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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Gambia	Madagascar	Gambia	Madagascar
1960	398,060	5,111,029	-	-
1961	408,930	5,246,158	2.73%	2.64%
1962	420,163	5,384,150	2.75%	2.63%
1963	431,757	5,525,185	2.76%	2.62%
1964	443,687	5,669,863	2.76%	2.62%
1965	455,952	5,819,116	2.76%	2.63%
1966	468,516	5,974,279	2.76%	2.67%
1967	481,588	6,136,486	2.79%	2.72%
1968	495,269	6,306,493	2.84%	2.77%
1969	509,440	6,484,716	2.86%	2.83%
1970	524,105	6,672,003	2.88%	2.89%
1971	539,388	6,868,868	2.92%	2.95%
1972	555,370	7,074,398	2.96%	2.99%
1973	571,991	7,288,048	2.99%	3.02%
1974	589,085	7,509,726	2.99%	3.04%
1975	606,821	7,739,336	3.01%	3.06%
1976	625,667	7,976,831	3.11%	3.07%
1977	645,770	8,222,240	3.21%	3.08%
1978	667,103	8,475,864	3.3%	3.08%
1979	689,781	8,737,581	3.4%	3.09%
1980	713,913	9,006,032	3.5%	3.07%
1981	739,125	9,279,011	3.53%	3.03%
1982	765,753	9,557,671	3.6%	3%
1983	794,525	9,843,044	3.76%	2.99%
1984	825,631	10,134,550	3.92%	2.96%
1985	858,874	10,433,142	4.03%	2.95%
1986	894,019	10,736,857	4.09%	2.91%
1987	931,091	11,047,291	4.15%	2.89%
1988	970,160	11,369,462	4.2%	2.92%
1989	1,011,357	11,704,998	4.25%	2.95%
1990	1,054,696	12,055,639	4.29%	3%
1991	1,099,959	12,421,412	4.29%	3.03%
1992	1,145,582	12,800,870	4.15%	3.05%
1993	1,188,365	13,197,345	3.73%	3.1%
1994	1,227,226	13,613,850	3.27%	3.16%
1995	1,264,313	14,051,275	3.02%	3.21%
1996	1,301,410	14,510,711	2.93%	3.27%
1997	1,338,889	14,990,814	2.88%	3.31%
1998	1,376,987	15,489,364	2.85%	3.33%
1999	1,415,779	16,000,506	2.82%	3.3%
2000	1,455,084	16,516,338	2.78%	3.22%
2001	1,495,011	17,032,939	2.74%	3.13%
2002	1,535,691	17,549,913	2.72%	3.04%
2003	1,577,611	18,071,854	2.73%	2.97%
2004	1,621,312	18,606,608	2.77%	2.96%
2005	1,667,037	19,159,707	2.82%	2.97%
2006	1,715,275	19,730,909	2.89%	2.98%
2007	1,765,774	20,318,583	2.94%	2.98%
2008	1,817,852	20,923,840	2.95%	2.98%
2009	1,871,422	21,547,280	2.95%	2.98%
2010	1,926,630	22,183,340	2.95%	2.95%
2011	1,983,784	22,822,300	2.97%	2.88%
2012	2,043,094	23,462,438	2.99%	2.8%
2013	2,103,820	24,109,290	2.97%	2.76%
2014	2,164,528	24,764,348	2.89%	2.72%
2015	2,224,529	25,426,702	2.77%	2.67%
2016	2,283,769	26,099,952	2.66%	2.65%
2017	2,342,189	26,788,375	2.56%	2.64%
2018	2,399,632	27,494,926	2.45%	2.64%
2019	2,456,844	28,219,554	2.38%	2.64%
2020	2,515,733	28,953,556	2.4%	2.6%
2021	2,576,010	29,691,083	2.4%	2.55%
2022	2,636,470	30,437,261	2.35%	2.51%
2023	2,697,845	31,195,932	2.33%	2.49%
2024	2,759,988	31,964,956	2.3%	2.47%
2025	2,822,083	32,740,675	2.25%	2.43%
2026	2,884,075	33,522,048	2.2%	2.39%
2027	2,945,874	34,308,785	2.14%	2.35%
2028	3,007,541	35,099,853	2.09%	2.31%
2029	3,069,012	35,894,674	2.04%	2.26%
2030	3,130,117	36,693,182	1.99%	2.22%
2031	3,190,986	37,495,701	1.94%	2.19%
2032	3,251,816	38,301,308	1.91%	2.15%
2033	3,312,585	39,109,380	1.87%	2.11%
2034	3,373,117	39,919,948	1.83%	2.07%
2035	3,433,418	40,733,841	1.79%	2.04%
2036	3,493,569	41,551,309	1.75%	2.01%
2037	3,553,521	42,371,330	1.72%	1.97%
2038	3,613,489	43,194,142	1.69%	1.94%
2039	3,673,332	44,019,285	1.66%	1.91%
2040	3,732,793	44,846,889	1.62%	1.88%
2041	3,791,791	45,676,973	1.58%	1.85%
2042	3,850,526	46,508,810	1.55%	1.82%
2043	3,909,016	47,342,285	1.52%	1.79%
2044	3,966,899	48,176,594	1.48%	1.76%
2045	4,024,221	49,011,270	1.45%	1.73%
2046	4,080,955	49,846,522	1.41%	1.7%
2047	4,137,188	50,682,055	1.38%	1.68%
2048	4,192,836	51,517,342	1.35%	1.65%
2049	4,247,701	52,351,981	1.31%	1.62%
2050	4,301,881	53,185,464	1.28%	1.59%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of the Gambia increased by 568,494 people (a 33.1% growth), while Madagascar gained 6,369,043 people (a 32.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, the Gambia gained 600,981 (a 26.3% growth), while Madagascar's population increased by 7,430,694 (a 28.5% growth).

The Gambia was ranked 146th most populous country in 2006 and is 138th in 2026. Madagascar was ranked 57th in 2006 and ranked 49th 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 Madagascar will increase by 58.6% to 53,185,464 people and rank change from 49th to 37th.