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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Gambia	Kiribati	Gambia	Kiribati
1960	398,060	47,157	-	-
1961	408,930	48,323	2.73%	2.47%
1962	420,163	49,538	2.75%	2.51%
1963	431,757	50,791	2.76%	2.53%
1964	443,687	52,088	2.76%	2.55%
1965	455,952	53,439	2.76%	2.59%
1966	468,516	54,425	2.76%	1.85%
1967	481,588	54,996	2.79%	1.05%
1968	495,269	55,529	2.84%	0.97%
1969	509,440	56,360	2.86%	1.5%
1970	524,105	57,510	2.88%	2.04%
1971	539,388	58,652	2.92%	1.99%
1972	555,370	59,778	2.96%	1.92%
1973	571,991	60,824	2.99%	1.75%
1974	589,085	61,219	2.99%	0.65%
1975	606,821	60,987	3.01%	-0.38%
1976	625,667	60,661	3.11%	-0.53%
1977	645,770	60,267	3.21%	-0.65%
1978	667,103	59,864	3.3%	-0.67%
1979	689,781	60,172	3.4%	0.51%
1980	713,913	61,148	3.5%	1.62%
1981	739,125	62,121	3.53%	1.59%
1982	765,753	63,134	3.6%	1.63%
1983	794,525	64,169	3.76%	1.64%
1984	825,631	65,228	3.92%	1.65%
1985	858,874	66,496	4.03%	1.94%
1986	894,019	68,059	4.09%	2.35%
1987	931,091	69,733	4.15%	2.46%
1988	970,160	71,427	4.2%	2.43%
1989	1,011,357	73,147	4.25%	2.41%
1990	1,054,696	74,855	4.29%	2.34%
1991	1,099,959	76,367	4.29%	2.02%
1992	1,145,582	77,641	4.15%	1.67%
1993	1,188,365	78,841	3.73%	1.55%
1994	1,227,226	80,021	3.27%	1.5%
1995	1,264,313	81,234	3.02%	1.52%
1996	1,301,410	82,623	2.93%	1.71%
1997	1,338,889	84,147	2.88%	1.84%
1998	1,376,987	85,657	2.85%	1.79%
1999	1,415,779	87,126	2.82%	1.71%
2000	1,455,084	88,613	2.78%	1.71%
2001	1,495,011	90,335	2.74%	1.94%
2002	1,535,691	92,264	2.72%	2.14%
2003	1,577,611	94,175	2.73%	2.07%
2004	1,621,312	96,085	2.77%	2.03%
2005	1,667,037	98,035	2.82%	2.03%
2006	1,715,275	100,017	2.89%	2.02%
2007	1,765,774	102,068	2.94%	2.05%
2008	1,817,852	104,222	2.95%	2.11%
2009	1,871,422	106,467	2.95%	2.15%
2010	1,926,630	108,704	2.95%	2.1%
2011	1,983,784	110,647	2.97%	1.79%
2012	2,043,094	112,284	2.99%	1.48%
2013	2,103,820	113,838	2.97%	1.38%
2014	2,164,528	115,326	2.89%	1.31%
2015	2,224,529	116,815	2.77%	1.29%
2016	2,283,769	118,478	2.66%	1.42%
2017	2,342,189	120,275	2.56%	1.52%
2018	2,399,632	122,084	2.45%	1.5%
2019	2,456,844	123,921	2.38%	1.5%
2020	2,515,733	126,099	2.4%	1.76%
2021	2,576,010	128,377	2.4%	1.81%
2022	2,636,470	130,469	2.35%	1.63%
2023	2,697,845	132,530	2.33%	1.58%
2024	2,759,988	134,518	2.3%	1.5%
2025	2,822,083	136,501	2.25%	1.47%
2026	2,884,075	138,451	2.2%	1.43%
2027	2,945,874	140,405	2.14%	1.41%
2028	3,007,541	142,335	2.09%	1.37%
2029	3,069,012	144,231	2.04%	1.33%
2030	3,130,117	146,130	1.99%	1.32%
2031	3,190,986	148,028	1.94%	1.3%
2032	3,251,816	149,915	1.91%	1.27%
2033	3,312,585	151,768	1.87%	1.24%
2034	3,373,117	153,602	1.83%	1.21%
2035	3,433,418	155,447	1.79%	1.2%
2036	3,493,569	157,316	1.75%	1.2%
2037	3,553,521	159,188	1.72%	1.19%
2038	3,613,489	161,050	1.69%	1.17%
2039	3,673,332	162,895	1.66%	1.15%
2040	3,732,793	164,711	1.62%	1.11%
2041	3,791,791	166,508	1.58%	1.09%
2042	3,850,526	168,325	1.55%	1.09%
2043	3,909,016	170,182	1.52%	1.1%
2044	3,966,899	172,012	1.48%	1.08%
2045	4,024,221	173,818	1.45%	1.05%
2046	4,080,955	175,629	1.41%	1.04%
2047	4,137,188	177,392	1.38%	1%
2048	4,192,836	179,152	1.35%	0.99%
2049	4,247,701	180,915	1.31%	0.98%
2050	4,301,881	182,629	1.28%	0.95%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Gambia increased by 557,492 people (a 33.4% growth), while Kiribati gained 18,780 people (a 19.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Gambia gained 647,350 (a 29.1% growth), while Kiribati's population increased by 21,252 (a 18.2% growth).

The Gambia was ranked 146th most populous country in 2005 and is 138th in 2025. Kiribati was ranked 183rd in 2005 and ranked 180th 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 Kiribati will increase by 32.3% to 182,629 people and rank change from 180th to 178th.