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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Gambia	Mozambique	Gambia	Mozambique
1960	398,060	6,713,695	-	-
1961	408,930	6,834,936	2.73%	1.81%
1962	420,163	6,969,364	2.75%	1.97%
1963	431,757	7,109,828	2.76%	2.02%
1964	443,687	7,255,061	2.76%	2.04%
1965	455,952	7,406,421	2.76%	2.09%
1966	468,516	7,562,990	2.76%	2.11%
1967	481,588	7,724,550	2.79%	2.14%
1968	495,269	7,892,613	2.84%	2.18%
1969	509,440	8,066,951	2.86%	2.21%
1970	524,105	8,250,506	2.88%	2.28%
1971	539,388	8,456,317	2.92%	2.49%
1972	555,370	8,692,935	2.96%	2.8%
1973	571,991	8,954,242	2.99%	3.01%
1974	589,085	9,236,093	2.99%	3.15%
1975	606,821	9,540,817	3.01%	3.3%
1976	625,667	9,867,209	3.11%	3.42%
1977	645,770	10,224,975	3.21%	3.63%
1978	667,103	10,618,250	3.3%	3.85%
1979	689,781	11,028,809	3.4%	3.87%
1980	713,913	11,336,221	3.5%	2.79%
1981	739,125	11,568,127	3.53%	2.05%
1982	765,753	11,824,370	3.6%	2.22%
1983	794,525	12,073,822	3.76%	2.11%
1984	825,631	12,315,954	3.92%	2.01%
1985	858,874	12,548,949	4.03%	1.89%
1986	894,019	12,770,578	4.09%	1.77%
1987	931,091	12,822,574	4.15%	0.41%
1988	970,160	12,800,558	4.2%	-0.17%
1989	1,011,357	12,906,842	4.25%	0.83%
1990	1,054,696	13,094,537	4.29%	1.45%
1991	1,099,959	13,352,090	4.29%	1.97%
1992	1,145,582	13,613,316	4.15%	1.96%
1993	1,188,365	14,051,192	3.73%	3.22%
1994	1,227,226	15,033,853	3.27%	6.99%
1995	1,264,313	15,960,530	3.02%	6.16%
1996	1,301,410	16,492,480	2.93%	3.33%
1997	1,338,889	16,949,982	2.88%	2.77%
1998	1,376,987	17,340,464	2.85%	2.3%
1999	1,415,779	17,734,506	2.82%	2.27%
2000	1,455,084	18,129,653	2.78%	2.23%
2001	1,495,011	18,537,729	2.74%	2.25%
2002	1,535,691	18,958,338	2.72%	2.27%
2003	1,577,611	19,392,475	2.73%	2.29%
2004	1,621,312	19,840,313	2.77%	2.31%
2005	1,667,037	20,304,569	2.82%	2.34%
2006	1,715,275	20,787,087	2.89%	2.38%
2007	1,765,774	21,287,635	2.94%	2.41%
2008	1,817,852	21,819,036	2.95%	2.5%
2009	1,871,422	22,391,745	2.95%	2.62%
2010	1,926,630	22,999,235	2.95%	2.71%
2011	1,983,784	23,649,039	2.97%	2.83%
2012	2,043,094	24,337,846	2.99%	2.91%
2013	2,103,820	25,051,611	2.97%	2.93%
2014	2,164,528	25,788,475	2.89%	2.94%
2015	2,224,529	26,547,572	2.77%	2.94%
2016	2,283,769	27,337,105	2.66%	2.97%
2017	2,342,189	28,166,393	2.56%	3.03%
2018	2,399,632	29,018,644	2.45%	3.03%
2019	2,456,844	29,884,380	2.38%	2.98%
2020	2,515,733	30,783,688	2.4%	3.01%
2021	2,576,010	31,707,800	2.4%	3%
2022	2,636,470	32,656,246	2.35%	2.99%
2023	2,697,845	33,635,160	2.33%	3%
2024	2,759,988	34,631,766	2.3%	2.96%
2025	2,822,083	35,631,656	2.25%	2.89%
2026	2,884,075	36,639,853	2.2%	2.83%
2027	2,945,874	37,668,656	2.14%	2.81%
2028	3,007,541	38,714,097	2.09%	2.78%
2029	3,069,012	39,774,947	2.04%	2.74%
2030	3,130,117	40,846,749	1.99%	2.69%
2031	3,190,986	41,931,250	1.94%	2.66%
2032	3,251,816	43,032,887	1.91%	2.63%
2033	3,312,585	44,144,533	1.87%	2.58%
2034	3,373,117	45,273,522	1.83%	2.56%
2035	3,433,418	46,411,774	1.79%	2.51%
2036	3,493,569	47,548,671	1.75%	2.45%
2037	3,553,521	48,684,563	1.72%	2.39%
2038	3,613,489	49,822,039	1.69%	2.34%
2039	3,673,332	50,971,124	1.66%	2.31%
2040	3,732,793	52,124,215	1.62%	2.26%
2041	3,791,791	53,271,004	1.58%	2.2%
2042	3,850,526	54,423,407	1.55%	2.16%
2043	3,909,016	55,574,711	1.52%	2.12%
2044	3,966,899	56,716,585	1.48%	2.05%
2045	4,024,221	57,851,787	1.45%	2%
2046	4,080,955	58,981,102	1.41%	1.95%
2047	4,137,188	60,117,587	1.38%	1.93%
2048	4,192,836	61,254,584	1.35%	1.89%
2049	4,247,701	62,397,018	1.31%	1.87%
2050	4,301,881	63,530,955	1.28%	1.82%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Gambia increased by 557,492 people (a 33.4% growth), while Mozambique gained 6,243,003 people (a 30.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Gambia gained 647,350 (a 29.1% growth), while Mozambique's population increased by 9,893,947 (a 37.3% growth).

The Gambia was ranked 146th most populous country in 2005 and is 138th in 2025. Mozambique was ranked 52nd in 2005 and ranked 43rd 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 Mozambique will increase by 74.3% to 63,530,955 people and rank change from 43rd to 32nd.