World Development Indicators

Population, total: The Gambia

Most recent: 2,822,093 (2025)
Earliest: 398,060 (1960)
Highest: 2,822,093 (2025)
Years reported: 66
Member state: The Gambia at the United Nations

Population, total, 1960–2025. Bars, not a line: a line drawn across a year the source does not report would invent an observation a reader could not tell from a measured one.

Every year reported

Year	Population
2025	2,822,093
2024	2,759,988
2023	2,697,845
2022	2,636,470
2021	2,576,010
2020	2,515,733
2019	2,456,844
2018	2,399,632
2017	2,342,189
2016	2,283,769
2015	2,224,529
2014	2,164,528
2013	2,103,820
2012	2,043,094
2011	1,983,784
2010	1,926,630
2009	1,871,422
2008	1,817,852
2007	1,765,774
2006	1,715,275
2005	1,667,037
2004	1,621,312
2003	1,577,611
2002	1,535,691
2001	1,495,011
2000	1,455,084
1999	1,415,779
1998	1,376,987
1997	1,338,889
1996	1,301,410
1995	1,264,313
1994	1,227,226
1993	1,188,365
1992	1,145,582
1991	1,099,959
1990	1,054,696
1989	1,011,357
1988	970,160
1987	931,091
1986	894,019
1985	858,874
1984	825,631
1983	794,525
1982	765,753
1981	739,125
1980	713,913
1979	689,781
1978	667,103
1977	645,770
1976	625,667
1975	606,821
1974	589,085
1973	571,991
1972	555,370
1971	539,388
1970	524,105
1969	509,440
1968	495,269
1967	481,588
1966	468,516
1965	455,952
1964	443,687
1963	431,757
1962	420,163
1961	408,930
1960	398,060

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