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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Gambia	Philippines	Gambia	Philippines
1960	398,060	27,891,897	-	-
1961	408,930	28,792,621	2.73%	3.23%
1962	420,163	29,723,536	2.75%	3.23%
1963	431,757	30,674,731	2.76%	3.2%
1964	443,687	31,643,032	2.76%	3.16%
1965	455,952	32,625,316	2.76%	3.1%
1966	468,516	33,617,170	2.76%	3.04%
1967	481,588	34,621,320	2.79%	2.99%
1968	495,269	35,638,342	2.84%	2.94%
1969	509,440	36,660,799	2.86%	2.87%
1970	524,105	37,622,204	2.88%	2.62%
1971	539,388	38,518,659	2.92%	2.38%
1972	555,370	39,408,560	2.96%	2.31%
1973	571,991	40,294,130	2.99%	2.25%
1974	589,085	41,174,341	2.99%	2.18%
1975	606,821	42,120,826	3.01%	2.3%
1976	625,667	43,201,488	3.11%	2.57%
1977	645,770	44,367,962	3.21%	2.7%
1978	667,103	45,575,281	3.3%	2.72%
1979	689,781	46,807,103	3.4%	2.7%
1980	713,913	48,043,740	3.5%	2.64%
1981	739,125	49,311,727	3.53%	2.64%
1982	765,753	50,695,707	3.6%	2.81%
1983	794,525	52,194,620	3.76%	2.96%
1984	825,631	53,726,181	3.92%	2.93%
1985	858,874	55,213,006	4.03%	2.77%
1986	894,019	56,645,077	4.09%	2.59%
1987	931,091	58,157,496	4.15%	2.67%
1988	970,160	59,739,052	4.2%	2.72%
1989	1,011,357	61,265,260	4.25%	2.55%
1990	1,054,696	62,854,666	4.29%	2.59%
1991	1,099,959	64,382,249	4.29%	2.43%
1992	1,145,582	65,926,125	4.15%	2.4%
1993	1,188,365	67,530,621	3.73%	2.43%
1994	1,227,226	69,019,291	3.27%	2.2%
1995	1,264,313	70,546,246	3.02%	2.21%
1996	1,301,410	72,190,242	2.93%	2.33%
1997	1,338,889	73,908,810	2.88%	2.38%
1998	1,376,987	75,791,024	2.85%	2.55%
1999	1,415,779	77,753,257	2.82%	2.59%
2000	1,455,084	79,625,397	2.78%	2.41%
2001	1,495,011	81,401,488	2.74%	2.23%
2002	1,535,691	83,068,889	2.72%	2.05%
2003	1,577,611	84,731,835	2.73%	2%
2004	1,621,312	86,394,504	2.77%	1.96%
2005	1,667,037	88,015,962	2.82%	1.88%
2006	1,715,275	89,508,986	2.89%	1.7%
2007	1,765,774	91,075,184	2.94%	1.75%
2008	1,817,852	92,699,095	2.95%	1.78%
2009	1,871,422	94,384,250	2.95%	1.82%
2010	1,926,630	96,337,125	2.95%	2.07%
2011	1,983,784	98,248,614	2.97%	1.98%
2012	2,043,094	100,175,512	2.99%	1.96%
2013	2,103,820	102,076,336	2.97%	1.9%
2014	2,164,528	103,767,130	2.89%	1.66%
2015	2,224,529	105,312,992	2.77%	1.49%
2016	2,283,769	106,735,719	2.66%	1.35%
2017	2,342,189	108,119,693	2.56%	1.3%
2018	2,399,632	109,465,287	2.45%	1.24%
2019	2,456,844	110,804,683	2.38%	1.22%
2020	2,515,733	112,081,264	2.4%	1.15%
2021	2,576,010	113,100,950	2.4%	0.91%
2022	2,636,470	113,964,338	2.35%	0.76%
2023	2,697,845	114,891,199	2.33%	0.81%
2024	2,759,988	115,843,670	2.3%	0.83%
2025	2,822,083	116,786,968	2.25%	0.81%
2026	2,884,075	117,724,479	2.2%	0.8%
2027	2,945,874	118,656,426	2.14%	0.79%
2028	3,007,541	119,583,984	2.09%	0.78%
2029	3,069,012	120,502,132	2.04%	0.77%
2030	3,130,117	121,408,897	1.99%	0.75%
2031	3,190,986	122,301,606	1.94%	0.74%
2032	3,251,816	123,180,341	1.91%	0.72%
2033	3,312,585	124,049,036	1.87%	0.71%
2034	3,373,117	124,904,124	1.83%	0.69%
2035	3,433,418	125,740,977	1.79%	0.67%
2036	3,493,569	126,558,232	1.75%	0.65%
2037	3,553,521	127,352,607	1.72%	0.63%
2038	3,613,489	128,118,535	1.69%	0.6%
2039	3,673,332	128,850,047	1.66%	0.57%
2040	3,732,793	129,546,666	1.62%	0.54%
2041	3,791,791	130,209,810	1.58%	0.51%
2042	3,850,526	130,837,005	1.55%	0.48%
2043	3,909,016	131,427,404	1.52%	0.45%
2044	3,966,899	131,979,673	1.48%	0.42%
2045	4,024,221	132,492,038	1.45%	0.39%
2046	4,080,955	132,962,001	1.41%	0.35%
2047	4,137,188	133,385,290	1.38%	0.32%
2048	4,192,836	133,759,436	1.35%	0.28%
2049	4,247,701	134,089,011	1.31%	0.25%
2050	4,301,881	134,373,439	1.28%	0.21%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Gambia increased by 557,492 people (a 33.4% growth), while the Philippines gained 17,297,030 people (a 19.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Gambia gained 647,350 (a 29.1% growth), while the Philippines' population increased by 12,227,058 (a 11.6% growth).

The Gambia was ranked 146th most populous country in 2005 and is 138th in 2025. The Philippines was ranked 12th in 2005 and ranked 14th 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 the Philippines will increase by 14.3% to 134,373,439 people and will still be ranked 14th.