Sub-Saharan Africa · capital Banjul
Gambia, The
#141 by population · Low income · ISO GMB
Population right now
2,899,082
180.8 net per day · 1 birth every 374.5 s
·anchor 2,822,093 on 1 Jul 2025
·0.035% of the world
👶 Births today
203
0% of the way to the next birth · 0 while you've been here
⚰️ Deaths today
43
0% of the way to the next death · 0 while you've been here
🧳 Net migration / yr
−597
5-yr avg from 2025
📈 Net growth / day
+159
2.34% per year, from births − deaths + migration
Profile
Birth rate
29.86 /1,000
2024
Death rate
6.25 /1,000
2024
Fertility
3.91 births/woman
Life expectancy
66.1 yrs
Aged 0–14
39.7%
Aged 65+
3.2%
Urban
65.0%
Land area
11,300 km²
Density
249.7 /km²
GDP / capita
$919
2025
Trend
Population 2015–2025
Same region
Largest neighbours
How these numbers are made. Nobody counts people in real time.
Each figure is recomputed every frame from a World Bank anchor and rate:
pop(now) = 2,822,093 + 0.0021/s × elapsed since 1 Jul 2025
births/day = 231 (crude birth rate 29.86/1,000, 2024)
deaths/day = 48 (crude death rate 6.25/1,000, 2024)
Births and deaths are estimates for a hypothetical average day; they do not reflect
seasonality, and the migration figure is a 5-year average. World Bank's separately
published growth rate is 2.23%/yr; the rate shown above is derived
from the components so it always agrees with the counter. Full method →