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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Gambia	Somalia	Gambia	Somalia
1960	398,060	2,876,331	-	-
1961	408,930	2,952,054	2.73%	2.63%
1962	420,163	3,030,091	2.75%	2.64%
1963	431,757	3,110,361	2.76%	2.65%
1964	443,687	3,192,796	2.76%	2.65%
1965	455,952	3,277,874	2.76%	2.66%
1966	468,516	3,365,106	2.76%	2.66%
1967	481,588	3,454,537	2.79%	2.66%
1968	495,269	3,546,590	2.84%	2.66%
1969	509,440	3,641,015	2.86%	2.66%
1970	524,105	3,738,448	2.88%	2.68%
1971	539,388	3,837,691	2.92%	2.65%
1972	555,370	3,939,436	2.96%	2.65%
1973	571,991	4,045,592	2.99%	2.69%
1974	589,085	4,151,842	2.99%	2.63%
1975	606,821	4,257,535	3.01%	2.55%
1976	625,667	4,365,812	3.11%	2.54%
1977	645,770	4,484,050	3.21%	2.71%
1978	667,103	4,814,892	3.3%	7.38%
1979	689,781	5,449,117	3.4%	13.2%
1980	713,913	5,936,154	3.5%	8.94%
1981	739,125	5,982,849	3.53%	0.79%
1982	765,753	6,003,840	3.6%	0.35%
1983	794,525	6,198,430	3.76%	3.24%
1984	825,631	6,428,389	3.92%	3.71%
1985	858,874	6,693,289	4.03%	4.12%
1986	894,019	6,974,788	4.09%	4.21%
1987	931,091	7,228,302	4.15%	3.63%
1988	970,160	7,235,360	4.2%	0.1%
1989	1,011,357	7,114,817	4.25%	-1.67%
1990	1,054,696	7,082,811	4.29%	-0.45%
1991	1,099,959	6,813,760	4.29%	-3.8%
1992	1,145,582	6,495,107	4.15%	-4.68%
1993	1,188,365	6,681,399	3.73%	2.87%
1994	1,227,226	7,026,797	3.27%	5.17%
1995	1,264,313	7,285,007	3.02%	3.67%
1996	1,301,410	7,554,474	2.93%	3.7%
1997	1,338,889	7,824,525	2.88%	3.57%
1998	1,376,987	8,155,417	2.85%	4.23%
1999	1,415,779	8,492,059	2.82%	4.13%
2000	1,455,084	8,838,713	2.78%	4.08%
2001	1,495,011	9,198,493	2.74%	4.07%
2002	1,535,691	9,550,063	2.72%	3.82%
2003	1,577,611	9,909,157	2.73%	3.76%
2004	1,621,312	10,280,998	2.77%	3.75%
2005	1,667,037	10,644,228	2.82%	3.53%
2006	1,715,275	10,975,502	2.89%	3.11%
2007	1,765,774	11,322,582	2.94%	3.16%
2008	1,817,852	11,663,084	2.95%	3.01%
2009	1,871,422	11,961,201	2.95%	2.56%
2010	1,926,630	12,261,756	2.95%	2.51%
2011	1,983,784	12,348,830	2.97%	0.71%
2012	2,043,094	12,461,160	2.99%	0.91%
2013	2,103,820	12,869,594	2.97%	3.28%
2014	2,164,528	13,339,491	2.89%	3.65%
2015	2,224,529	13,806,963	2.77%	3.5%
2016	2,283,769	14,348,740	2.66%	3.92%
2017	2,342,189	14,916,629	2.56%	3.96%
2018	2,399,632	15,452,487	2.45%	3.59%
2019	2,456,844	16,030,971	2.38%	3.74%
2020	2,515,733	16,651,191	2.4%	3.87%
2021	2,576,010	17,271,431	2.4%	3.72%
2022	2,636,470	17,801,897	2.35%	3.07%
2023	2,697,845	18,358,615	2.33%	3.13%
2024	2,759,988	19,009,151	2.3%	3.54%
2025	2,822,083	19,654,737	2.25%	3.4%
2026	2,884,075	20,305,905	2.2%	3.31%
2027	2,945,874	20,959,056	2.14%	3.22%
2028	3,007,541	21,601,810	2.09%	3.07%
2029	3,069,012	22,247,714	2.04%	2.99%
2030	3,130,117	22,915,042	1.99%	3%
2031	3,190,986	23,589,793	1.94%	2.94%
2032	3,251,816	24,258,789	1.91%	2.84%
2033	3,312,585	24,921,830	1.87%	2.73%
2034	3,373,117	25,593,666	1.83%	2.7%
2035	3,433,418	26,294,943	1.79%	2.74%
2036	3,493,569	27,009,199	1.75%	2.72%
2037	3,553,521	27,731,170	1.72%	2.67%
2038	3,613,489	28,455,755	1.69%	2.61%
2039	3,673,332	29,167,897	1.66%	2.5%
2040	3,732,793	29,896,286	1.62%	2.5%
2041	3,791,791	30,635,956	1.58%	2.47%
2042	3,850,526	31,350,028	1.55%	2.33%
2043	3,909,016	32,057,980	1.52%	2.26%
2044	3,966,899	32,780,417	1.48%	2.25%
2045	4,024,221	33,510,163	1.45%	2.23%
2046	4,080,955	34,248,030	1.41%	2.2%
2047	4,137,188	34,996,366	1.38%	2.19%
2048	4,192,836	35,743,960	1.35%	2.14%
2049	4,247,701	36,474,683	1.31%	2.04%
2050	4,301,881	37,206,497	1.28%	2.01%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Gambia increased by 557,492 people (a 33.4% growth), while Somalia gained 3,162,735 people (a 29.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Gambia gained 647,350 (a 29.1% growth), while Somalia's population increased by 6,370,843 (a 46.1% growth).

The Gambia was ranked 146th most populous country in 2005 and is 138th in 2025. Somalia was ranked 75th in 2005 and ranked 66th 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 Somalia will increase by 84.4% to 37,206,497 people and rank change from 66th to 57th.