The latest officially reported population of the Gambia was 2,759,988 in 2024 vs 2,888,278 people in Lithuania in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Gambia's population is 2,884,750 people compared to 2,825,872 in Lithuania.
Population statistics:
- The Gambia's population is 1.02 times bigger than Lithuania's.
- The Gambia is ranked the 138th most populous country in the world, while Lithuania is the 140th.
- The countries together account for 0.07% of the world: 0.03% for the Gambia vs 0.03% for Lithuania.
- For the last 10 years, the Gambia has had an average growth rate of +2.5% per year vs -0.22% in Lithuania.
- Since 2006, the population of the Gambia has increased from 1.72M people to 2.88M (68.2% growth), while Lithuania has declined from 3.27M to 2.83M (13.6% decline).
- The Gambia is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 5.7M people, while Lithuania's population already peaked in 1991 at 3.7M people and is projected to decrease to 1.22M people by 2100.
Gambia vs Lithuania: live population counter
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| Current population |
2884750
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2825872
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| Population rank | 138/197 | 140/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.03% | 0.03% |
| One net population change |
8.46 minutes
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31.5 minutes
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| One birth every |
6.4 minutes
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25.4 minutes
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| One death every |
31 minutes
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14.2 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
2.93 hours
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3.35 hours
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| Annual migration change | -2,989 | +2,617 |
| Daily growth/decline | +170 | +46 |
| Annual growth/decline | +62,143 | +16,693 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +2.3% | +0.58% |
| Population growth rate rank | 37/197 | 128/197 |
the Gambia and Lithuania: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 398,060 | 2,778,550 | - | - |
| 1961 | 408,930 | 2,823,550 | 2.73% | 1.62% |
| 1962 | 420,163 | 2,863,350 | 2.75% | 1.41% |
| 1963 | 431,757 | 2,898,950 | 2.76% | 1.24% |
| 1964 | 443,687 | 2,935,200 | 2.76% | 1.25% |
| 1965 | 455,952 | 2,971,450 | 2.76% | 1.24% |
| 1966 | 468,516 | 3,008,050 | 2.76% | 1.23% |
| 1967 | 481,588 | 3,044,400 | 2.79% | 1.21% |
| 1968 | 495,269 | 3,078,850 | 2.84% | 1.13% |
| 1969 | 509,440 | 3,107,321 | 2.86% | 0.92% |
| 1970 | 524,105 | 3,139,689 | 2.88% | 1.04% |
| 1971 | 539,388 | 3,179,041 | 2.92% | 1.25% |
| 1972 | 555,370 | 3,213,622 | 2.96% | 1.09% |
| 1973 | 571,991 | 3,244,438 | 2.99% | 0.96% |
| 1974 | 589,085 | 3,273,894 | 2.99% | 0.91% |
| 1975 | 606,821 | 3,301,652 | 3.01% | 0.85% |
| 1976 | 625,667 | 3,328,664 | 3.11% | 0.82% |
| 1977 | 645,770 | 3,355,036 | 3.21% | 0.79% |
| 1978 | 667,103 | 3,379,514 | 3.3% | 0.73% |
| 1979 | 689,781 | 3,397,842 | 3.4% | 0.54% |
| 1980 | 713,913 | 3,413,202 | 3.5% | 0.45% |
| 1981 | 739,125 | 3,432,947 | 3.53% | 0.58% |
| 1982 | 765,753 | 3,457,179 | 3.6% | 0.71% |
| 1983 | 794,525 | 3,485,192 | 3.76% | 0.81% |
| 1984 | 825,631 | 3,514,205 | 3.92% | 0.83% |
| 1985 | 858,874 | 3,544,543 | 4.03% | 0.86% |
| 1986 | 894,019 | 3,578,914 | 4.09% | 0.97% |
| 1987 | 931,091 | 3,616,367 | 4.15% | 1.05% |
| 1988 | 970,160 | 3,655,049 | 4.2% | 1.07% |
| 1989 | 1,011,357 | 3,684,255 | 4.25% | 0.8% |
| 1990 | 1,054,696 | 3,697,838 | 4.29% | 0.37% |
| 1991 | 1,099,959 | 3,704,134 | 4.29% | 0.17% |
| 1992 | 1,145,582 | 3,700,114 | 4.15% | -0.11% |
| 1993 | 1,188,365 | 3,682,613 | 3.73% | -0.47% |
| 1994 | 1,227,226 | 3,657,144 | 3.27% | -0.69% |
