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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Gambia	United States	Gambia	United States
1900	-	76,094,000	-	-
1901	-	77,584,000	-	1.96%
1902	-	79,163,000	-	2.04%
1903	-	80,632,000	-	1.86%
1904	-	82,166,000	-	1.9%
1905	-	83,822,000	-	2.02%
1906	-	85,450,000	-	1.94%
1907	-	87,008,000	-	1.82%
1908	-	88,710,000	-	1.96%
1909	-	90,490,000	-	2.01%
1910	-	92,407,000	-	2.12%
1911	-	93,863,000	-	1.58%
1912	-	95,335,000	-	1.57%
1913	-	97,225,000	-	1.98%
1914	-	99,111,000	-	1.94%
1915	-	100,546,000	-	1.45%
1916	-	101,961,000	-	1.41%
1917	-	103,268,000	-	1.28%
1918	-	103,208,000	-	-0.06%
1919	-	104,514,000	-	1.27%
1920	-	106,461,000	-	1.86%
1921	-	108,538,000	-	1.95%
1922	-	110,049,000	-	1.39%
1923	-	111,947,000	-	1.72%
1924	-	114,109,000	-	1.93%
1925	-	115,829,000	-	1.51%
1926	-	117,397,000	-	1.35%
1927	-	119,035,000	-	1.4%
1928	-	120,509,000	-	1.24%
1929	-	121,767,000	-	1.04%
1930	-	123,076,741	-	1.08%
1931	-	124,039,648	-	0.78%
1932	-	124,840,471	-	0.65%
1933	-	125,578,763	-	0.59%
1934	-	126,373,773	-	0.63%
1935	-	127,250,232	-	0.69%
1936	-	128,053,180	-	0.63%
1937	-	128,824,829	-	0.6%
1938	-	129,824,939	-	0.78%
1939	-	130,879,718	-	0.81%
1940	-	132,122,446	-	0.95%
1941	-	133,402,471	-	0.97%
1942	-	134,859,553	-	1.09%
1943	-	136,739,353	-	1.39%
1944	-	138,397,345	-	1.21%
1945	-	139,928,165	-	1.11%
1946	-	141,388,566	-	1.04%
1947	-	144,126,071	-	1.94%
1948	-	146,631,302	-	1.74%
1949	-	149,188,130	-	1.74%
1950	-	152,271,417	-	2.07%
1951	-	154,877,889	-	1.71%
1952	-	157,552,740	-	1.73%
1953	-	160,184,192	-	1.67%
1954	-	163,025,854	-	1.77%
1955	-	165,931,202	-	1.78%
1956	-	168,903,031	-	1.79%
1957	-	171,984,130	-	1.82%
1958	-	174,881,904	-	1.68%
1959	-	177,829,628	-	1.69%
1960	398,060	180,671,158	-	1.6%
1961	408,930	183,691,481	2.73%	1.67%
1962	420,163	186,537,737	2.75%	1.55%
1963	431,757	189,241,798	2.76%	1.45%
1964	443,687	191,888,791	2.76%	1.4%
1965	455,952	194,302,963	2.76%	1.26%
1966	468,516	196,560,338	2.76%	1.16%
1967	481,588	198,712,056	2.79%	1.09%
1968	495,269	200,706,052	2.84%	1%
1969	509,440	202,676,946	2.86%	0.98%
1970	524,105	205,052,174	2.88%	1.17%
1971	539,388	207,660,677	2.92%	1.27%
1972	555,370	209,896,021	2.96%	1.08%
1973	571,991	211,908,788	2.99%	0.96%
1974	589,085	213,853,928	2.99%	0.92%
1975	606,821	215,973,199	3.01%	0.99%
1976	625,667	218,035,164	3.11%	0.95%
1977	645,770	220,239,425	3.21%	1.01%
1978	667,103	222,584,545	3.3%	1.06%
1979	689,781	225,055,487	3.4%	1.11%
1980	713,913	226,542,250	3.5%	0.66%
1981	739,125	229,465,744	3.53%	1.29%
1982	765,753	231,664,432	3.6%	0.96%
1983	794,525	233,792,014	3.76%	0.92%
1984	825,631	235,824,908	3.92%	0.87%
1985	858,874	237,923,734	4.03%	0.89%
1986	894,019	240,132,831	4.09%	0.93%
1987	931,091	242,288,936	4.15%	0.9%
1988	970,160	244,499,004	4.2%	0.91%
1989	1,011,357	246,819,222	4.25%	0.95%
1990	1,054,696	250,131,894	4.29%	1.34%
1991	1,099,959	253,492,503	4.29%	1.34%
1992	1,145,582	256,894,189	4.15%	1.34%
1993	1,188,365	260,255,352	3.73%	1.31%
1994	1,227,226	263,435,673	3.27%	1.22%
1995	1,264,313	266,557,091	3.02%	1.18%
1996	1,301,410	269,667,391	2.93%	1.17%
1997	1,338,889	272,911,760	2.88%	1.2%
1998	1,376,987	276,115,288	2.85%	1.17%
1999	1,415,779	279,294,713	2.82%	1.15%
2000	1,455,084	282,162,411	2.78%	1.03%
2001	1,495,011	284,968,955	2.74%	0.99%
2002	1,535,691	287,625,193	2.72%	0.93%
2003	1,577,611	290,107,933	2.73%	0.86%
2004	1,621,312	292,805,298	2.77%	0.93%
2005	1,667,037	295,516,599	2.82%	0.93%
2006	1,715,275	298,379,912	2.89%	0.97%
2007	1,765,774	301,231,207	2.94%	0.96%
2008	1,817,852	304,093,966	2.95%	0.95%
2009	1,871,422	306,771,529	2.95%	0.88%
2010	1,926,630	309,327,143	2.95%	0.83%
2011	1,983,784	311,583,481	2.97%	0.73%
2012	2,043,094	313,877,662	2.99%	0.74%
2013	2,103,820	316,059,947	2.97%	0.7%
2014	2,164,528	318,386,329	2.89%	0.74%
2015	2,224,529	320,738,994	2.77%	0.74%
2016	2,283,769	323,071,755	2.66%	0.73%
2017	2,342,189	325,122,128	2.56%	0.63%
2018	2,399,632	326,838,199	2.45%	0.53%
2019	2,456,844	328,329,953	2.38%	0.46%
2020	2,515,733	331,526,933	2.4%	0.97%
2021	2,576,010	331,893,745	2.4%	0.11%
2022	2,636,470	333,271,411	2.35%	0.42%
2023	2,697,845	334,914,895	2.33%	0.49%
2024	2,759,988	340,110,988	2.3%	1.55%
2025	2,822,083	341,931,772	2.25%	0.54%
2026	2,884,075	343,664,369	2.2%	0.51%
2027	2,945,874	345,331,185	2.14%	0.49%
2028	3,007,541	346,981,137	2.09%	0.48%
2029	3,069,012	348,601,982	2.04%	0.47%
2030	3,130,117	350,176,974	1.99%	0.45%
2031	3,190,986	351,725,612	1.94%	0.44%
2032	3,251,816	353,249,060	1.91%	0.43%
2033	3,312,585	354,749,644	1.87%	0.42%
2034	3,373,117	356,234,239	1.83%	0.42%
2035	3,433,418	357,694,316	1.79%	0.41%
2036	3,493,569	359,119,002	1.75%	0.4%
2037	3,553,521	360,517,853	1.72%	0.39%
2038	3,613,489	361,895,407	1.69%	0.38%
2039	3,673,332	363,229,908	1.66%	0.37%
2040	3,732,793	364,512,364	1.62%	0.35%
2041	3,791,791	365,753,139	1.58%	0.34%
2042	3,850,526	366,969,419	1.55%	0.33%
2043	3,909,016	368,146,925	1.52%	0.32%
2044	3,966,899	369,258,123	1.48%	0.3%
2045	4,024,221	370,318,770	1.45%	0.29%
2046	4,080,955	371,328,255	1.41%	0.27%
2047	4,137,188	372,299,116	1.38%	0.26%
2048	4,192,836	373,230,539	1.35%	0.25%
2049	4,247,701	374,119,803	1.31%	0.24%
2050	4,301,881	374,986,259	1.28%	0.23%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of the Gambia increased by 568,494 people (a 33.1% growth), while the United States gained 24,691,843 people (a 8.28% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, the Gambia gained 600,981 (a 26.3% growth), while the United States' population increased by 20,610,830 (a 6.38% growth).

The Gambia was ranked 146th most populous country in 2006 and is 138th in 2026. The United States was ranked 3rd in 2006 and still ranked 3rd 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 the United States will increase by 9.11% to 374,986,259 people and will still be ranked 3rd.