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Gambia, The population evolution and future prospects

Related article: World population evolution - past, present, future

The chart bellow shows how the population of Gambia, The has evolved from 1950 until now. It also contains the future prospects of Gambia, The population. Data is groupped in several categories depending how the future projection was made: no change in evolution (the growth rate follows the trend of the last period), constant fertility, low fertility, medium fertility and high fertility. The data has been prepared by the United Nations Population Division. Please note that these numbers might be slightly different then those present in the country profiles.

Please click on the legend below the chart to show or hide projection categories.

Here's the raw data based on which the Gambia, The population evolution and future prospects chart was generated:

Year No change Constant fertility Low fertility Medium fertility High fertility
1950 271,000
1951 273,000
1952 277,000
1953 284,000
1954 293,000
1955 304,000
1956 317,000
1957 331,000
1958 344,000
1959 357,000
1960 368,000
1961 377,000
1962 384,000
1963 389,000
1964 395,000
1965 401,000
1966 408,000
1967 416,000
1968 426,000
1969 436,000
1970 447,000
1971 460,000
1972 475,000
1973 490,000
1974 506,000
1975 521,000
1976 536,000
1977 552,000
1978 568,000
1979 585,000
1980 604,000
1981 625,000
1982 648,000
1983 673,000
1984 701,000
1985 732,000
1986 767,000
1987 804,000
1988 843,000
1989 881,000
1990 917,000
1991 949,000
1992 980,000
1993 1,008,000
1994 1,037,000
1995 1,066,000
1996 1,096,000
1997 1,127,000
1998 1,159,000
1999 1,193,000
2000 1,229,000
2001 1,267,000
2002 1,307,000
2003 1,349,000
2004 1,392,000
2005 1,437,000
2006 1,482,000
2007 1,529,000
2008 1,578,000
2009 1,628,000
2010 1,681,000
2011 1,735,000
2012 1,791,000
2013 1,849,000
2014 1,915,000 1,910,000 1,898,000 1,909,000 1,920,000
2015 1,979,000 1,972,000 1,954,000 1,970,000 1,986,000
2016 2,044,000 2,037,000 2,012,000 2,033,000 2,053,000
2017 2,110,000 2,103,000 2,071,000 2,097,000 2,122,000
2018 2,179,000 2,173,000 2,131,000 2,162,000 2,193,000
2019 2,249,000 2,244,000 2,191,000 2,229,000 2,267,000
2020 2,321,000 2,318,000 2,253,000 2,297,000 2,342,000
2021 2,396,000 2,395,000 2,315,000 2,367,000 2,419,000
2022 2,472,000 2,474,000 2,378,000 2,438,000 2,498,000
2023 2,551,000 2,556,000 2,442,000 2,511,000 2,579,000
2024 2,632,000 2,641,000 2,507,000 2,585,000 2,662,000
2025 2,715,000 2,728,000 2,573,000 2,660,000 2,747,000
2026 2,801,000 2,819,000 2,641,000 2,737,000 2,833,000
2027 2,889,000 2,913,000 2,709,000 2,815,000 2,920,000
2028 2,980,000 3,009,000 2,778,000 2,894,000 3,010,000
2029 3,074,000 3,110,000 2,848,000 2,975,000 3,101,000
2030 3,170,000 3,213,000 2,919,000 3,056,000 3,194,000
2031 3,269,000 3,320,000 2,991,000 3,139,000 3,288,000
2032 3,372,000 3,431,000 3,063,000 3,224,000 3,385,000
2033 3,477,000 3,546,000 3,136,000 3,309,000 3,483,000
2034 3,586,000 3,664,000 3,209,000 3,395,000 3,583,000
2035 3,697,000 3,787,000 3,282,000 3,483,000 3,685,000
2036 3,813,000 3,914,000 3,356,000 3,571,000 3,789,000
2037 3,931,000 4,045,000 3,429,000 3,660,000 3,894,000
2038 4,053,000 4,180,000 3,503,000 3,750,000 4,002,000
2039 4,179,000 4,321,000 3,577,000 3,841,000 4,111,000
2040 4,308,000 4,466,000 3,650,000 3,933,000 4,221,000
2041 4,442,000 4,616,000 3,723,000 4,025,000 4,334,000
2042 4,579,000 4,771,000 3,796,000 4,117,000 4,448,000
2043 4,720,000 4,932,000 3,868,000 4,210,000 4,563,000
2044 4,865,000 5,098,000 3,939,000 4,304,000 4,680,000
2045 5,015,000 5,270,000 4,010,000 4,397,000 4,799,000
2046 5,168,000 5,448,000 4,080,000 4,491,000 4,918,000
2047 5,327,000 5,632,000 4,150,000 4,585,000 5,039,000
2048 5,490,000 5,823,000 4,218,000 4,678,000 5,161,000
2049 5,657,000 6,020,000 4,286,000 4,772,000 5,284,000
2050 5,830,000 6,224,000 4,353,000 4,866,000 5,408,000
2051 6,007,000 6,436,000 4,418,000 4,959,000 5,533,000
2052 6,190,000 6,654,000 4,483,000 5,053,000 5,658,000
2053 6,378,000 6,880,000 4,547,000 5,146,000 5,785,000
2054 6,572,000 7,114,000 4,610,000 5,239,000 5,912,000
2055 6,772,000 7,357,000 4,672,000 5,331,000 6,040,000
2056 6,977,000 7,608,000 4,732,000 5,423,000 6,168,000
2057 7,189,000 7,868,000 4,792,000 5,515,000 6,297,000
2058 7,406,000 8,137,000 4,850,000 5,607,000 6,427,000
2059 7,631,000 8,415,000 4,908,000 5,697,000 6,558,000
2060 7,862,000 8,703,000 4,963,000 5,788,000 6,689,000
2061 8,100,000 9,002,000 5,018,000 5,878,000 6,820,000
2062 8,345,000 9,311,000 5,071,000 5,967,000 6,952,000
2063 8,598,000 9,631,000 5,123,000 6,055,000 7,085,000
2064 8,859,000 9,962,000 5,173,000 6,143,000 7,218,000
2065 9,127,000 10,305,000 5,222,000 6,230,000 7,351,000
2066 9,403,000 10,661,000 5,269,000 6,316,000 7,485,000
2067 9,688,000 11,029,000 5,314,000 6,401,000 7,619,000
2068 9,982,000 11,410,000 5,358,000 6,485,000 7,754,000
2069 10,284,000 11,804,000 5,400,000 6,568,000 7,889,000
2070 10,595,000 12,213,000 5,440,000 6,650,000 8,024,000
2071 10,916,000 12,636,000 5,479,000 6,731,000 8,160,000
2072 11,247,000 13,075,000 5,516,000 6,811,000 8,295,000
2073 11,587,000 13,529,000 5,551,000 6,890,000 8,431,000
2074 11,938,000 13,999,000 5,584,000 6,968,000 8,567,000
2075 12,299,000 14,486,000 5,615,000 7,044,000 8,702,000
2076 12,671,000 14,991,000 5,644,000 7,118,000 8,837,000
2077 13,055,000 15,514,000 5,671,000 7,191,000 8,972,000
2078 13,449,000 16,055,000 5,696,000 7,263,000 9,107,000
2079 13,856,000 16,616,000 5,719,000 7,333,000 9,241,000
2080 14,275,000 17,197,000 5,740,000 7,402,000 9,375,000
2081 14,707,000 17,799,000 5,760,000 7,469,000 9,509,000
2082 15,151,000 18,422,000 5,777,000 7,535,000 9,642,000
2083 15,609,000 19,068,000 5,793,000 7,599,000 9,774,000
2084 16,081,000 19,737,000 5,806,000 7,661,000 9,906,000
2085 16,567,000 20,430,000 5,817,000 7,721,000 10,037,000
2086 17,068,000 21,148,000 5,827,000 7,780,000 10,167,000
2087 17,583,000 21,892,000 5,835,000 7,837,000 10,297,000
2088 18,115,000 22,662,000 5,840,000 7,893,000 10,425,000
2089 18,662,000 23,461,000 5,844,000 7,946,000 10,553,000
2090 19,226,000 24,288,000 5,846,000 7,998,000 10,681,000
2091 19,807,000 25,145,000 5,846,000 8,048,000 10,807,000
2092 20,405,000 26,033,000 5,845,000 8,097,000 10,933,000
2093 21,022,000 26,954,000 5,841,000 8,144,000 11,058,000
2094 21,657,000 27,907,000 5,836,000 8,189,000 11,183,000
2095 22,312,000 28,895,000 5,829,000 8,232,000 11,306,000
2096 22,986,000 29,919,000 5,821,000 8,274,000 11,429,000
2097 23,681,000 30,980,000 5,810,000 8,314,000 11,551,000
2098 24,397,000 32,080,000 5,798,000 8,352,000 11,672,000
2099 25,134,000 33,219,000 5,785,000 8,388,000 11,793,000
2100 25,894,000 34,400,000 5,769,000 8,423,000 11,913,000
Year No change Constant fertility Low fertility Medium fertility High fertility