| 1995 | 1,264,313 | 3,629,102 | 3.02% | -0.77% |
| 1996 | 1,301,410 | 3,601,613 | 2.93% | -0.76% |
| 1997 | 1,338,889 | 3,575,137 | 2.88% | -0.74% |
| 1998 | 1,376,987 | 3,549,331 | 2.85% | -0.72% |
| 1999 | 1,415,779 | 3,524,238 | 2.82% | -0.71% |
| 2000 | 1,455,084 | 3,499,536 | 2.78% | -0.7% |
| 2001 | 1,495,011 | 3,470,818 | 2.74% | -0.82% |
| 2002 | 1,535,691 | 3,443,067 | 2.72% | -0.8% |
| 2003 | 1,577,611 | 3,415,213 | 2.73% | -0.81% |
| 2004 | 1,621,312 | 3,377,075 | 2.77% | -1.12% |
| 2005 | 1,667,037 | 3,322,528 | 2.82% | -1.62% |
| 2006 | 1,715,275 | 3,269,909 | 2.89% | -1.58% |
| 2007 | 1,765,774 | 3,231,294 | 2.94% | -1.18% |
| 2008 | 1,817,852 | 3,198,231 | 2.95% | -1.02% |
| 2009 | 1,871,422 | 3,162,916 | 2.95% | -1.1% |
| 2010 | 1,926,630 | 3,097,282 | 2.95% | -2.08% |
| 2011 | 1,983,784 | 3,028,115 | 2.97% | -2.23% |
| 2012 | 2,043,094 | 2,989,139 | 2.99% | -1.29% |
| 2013 | 2,103,820 | 2,961,250 | 2.97% | -0.93% |
| 2014 | 2,164,528 | 2,937,253 | 2.89% | -0.81% |
| 2015 | 2,224,529 | 2,911,109 | 2.77% | -0.89% |
| 2016 | 2,283,769 | 2,877,325 | 2.66% | -1.16% |
| 2017 | 2,342,189 | 2,842,639 | 2.56% | -1.21% |
| 2018 | 2,399,632 | 2,819,200 | 2.45% | -0.82% |
| 2019 | 2,456,844 | 2,811,089 | 2.38% | -0.29% |
| 2020 | 2,515,733 | 2,810,369 | 2.4% | -0.03% |
| 2021 | 2,576,010 | 2,808,380 | 2.4% | -0.07% |
| 2022 | 2,636,470 | 2,831,639 | 2.35% | 0.83% |
| 2023 | 2,697,845 | 2,871,585 | 2.33% | 1.41% |
| 2024 | 2,759,988 | 2,888,278 | 2.3% | 0.58% |
| 2025 | 2,822,083 | 2,859,019 | 2.25% | -1.01% |
| 2026 | 2,884,075 | 2,825,872 | 2.2% | -1.16% |
| 2027 | 2,945,874 | 2,802,522 | 2.14% | -0.83% |
| 2028 | 3,007,541 | 2,779,241 | 2.09% | -0.83% |
| 2029 | 3,069,012 | 2,756,374 | 2.04% | -0.82% |
| 2030 | 3,130,117 | 2,733,965 | 1.99% | -0.81% |
| 2031 | 3,190,986 | 2,711,850 | 1.94% | -0.81% |
| 2032 | 3,251,816 | 2,689,971 | 1.91% | -0.81% |
| 2033 | 3,312,585 | 2,668,091 | 1.87% | -0.81% |
| 2034 | 3,373,117 | 2,645,992 | 1.83% | -0.83% |
| 2035 | 3,433,418 | 2,623,885 | 1.79% | -0.84% |
| 2036 | 3,493,569 | 2,601,771 | 1.75% | -0.84% |
| 2037 | 3,553,521 | 2,579,132 | 1.72% | -0.87% |
| 2038 | 3,613,489 | 2,556,278 | 1.69% | -0.89% |
| 2039 | 3,673,332 | 2,533,153 | 1.66% | -0.9% |
| 2040 | 3,732,793 | 2,510,186 | 1.62% | -0.91% |
| 2041 | 3,791,791 | 2,487,576 | 1.58% | -0.9% |
| 2042 | 3,850,526 | 2,464,721 | 1.55% | -0.92% |
| 2043 | 3,909,016 | 2,441,596 | 1.52% | -0.94% |
| 2044 | 3,966,899 | 2,418,754 | 1.48% | -0.94% |
| 2045 | 4,024,221 | 2,396,338 | 1.45% | -0.93% |
| 2046 | 4,080,955 | 2,373,879 | 1.41% | -0.94% |
| 2047 | 4,137,188 | 2,350,981 | 1.38% | -0.96% |
| 2048 | 4,192,836 | 2,327,866 | 1.35% | -0.98% |
| 2049 | 4,247,701 | 2,305,016 | 1.31% | -0.98% |
| 2050 | 4,301,881 | 2,281,808 | 1.28% | -1.01% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of the Gambia increased by 568,494 people (a 33.1% growth), while Lithuania lost 392,584 people (a 12% decline).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, the Gambia gained 600,981 (a 26.3% growth), while Lithuania's population decreased by -51,453 (a 1.79% decline).
The Gambia was ranked 146th most populous country in 2006 and is 138th in 2026. Lithuania was ranked 130th in 2006 and ranked 140th 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 Lithuania will decrease by 19.3% to 2,281,808 people and rank change from 140th to 145th.
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Population differences between the Gambia and Lithuania
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| Life expectancy | 66.5 years | 76.5 years |
| Average age | 23.7 years | 43 years |
| Median age | 19.4 years | 43.1 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.8:50.2 | 47.2:52.8 |
| Fertility rate | 4.01 births per woman | 1.18 births per woman |
| Population density | 706 ppl/mi² | 119.5 ppl/mi² |
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