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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Gambia	Malaysia	Gambia	Malaysia
1960	398,060	7,956,197	-	-
1961	408,930	8,164,443	2.73%	2.62%
1962	420,163	8,380,172	2.75%	2.64%
1963	431,757	8,602,160	2.76%	2.65%
1964	443,687	8,828,406	2.76%	2.63%
1965	455,952	9,056,408	2.76%	2.58%
1966	468,516	9,284,688	2.76%	2.52%
1967	481,588	9,507,099	2.79%	2.4%
1968	495,269	9,725,281	2.84%	2.29%
1969	509,440	9,947,597	2.86%	2.29%
1970	524,105	10,178,802	2.88%	2.32%
1971	539,388	10,423,453	2.92%	2.4%
1972	555,370	10,676,835	2.96%	2.43%
1973	571,991	10,935,621	2.99%	2.42%
1974	589,085	11,200,906	2.99%	2.43%
1975	606,821	11,471,914	3.01%	2.42%
1976	625,667	11,750,097	3.11%	2.42%
1977	645,770	12,035,713	3.21%	2.43%
1978	667,103	12,328,157	3.3%	2.43%
1979	689,781	12,627,862	3.4%	2.43%
1980	713,913	12,983,363	3.5%	2.82%
1981	739,125	13,399,203	3.53%	3.2%
1982	765,753	13,832,798	3.6%	3.24%
1983	794,525	14,285,907	3.76%	3.28%
1984	825,631	14,759,009	3.92%	3.31%
1985	858,874	15,252,258	4.03%	3.34%
1986	894,019	15,760,419	4.09%	3.33%
1987	931,091	16,276,737	4.15%	3.28%
1988	970,160	16,796,605	4.2%	3.19%
1989	1,011,357	17,314,997	4.25%	3.09%
1990	1,054,696	17,833,171	4.29%	2.99%
1991	1,099,959	18,342,464	4.29%	2.86%
1992	1,145,582	18,834,572	4.15%	2.68%
1993	1,188,365	19,322,664	3.73%	2.59%
1994	1,227,226	19,820,446	3.27%	2.58%
1995	1,264,313	20,330,599	3.02%	2.57%
1996	1,301,410	20,850,087	2.93%	2.56%
1997	1,338,889	21,375,218	2.88%	2.52%
1998	1,376,987	21,906,713	2.85%	2.49%
1999	1,415,779	22,435,531	2.82%	2.41%
2000	1,455,084	22,967,816	2.78%	2.37%
2001	1,495,011	23,526,538	2.74%	2.43%
2002	1,535,691	24,102,477	2.72%	2.45%
2003	1,577,611	24,679,602	2.73%	2.39%
2004	1,621,312	25,256,772	2.77%	2.34%
2005	1,667,037	25,836,071	2.82%	2.29%
2006	1,715,275	26,417,909	2.89%	2.25%
2007	1,765,774	26,998,389	2.94%	2.2%
2008	1,817,852	27,570,059	2.95%	2.12%
2009	1,871,422	28,124,778	2.95%	2.01%
2010	1,926,630	28,655,776	2.95%	1.89%
2011	1,983,784	29,162,039	2.97%	1.77%
2012	2,043,094	29,662,831	2.99%	1.72%
2013	2,103,820	30,174,265	2.97%	1.72%
2014	2,164,528	30,696,137	2.89%	1.73%
2015	2,224,529	31,232,798	2.77%	1.75%
2016	2,283,769	31,789,685	2.66%	1.78%
2017	2,342,189	32,355,644	2.56%	1.78%
2018	2,399,632	32,910,967	2.45%	1.72%
2019	2,456,844	33,440,596	2.38%	1.61%
2020	2,515,733	33,889,558	2.4%	1.34%
2021	2,576,010	34,282,399	2.4%	1.16%
2022	2,636,470	34,695,493	2.35%	1.2%
2023	2,697,845	35,126,298	2.33%	1.24%
2024	2,759,988	35,557,673	2.3%	1.23%
2025	2,822,083	35,977,838	2.25%	1.18%
2026	2,884,075	36,385,119	2.2%	1.13%
2027	2,945,874	36,785,089	2.14%	1.1%
2028	3,007,541	37,182,773	2.09%	1.08%
2029	3,069,012	37,574,292	2.04%	1.05%
2030	3,130,117	37,961,722	1.99%	1.03%
2031	3,190,986	38,347,786	1.94%	1.02%
2032	3,251,816	38,728,383	1.91%	0.99%
2033	3,312,585	39,097,871	1.87%	0.95%
2034	3,373,117	39,457,849	1.83%	0.92%
2035	3,433,418	39,814,834	1.79%	0.9%
2036	3,493,569	40,166,904	1.75%	0.88%
2037	3,553,521	40,512,289	1.72%	0.86%
2038	3,613,489	40,853,318	1.69%	0.84%
2039	3,673,332	41,185,892	1.66%	0.81%
2040	3,732,793	41,509,646	1.62%	0.79%
2041	3,791,791	41,828,594	1.58%	0.77%
2042	3,850,526	42,144,474	1.55%	0.76%
2043	3,909,016	42,455,952	1.52%	0.74%
2044	3,966,899	42,754,140	1.48%	0.7%
2045	4,024,221	43,038,205	1.45%	0.66%
2046	4,080,955	43,313,754	1.41%	0.64%
2047	4,137,188	43,580,459	1.38%	0.62%
2048	4,192,836	43,831,577	1.35%	0.58%
2049	4,247,701	44,065,538	1.31%	0.53%
2050	4,301,881	44,289,765	1.28%	0.51%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Gambia increased by 557,492 people (a 33.4% growth), while Malaysia gained 5,396,727 people (a 20.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Gambia gained 647,350 (a 29.1% growth), while Malaysia's population increased by 5,072,200 (a 16.2% growth).

The Gambia was ranked 146th most populous country in 2005 and is 138th in 2025. Malaysia was ranked 44th in 2005 and ranked 45th 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 Malaysia will increase by 22% to 44,289,765 people and rank change from 45th to 49th.