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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Gambia	Thailand	Gambia	Thailand
1960	398,060	26,851,747	-	-
1961	408,930	27,650,334	2.73%	2.97%
1962	420,163	28,481,040	2.75%	3%
1963	431,757	29,342,322	2.76%	3.02%
1964	443,687	30,232,141	2.76%	3.03%
1965	455,952	31,149,337	2.76%	3.03%
1966	468,516	32,086,071	2.76%	3.01%
1967	481,588	33,037,801	2.79%	2.97%
1968	495,269	34,002,560	2.84%	2.92%
1969	509,440	34,973,782	2.86%	2.86%
1970	524,105	35,954,408	2.88%	2.8%
1971	539,388	36,937,387	2.92%	2.73%
1972	555,370	37,933,929	2.96%	2.7%
1973	571,991	38,947,787	2.99%	2.67%
1974	589,085	39,952,891	2.99%	2.58%
1975	606,821	40,940,005	3.01%	2.47%
1976	625,667	41,896,504	3.11%	2.34%
1977	645,770	42,843,974	3.21%	2.26%
1978	667,103	43,788,976	3.3%	2.21%
1979	689,781	44,718,434	3.4%	2.12%
1980	713,913	45,650,022	3.5%	2.08%
1981	739,125	46,575,855	3.53%	2.03%
1982	765,753	47,494,577	3.6%	1.97%
1983	794,525	48,423,309	3.76%	1.96%
1984	825,631	49,351,708	3.92%	1.92%
1985	858,874	50,270,753	4.03%	1.86%
1986	894,019	51,177,834	4.09%	1.8%
1987	931,091	52,074,105	4.15%	1.75%
1988	970,160	52,969,595	4.2%	1.72%
1989	1,011,357	53,848,956	4.25%	1.66%
1990	1,054,696	54,738,329	4.29%	1.65%
1991	1,099,959	55,637,434	4.29%	1.64%
1992	1,145,582	56,528,834	4.15%	1.6%
1993	1,188,365	57,408,198	3.73%	1.56%
1994	1,227,226	58,260,854	3.27%	1.49%
1995	1,264,313	59,098,232	3.02%	1.44%
1996	1,301,410	59,920,064	2.93%	1.39%
1997	1,338,889	60,724,584	2.88%	1.34%
1998	1,376,987	61,522,630	2.85%	1.31%
1999	1,415,779	62,299,043	2.82%	1.26%
2000	1,455,084	63,007,815	2.78%	1.14%
2001	1,495,011	63,651,141	2.74%	1.02%
2002	1,535,691	64,266,437	2.72%	0.97%
2003	1,577,611	64,868,166	2.73%	0.94%
2004	1,621,312	65,452,047	2.77%	0.9%
2005	1,667,037	66,017,420	2.82%	0.86%
2006	1,715,275	66,567,687	2.89%	0.83%
2007	1,765,774	67,102,394	2.94%	0.8%
2008	1,817,852	67,619,830	2.95%	0.77%
2009	1,871,422	68,121,080	2.95%	0.74%
2010	1,926,630	68,579,447	2.95%	0.67%
2011	1,983,784	69,007,208	2.97%	0.62%
2012	2,043,094	69,436,098	2.99%	0.62%
2013	2,103,820	69,845,114	2.97%	0.59%
2014	2,164,528	70,216,367	2.89%	0.53%
2015	2,224,529	70,540,795	2.77%	0.46%
2016	2,283,769	70,859,841	2.66%	0.45%
2017	2,342,189	71,160,187	2.56%	0.42%
2018	2,399,632	71,376,079	2.45%	0.3%
2019	2,456,844	71,522,271	2.38%	0.2%
2020	2,515,733	71,641,484	2.4%	0.17%
2021	2,576,010	71,727,332	2.4%	0.12%
2022	2,636,470	71,735,329	2.35%	0.01%
2023	2,697,845	71,702,435	2.33%	-0.05%
2024	2,759,988	71,668,011	2.3%	-0.05%
2025	2,822,083	71,619,867	2.25%	-0.07%
2026	2,884,075	71,559,621	2.2%	-0.08%
2027	2,945,874	71,488,156	2.14%	-0.1%
2028	3,007,541	71,406,996	2.09%	-0.11%
2029	3,069,012	71,316,195	2.04%	-0.13%
2030	3,130,117	71,215,017	1.99%	-0.14%
2031	3,190,986	71,104,025	1.94%	-0.16%
2032	3,251,816	70,982,286	1.91%	-0.17%
2033	3,312,585	70,847,947	1.87%	-0.19%
2034	3,373,117	70,701,651	1.83%	-0.21%
2035	3,433,418	70,540,884	1.79%	-0.23%
2036	3,493,569	70,366,496	1.75%	-0.25%
2037	3,553,521	70,180,031	1.72%	-0.26%
2038	3,613,489	69,979,034	1.69%	-0.29%
2039	3,673,332	69,763,928	1.66%	-0.31%
2040	3,732,793	69,535,003	1.62%	-0.33%
2041	3,791,791	69,288,477	1.58%	-0.35%
2042	3,850,526	69,025,348	1.55%	-0.38%
2043	3,909,016	68,748,075	1.52%	-0.4%
2044	3,966,899	68,456,533	1.48%	-0.42%
2045	4,024,221	68,150,148	1.45%	-0.45%
2046	4,080,955	67,827,309	1.41%	-0.47%
2047	4,137,188	67,489,358	1.38%	-0.5%
2048	4,192,836	67,136,737	1.35%	-0.52%
2049	4,247,701	66,767,316	1.31%	-0.55%
2050	4,301,881	66,382,732	1.28%	-0.58%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Gambia increased by 557,492 people (a 33.4% growth), while Thailand gained 4,523,375 people (a 6.85% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Gambia gained 647,350 (a 29.1% growth), while Thailand's population increased by 1,079,072 (a 1.53% growth).

The Gambia was ranked 146th most populous country in 2005 and is 138th in 2025. Thailand was ranked 19th in 2005 and ranked 21st 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 Thailand will decrease by 7.31% to 66,382,732 people and rank change from 21st to 31st.