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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of the Gambia was 2,759,988 in 2024 vs 54,500,091 people in Myanmar in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Gambia's population is 2,871,879 people compared to 55,119,090 in Myanmar.

Population statistics:

  • Myanmar's population is 19.2 times bigger than the Gambia's.
  • The Gambia is ranked the 138th most populous country in the world, while Myanmar is the 27th.
  • The countries together account for 0.7% of the world: 0.03% for the Gambia vs 0.67% for Myanmar.
  • For the last 10 years, the Gambia has had an average growth rate of +2.5% per year vs +0.74% in Myanmar.
  • Since 2005, the population of the Gambia has increased from 1.67M people to 2.87M (72.3% growth), while Myanmar has grown from 47.4M to 55.1M (16.2% growth).
  • The Gambia is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 5.7M people compared to the peak of 58.6M people in 2049 for Myanmar.

Gambia vs Myanmar: live population counter

Gambia Myanmar
Current population
2871879
55119090
Population rank 138/197 27/197
Percent of world population 0.03% 0.67%
One net population change
8.46 minutes
1.43 minutes
One birth every
6.4 minutes
34.9 seconds
One death every
31 minutes
1.06 minutes
One migration net change every
2.93 hours
13.8 minutes
Annual migration change -2,989 -37,979
Daily growth/decline +170 +1,004
Annual growth/decline +62,143 +366,293
Annual growth/decline rate +2.3% +0.68%
Population growth rate rank 39/197 121/197

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

Gambia
Population

Growth rate
Myanmar
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Gambia Myanmar Gambia Myanmar
1960 398,060 21,730,250 - -
1961 408,930 22,210,581 2.73% 2.21%
1962 420,163 22,704,719 2.75% 2.22%
1963 431,757 23,213,408 2.76% 2.24%
1964 443,687 23,737,315 2.76% 2.26%
1965 455,952 24,279,431 2.76% 2.28%
1966 468,516 24,836,496 2.76% 2.29%
1967 481,588 25,406,429 2.79% 2.29%
1968 495,269 25,989,662 2.84% 2.3%
1969 509,440 26,585,112 2.86% 2.29%
1970 524,105 27,193,016 2.88% 2.29%
1971 539,388 27,807,219 2.92% 2.26%
1972 555,370 28,428,324 2.96% 2.23%
1973 571,991 29,026,388 2.99% 2.1%
1974 589,085 29,598,167 2.99% 1.97%
1975 606,821 30,176,565 3.01% 1.95%
1976 625,667 30,758,811 3.11% 1.93%
1977 645,770 31,355,966 3.21% 1.94%
1978 667,103 31,972,976 3.3% 1.97%
1979 689,781 32,596,550 3.4% 1.95%
1980 713,913 33,227,204 3.5% 1.93%
1981 739,125 33,858,783 3.53% 1.9%
1982 765,753 34,482,965 3.6% 1.84%
1983 794,525 35,162,715 3.76% 1.97%
1984 825,631 35,899,313 3.92% 2.09%
1985 858,874 36,622,827 4.03% 2.02%
1986 894,019 37,314,878 4.09% 1.89%
1987 931,091 37,971,594 4.15% 1.76%
1988 970,160 38,600,927 4.2% 1.66%
1989 1,011,357 39,214,618 4.25% 1.59%
1990 1,054,696 39,817,251 4.29% 1.54%
1991 1,099,959 40,394,154 4.29% 1.45%
1992 1,145,582 40,950,342 4.15% 1.38%
1993 1,188,365 41,502,429 3.73% 1.35%
1994 1,227,226 42,055,143 3.27% 1.33%
1995 1,264,313 42,605,338 3.02% 1.31%
1996 1,301,410 43,154,860 2.93% 1.29%
1997 1,338,889 43,708,798 2.88% 1.28%
1998 1,376,987 44,257,793 2.85% 1.26%
1999 1,415,779 44,787,724 2.82% 1.2%
2000 1,455,084 45,290,841 2.78% 1.12%
2001 1,495,011 45,771,139 2.74% 1.06%
2002 1,535,691 46,232,653 2.72% 1.01%
2003 1,577,611 46,667,192 2.73% 0.94%
2004 1,621,312 47,068,772 2.77% 0.86%
2005 1,667,037 47,438,365 2.82% 0.79%
2006 1,715,275 47,785,135 2.89% 0.73%
2007 1,765,774 48,125,043 2.94% 0.71%
2008 1,817,852 48,390,793 2.95% 0.55%
2009 1,871,422 48,660,459 2.95% 0.56%
2010 1,926,630 49,024,382 2.95% 0.75%
2011 1,983,784 49,419,820 2.97% 0.81%
2012 2,043,094 49,837,446 2.99% 0.85%
2013 2,103,820 50,262,658 2.97% 0.85%
2014 2,164,528 50,681,634 2.89% 0.83%
2015 2,224,529 51,089,056 2.77% 0.8%
2016 2,283,769 51,495,696 2.66% 0.8%
2017 2,342,189 51,894,938 2.56% 0.78%
2018 2,399,632 52,272,247 2.45% 0.73%
2019 2,456,844 52,640,713 2.38% 0.7%
2020 2,515,733 53,016,522 2.4% 0.71%
2021 2,576,010 53,387,102 2.4% 0.7%
2022 2,636,470 53,756,787 2.35% 0.69%
2023 2,697,845 54,133,798 2.33% 0.7%
2024 2,759,988 54,500,091 2.3% 0.68%
2025 2,822,083 54,850,652 2.25% 0.64%
2026 2,884,075 55,184,831 2.2% 0.61%
2027 2,945,874 55,502,494 2.14% 0.58%
2028 3,007,541 55,802,778 2.09% 0.54%
2029 3,069,012 56,085,147 2.04% 0.51%
2030 3,130,117 56,351,028 1.99% 0.47%
2031 3,190,986 56,601,632 1.94% 0.44%
2032 3,251,816 56,836,048 1.91% 0.41%
2033 3,312,585 57,054,552 1.87% 0.38%
2034 3,373,117 57,257,183 1.83% 0.36%
2035 3,433,418 57,444,471 1.79% 0.33%
2036 3,493,569 57,616,158 1.75% 0.3%
2037 3,553,521 57,773,912 1.72% 0.27%
2038 3,613,489 57,919,868 1.69% 0.25%
2039 3,673,332 58,052,183 1.66% 0.23%
2040 3,732,793 58,169,863 1.62% 0.2%
2041 3,791,791 58,274,275 1.58% 0.18%
2042 3,850,526 58,365,927 1.55% 0.16%
2043 3,909,016 58,443,291 1.52% 0.13%
2044 3,966,899 58,506,418 1.48% 0.11%
2045 4,024,221 58,558,173 1.45% 0.09%
2046 4,080,955 58,596,775 1.41% 0.07%
2047 4,137,188 58,620,774 1.38% 0.04%
2048 4,192,836 58,632,733 1.35% 0.02%
2049 4,247,701 58,633,128 1.31% 0.001%
2050 4,301,881 58,623,237 1.28% -0.02%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Gambia increased by 557,492 people (a 33.4% growth), while Myanmar gained 3,650,691 people (a 7.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Gambia gained 647,350 (a 29.1% growth), while Myanmar's population increased by 4,030,034 (a 7.89% growth).

The Gambia was ranked 146th most populous country in 2005 and is 138th in 2025. Myanmar was ranked 27th in 2005 and still ranked 27th 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 Myanmar will increase by 6.36% to 58,623,237 people and rank change from 27th to 35th.

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