Population growth in Gambia

The population of Gambia changed by 2.23% in 2025. The value for 2025 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1961.

Measure: Population growth Unit: Annual % change Data: 1961 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Gambia, 2025 2.23% Annual % change
Change from 2024 −0.05percentage points 2024: 2.28%
World, 2025 0.91% Official aggregate
Position in 2025 37th of 217 See the full ranking

Population growth in Gambia over time

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Annual % change. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Population growth (annual % change), 2001 to 2025
Period GambiaWorld
2025 2.23% 0.91%
2024 2.28% 0.96%
2023 2.30% 0.93%
2022 2.32% 0.87%
2021 2.37% 0.83%
2020 2.37% 0.98%
2019 2.36% 1.05%
2018 2.42% 1.08%
2017 2.53% 1.13%
2016 2.63% 1.16%
2015 2.73% 1.18%
2014 2.84% 1.21%
2013 2.93% 1.23%
2012 2.95% 1.26%
2011 2.92% 1.22%
2010 2.91% 1.22%
2009 2.90% 1.25%
2008 2.91% 1.27%
2007 2.90% 1.26%
2006 2.85% 1.27%
2005 2.78% 1.27%
2004 2.73% 1.29%
2003 2.69% 1.29%
2002 2.68% 1.31%
2001 2.71% 1.34%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.05 percentage points from 2.28% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 2.73%, the figure has changed by −0.51 percentage points.
  • Among the 217 countries with data for 2025, Gambia has the 37th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 0.91%.

Source and dates

Original producer
United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SP.POP.GROW · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1961 to 2025 for Gambia
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects