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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Gambia	Nigeria	Gambia	Nigeria
1960	398,060	45,053,782	-	-
1961	408,930	45,989,310	2.73%	2.08%
1962	420,163	46,965,292	2.75%	2.12%
1963	431,757	47,973,575	2.76%	2.15%
1964	443,687	49,012,016	2.76%	2.16%
1965	455,952	50,086,764	2.76%	2.19%
1966	468,516	51,188,234	2.76%	2.2%
1967	481,588	52,293,065	2.79%	2.16%
1968	495,269	53,432,783	2.84%	2.18%
1969	509,440	54,631,914	2.86%	2.24%
1970	524,105	55,893,838	2.88%	2.31%
1971	539,388	57,214,684	2.92%	2.36%
1972	555,370	58,601,748	2.96%	2.42%
1973	571,991	60,082,139	2.99%	2.53%
1974	589,085	61,679,144	2.99%	2.66%
1975	606,821	63,410,815	3.01%	2.81%
1976	625,667	65,258,009	3.11%	2.91%
1977	645,770	67,234,590	3.21%	3.03%
1978	667,103	69,326,532	3.3%	3.11%
1979	689,781	71,498,242	3.4%	3.13%
1980	713,913	73,764,641	3.5%	3.17%
1981	739,125	76,068,103	3.53%	3.12%
1982	765,753	78,378,701	3.6%	3.04%
1983	794,525	80,438,260	3.76%	2.63%
1984	825,631	82,526,443	3.92%	2.6%
1985	858,874	84,897,973	4.03%	2.87%
1986	894,019	87,235,953	4.09%	2.75%
1987	931,091	89,591,716	4.15%	2.7%
1988	970,160	92,020,090	4.2%	2.71%
1989	1,011,357	94,531,014	4.25%	2.73%
1990	1,054,696	97,120,925	4.29%	2.74%
1991	1,099,959	99,720,162	4.29%	2.68%
1992	1,145,582	102,372,770	4.15%	2.66%
1993	1,188,365	105,122,069	3.73%	2.69%
1994	1,227,226	107,935,714	3.27%	2.68%
1995	1,264,313	110,819,428	3.02%	2.67%
1996	1,301,410	113,754,779	2.93%	2.65%
1997	1,338,889	116,754,792	2.88%	2.64%
1998	1,376,987	119,846,254	2.85%	2.65%
1999	1,415,779	123,047,320	2.82%	2.67%
2000	1,455,084	126,382,494	2.78%	2.71%
2001	1,495,011	129,862,595	2.74%	2.75%
2002	1,535,691	133,471,989	2.72%	2.78%
2003	1,577,611	137,202,644	2.73%	2.8%
2004	1,621,312	141,057,045	2.77%	2.81%
2005	1,667,037	145,017,253	2.82%	2.81%
2006	1,715,275	149,077,334	2.89%	2.8%
2007	1,765,774	153,267,261	2.94%	2.81%
2008	1,817,852	157,595,014	2.95%	2.82%
2009	1,871,422	162,049,464	2.95%	2.83%
2010	1,926,630	166,642,886	2.95%	2.83%
2011	1,983,784	171,379,598	2.97%	2.84%
2012	2,043,094	176,200,625	2.99%	2.81%
2013	2,103,820	181,049,443	2.97%	2.75%
2014	2,164,528	185,896,915	2.89%	2.68%
2015	2,224,529	190,671,878	2.77%	2.57%
2016	2,283,769	195,443,700	2.66%	2.5%
2017	2,342,189	200,254,579	2.56%	2.46%
2018	2,399,632	204,938,755	2.45%	2.34%
2019	2,456,844	209,485,641	2.38%	2.22%
2020	2,515,733	213,996,181	2.4%	2.15%
2021	2,576,010	218,529,286	2.4%	2.12%
2022	2,636,470	223,150,896	2.35%	2.11%
2023	2,697,845	227,882,945	2.33%	2.12%
2024	2,759,988	232,679,478	2.3%	2.1%
2025	2,822,083	237,527,783	2.25%	2.08%
2026	2,884,075	242,431,830	2.2%	2.06%
2027	2,945,874	247,374,258	2.14%	2.04%
2028	3,007,541	252,346,128	2.09%	2.01%
2029	3,069,012	257,352,638	2.04%	1.98%
2030	3,130,117	262,380,975	1.99%	1.95%
2031	3,190,986	267,421,079	1.94%	1.92%
2032	3,251,816	272,483,635	1.91%	1.89%
2033	3,312,585	277,555,116	1.87%	1.86%
2034	3,373,117	282,622,388	1.83%	1.83%
2035	3,433,418	287,685,757	1.79%	1.79%
2036	3,493,569	292,739,390	1.75%	1.76%
2037	3,553,521	297,773,236	1.72%	1.72%
2038	3,613,489	302,782,350	1.69%	1.68%
2039	3,673,332	307,764,754	1.66%	1.65%
2040	3,732,793	312,710,403	1.62%	1.61%
2041	3,791,791	317,607,237	1.58%	1.57%
2042	3,850,526	322,450,302	1.55%	1.52%
2043	3,909,016	327,243,941	1.52%	1.49%
2044	3,966,899	331,983,354	1.48%	1.45%
2045	4,024,221	336,662,502	1.45%	1.41%
2046	4,080,955	341,281,757	1.41%	1.37%
2047	4,137,188	345,844,004	1.38%	1.34%
2048	4,192,836	350,347,757	1.35%	1.3%
2049	4,247,701	354,792,418	1.31%	1.27%
2050	4,301,881	359,185,550	1.28%	1.24%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Gambia increased by 557,492 people (a 33.4% growth), while Nigeria gained 45,654,625 people (a 31.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Gambia gained 647,350 (a 29.1% growth), while Nigeria's population increased by 50,795,221 (a 26.6% growth).

The Gambia was ranked 146th most populous country in 2005 and is 138th in 2025. Nigeria was ranked 7th in 2005 and ranked 6th 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 Nigeria will increase by 48.8% to 359,185,550 people and rank change from 6th to 5th.