Population in the Gambia compared to North Korea: Trends, Charts, Rankings

the Gambia and North Korea: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Gambia	North Korea	Gambia	North Korea
1960	398,060	11,722,953	-	-
1961	408,930	11,990,713	2.73%	2.28%
1962	420,163	12,262,882	2.75%	2.27%
1963	431,757	12,567,057	2.76%	2.48%
1964	443,687	12,889,770	2.76%	2.57%
1965	455,952	13,219,369	2.76%	2.56%
1966	468,516	13,569,094	2.76%	2.65%
1967	481,588	13,958,350	2.79%	2.87%
1968	495,269	14,365,596	2.84%	2.92%
1969	509,440	14,767,615	2.86%	2.8%
1970	524,105	15,172,775	2.88%	2.74%
1971	539,388	15,572,457	2.92%	2.63%
1972	555,370	15,975,069	2.96%	2.59%
1973	571,991	16,350,367	2.99%	2.35%
1974	589,085	16,673,121	2.99%	1.97%
1975	606,821	16,971,055	3.01%	1.79%
1976	625,667	17,243,450	3.11%	1.61%
1977	645,770	17,492,798	3.21%	1.45%
1978	667,103	17,735,995	3.3%	1.39%
1979	689,781	17,983,470	3.4%	1.4%
1980	713,913	18,236,786	3.5%	1.41%
1981	739,125	18,501,295	3.53%	1.45%
1982	765,753	18,776,357	3.6%	1.49%
1983	794,525	19,054,034	3.76%	1.48%
1984	825,631	19,335,043	3.92%	1.47%
1985	858,874	19,620,388	4.03%	1.48%
1986	894,019	19,910,855	4.09%	1.48%
1987	931,091	20,205,483	4.15%	1.48%
1988	970,160	20,503,161	4.2%	1.47%
1989	1,011,357	20,804,367	4.25%	1.47%
1990	1,054,696	21,112,137	4.29%	1.48%
1991	1,099,959	21,428,638	4.29%	1.5%
1992	1,145,582	21,750,911	4.15%	1.5%
1993	1,188,365	22,073,352	3.73%	1.48%
1994	1,227,226	22,393,975	3.27%	1.45%
1995	1,264,313	22,669,304	3.02%	1.23%
1996	1,301,410	22,895,746	2.93%	1%
1997	1,338,889	23,110,830	2.88%	0.94%
1998	1,376,987	23,311,564	2.85%	0.87%
1999	1,415,779	23,497,599	2.82%	0.8%
2000	1,455,084	23,665,910	2.78%	0.72%
2001	1,495,011	23,815,358	2.74%	0.63%
2002	1,535,691	23,943,973	2.72%	0.54%
2003	1,577,611	24,090,380	2.73%	0.61%
2004	1,621,312	24,254,943	2.77%	0.68%
2005	1,667,037	24,396,433	2.82%	0.58%
2006	1,715,275	24,524,507	2.89%	0.52%
2007	1,765,774	24,646,383	2.94%	0.5%
2008	1,817,852	24,764,618	2.95%	0.48%
2009	1,871,422	24,878,332	2.95%	0.46%
2010	1,926,630	24,987,258	2.95%	0.44%
2011	1,983,784	25,097,874	2.97%	0.44%
2012	2,043,094	25,211,728	2.99%	0.45%
2013	2,103,820	25,329,451	2.97%	0.47%
2014	2,164,528	25,451,262	2.89%	0.48%
2015	2,224,529	25,575,350	2.77%	0.49%
2016	2,283,769	25,698,326	2.66%	0.48%
2017	2,342,189	25,817,709	2.56%	0.46%
2018	2,399,632	25,931,147	2.45%	0.44%
2019	2,456,844	26,037,632	2.38%	0.41%
2020	2,515,733	26,136,312	2.4%	0.38%
2021	2,576,010	26,232,534	2.4%	0.37%
2022	2,636,470	26,328,845	2.35%	0.37%
2023	2,697,845	26,418,204	2.33%	0.34%
2024	2,759,988	26,498,823	2.3%	0.31%
2025	2,822,083	26,571,033	2.25%	0.27%
2026	2,884,075	26,633,682	2.2%	0.24%
2027	2,945,874	26,686,492	2.14%	0.2%
2028	3,007,541	26,729,261	2.09%	0.16%
2029	3,069,012	26,762,008	2.04%	0.12%
2030	3,130,117	26,784,894	1.99%	0.09%
2031	3,190,986	26,797,946	1.94%	0.05%
2032	3,251,816	26,801,071	1.91%	0.01%
2033	3,312,585	26,795,061	1.87%	-0.02%
2034	3,373,117	26,780,481	1.83%	-0.05%
2035	3,433,418	26,757,705	1.79%	-0.09%
2036	3,493,569	26,727,309	1.75%	-0.11%
2037	3,553,521	26,689,907	1.72%	-0.14%
2038	3,613,489	26,646,323	1.69%	-0.16%
2039	3,673,332	26,596,967	1.66%	-0.19%
2040	3,732,793	26,542,417	1.62%	-0.21%
2041	3,791,791	26,483,475	1.58%	-0.22%
2042	3,850,526	26,420,812	1.55%	-0.24%
2043	3,909,016	26,354,324	1.52%	-0.25%
2044	3,966,899	26,284,000	1.48%	-0.27%
2045	4,024,221	26,210,196	1.45%	-0.28%
2046	4,080,955	26,132,922	1.41%	-0.29%
2047	4,137,188	26,052,086	1.38%	-0.31%
2048	4,192,836	25,967,581	1.35%	-0.32%
2049	4,247,701	25,879,244	1.31%	-0.34%
2050	4,301,881	25,787,120	1.28%	-0.36%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Gambia increased by 557,492 people (a 33.4% growth), while North Korea gained 1,178,917 people (a 4.83% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Gambia gained 647,350 (a 29.1% growth), while North Korea's population increased by 1,046,007 (a 4.09% growth).

The Gambia was ranked 146th most populous country in 2005 and is 138th in 2025. North Korea was ranked 46th in 2005 and ranked 56th 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 North Korea will decrease by 3.13% to 25,787,120 people and rank change from 56th to 66th.