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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Gambia	Tanzania	Gambia	Tanzania
1960	398,060	9,901,419	-	-
1961	408,930	10,187,886	2.73%	2.89%
1962	420,163	10,487,756	2.75%	2.94%
1963	431,757	10,799,528	2.76%	2.97%
1964	443,687	11,127,826	2.76%	3.04%
1965	455,952	11,470,728	2.76%	3.08%
1966	468,516	11,827,459	2.76%	3.11%
1967	481,588	12,200,109	2.79%	3.15%
1968	495,269	12,602,076	2.84%	3.29%
1969	509,440	13,036,700	2.86%	3.45%
1970	524,105	13,492,677	2.88%	3.5%
1971	539,388	13,971,451	2.92%	3.55%
1972	555,370	14,479,308	2.96%	3.63%
1973	571,991	15,010,101	2.99%	3.67%
1974	589,085	15,561,630	2.99%	3.67%
1975	606,821	16,138,361	3.01%	3.71%
1976	625,667	16,736,211	3.11%	3.7%
1977	645,770	17,352,929	3.21%	3.68%
1978	667,103	17,976,566	3.3%	3.59%
1979	689,781	18,592,038	3.4%	3.42%
1980	713,913	19,189,769	3.5%	3.21%
1981	739,125	19,784,703	3.53%	3.1%
1982	765,753	20,398,571	3.6%	3.1%
1983	794,525	21,079,874	3.76%	3.34%
1984	825,631	21,779,066	3.92%	3.32%
1985	858,874	22,501,693	4.03%	3.32%
1986	894,019	23,258,959	4.09%	3.37%
1987	931,091	24,030,378	4.15%	3.32%
1988	970,160	24,769,686	4.2%	3.08%
1989	1,011,357	25,438,759	4.25%	2.7%
1990	1,054,696	26,110,207	4.29%	2.64%
1991	1,099,959	26,780,436	4.29%	2.57%
1992	1,145,582	27,457,588	4.15%	2.53%
1993	1,188,365	28,332,692	3.73%	3.19%
1994	1,227,226	29,442,356	3.27%	3.92%
1995	1,264,313	30,383,497	3.02%	3.2%
1996	1,301,410	30,945,762	2.93%	1.85%
1997	1,338,889	31,578,089	2.88%	2.04%
1998	1,376,987	32,420,458	2.85%	2.67%
1999	1,415,779	33,300,330	2.82%	2.71%
2000	1,455,084	34,260,139	2.78%	2.88%
2001	1,495,011	35,198,299	2.74%	2.74%
2002	1,535,691	36,121,304	2.72%	2.62%
2003	1,577,611	37,089,555	2.73%	2.68%
2004	1,621,312	38,109,668	2.77%	2.75%
2005	1,667,037	39,182,076	2.82%	2.81%
2006	1,715,275	40,294,902	2.89%	2.84%
2007	1,765,774	41,435,512	2.94%	2.83%
2008	1,817,852	42,570,728	2.95%	2.74%
2009	1,871,422	43,633,982	2.95%	2.5%
2010	1,926,630	44,758,488	2.95%	2.58%
2011	1,983,784	46,029,367	2.97%	2.84%
2012	2,043,094	47,374,260	2.99%	2.92%
2013	2,103,820	48,824,128	2.97%	3.06%
2014	2,164,528	50,351,512	2.89%	3.13%
2015	2,224,529	52,020,962	2.77%	3.32%
2016	2,283,769	53,824,013	2.66%	3.47%
2017	2,342,189	55,652,890	2.56%	3.4%
2018	2,399,632	57,437,145	2.45%	3.21%
2019	2,456,844	59,174,891	2.38%	3.03%
2020	2,515,733	60,972,798	2.4%	3.04%
2021	2,576,010	62,830,412	2.4%	3.05%
2022	2,636,470	64,711,821	2.35%	2.99%
2023	2,697,845	66,617,606	2.33%	2.95%
2024	2,759,988	68,560,157	2.3%	2.92%
2025	2,822,083	70,545,858	2.25%	2.9%
2026	2,884,075	72,563,773	2.2%	2.86%
2027	2,945,874	74,604,804	2.14%	2.81%
2028	3,007,541	76,670,483	2.09%	2.77%
2029	3,069,012	78,773,192	2.04%	2.74%
2030	3,130,117	80,913,118	1.99%	2.72%
2031	3,190,986	83,087,927	1.94%	2.69%
2032	3,251,816	85,293,126	1.91%	2.65%
2033	3,312,585	87,520,491	1.87%	2.61%
2034	3,373,117	89,788,673	1.83%	2.59%
2035	3,433,418	92,091,418	1.79%	2.56%
2036	3,493,569	94,420,808	1.75%	2.53%
2037	3,553,521	96,775,766	1.72%	2.49%
2038	3,613,489	99,156,465	1.69%	2.46%
2039	3,673,332	101,567,525	1.66%	2.43%
2040	3,732,793	103,999,350	1.62%	2.39%
2041	3,791,791	106,448,475	1.58%	2.35%
2042	3,850,526	108,926,272	1.55%	2.33%
2043	3,909,016	111,433,788	1.52%	2.3%
2044	3,966,899	113,966,263	1.48%	2.27%
2045	4,024,221	116,525,463	1.45%	2.25%
2046	4,080,955	119,109,670	1.41%	2.22%
2047	4,137,188	121,721,018	1.38%	2.19%
2048	4,192,836	124,351,294	1.35%	2.16%
2049	4,247,701	126,981,394	1.31%	2.12%
2050	4,301,881	129,621,083	1.28%	2.08%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of the Gambia increased by 568,494 people (a 33.1% growth), while Tanzania gained 13,529,111 people (a 33.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, the Gambia gained 600,981 (a 26.3% growth), while Tanzania's population increased by 18,762,066 (a 34.9% growth).

The Gambia was ranked 146th most populous country in 2006 and is 138th in 2026. Tanzania was ranked 30th in 2006 and ranked 20th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) the Gambia's population will grow by 49.1% to 4,301,881 people with a rank change from 138th to 132nd. The population of Tanzania will increase by 78.6% to 129,621,083 people and rank change from 20th to 15th.