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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Gambia	Sudan	Gambia	Sudan
1960	398,060	8,364,489	-	-
1961	408,930	8,634,941	2.73%	3.23%
1962	420,163	8,919,028	2.75%	3.29%
1963	431,757	9,218,077	2.76%	3.35%
1964	443,687	9,531,109	2.76%	3.4%
1965	455,952	9,858,030	2.76%	3.43%
1966	468,516	10,197,578	2.76%	3.44%
1967	481,588	10,550,597	2.79%	3.46%
1968	495,269	10,917,999	2.84%	3.48%
1969	509,440	11,298,936	2.86%	3.49%
1970	524,105	11,695,771	2.88%	3.51%
1971	539,388	12,105,539	2.92%	3.5%
1972	555,370	12,527,856	2.96%	3.49%
1973	571,991	13,049,315	2.99%	4.16%
1974	589,085	13,580,723	2.99%	4.07%
1975	606,821	14,064,798	3.01%	3.56%
1976	625,667	14,569,716	3.11%	3.59%
1977	645,770	15,086,614	3.21%	3.55%
1978	667,103	15,695,003	3.3%	4.03%
1979	689,781	16,355,352	3.4%	4.21%
1980	713,913	17,058,905	3.5%	4.3%
1981	739,125	17,780,572	3.53%	4.23%
1982	765,753	18,486,645	3.6%	3.97%
1983	794,525	19,109,770	3.76%	3.37%
1984	825,631	19,546,528	3.92%	2.29%
1985	858,874	19,905,872	4.03%	1.84%
1986	894,019	20,288,238	4.09%	1.92%
1987	931,091	20,704,904	4.15%	2.05%
1988	970,160	21,138,431	4.2%	2.09%
1989	1,011,357	21,578,022	4.25%	2.08%
1990	1,054,696	22,021,481	4.29%	2.06%
1991	1,099,959	22,470,676	4.29%	2.04%
1992	1,145,582	22,927,355	4.15%	2.03%
1993	1,188,365	23,445,592	3.73%	2.26%
1994	1,227,226	24,043,948	3.27%	2.55%
1995	1,264,313	24,672,143	3.02%	2.61%
1996	1,301,410	25,231,528	2.93%	2.27%
1997	1,338,889	25,799,821	2.88%	2.25%
1998	1,376,987	26,458,999	2.85%	2.55%
1999	1,415,779	27,130,613	2.82%	2.54%
2000	1,455,084	27,816,745	2.78%	2.53%
2001	1,495,011	28,516,770	2.74%	2.52%
2002	1,535,691	29,228,727	2.72%	2.5%
2003	1,577,611	29,896,035	2.73%	2.28%
2004	1,621,312	30,556,637	2.77%	2.21%
2005	1,667,037	31,262,444	2.82%	2.31%
2006	1,715,275	31,992,435	2.89%	2.34%
2007	1,765,774	32,764,135	2.94%	2.41%
2008	1,817,852	33,623,980	2.95%	2.62%
2009	1,871,422	34,569,113	2.95%	2.81%
2010	1,926,630	35,414,399	2.95%	2.45%
2011	1,983,784	36,140,806	2.97%	2.05%
2012	2,043,094	36,923,178	2.99%	2.16%
2013	2,103,820	37,785,849	2.97%	2.34%
2014	2,164,528	38,823,318	2.89%	2.75%
2015	2,224,529	40,024,431	2.77%	3.09%
2016	2,283,769	41,259,892	2.66%	3.09%
2017	2,342,189	42,714,306	2.56%	3.53%
2018	2,399,632	44,230,596	2.45%	3.55%
2019	2,456,844	45,548,175	2.38%	2.98%
2020	2,515,733	46,789,231	2.4%	2.72%
2021	2,576,010	48,066,924	2.4%	2.73%
2022	2,636,470	49,383,346	2.35%	2.74%
2023	2,697,845	50,042,791	2.33%	1.34%
2024	2,759,988	50,448,963	2.3%	0.81%
2025	2,822,083	51,662,152	2.25%	2.4%
2026	2,884,075	53,282,718	2.2%	3.14%
2027	2,945,874	54,724,215	2.14%	2.71%
2028	3,007,541	55,993,833	2.09%	2.32%
2029	3,069,012	57,275,443	2.04%	2.29%
2030	3,130,117	58,571,624	1.99%	2.26%
2031	3,190,986	59,872,936	1.94%	2.22%
2032	3,251,816	61,179,476	1.91%	2.18%
2033	3,312,585	62,497,205	1.87%	2.15%
2034	3,373,117	63,822,356	1.83%	2.12%
2035	3,433,418	65,148,317	1.79%	2.08%
2036	3,493,569	66,470,018	1.75%	2.03%
2037	3,553,521	67,791,240	1.72%	1.99%
2038	3,613,489	69,107,712	1.69%	1.94%
2039	3,673,332	70,416,631	1.66%	1.89%
2040	3,732,793	71,730,604	1.62%	1.87%
2041	3,791,791	73,056,213	1.58%	1.85%
2042	3,850,526	74,387,562	1.55%	1.82%
2043	3,909,016	75,723,670	1.52%	1.8%
2044	3,966,899	77,066,454	1.48%	1.77%
2045	4,024,221	78,415,205	1.45%	1.75%
2046	4,080,955	79,767,271	1.41%	1.72%
2047	4,137,188	81,115,241	1.38%	1.69%
2048	4,192,836	82,463,202	1.35%	1.66%
2049	4,247,701	83,828,356	1.31%	1.66%
2050	4,301,881	85,206,384	1.28%	1.64%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Gambia increased by 557,492 people (a 33.4% growth), while Sudan gained 8,761,987 people (a 28% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Gambia gained 647,350 (a 29.1% growth), while Sudan's population increased by 12,939,487 (a 32.3% growth).

The Gambia was ranked 146th most populous country in 2005 and is 138th in 2025. Sudan was ranked 36th in 2005 and ranked 29th 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 Sudan will increase by 60.9% to 85,206,384 people and rank change from 29th to 21st.