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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Gambia	Maldives	Gambia	Maldives
1960	398,060	91,189	-	-
1961	408,930	93,450	2.73%	2.48%
1962	420,163	95,802	2.75%	2.52%
1963	431,757	98,222	2.76%	2.53%
1964	443,687	100,662	2.76%	2.48%
1965	455,952	104,102	2.76%	3.42%
1966	468,516	108,507	2.76%	4.23%
1967	481,588	112,528	2.79%	3.71%
1968	495,269	116,075	2.84%	3.15%
1969	509,440	119,564	2.86%	3.01%
1970	524,105	123,219	2.88%	3.06%
1971	539,388	127,035	2.92%	3.1%
1972	555,370	130,968	2.96%	3.1%
1973	571,991	134,952	2.99%	3.04%
1974	589,085	138,978	2.99%	2.98%
1975	606,821	143,158	3.01%	3.01%
1976	625,667	147,525	3.11%	3.05%
1977	645,770	151,930	3.21%	2.99%
1978	667,103	156,159	3.3%	2.78%
1979	689,781	160,360	3.4%	2.69%
1980	713,913	164,835	3.5%	2.79%
1981	739,125	169,532	3.53%	2.85%
1982	765,753	174,333	3.6%	2.83%
1983	794,525	179,128	3.76%	2.75%
1984	825,631	184,198	3.92%	2.83%
1985	858,874	190,169	4.03%	3.24%
1986	894,019	196,935	4.09%	3.56%
1987	931,091	203,944	4.15%	3.56%
1988	970,160	210,885	4.2%	3.4%
1989	1,011,357	217,738	4.25%	3.25%
1990	1,054,696	224,762	4.29%	3.23%
1991	1,099,959	231,802	4.29%	3.13%
1992	1,145,582	238,543	4.15%	2.91%
1993	1,188,365	244,884	3.73%	2.66%
1994	1,227,226	250,822	3.27%	2.42%
1995	1,264,313	256,649	3.02%	2.32%
1996	1,301,410	262,347	2.93%	2.22%
1997	1,338,889	267,707	2.88%	2.04%
1998	1,376,987	272,723	2.85%	1.87%
1999	1,415,779	277,412	2.82%	1.72%
2000	1,455,084	282,019	2.78%	1.66%
2001	1,495,011	286,767	2.74%	1.68%
2002	1,535,691	291,616	2.72%	1.69%
2003	1,577,611	296,491	2.73%	1.67%
2004	1,621,312	301,413	2.77%	1.66%
2005	1,667,037	306,429	2.82%	1.66%
2006	1,715,275	313,851	2.89%	2.42%
2007	1,765,774	324,479	2.94%	3.39%
2008	1,817,852	336,170	2.95%	3.6%
2009	1,871,422	348,275	2.95%	3.6%
2010	1,926,630	360,792	2.95%	3.59%
2011	1,983,784	373,674	2.97%	3.57%
2012	2,043,094	386,818	2.99%	3.52%
2013	2,103,820	400,070	2.97%	3.43%
2014	2,164,528	413,617	2.89%	3.39%
2015	2,224,529	428,154	2.77%	3.51%
2016	2,283,769	443,308	2.66%	3.54%
2017	2,342,189	458,287	2.56%	3.38%
2018	2,399,632	473,099	2.45%	3.23%
2019	2,456,844	487,731	2.38%	3.09%
2020	2,515,733	502,118	2.4%	2.95%
2021	2,576,010	516,154	2.4%	2.8%
2022	2,636,470	524,106	2.35%	1.54%
2023	2,697,845	525,994	2.33%	0.36%
2024	2,759,988	527,799	2.3%	0.34%
2025	2,822,083	529,677	2.25%	0.36%
2026	2,884,075	531,514	2.2%	0.35%
2027	2,945,874	533,433	2.14%	0.36%
2028	3,007,541	535,502	2.09%	0.39%
2029	3,069,012	537,574	2.04%	0.39%
2030	3,130,117	539,667	1.99%	0.39%
2031	3,190,986	541,929	1.94%	0.42%
2032	3,251,816	544,288	1.91%	0.44%
2033	3,312,585	546,723	1.87%	0.45%
2034	3,373,117	549,162	1.83%	0.45%
2035	3,433,418	551,599	1.79%	0.44%
2036	3,493,569	554,092	1.75%	0.45%
2037	3,553,521	556,637	1.72%	0.46%
2038	3,613,489	559,231	1.69%	0.47%
2039	3,673,332	561,958	1.66%	0.49%
2040	3,732,793	564,800	1.62%	0.51%
2041	3,791,791	567,606	1.58%	0.5%
2042	3,850,526	570,381	1.55%	0.49%
2043	3,909,016	573,138	1.52%	0.48%
2044	3,966,899	575,811	1.48%	0.47%
2045	4,024,221	578,459	1.45%	0.46%
2046	4,080,955	581,026	1.41%	0.44%
2047	4,137,188	583,393	1.38%	0.41%
2048	4,192,836	585,720	1.35%	0.4%
2049	4,247,701	587,988	1.31%	0.39%
2050	4,301,881	589,960	1.28%	0.34%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Gambia increased by 557,492 people (a 33.4% growth), while Maldives gained 121,725 people (a 39.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Gambia gained 647,350 (a 29.1% growth), while Maldives' population increased by 102,998 (a 24.1% growth).

The Gambia was ranked 146th most populous country in 2005 and is 138th in 2025. Maldives was ranked 171st in 2005 and ranked 168th 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 Maldives will increase by 11.1% to 589,960 people and rank change from 168th to 166th.