 1.5%
2016 2,283,769 18,363,600 2.66% 1.55%
2017 2,342,189 18,651,931 2.56% 1.57%
2018 2,399,632 18,932,727 2.45% 1.51%
2019 2,456,844 19,209,555 2.38% 1.46%
2020 2,515,733 19,482,117 2.4% 1.42%
2021 2,576,010 19,743,603 2.4% 1.34%
2022 2,636,470 20,034,609 2.35% 1.47%
2023 2,697,845 20,330,104 2.33% 1.47%
2024 2,759,988 20,592,571 2.3% 1.29%
2025 2,822,083 20,843,753 2.25% 1.22%
2026 2,884,075 21,083,619 2.2% 1.15%
2027 2,945,874 21,316,177 2.14% 1.1%
2028 3,007,541 21,547,638 2.09% 1.09%
2029 3,069,012 21,777,008 2.04% 1.06%
2030 3,130,117 22,003,192 1.99% 1.04%
2031 3,190,986 22,227,045 1.94% 1.02%
2032 3,251,816 22,452,639 1.91% 1.01%
2033 3,312,585 22,679,377 1.87% 1.01%
2034 3,373,117 22,903,209 1.83% 0.99%
2035 3,433,418 23,125,951 1.79% 0.97%
2036 3,493,569 23,349,072 1.75% 0.96%
2037 3,553,521 23,571,233 1.72% 0.95%
2038 3,613,489 23,793,387 1.69% 0.94%
2039 3,673,332 24,017,887 1.66% 0.94%
2040 3,732,793 24,246,822 1.62% 0.95%
2041 3,791,791 24,477,612 1.58% 0.95%
2042 3,850,526 24,707,974 1.55% 0.94%
2043 3,909,016 24,941,020 1.52% 0.94%
2044 3,966,899 25,175,225 1.48% 0.94%
2045 4,024,221 25,409,749 1.45% 0.93%
2046 4,080,955 25,642,870 1.41% 0.92%
2047 4,137,188 25,875,743 1.38% 0.91%
2048 4,192,836 26,106,834 1.35% 0.89%
2049 4,247,701 26,328,898 1.31% 0.85%
2050 4,301,881 26,544,261 1.28% 0.82%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Gambia increased by 557,492 people (a 33.4% growth), while Kazakhstan gained 2,116,052 people (a 13.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Gambia gained 647,350 (a 29.1% growth), while Kazakhstan's population increased by 2,952,263 (a 16.3% growth).

The Gambia was ranked 146th most populous country in 2005 and is 138th in 2025. Kazakhstan was ranked 62nd in 2005 and ranked 65th 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 Kazakhstan will increase by 26.2% to 26,544,261 people and rank change from 65th to 64th.

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