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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Gambia	Romania	Gambia	Romania
1960	398,060	18,406,905	-	-
1961	408,930	18,555,250	2.73%	0.81%
1962	420,163	18,676,550	2.75%	0.65%
1963	431,757	18,797,850	2.76%	0.65%
1964	443,687	18,919,126	2.76%	0.65%
1965	455,952	19,031,576	2.76%	0.59%
1966	468,516	19,215,450	2.76%	0.97%
1967	481,588	19,534,242	2.79%	1.66%
1968	495,269	19,799,831	2.84%	1.36%
1969	509,440	20,009,141	2.86%	1.06%
1970	524,105	20,250,398	2.88%	1.21%
1971	539,388	20,461,567	2.92%	1.04%
1972	555,370	20,657,957	2.96%	0.96%
1973	571,991	20,835,681	2.99%	0.86%
1974	589,085	21,029,429	2.99%	0.93%
1975	606,821	21,293,583	3.01%	1.26%
1976	625,667	21,551,634	3.11%	1.21%
1977	645,770	21,756,096	3.21%	0.95%
1978	667,103	21,951,464	3.3%	0.9%
1979	689,781	22,090,488	3.4%	0.63%
1980	713,913	22,207,282	3.5%	0.53%
1981	739,125	22,353,070	3.53%	0.66%
1982	765,753	22,475,741	3.6%	0.55%
1983	794,525	22,560,478	3.76%	0.38%
1984	825,631	22,640,547	3.92%	0.35%
1985	858,874	22,732,999	4.03%	0.41%
1986	894,019	22,836,841	4.09%	0.46%
1987	931,091	22,949,430	4.15%	0.49%
1988	970,160	23,057,662	4.2%	0.47%
1989	1,011,357	23,161,458	4.25%	0.45%
1990	1,054,696	23,201,835	4.29%	0.17%
1991	1,099,959	23,001,155	4.29%	-0.86%
1992	1,145,582	22,794,284	4.15%	-0.9%
1993	1,188,365	22,763,280	3.73%	-0.14%
1994	1,227,226	22,730,211	3.27%	-0.15%
1995	1,264,313	22,684,270	3.02%	-0.2%
1996	1,301,410	22,619,004	2.93%	-0.29%
1997	1,338,889	22,553,978	2.88%	-0.29%
1998	1,376,987	22,507,344	2.85%	-0.21%
1999	1,415,779	22,472,040	2.82%	-0.16%
2000	1,455,084	22,442,971	2.78%	-0.13%
2001	1,495,011	22,131,970	2.74%	-1.39%
2002	1,535,691	21,730,496	2.72%	-1.81%
2003	1,577,611	21,574,326	2.73%	-0.72%
2004	1,621,312	21,451,748	2.77%	-0.57%
2005	1,667,037	21,319,685	2.82%	-0.62%
2006	1,715,275	21,193,760	2.89%	-0.59%
2007	1,765,774	20,882,982	2.94%	-1.47%
2008	1,817,852	20,537,875	2.95%	-1.65%
2009	1,871,422	20,367,487	2.95%	-0.83%
2010	1,926,630	20,246,871	2.95%	-0.59%
2011	1,983,784	20,147,528	2.97%	-0.49%
2012	2,043,094	20,058,035	2.99%	-0.44%
2013	2,103,820	19,983,693	2.97%	-0.37%
2014	2,164,528	19,908,979	2.89%	-0.37%
2015	2,224,529	19,815,616	2.77%	-0.47%
2016	2,283,769	19,702,267	2.66%	-0.57%
2017	2,342,189	19,588,715	2.56%	-0.58%
2018	2,399,632	19,473,970	2.45%	-0.59%
2019	2,456,844	19,371,648	2.38%	-0.53%
2020	2,515,733	19,265,250	2.4%	-0.55%
2021	2,576,010	19,122,059	2.4%	-0.74%
2022	2,636,470	19,048,502	2.35%	-0.38%
2023	2,697,845	19,059,479	2.33%	0.06%
2024	2,759,988	19,069,340	2.3%	0.05%
2025	2,822,083	18,962,595	2.25%	-0.56%
2026	2,884,075	18,854,232	2.2%	-0.57%
2027	2,945,874	18,744,883	2.14%	-0.58%
2028	3,007,541	18,634,894	2.09%	-0.59%
2029	3,069,012	18,523,736	2.04%	-0.6%
2030	3,130,117	18,411,878	1.99%	-0.6%
2031	3,190,986	18,299,820	1.94%	-0.61%
2032	3,251,816	18,187,406	1.91%	-0.61%
2033	3,312,585	18,074,282	1.87%	-0.62%
2034	3,373,117	17,960,330	1.83%	-0.63%
2035	3,433,418	17,845,182	1.79%	-0.64%
2036	3,493,569	17,728,480	1.75%	-0.65%
2037	3,553,521	17,611,384	1.72%	-0.66%
2038	3,613,489	17,493,684	1.69%	-0.67%
2039	3,673,332	17,375,991	1.66%	-0.67%
2040	3,732,793	17,258,810	1.62%	-0.67%
2041	3,791,791	17,140,535	1.58%	-0.69%
2042	3,850,526	17,022,168	1.55%	-0.69%
2043	3,909,016	16,904,427	1.52%	-0.69%
2044	3,966,899	16,786,029	1.48%	-0.7%
2045	4,024,221	16,667,734	1.45%	-0.7%
2046	4,080,955	16,550,066	1.41%	-0.71%
2047	4,137,188	16,431,566	1.38%	-0.72%
2048	4,192,836	16,312,099	1.35%	-0.73%
2049	4,247,701	16,192,424	1.31%	-0.73%
2050	4,301,881	16,072,989	1.28%	-0.74%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Gambia increased by 557,492 people (a 33.4% growth), while Romania lost 1,504,069 people (a 7.05% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Gambia gained 647,350 (a 29.1% growth), while Romania's population decreased by -853,021 (a 4.3% decline).

The Gambia was ranked 146th most populous country in 2005 and is 138th in 2025. Romania was ranked 50th in 2005 and ranked 69th 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 Romania will decrease by 15.2% to 16,072,989 people and rank change from 69th to 81st.