Gambia
Population 2026
2,884,086
Overview
- Yearly change
- +2.20%
- Density
- 285 per km²
- Land area
- 10,120 km²
- Capital
- Banjul
- Currency
- Dalasi (GMD)
- Official languages
- EN-GM, MNK, WOF, WO
- Urban population
- 65.0%
- Continent
- AF
Demographics
- Births
- 82,6342026
- Deaths
- 17,8112026
- Birth rate
- 29.9per 1,000
- Death rate
- 6.2per 1,000
- Fertility rate
- 3.91
- Life expectancy
- 66.1At birth, years
- Median age
- 18.8
- Net migration
- -2,984
Age distribution
- 0–1439.7%
- 15–6457.1%
- 65+3.2%
Population by year
Economy
- GDP
- $2.6B
- GDP per capita
- $919
- GDP growth
- +5.9%
- Inflation
- 11.6%
- Unemployment
- 6.5%
- Exports
- $330M
- Imports
- $1.3B
- Tourism receipts
- 30.2%% of exports
Economic output by sector (% of GDP)
- Agriculture23.8%
- Industry15.8%
- Manufacturing1.5%
- Services53.1%
Employment by sector (%)
- Agriculture27.6%
- Industry18.8%
- Services53.6%
Largest cities
| # | City | Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SerekundaBanjul | 340,0002026 |
| 2 | BrikamaWestern | 97,2332023 |
| 3 | SukutaWestern | 56,4722023 |
| 4 | TalindingBanjul | 48,6872023 |
| 5 | Faji KundaWestern | 45,7572023 |
| 6 | BakauBanjul | 43,0982012 |
| 7 | BanjulBanjul | 37,2742023 |
| 8 | Nema KunkuWestern | 34,3902023 |
| 9 | FarafenniNorth Bank | 32,8832023 |
| 10 | BusumbalaWestern | 28,8292023 |
Populated place as listed by GeoNames. Not a metropolitan-area figure.
Historical statistics
| Year | Population | Births | Deaths |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2,884,086 | 82.6K | 17.8K |
| 2020 | 2,515,744 | 79.3K | 17.1K |
| 2010 | 1,926,634 | 74.9K | 16.3K |
| 2000 | 1,455,095 | 59.7K | 16.5K |
| 1990 | 1,054,703 | 50.3K | 17.2K |
| 1980 | 713,921 | 34.4K | 14.8K |
| 1970 | 524,115 | 24.8K | 12.7K |
| 1960 | 398,071 | 20.1K | 11.7K |
| 1950 | 306,745 | 15.2K | 10.0K |