🇬🇲Gambia, The

Banjul

Africa

Low income

GMB

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Population

2.8M

2.3%as of 2025

Fertility Rate

3.91

births/woman

Life Expectancy

66.1y

GDP / capita

$919.1

Pop. Growth

2.23%

Net Migration

-3K

Population over time

Total population · observed (solid) and UN medium projection to 2100 (dashed)

Source: World Bank · UN World Population Prospects 2024

Fertility rate over time

Births per woman · dashed line = replacement (2.1)

Source: World Bank

Where immigrants come from

Largest foreign-born communities in Gambia, The by country of birth (2024) · arrow shows change since 2010.

🇸🇳Senegal145.3K(63.4%)

+27%

🇬🇳Guinea49.5K(21.6%)

+27%

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Population projections to 2100

Official UN projections — Low / Medium / High variants

Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024

Population pyramid (2025)

Age & sex structure · share of total population by 5-year cohort

Male1.4MTotal 2.8M1.4MFemale

Source: birthrate.io model

GDP per capita over time

Current US$

Source: World Bank

Life expectancy over time

Years at birth

Source: World Bank

GDP over time

Current US$

Source: World Bank

Net migration over time

Net migrants per year (immigrants − emigrants)

Source: World Bank

Foreign-born population over time

Immigrant / diaspora population living in the country

Source: World Bank / UN DESA

Foreign-born share over time

Foreign-born residents as % of the population

Source: World Bank / UN DESA

🇲🇱Mali11.3K(4.9%)

+27%

🇲🇷Mauritania4K(1.7%)

+27%

🇸🇱Sierra Leone2.9K(1.2%)

+27%

🇱🇷Liberia1.2K(0.5%)

+39%

Source: UN DESA International Migrant Stock 2024

Where the Gambia, The diaspora lives

Top destinations for people born in Gambia, The who now live abroad (2024) · arrow shows change since 2010.

🇪🇸Spain29.7K(40.9%)

+58%

🇮🇹Italy26.2K(36.1%)

24×

🇸🇳Senegal5.8K(8.0%)

+19%

🇬🇭Ghana2.1K(2.9%)

+58%

🇲🇱Mali1.6K(2.2%)

+62%

🇳🇴Norway1.4K(1.9%)

+38%

🇹🇬Togo1.1K(1.5%)

+14%

🇫🇮Finland1.1K(1.5%)

+176%

🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau917(1.3%)

−35%

🇩🇰Denmark733(1.0%)

+24%

🇱🇷Liberia519(0.7%)

−27%

🇸🇱Sierra Leone487(0.7%)

−63%

Source: UN DESA International Migrant Stock 2024