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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of the Gambia was 2,759,988 in 2024 vs 36,554,707 people in Poland in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Gambia's population is 2,871,879 people compared to 36,176,920 in Poland.

Population statistics:

  • Poland's population is 12.6 times bigger than the Gambia's.
  • The Gambia is ranked the 138th most populous country in the world, while Poland is the 46th.
  • The countries together account for 0.47% of the world: 0.03% for the Gambia vs 0.44% for Poland.
  • For the last 10 years, the Gambia has had an average growth rate of +2.5% per year vs -0.36% in Poland.
  • Since 2005, the population of the Gambia has increased from 1.67M people to 2.87M (72.3% growth), while Poland has declined from 38.2M to 36.2M (5.21% decline).
  • The Gambia is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 5.7M people, while Poland's population already peaked in 1998 at 38.7M people and is projected to decrease to 18.3M people by 2100.

Gambia vs Poland: live population counter

Gambia Poland
Current population
2871879
36176920
Population rank 138/197 46/197
Percent of world population 0.03% 0.44%
One net population change
8.46 minutes
3.96 minutes
One birth every
6.4 minutes
1.94 minutes
One death every
31 minutes
1.29 minutes
One migration net change every
2.93 hours
2.21 minutes
Annual migration change -2,989 -238,062
Daily growth/decline +170 -363
Annual growth/decline +62,143 -132,646
Annual growth/decline rate +2.3% -0.36%
Population growth rate rank 39/197 179/197

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

Gambia
Population

Growth rate
Poland
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Gambia Poland Gambia Poland
1960 398,060 29,637,450 - -
1961 408,930 29,964,000 2.73% 1.1%
1962 420,163 30,308,500 2.75% 1.15%
1963 431,757 30,712,000 2.76% 1.33%
1964 443,687 31,139,450 2.76% 1.39%
1965 455,952 31,444,950 2.76% 0.98%
1966 468,516 31,681,000 2.76% 0.75%
1967 481,588 31,987,155 2.79% 0.97%
1968 495,269 32,294,655 2.84% 0.96%
1969 509,440 32,548,300 2.86% 0.79%
1970 524,105 32,664,300 2.88% 0.36%
1971 539,388 32,783,500 2.92% 0.36%
1972 555,370 33,055,650 2.96% 0.83%
1973 571,991 33,357,200 2.99% 0.91%
1974 589,085 33,678,899 2.99% 0.96%
1975 606,821 34,015,199 3.01% 1%
1976 625,667 34,356,300 3.11% 1%
1977 645,770 34,689,050 3.21% 0.97%
1978 667,103 34,965,600 3.3% 0.8%
1979 689,781 35,247,217 3.4% 0.81%
1980 713,913 35,574,150 3.5% 0.93%
1981 739,125 35,898,587 3.53% 0.91%
1982 765,753 36,230,481 3.6% 0.92%
1983 794,525 36,571,808 3.76% 0.94%
1984 825,631 36,904,134 3.92% 0.91%
1985 858,874 37,201,885 4.03% 0.81%
1986 894,019 37,456,119 4.09% 0.68%
1987 931,091 37,668,045 4.15% 0.57%
1988 970,160 37,824,487 4.2% 0.42%
1989 1,011,357 37,961,529 4.25% 0.36%
1990 1,054,696 38,110,782 4.29% 0.39%
1991 1,099,959 38,246,193 4.29% 0.36%
1992 1,145,582 38,363,667 4.15% 0.31%
1993 1,188,365 38,461,408 3.73% 0.25%
1994 1,227,226 38,542,652 3.27% 0.21%
1995 1,264,313 38,594,998 3.02% 0.14%
1996 1,301,410 38,624,370 2.93% 0.08%
1997 1,338,889 38,649,660 2.88% 0.07%
1998 1,376,987 38,663,481 2.85% 0.04%
1999 1,415,779 38,660,271 2.82% -0.008%
2000 1,455,084 38,258,629 2.78% -1.04%
2001 1,495,011 38,248,076 2.74% -0.03%
2002 1,535,691 38,230,364 2.72% -0.05%
2003 1,577,611 38,204,570 2.73% -0.07%
2004 1,621,312 38,182,222 2.77% -0.06%
2005 1,667,037 38,165,445 2.82% -0.04%
2006 1,715,275 38,141,267 2.89% -0.06%
2007 1,765,774 38,120,560 2.94% -0.05%
2008 1,817,852 38,125,759 2.95% 0.01%
2009 1,871,422 38,151,603 2.95% 0.07%
2010 1,926,630 38,042,794 2.95% -0.29%
2011 1,983,784 38,063,255 2.97% 0.05%
2012 2,043,094 38,063,164 2.99% -0%
2013 2,103,820 38,040,196 2.97% -0.06%
2014 2,164,528 38,011,735 2.89% -0.07%
2015 2,224,529 37,986,412 2.77% -0.07%
2016 2,283,769 37,970,087 2.66% -0.04%
2017 2,342,189 37,974,826 2.56% 0.01%
2018 2,399,632 37,974,750 2.45% -0%
2019 2,456,844 37,965,475 2.38% -0.02%
2020 2,515,733 37,515,748 2.4% -1.18%
2021 2,576,010 36,981,559 2.4% -1.42%
2022 2,636,470 36,821,749 2.35% -0.43%
2023 2,697,845 36,687,353 2.33% -0.36%
2024 2,759,988 36,554,707 2.3% -0.36%
2025 2,822,083 36,176,920 2.25% -1.03%
2026 2,884,075 35,894,534 2.2% -0.78%
2027 2,945,874 35,753,988 2.14% -0.39%
2028 3,007,541 35,605,295 2.09% -0.42%
2029 3,069,012 35,447,860 2.04% -0.44%
2030 3,130,117 35,283,068 1.99% -0.46%
2031 3,190,986 35,111,838 1.94% -0.49%
2032 3,251,816 34,934,626 1.91% -0.5%
2033 3,312,585 34,753,118 1.87% -0.52%
2034 3,373,117 34,567,292 1.83% -0.53%
2035 3,433,418 34,377,478 1.79% -0.55%
2036 3,493,569 34,183,187 1.75% -0.57%
2037 3,553,521 33,984,777 1.72% -0.58%
2038 3,613,489 33,782,992 1.69% -0.59%
2039 3,673,332 33,577,269 1.66% -0.61%
2040 3,732,793 33,368,049 1.62% -0.62%
2041 3,791,791 33,156,329 1.58% -0.63%
2042 3,850,526 32,941,367 1.55% -0.65%
2043 3,909,016 32,722,775 1.52% -0.66%
2044 3,966,899 32,501,991 1.48% -0.67%
2045 4,024,221 32,278,695 1.45% -0.69%
2046 4,080,955 32,052,771 1.41% -0.7%
2047 4,137,188 31,824,481 1.38% -0.71%
2048 4,192,836 31,593,911 1.35% -0.72%
2049 4,247,701 31,360,713 1.31% -0.74%
2050 4,301,881 31,124,396 1.28% -0.75%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Gambia increased by 557,492 people (a 33.4% growth), while Poland lost 179,033 people (a 0.47% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Gambia gained 647,350 (a 29.1% growth), while Poland's population decreased by -1,809,492 (a 4.76% decline).

The Gambia was ranked 146th most populous country in 2005 and is 138th in 2025. Poland was ranked 32nd in 2005 and ranked 46th 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 Poland will decrease by 14% to 31,124,396 people and rank change from 46th to 61st.

Biggest cities by population

Gambia
City Population
Brikama 81K
Banjul 31.4K
Lamin 31.1K

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