The Gambia - Population

Population, total

The value for Population, total in The Gambia was 1,729,000 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 50 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1,729,000 in 2010 and a minimum value of 372,625 in 1960.

Definition: Total population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship--except for refugees not permanently settled in the country of asylum, who are generally considered part of the population of their country of origin. The values shown are midyear estimates.

Source: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Reprot (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.

See also:

Year Value
1960 372,625
1961 382,164
1962 389,768
1963 396,158
1964 402,436
1965 409,450
1966 417,350
1967 426,005
1968 435,647
1969 446,488
1970 458,663
1971 472,432
1972 487,790
1973 504,267
1974 521,186
1975 538,110
1976 554,910
1977 571,891
1978 589,570
1979 608,680
1980 629,786
1981 652,817
1982 677,685
1983 704,894
1984 735,056
1985 768,460
1986 805,491
1987 845,642
1988 887,224
1989 927,937
1990 966,151
1991 1,001,252
1992 1,033,748
1993 1,064,522
1994 1,094,974
1995 1,126,183
1996 1,158,308
1997 1,191,155
1998 1,225,044
1999 1,260,283
2000 1,297,084
2001 1,335,674
2002 1,376,035
2003 1,417,818
2004 1,460,493
2005 1,503,678
2006 1,547,259
2007 1,591,357
2008 1,636,107
2009 1,681,734
2010 1,729,000

Population, female (% of total)

Population, female (% of total) in The Gambia was 50.62 as of 2010. Its highest value over the past 50 years was 50.87 in 1960, while its lowest value was 49.00 in 1970.

Definition: Female population is the percentage of the population that is female. Population is based on the de facto definition of population.

Source: The United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects.

See also:

Year Value
1960 50.87
1961 50.76
1962 50.63
1963 50.48
1964 50.30
1965 50.08
1966 49.82
1967 49.53
1968 49.27
1969 49.08
1970 49.00
1971 49.03
1972 49.14
1973 49.32
1974 49.53
1975 49.74
1976 49.94
1977 50.15
1978 50.33
1979 50.47
1980 50.55
1981 50.57
1982 50.55
1983 50.48
1984 50.39
1985 50.28
1986 50.16
1987 50.03
1988 49.91
1989 49.82
1990 49.79
1991 49.80
1992 49.85
1993 49.92
1994 50.01
1995 50.09
1996 50.17
1997 50.25
1998 50.32
1999 50.39
2000 50.44
2001 50.48
2002 50.50
2003 50.52
2004 50.53
2005 50.55
2006 50.56
2007 50.58
2008 50.59
2009 50.61
2010 50.62

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Population