Gambia's population rose from 1.3M in 1996 to 2.82M in 2025.
Gambia · Population & demographics
Size, growth, ages, births, deaths, urbanisation and migration.
23 indicators · 23 with data
Gambia's population growth fell from 2.9 % in 1996 to 2.2 % in 2025.
Gambia's population density rose from 121.3 in 1994 to 266.6 in 2023.
Gambia's population, female (% of total) fell from 50.5 % in 1996 to 50.2 % in 2025.
Gambia's urbanisation rose from 40.9 % in 1996 to 65.0 % in 2025.
Gambia's urban population rose from 532,904 in 1996 to 1.83M in 2025.
Gambia's rural population rose from 768,506 in 1996 to 988,057 in 2025.
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- Fertilitydown −2.5 %28th of 217
- Birth rate, crudedown −1.9 %32nd of 217
- Death rate, crudedown −0.7 %147th of 217
- Adolescent fertility ratedown −3.4 %161st of 217
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- Median ageup +0.2 yrs192nd of 216
- Children (0–14)down −0.5 pts27th of 217
- Working age (15–64)up +0.4 pts190th of 217
- Seniors (65+)up +0.1 pts188th of 217
- Age dependency ratiodown −1.3 pts28th of 217
- Old-age dependency ratioup +0.1 pts187th of 217
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- Net migrationup +0.2 %127th of 217
- Migrant stockunchanged +0.0 pts90th of 216
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- Refugees hostedup +4.1 %109th of 178
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- Life expectancyup +0.2 yrs187th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, femaleup +0.2 yrs189th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, maleup +0.2 yrs177th of 217