Population in the Gambia compared to the United Kingdom: Trends, Charts, Rankings

the Gambia and the United Kingdom: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Gambia	United Kingdom	Gambia	United Kingdom
1960	398,060	52,400,000	-	-
1961	408,930	52,800,000	2.73%	0.76%
1962	420,163	53,250,000	2.75%	0.85%
1963	431,757	53,650,000	2.76%	0.75%
1964	443,687	54,000,000	2.76%	0.65%
1965	455,952	54,348,050	2.76%	0.64%
1966	468,516	54,648,500	2.76%	0.55%
1967	481,588	54,943,600	2.79%	0.54%
1968	495,269	55,211,700	2.84%	0.49%
1969	509,440	55,441,750	2.86%	0.42%
1970	524,105	55,663,250	2.88%	0.4%
1971	539,388	55,896,223	2.92%	0.42%
1972	555,370	56,086,065	2.96%	0.34%
1973	571,991	56,194,527	2.99%	0.19%
1974	589,085	56,229,974	2.99%	0.06%
1975	606,821	56,225,800	3.01%	-0.007%
1976	625,667	56,211,968	3.11%	-0.02%
1977	645,770	56,193,492	3.21%	-0.03%
1978	667,103	56,196,504	3.3%	0.005%
1979	689,781	56,246,951	3.4%	0.09%
1980	713,913	56,314,216	3.5%	0.12%
1981	739,125	56,333,829	3.53%	0.03%
1982	765,753	56,313,641	3.6%	-0.04%
1983	794,525	56,332,848	3.76%	0.03%
1984	825,631	56,422,072	3.92%	0.16%
1985	858,874	56,550,268	4.03%	0.23%
1986	894,019	56,681,396	4.09%	0.23%
1987	931,091	56,802,050	4.15%	0.21%
1988	970,160	56,928,327	4.2%	0.22%
1989	1,011,357	57,076,711	4.25%	0.26%
1990	1,054,696	57,247,586	4.29%	0.3%
1991	1,099,959	57,424,897	4.29%	0.31%
1992	1,145,582	57,580,402	4.15%	0.27%
1993	1,188,365	57,718,614	3.73%	0.24%
1994	1,227,226	57,865,745	3.27%	0.25%
1995	1,264,313	58,019,030	3.02%	0.26%
1996	1,301,410	58,166,950	2.93%	0.25%
1997	1,338,889	58,316,954	2.88%	0.26%
1998	1,376,987	58,487,141	2.85%	0.29%
1999	1,415,779	58,682,466	2.82%	0.33%
2000	1,455,084	58,892,514	2.78%	0.36%
2001	1,495,011	59,119,673	2.74%	0.39%
2002	1,535,691	59,370,479	2.72%	0.42%
2003	1,577,611	59,647,577	2.73%	0.47%
2004	1,621,312	59,987,905	2.77%	0.57%
2005	1,667,037	60,401,206	2.82%	0.69%
2006	1,715,275	60,846,820	2.89%	0.74%
2007	1,765,774	61,322,463	2.94%	0.78%
2008	1,817,852	61,806,995	2.95%	0.79%
2009	1,871,422	62,276,270	2.95%	0.76%
2010	1,926,630	62,766,365	2.95%	0.79%
2011	1,983,784	63,258,810	2.97%	0.78%
2012	2,043,094	63,711,000	2.99%	0.71%
2013	2,103,820	64,139,000	2.97%	0.67%
2014	2,164,528	64,620,000	2.89%	0.75%
2015	2,224,529	65,088,000	2.77%	0.72%
2016	2,283,769	65,607,000	2.66%	0.8%
2017	2,342,189	65,966,000	2.56%	0.55%
2018	2,399,632	66,289,000	2.45%	0.49%
2019	2,456,844	66,631,000	2.38%	0.52%
2020	2,515,733	66,744,000	2.4%	0.17%
2021	2,576,010	66,984,000	2.4%	0.36%
2022	2,636,470	67,604,000	2.35%	0.93%
2023	2,697,845	68,492,000	2.33%	1.31%
2024	2,759,988	69,226,000	2.3%	1.07%
2025	2,822,083	69,639,673	2.25%	0.6%
2026	2,884,075	70,020,350	2.2%	0.55%
2027	2,945,874	70,382,853	2.14%	0.52%
2028	3,007,541	70,732,699	2.09%	0.5%
2029	3,069,012	71,061,482	2.04%	0.46%
2030	3,130,117	71,377,535	1.99%	0.44%
2031	3,190,986	71,678,351	1.94%	0.42%
2032	3,251,816	71,959,934	1.91%	0.39%
2033	3,312,585	72,234,509	1.87%	0.38%
2034	3,373,117	72,497,650	1.83%	0.36%
2035	3,433,418	72,749,096	1.79%	0.35%
2036	3,493,569	72,990,847	1.75%	0.33%
2037	3,553,521	73,218,850	1.72%	0.31%
2038	3,613,489	73,441,349	1.69%	0.3%
2039	3,673,332	73,658,392	1.66%	0.3%
2040	3,732,793	73,868,334	1.62%	0.29%
2041	3,791,791	74,074,316	1.58%	0.28%
2042	3,850,526	74,275,779	1.55%	0.27%
2043	3,909,016	74,475,035	1.52%	0.27%
2044	3,966,899	74,667,284	1.48%	0.26%
2045	4,024,221	74,848,605	1.45%	0.24%
2046	4,080,955	75,020,949	1.41%	0.23%
2047	4,137,188	75,184,478	1.38%	0.22%
2048	4,192,836	75,337,543	1.35%	0.2%
2049	4,247,701	75,476,141	1.31%	0.18%
2050	4,301,881	75,600,588	1.28%	0.16%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Gambia increased by 557,492 people (a 33.4% growth), while the United Kingdom gained 4,686,794 people (a 7.76% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Gambia gained 647,350 (a 29.1% growth), while the United Kingdom's population increased by 4,857,462 (a 7.46% growth).

The Gambia was ranked 146th most populous country in 2005 and is 138th in 2025. The United Kingdom was ranked 21st in 2005 and ranked 22nd 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 the United Kingdom will increase by 8.09% to 75,600,588 people and rank change from 22nd to 26th.