Population in the Gambia compared to Papua New Guinea: Trends, Charts, Rankings

the Gambia and Papua New Guinea: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Gambia	Papua New Guinea	Gambia	Papua New Guinea
1960	398,060	1,995,110	-	-
1961	408,930	2,046,127	2.73%	2.56%
1962	420,163	2,093,919	2.75%	2.34%
1963	431,757	2,141,376	2.76%	2.27%
1964	443,687	2,188,325	2.76%	2.19%
1965	455,952	2,235,820	2.76%	2.17%
1966	468,516	2,285,774	2.76%	2.23%
1967	481,588	2,337,532	2.79%	2.26%
1968	495,269	2,390,803	2.84%	2.28%
1969	509,440	2,446,927	2.86%	2.35%
1970	524,105	2,505,628	2.88%	2.4%
1971	539,388	2,566,421	2.92%	2.43%
1972	555,370	2,628,432	2.96%	2.42%
1973	571,991	2,690,629	2.99%	2.37%
1974	589,085	2,752,671	2.99%	2.31%
1975	606,821	2,814,820	3.01%	2.26%
1976	625,667	2,877,327	3.11%	2.22%
1977	645,770	2,940,327	3.21%	2.19%
1978	667,103	3,003,714	3.3%	2.16%
1979	689,781	3,067,341	3.4%	2.12%
1980	713,913	3,131,512	3.5%	2.09%
1981	739,125	3,197,019	3.53%	2.09%
1982	765,753	3,264,291	3.6%	2.1%
1983	794,525	3,333,633	3.76%	2.12%
1984	825,631	3,405,198	3.92%	2.15%
1985	858,874	3,478,936	4.03%	2.17%
1986	894,019	3,554,793	4.09%	2.18%
1987	931,091	3,632,543	4.15%	2.19%
1988	970,160	3,711,880	4.2%	2.18%
1989	1,011,357	3,796,078	4.25%	2.27%
1990	1,054,696	3,896,481	4.29%	2.64%
1991	1,099,959	4,021,837	4.29%	3.22%
1992	1,145,582	4,166,699	4.15%	3.6%
1993	1,188,365	4,320,872	3.73%	3.7%
1994	1,227,226	4,480,208	3.27%	3.69%
1995	1,264,313	4,644,278	3.02%	3.66%
1996	1,301,410	4,813,361	2.93%	3.64%
1997	1,338,889	4,987,883	2.88%	3.63%
1998	1,376,987	5,166,390	2.85%	3.58%
1999	1,415,779	5,349,333	2.82%	3.54%
2000	1,455,084	5,537,064	2.78%	3.51%
2001	1,495,011	5,728,435	2.74%	3.46%
2002	1,535,691	5,924,003	2.72%	3.41%
2003	1,577,611	6,123,997	2.73%	3.38%
2004	1,621,312	6,328,041	2.77%	3.33%
2005	1,667,037	6,535,905	2.82%	3.28%
2006	1,715,275	6,747,720	2.89%	3.24%
2007	1,765,774	6,963,345	2.94%	3.2%
2008	1,817,852	7,183,002	2.95%	3.15%
2009	1,871,422	7,406,438	2.95%	3.11%
2010	1,926,630	7,633,523	2.95%	3.07%
2011	1,983,784	7,859,346	2.97%	2.96%
2012	2,043,094	8,081,390	2.99%	2.83%
2013	2,103,820	8,302,698	2.97%	2.74%
2014	2,164,528	8,523,441	2.89%	2.66%
2015	2,224,529	8,743,246	2.77%	2.58%
2016	2,283,769	8,961,718	2.66%	2.5%
2017	2,342,189	9,178,714	2.56%	2.42%
2018	2,399,632	9,394,513	2.45%	2.35%
2019	2,456,844	9,609,010	2.38%	2.28%
2020	2,515,733	9,815,746	2.4%	2.15%
2021	2,576,010	10,012,896	2.4%	2.01%
2022	2,636,470	10,203,169	2.35%	1.9%
2023	2,697,845	10,389,635	2.33%	1.83%
2024	2,759,988	10,576,502	2.3%	1.8%
2025	2,822,083	10,762,813	2.25%	1.76%
2026	2,884,075	10,947,845	2.2%	1.72%
2027	2,945,874	11,131,268	2.14%	1.68%
2028	3,007,541	11,312,895	2.09%	1.63%
2029	3,069,012	11,492,799	2.04%	1.59%
2030	3,130,117	11,671,420	1.99%	1.55%
2031	3,190,986	11,848,221	1.94%	1.51%
2032	3,251,816	12,023,121	1.91%	1.48%
2033	3,312,585	12,196,639	1.87%	1.44%
2034	3,373,117	12,369,248	1.83%	1.42%
2035	3,433,418	12,540,596	1.79%	1.39%
2036	3,493,569	12,710,682	1.75%	1.36%
2037	3,553,521	12,879,737	1.72%	1.33%
2038	3,613,489	13,047,122	1.69%	1.3%
2039	3,673,332	13,212,668	1.66%	1.27%
2040	3,732,793	13,376,156	1.62%	1.24%
2041	3,791,791	13,537,361	1.58%	1.21%
2042	3,850,526	13,696,139	1.55%	1.17%
2043	3,909,016	13,853,410	1.52%	1.15%
2044	3,966,899	14,009,926	1.48%	1.13%
2045	4,024,221	14,165,578	1.45%	1.11%
2046	4,080,955	14,318,889	1.41%	1.08%
2047	4,137,188	14,469,210	1.38%	1.05%
2048	4,192,836	14,617,364	1.35%	1.02%
2049	4,247,701	14,763,600	1.31%	1%
2050	4,301,881	14,906,584	1.28%	0.97%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of the Gambia increased by 568,494 people (a 33.1% growth), while Papua New Guinea gained 2,213,998 people (a 32.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, the Gambia gained 600,981 (a 26.3% growth), while Papua New Guinea's population increased by 1,988,131 (a 22.2% growth).

The Gambia was ranked 146th most populous country in 2006 and is 138th in 2026. Papua New Guinea was ranked 100th in 2006 and ranked 89th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) the Gambia's population will grow by 49.1% to 4,301,881 people with a rank change from 138th to 132nd. The population of Papua New Guinea will increase by 36.1% to 14,906,584 people and rank change from 89th to 85th.