Population of Gambia (2025)

Gambia population

2,009,648

Births this year: 0 Births today 0
Deaths this year 0 Deaths today 0

Gambia Population by Religions

Region Name Percents Number
Muslim 90% 1,808,683 people
Christian 8% 160,772 people
indigenous beliefs 2% 40,193 people

Gambia Population by Ethnic groups (2003 census)

Ethnic groups Name Percents Number
African (Mandinka, Fula, Wolof, Jola, Serahuli, other) 99% 1,989,552 people
non-African 1% 20,096 people

Gambia population by Age group

Age Both Sexes Population Male Population Female Population Both Sexes (%) Male (%) Female (%) Sex ratio (female/male)
Total 2,697,535 1,335,524 1,362,011 100 100 100 98.1
00-04 452,332 228,634 223,698 16.8 17.1 16.4 102.2
05-09 393,717 198,640 195,077 14.6 14.9 14.3 101.8
10-14 346,318 174,463 171,855 12.8 13.1 12.6 101.5
15-19 295,047 148,026 147,021 10.9 11.1 10.8 100.7
20-24 251,164 124,687 126,477 9.3 9.3 9.3 98.6
25-29 209,162 102,969 106,193 7.8 7.7 7.8 97
30-34 168,972 82,272 86,700 6.3 6.2 6.4 94.9
35-39 137,929 66,419 71,510 5.1 5 5.3 92.9
40-44 115,341 55,129 60,212 4.3 4.1 4.4 91.6
45-49 93,258 43,779 49,479 3.5 3.3 3.6 88.5
50-54 67,353 31,463 35,890 2.5 2.4 2.6 87.7
55-59 57,258 26,634 30,624 2.1 2 2.2 87
60-64 42,307 19,584 22,723 1.6 1.5 1.7 86.2
65-69 30,600 14,652 15,948 1.1 1.1 1.2 91.9
70-74 20,170 9,910 10,260 0.7 0.7 0.8 96.6
75-79 10,009 5,165 4,844 0.4 0.4 0.4 106.6
80-84 5,070 2,403 2,667 0.2 0.2 0.2 90.1
85-89 1,300 600 700 0 0 0.1 85.7
90-94 209 88 121 0 0 0 72.7
95-99 18 7 11 0 0 0 63.6
100+ 1 0 1 0 0 0 0

Gambia Age structure and Population pyramid

Gambia Age structure and Population pyramid

Gambia Sex ratio

Gambia Sex ratio

Gambia Dependency ratios

Chart working age in Gambia

Gambia Population (1950 - 2025)

Year Population Yearly %
Change
Yearly
Change
Sex ratio Density
(P/KmĀ²)
2024 2,620,216 2.98 75,890 98.04 258.91
2023 2,544,326 3.01 74,433 98.03 251.42
2022 2,469,893 3.04 72,949 98.02 244.06
2021 2,396,944 3.07 71,441 98.01 236.85
2020 2,325,503 3.10 69,895 98.01 229.79
2019 2,255,608 3.12 68,343 98.01 222.89
2018 2,187,265 3.15 66,847 98.01 216.13
2017 2,120,418 3.18 65,432 98.01 209.53
2016 2,054,986 3.22 64,062 98.02 203.06
2015 1,990,924 3.25 62,723 98.02 196.73
2014 1,928,201 3.28 61,323 98.04 190.53
2013 1,866,878 3.31 59,770 98.05 184.47
2012 1,807,108 3.32 58,009 98.07 178.57
2011 1,749,099 3.31 56,097 98.09 172.84
2010 1,693,002 3.30 54,103 98.11 167.29
2005 1,440,542 17.23 211,679 98.31 142.35
2000 1,228,863 15.31 163,117 98.65 121.43
1995 1,065,746 16.24 148,935 100.09 105.31
1990 916,811 25.23 184,719 101.39 90.59
1985 732,092 21.13 127,721 99.40 72.34
1980 604,371 15.99 83,301 98.37 59.72
1975 521,070 16.50 73,787 101.72 51.49
1970 447,283 11.58 46,418 104.79 44.20
1965 400,865 8.95 32,936 100.10 39.61
1960 367,929 21.02 63,896 96.81 36.36
1955 304,033 12.04 32,661 95.67 30.04
1950 271,372 94.95 26.82
Chart population Gambia Population (1950 - 2025)