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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Gambia	Yemen	Gambia	Yemen
1960	398,060	5,532,301	-	-
1961	408,930	5,655,232	2.73%	2.22%
1962	420,163	5,782,221	2.75%	2.25%
1963	431,757	5,911,135	2.76%	2.23%
1964	443,687	6,048,006	2.76%	2.32%
1965	455,952	6,195,593	2.76%	2.44%
1966	468,516	6,351,494	2.76%	2.52%
1967	481,588	6,516,444	2.79%	2.6%
1968	495,269	6,690,524	2.84%	2.67%
1969	509,440	6,875,859	2.86%	2.77%
1970	524,105	7,065,279	2.88%	2.75%
1971	539,388	7,257,462	2.92%	2.72%
1972	555,370	7,460,068	2.96%	2.79%
1973	571,991	7,672,796	2.99%	2.85%
1974	589,085	7,896,783	2.99%	2.92%
1975	606,821	8,133,598	3.01%	3%
1976	625,667	8,384,113	3.11%	3.08%
1977	645,770	8,648,222	3.21%	3.15%
1978	667,103	8,926,586	3.3%	3.22%
1979	689,781	9,224,194	3.4%	3.33%
1980	713,913	9,543,358	3.5%	3.46%
1981	739,125	9,882,362	3.53%	3.55%
1982	765,753	10,241,006	3.6%	3.63%
1983	794,525	10,621,499	3.76%	3.72%
1984	825,631	11,025,597	3.92%	3.8%
1985	858,874	11,453,825	4.03%	3.88%
1986	894,019	11,901,040	4.09%	3.9%
1987	931,091	12,369,912	4.15%	3.94%
1988	970,160	12,859,708	4.2%	3.96%
1989	1,011,357	13,364,174	4.25%	3.92%
1990	1,054,696	13,887,862	4.29%	3.92%
1991	1,099,959	14,430,201	4.29%	3.91%
1992	1,145,582	14,989,494	4.15%	3.88%
1993	1,188,365	15,563,914	3.73%	3.83%
1994	1,227,226	16,149,147	3.27%	3.76%
1995	1,264,313	16,740,058	3.02%	3.66%
1996	1,301,410	17,313,177	2.93%	3.42%
1997	1,338,889	17,873,936	2.88%	3.24%
1998	1,376,987	18,446,013	2.85%	3.2%
1999	1,415,779	19,029,420	2.82%	3.16%
2000	1,455,084	19,624,141	2.78%	3.13%
2001	1,495,011	20,226,147	2.74%	3.07%
2002	1,535,691	20,835,086	2.72%	3.01%
2003	1,577,611	21,456,379	2.73%	2.98%
2004	1,621,312	22,095,167	2.77%	2.98%
2005	1,667,037	22,790,085	2.82%	3.15%
2006	1,715,275	23,543,083	2.89%	3.3%
2007	1,765,774	24,318,082	2.94%	3.29%
2008	1,817,852	25,111,941	2.95%	3.26%
2009	1,871,422	25,927,724	2.95%	3.25%
2010	1,926,630	26,754,387	2.95%	3.19%
2011	1,983,784	27,582,897	2.97%	3.1%
2012	2,043,094	28,433,647	2.99%	3.08%
2013	2,103,820	29,312,952	2.97%	3.09%
2014	2,164,528	30,226,309	2.89%	3.12%
2015	2,224,529	31,159,379	2.77%	3.09%
2016	2,283,769	32,109,010	2.66%	3.05%
2017	2,342,189	33,090,921	2.56%	3.06%
2018	2,399,632	34,085,182	2.45%	3%
2019	2,456,844	35,111,408	2.38%	3.01%
2020	2,515,733	36,134,863	2.4%	2.91%
2021	2,576,010	37,140,230	2.4%	2.78%
2022	2,636,470	38,222,876	2.35%	2.92%
2023	2,697,845	39,390,799	2.33%	3.06%
2024	2,759,988	40,583,164	2.3%	3.03%
2025	2,822,083	41,773,871	2.25%	2.93%
2026	2,884,075	42,961,650	2.2%	2.84%
2027	2,945,874	44,145,620	2.14%	2.76%
2028	3,007,541	45,323,685	2.09%	2.67%
2029	3,069,012	46,497,573	2.04%	2.59%
2030	3,130,117	47,667,649	1.99%	2.52%
2031	3,190,986	48,827,503	1.94%	2.43%
2032	3,251,816	49,979,089	1.91%	2.36%
2033	3,312,585	51,129,867	1.87%	2.3%
2034	3,373,117	52,279,989	1.83%	2.25%
2035	3,433,418	53,429,308	1.79%	2.2%
2036	3,493,569	54,578,046	1.75%	2.15%
2037	3,553,521	55,724,259	1.72%	2.1%
2038	3,613,489	56,872,152	1.69%	2.06%
2039	3,673,332	58,024,713	1.66%	2.03%
2040	3,732,793	59,181,514	1.62%	1.99%
2041	3,791,791	60,345,667	1.58%	1.97%
2042	3,850,526	61,517,965	1.55%	1.94%
2043	3,909,016	62,696,517	1.52%	1.92%
2044	3,966,899	63,880,172	1.48%	1.89%
2045	4,024,221	65,066,344	1.45%	1.86%
2046	4,080,955	66,253,578	1.41%	1.82%
2047	4,137,188	67,438,796	1.38%	1.79%
2048	4,192,836	68,620,844	1.35%	1.75%
2049	4,247,701	69,799,794	1.31%	1.72%
2050	4,301,881	70,976,389	1.28%	1.69%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Gambia increased by 557,492 people (a 33.4% growth), while Yemen gained 8,369,294 people (a 36.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Gambia gained 647,350 (a 29.1% growth), while Yemen's population increased by 11,568,609 (a 37.1% growth).

The Gambia was ranked 146th most populous country in 2005 and is 138th in 2025. Yemen was ranked 47th in 2005 and ranked 37th 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 Yemen will increase by 66.1% to 70,976,389 people and rank change from 37th to 29th.