The latest officially reported population of the Gambia was 2,759,988 in 2024 vs 3,386,588 people in Uruguay in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Gambia's population is 2,884,750 people compared to 3,382,543 in Uruguay.
Population statistics:
- Uruguay's population is 1.17 times bigger than the Gambia's.
- The Gambia is ranked the 138th most populous country in the world, while Uruguay is the 133rd.
- The countries together account for 0.08% of the world: 0.03% for the Gambia vs 0.04% for Uruguay.
- For the last 10 years, the Gambia has had an average growth rate of +2.5% per year vs +0.11% in Uruguay.
- Since 2006, the population of the Gambia has increased from 1.72M people to 2.88M (68.2% growth), while Uruguay has grown from 3.29M to 3.38M (2.83% growth).
- The Gambia is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 5.7M people, while Uruguay's population already peaked in 2020 at 3.4M people and is projected to decrease to 2.25M people by 2100.
Gambia vs Uruguay: live population counter
|
|
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Current population |
2884750
|
3382543
|
| Population rank | 138/197 | 133/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.03% | 0.04% |
| One net population change |
8.46 minutes
|
5.87 hours
|
| One birth every |
6.4 minutes
|
15.7 minutes
|
| One death every |
31 minutes
|
15.9 minutes
|
| One migration net change every |
2.93 hours
|
6.5 hours
|
| Annual migration change | -2,989 | -1,348 |
| Daily growth/decline | +170 | -4 |
| Annual growth/decline | +62,143 | -1,493 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +2.3% | -0.04% |
| Population growth rate rank | 37/197 | 168/197 |
the Gambia and Uruguay: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 1960 | 398,060 | 2,529,957 | - | - |
| 1961 | 408,930 | 2,562,044 | 2.73% | 1.27% |
| 1962 | 420,163 | 2,593,298 | 2.75% | 1.22% |
| 1963 | 431,757 | 2,623,766 | 2.76% | 1.17% |
| 1964 | 443,687 | 2,653,180 | 2.76% | 1.12% |
| 1965 | 455,952 | 2,681,169 | 2.76% | 1.05% |
| 1966 | 468,516 | 2,707,646 | 2.76% | 0.99% |
| 1967 | 481,588 | 2,732,277 | 2.79% | 0.91% |
| 1968 | 495,269 | 2,754,606 | 2.84% | 0.82% |
| 1969 | 509,440 | 2,773,974 | 2.86% | 0.7% |
| 1970 | 524,105 | 2,790,807 | 2.88% | 0.61% |
| 1971 | 539,388 | 2,806,462 | 2.92% | 0.56% |
| 1972 | 555,370 | 2,821,644 | 2.96% | 0.54% |
| 1973 | 571,991 | 2,837,133 | 2.99% | 0.55% |
| 1974 | 589,085 | 2,853,944 | 2.99% | 0.59% |
| 1975 | 606,821 | 2,872,320 | 3.01% | 0.64% |
| 1976 | 625,667 | 2,891,392 | 3.11% | 0.66% |
| 1977 | 645,770 | 2,909,461 | 3.21% | 0.62% |
| 1978 | 667,103 | 2,925,715 | 3.3% | 0.56% |
| 1979 | 689,781 | 2,939,903 | 3.4% | 0.48% |
| 1980 | 713,913 | 2,951,953 | 3.5% | 0.41% |
| 1981 | 739,125 | 2,963,246 | 3.53% | 0.38% |
| 1982 | 765,753 | 2,975,492 | 3.6% | 0.41% |
| 1983 | 794,525 | 2,988,778 | 3.76% | 0.45% |
| 1984 | 825,631 | 3,002,488 | 3.92% | 0.46% |
| 1985 | 858,874 | 3,017,037 | 4.03% | 0.48% |
| 1986 | 894,019 | 3,032,845 | 4.09% | 0.52% |
| 1987 | 931,091 | 3,049,896 | 4.15% | 0.56% |
| 1988 | 970,160 | 3,067,961 | 4.2% | 0.59% |
| 1989 | 1,011,357 | 3,086,255 | 4.25% | 0.6% |
| 1990 | 1,054,696 | 3,104,403 | 4.29% | 0.59% |
| 1991 | 1,099,959 | 3,122,354 | 4.29% | 0.58% |
| 1992 | 1,145,582 | 3,139,702 | 4.15% | 0.56% |
| 1993 | 1,188,365 | 3,156,345 | 3.73% | 0.53% |
| 1994 | 1,227,226 | 3,172,834 | 3.27% | 0.52% |
| 1995 | 1,264,313 | 3,189,440 | 3.02% | 0.52% |
| 1996 | 1,301,410 | 3,206,324 | 2.93% | 0.53% |
| 1997 | 1,338,889 | 3,223,345 | 2.88% | 0.53% |
| 1998 | 1,376,987 | 3,239,280 | 2.85% | 0.49% |
| 1999 | 1,415,779 | 3,254,015 | 2.82% | 0.45% |
| 2000 | 1,455,084 | 3,266,206 | 2.78% | 0.37% |
| 2001 | 1,495,011 | 3,274,251 | 2.74% | 0.25% |
| 2002 | 1,535,691 | 3,278,867 | 2.72% | 0.14% |
| 2003 | 1,577,611 | 3,281,186 | 2.73% | 0.07% |
| 2004 | 1,621,312 | 3,283,148 | 2.77% | 0.06% |
| 2005 | 1,667,037 | 3,285,771 | 2.82% | 0.08% |
| 2006 | 1,715,275 | 3,289,506 | 2.89% | 0.11% |
| 2007 | 1,765,774 | 3,295,153 | 2.94% | 0.17% |
| 2008 | 1,817,852 | 3,302,177 | 2.95% | 0.21% |
| 2009 | 1,871,422 | 3,310,091 | 2.95% | 0.24% |
| 2010 | 1,926,630 | 3,318,580 | 2.95% | 0.26% |
| 2011 | 1,983,784 | 3,326,825 | 2.97% | 0.25% |
| 2012 | 2,043,094 | 3,335,401 | 2.99% | 0.26% |
| 2013 | 2,103,820 | 3,345,337 | 2.97% | 0.3% |
| 2014 | 2,164,528 | 3,356,334 | 2.89% | 0.33% |
| 2015 | 2,224,529 | 3,368,017 | 2.77% | 0.35% |
| 2016 | 2,283,769 | 3,379,283 | 2.66% | 0.33% |
| 2017 | 2,342,189 | 3,388,438 | 2.56% | 0.27% |
| 2018 | 2,399,632 | 3,394,534 | 2.45% | 0.18% |
| 2019 | 2,456,844 | 3,397,206 | 2.38% | 0.08% |
| 2020 | 2,515,733 | 3,398,968 | 2.4% | 0.05% |
| 2021 | 2,576,010 | 3,396,695 | 2.4% | -0.07% |
| 2022 | 2,636,470 | 3,390,913 | 2.35% | -0.17% |
| 2023 | 2,697,845 | 3,388,081 | 2.33% | -0.08% |
| 2024 | 2,759,988 | 3,386,588 | 2.3% | -0.04% |
| 2025 | 2,822,083 | 3,384,690 | 2.25% | -0.06% |
| 2026 | 2,884,075 | 3,382,543 | 2.2% | -0.06% |
| 2027 | 2,945,874 | 3,380,245 | 2.14% | -0.07% |
| 2028 | 3,007,541 | 3,377,893 | 2.09% | -0.07% |
| 2029 | 3,069,012 | 3,375,428 | 2.04% | -0.07% |
| 2030 | 3,130,117 | 3,372,892 | 1.99% | -0.08% |
| 2031 | 3,190,986 | 3,370,285 | 1.94% | -0.08% |
| 2032 | 3,251,816 | 3,367,544 | 1.91% | -0.08% |
| 2033 | 3,312,585 | 3,364,654 | 1.87% | -0.09% |
| 2034 | 3,373,117 | 3,361,591 | 1.83% | -0.09% |
| 2035 | 3,433,418 | 3,358,284 | 1.79% | -0.1% |
| 2036 | 3,493,569 | 3,354,682 | 1.75% | -0.11% |
| 2037 | 3,553,521 | 3,350,735 | 1.72% | -0.12% |
| 2038 | 3,613,489 | 3,346,431 | 1.69% | -0.13% |
| 2039 | 3,673,332 | 3,341,676 | 1.66% | -0.14% |
| 2040 | 3,732,793 | 3,336,469 | 1.62% | -0.16% |
| 2041 | 3,791,791 | 3,330,804 | 1.58% | -0.17% |
| 2042 | 3,850,526 | 3,324,643 | 1.55% | -0.18% |
| 2043 | 3,909,016 | 3,317,939 | 1.52% | -0.2% |
| 2044 | 3,966,899 | 3,310,611 | 1.48% | -0.22% |
| 2045 | 4,024,221 | 3,302,680 | 1.45% | -0.24% |
| 2046 | 4,080,955 | 3,294,196 | 1.41% | -0.26% |
| 2047 | 4,137,188 | 3,285,160 | 1.38% | -0.27% |
| 2048 | 4,192,836 | 3,275,507 | 1.35% | -0.29% |
| 2049 | 4,247,701 | 3,265,260 | 1.31% | -0.31% |
| 2050 | 4,301,881 | 3,254,361 | 1.28% | -0.33% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of the Gambia increased by 568,494 people (a 33.1% growth), while Uruguay gained 89,777 people (a 2.73% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, the Gambia gained 600,981 (a 26.3% growth), while Uruguay's population increased by 3,260 (a 0.1% growth).
The Gambia was ranked 146th most populous country in 2006 and is 138th in 2026. Uruguay was ranked 129th in 2006 and ranked 133rd 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 Uruguay will decrease by 3.79% to 3,254,361 people and rank change from 133rd to 138th.
Biggest cities by population
|
|
|
|---|---|
| City | Population |
| Montevideo | 1.3M |
| Salto | 125K |
| Ciudad de la Costa | 112K |
| Rivera | 103K |
| Maldonado | 86.8K |
| Paysandu | 76.4K |
| Tacuarembo | 54.8K |
| Melo | 51.8K |
| Mercedes | 42K |
| Artigas | 40.7K |
Compare countries by 7 more topics
Population differences between the Gambia and Uruguay
|
|
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 66.5 years | 78.6 years |
| Average age | 23.7 years | 38.9 years |
| Median age | 19.4 years | 37.2 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.8:50.2 | 48.5:51.5 |
| Fertility rate | 4.01 births per woman | 1.41 births per woman |
| Population density | 706 ppl/mi² | 50.1 ppl/mi² |
Population map with other countries
Population
Growth rate visualization in other countries
Growth rate
Relevant pages:
By topic
vs
comparisons:
Population comparisons