The Gambia - Population in largest city

Population in largest city

The value for Population in largest city in The Gambia was 459,311 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 61 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 459,311 in 2021 and a minimum value of 37,068 in 1960.

Definition: Population in largest city is the urban population living in the country's largest metropolitan area.

Source: United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects.

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Year Value
1960 37,068
1961 38,399
1962 39,781
1963 41,249
1964 42,919
1965 44,653
1966 46,459
1967 48,344
1968 52,569
1969 57,151
1970 62,138
1971 67,561
1972 73,466
1973 79,530
1974 84,603
1975 90,000
1976 95,750
1977 101,850
1978 108,347
1979 115,259
1980 122,622
1981 130,433
1982 138,754
1983 147,607
1984 157,045
1985 167,057
1986 177,724
1987 189,071
1988 201,160
1989 213,985
1990 227,648
1991 242,183
1992 257,667
1993 272,140
1994 279,855
1995 287,788
1996 295,958
1997 304,337
1998 312,964
1999 321,836
2000 330,973
2001 340,342
2002 349,990
2003 358,792
2004 363,557
2005 368,373
2006 373,259
2007 378,210
2008 383,233
2009 388,309
2010 393,459
2011 398,678
2012 403,973
2013 409,324
2014 414,746
2015 420,240
2016 425,806
2017 431,446
2018 437,161
2019 443,428
2020 450,689
2021 459,311

Population in the largest city (% of urban population)

Population in the largest city (% of urban population) in The Gambia was 29.22 as of 2021. Its highest value over the past 61 years was 83.72 in 1960, while its lowest value was 29.22 in 2021.

Definition: Population in largest city is the percentage of a country's urban population living in that country's largest metropolitan area.

Source: United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects.

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Year Value
1960 83.72
1961 83.61
1962 83.54
1963 82.73
1964 79.24
1965 75.82
1966 72.46
1967 69.19
1968 68.99
1969 68.80
1970 68.63
1971 68.50
1972 68.39
1973 68.32
1974 68.29
1975 68.24
1976 68.14
1977 67.99
1978 67.84
1979 67.75
1980 67.72
1981 67.80
1982 67.95
1983 67.99
1984 67.61
1985 66.94
1986 65.98
1987 64.83
1988 63.70
1989 62.78
1990 62.18
1991 61.91
1992 61.89
1993 61.69
1994 60.22
1995 58.81
1996 57.44
1997 56.14
1998 54.88
1999 53.66
2000 52.47
2001 51.30
2002 50.16
2003 48.95
2004 47.37
2005 45.87
2006 44.46
2007 43.13
2008 41.85
2009 40.62
2010 39.42
2011 38.26
2012 37.13
2013 36.05
2014 35.01
2015 34.02
2016 33.07
2017 32.16
2018 31.29
2019 30.50
2020 29.80
2021 29.22

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization