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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Gambia	Vietnam	Gambia	Vietnam
1960	398,060	32,531,933	-	-
1961	408,930	33,409,059	2.73%	2.7%
1962	420,163	34,288,560	2.75%	2.63%
1963	431,757	35,249,101	2.76%	2.8%
1964	443,687	36,201,563	2.76%	2.7%
1965	455,952	37,129,656	2.76%	2.56%
1966	468,516	38,024,836	2.76%	2.41%
1967	481,588	38,895,080	2.79%	2.29%
1968	495,269	39,734,609	2.84%	2.16%
1969	509,440	40,582,096	2.86%	2.13%
1970	524,105	41,475,230	2.88%	2.2%
1971	539,388	42,449,276	2.92%	2.35%
1972	555,370	43,429,168	2.96%	2.31%
1973	571,991	44,409,861	2.99%	2.26%
1974	589,085	45,413,537	2.99%	2.26%
1975	606,821	46,482,903	3.01%	2.35%
1976	625,667	47,684,931	3.11%	2.59%
1977	645,770	48,954,872	3.21%	2.66%
1978	667,103	50,249,552	3.3%	2.64%
1979	689,781	51,378,211	3.4%	2.25%
1980	713,913	52,490,101	3.5%	2.16%
1981	739,125	53,738,141	3.53%	2.38%
1982	765,753	55,011,289	3.6%	2.37%
1983	794,525	56,337,921	3.76%	2.41%
1984	825,631	57,706,067	3.92%	2.43%
1985	858,874	59,060,622	4.03%	2.35%
1986	894,019	60,347,048	4.09%	2.18%
1987	931,091	61,584,651	4.15%	2.05%
1988	970,160	62,843,228	4.2%	2.04%
1989	1,011,357	64,147,348	4.25%	2.08%
1990	1,054,696	65,504,552	4.29%	2.12%
1991	1,099,959	66,891,775	4.29%	2.12%
1992	1,145,582	68,260,337	4.15%	2.05%
1993	1,188,365	69,586,384	3.73%	1.94%
1994	1,227,226	70,854,391	3.27%	1.82%
1995	1,264,313	72,049,940	3.02%	1.69%
1996	1,301,410	73,156,447	2.93%	1.54%
1997	1,338,889	74,226,889	2.88%	1.46%
1998	1,376,987	75,299,660	2.85%	1.45%
1999	1,415,779	76,287,452	2.82%	1.31%
2000	1,455,084	77,154,011	2.78%	1.14%
2001	1,495,011	77,969,361	2.74%	1.06%
2002	1,535,691	78,772,224	2.72%	1.03%
2003	1,577,611	79,563,777	2.73%	1%
2004	1,621,312	80,338,971	2.77%	0.97%
2005	1,667,037	81,088,313	2.82%	0.93%
2006	1,715,275	82,167,897	2.89%	1.33%
2007	1,765,774	83,633,375	2.94%	1.78%
2008	1,817,852	85,175,788	2.95%	1.84%
2009	1,871,422	86,460,018	2.95%	1.51%
2010	1,926,630	87,455,152	2.95%	1.15%
2011	1,983,784	88,468,314	2.97%	1.16%
2012	2,043,094	89,510,356	2.99%	1.18%
2013	2,103,820	90,573,104	2.97%	1.19%
2014	2,164,528	91,679,578	2.89%	1.22%
2015	2,224,529	92,823,254	2.77%	1.25%
2016	2,283,769	94,000,117	2.66%	1.27%
2017	2,342,189	95,176,977	2.56%	1.25%
2018	2,399,632	96,237,319	2.45%	1.11%
2019	2,456,844	97,173,776	2.38%	0.97%
2020	2,515,733	98,079,191	2.4%	0.93%
2021	2,576,010	98,935,098	2.4%	0.87%
2022	2,636,470	99,680,655	2.35%	0.75%
2023	2,697,845	100,352,192	2.33%	0.67%
2024	2,759,988	100,987,686	2.3%	0.63%
2025	2,822,083	101,598,531	2.25%	0.6%
2026	2,884,075	102,177,434	2.2%	0.57%
2027	2,945,874	102,727,392	2.14%	0.54%
2028	3,007,541	103,255,746	2.09%	0.51%
2029	3,069,012	103,761,151	2.04%	0.49%
2030	3,130,117	104,254,900	1.99%	0.48%
2031	3,190,986	104,737,913	1.94%	0.46%
2032	3,251,816	105,204,401	1.91%	0.45%
2033	3,312,585	105,656,307	1.87%	0.43%
2034	3,373,117	106,097,515	1.83%	0.42%
2035	3,433,418	106,530,671	1.79%	0.41%
2036	3,493,569	106,945,842	1.75%	0.39%
2037	3,553,521	107,346,046	1.72%	0.37%
2038	3,613,489	107,732,019	1.69%	0.36%
2039	3,673,332	108,097,653	1.66%	0.34%
2040	3,732,793	108,437,634	1.62%	0.31%
2041	3,791,791	108,752,199	1.58%	0.29%
2042	3,850,526	109,040,314	1.55%	0.26%
2043	3,909,016	109,292,559	1.52%	0.23%
2044	3,966,899	109,506,274	1.48%	0.2%
2045	4,024,221	109,685,396	1.45%	0.16%
2046	4,080,955	109,827,664	1.41%	0.13%
2047	4,137,188	109,930,243	1.38%	0.09%
2048	4,192,836	109,994,024	1.35%	0.06%
2049	4,247,701	110,018,017	1.31%	0.02%
2050	4,301,881	110,008,910	1.28%	-0.008%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Gambia increased by 557,492 people (a 33.4% growth), while Vietnam gained 11,734,941 people (a 14.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Gambia gained 647,350 (a 29.1% growth), while Vietnam's population increased by 9,240,297 (a 9.95% growth).

The Gambia was ranked 146th most populous country in 2005 and is 138th in 2025. Vietnam was ranked 15th in 2005 and ranked 16th 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 Vietnam will increase by 7.78% to 110,008,910 people and will still be ranked 16th.