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The Gambia

Country

Member state of the United Nations. The UN lists it as "Gambia (Republic of The)".[1]

Capital
Population
2,822,093 in 2025[3]
Other published figures
  • 2,639,916in 2021[4]
Land area
10,120 km²[5]
Total area
11,300 km²[6] land and water
Official language
Currency
Land border
Senegal[10]
Coast
Yes[10]
Continent
Official name
  • Republic of The Gambia[11]

Parts of The Gambia

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Through time

Population over time[3]
196020252.8M

398,060 in 1960, 2,822,093 in 2025

Show as a table
YearPopulation
1960398,060
1961408,930
1962420,163
1963431,757
1964443,687
1965455,952
1966468,516
1967481,588
1968495,269
1969509,440
1970524,105
1971539,388
1972555,370
1973571,991
1974589,085
1975606,821
1976625,667
1977645,770
1978667,103
1979689,781
1980713,913
1981739,125
1982765,753
1983794,525
1984825,631
1985858,874
1986894,019
1987931,091
1988970,160
19891,011,357
19901,054,696
19911,099,959
19921,145,582
19931,188,365
19941,227,226
19951,264,313
19961,301,410
19971,338,889
19981,376,987
19991,415,779
20001,455,084
20011,495,011
20021,535,691
20031,577,611
20041,621,312
20051,667,037
20061,715,275
20071,765,774
20081,817,852
20091,871,422
20101,926,630
20111,983,784
20122,043,094
20132,103,820
20142,164,528
20152,224,529
20162,283,769
20172,342,189
20182,399,632
20192,456,844
20202,515,733
20212,576,010
20222,636,470
20232,697,845
20242,759,988
20252,822,093

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Codes

ISO alpha-2
GM[12]
ISO alpha-3
GMB[13]
ISO numeric
270[14]

Changes to this page's data

No changes recorded since the dataset of 5 November 2026.

Sources

  1. United Nations: Member States (checked 2026-11-05) Published directly by the source.
  2. Wikidata: The Gambia (Q1005), capital: Banjul (revision 2563773202) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
    • Cites: Encyclopædia Britannica Online, retrieved 30 May 2025
  3. World Bank, World Development Indicators: Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL) (2026-10-08) Published directly by the source.
  4. Wikidata: The Gambia (Q1005), population (revision 2563773202) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  5. World Bank, World Development Indicators: Land area (sq. km) (AG.LND.TOTL.K2) (2026-10-08) Published directly by the source.
  6. Wikidata: The Gambia (Q1005), area (revision 2563773202) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  7. Wikidata: The Gambia (Q1005), official language: English (revision 2563773202) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  8. Wikidata: The Gambia (Q1005), currency: dalasi (revision 2563773202) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  9. Wikidata: The Gambia (Q1005), continent: Africa (revision 2563773202) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  10. Natural Earth: Admin 0 countries, 1:50m (revision v5.1.2) Published directly by the source.
  11. Wikidata: The Gambia (Q1005), official name (revision 2563773202) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  12. Wikidata: The Gambia (Q1005), ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code (revision 2563773202) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  13. Wikidata: The Gambia (Q1005), ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 code (revision 2563773202) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  14. Wikidata: The Gambia (Q1005), ISO 3166-1 numeric code (revision 2563773202) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.

Flag image: Flag of The Gambia.svg, Public domain, Vzb83 i The source code of the previous SVG was invalid due to 39 errors., via Wikimedia Commons.