Population — Total Population - Both sexes in Gambia
Gambia: Population — Total Population - Both sexes was 2,698 1000 No in 2023. ▲ Rising
Population — Total Population - Both sexes in Gambia, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 No.
Analysis
Gambia recorded 2,698 1000 No for population — total population - both sexes in 2023. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.3% on the previous year and up 28.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, population — total population - both sexes in Gambia peaked at 2,698 1000 No in 2023 and was at its lowest, 1,927 1000 No, in 2010.
That places Gambia 119th out of 164 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Population — Total Population - Both sexes in Gambia, year by year
| Year | 1000 No | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,927 1000 No | — |
| 2011 | 1,984 1000 No | +3.0% |
| 2012 | 2,043 1000 No | +3.0% |
| 2013 | 2,104 1000 No | +3.0% |
| 2014 | 2,165 1000 No | +2.9% |
| 2015 | 2,225 1000 No | +2.8% |
| 2016 | 2,284 1000 No | +2.7% |
| 2017 | 2,342 1000 No | +2.6% |
| 2018 | 2,400 1000 No | +2.5% |
| 2019 | 2,457 1000 No | +2.4% |
| 2020 | 2,516 1000 No | +2.4% |
| 2021 | 2,576 1000 No | +2.4% |
| 2022 | 2,636 1000 No | +2.3% |
| 2023 | 2,698 1000 No | +2.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 2,193 1000 No | 1,927 1000 No | 2,457 1000 No | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,607 1000 No | 2,516 1000 No | 2,698 1000 No | 4 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Gambia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 25.87 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2385 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 219.17 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.2766 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0004 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3501 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 23.85 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 23.85 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is population — total population - both sexes in Gambia?
- Population — total population - both sexes in Gambia was 2,698 1000 No in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest population — total population - both sexes recorded in Gambia?
- The highest recorded value was 2,698 1000 No in 2023.
- What is the lowest population — total population - both sexes recorded in Gambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,927 1000 No in 2010.
- How does Gambia rank for population — total population - both sexes?
- Gambia ranks 119th out of 164 countries with data for 2023.
- Is population — total population - both sexes rising or falling in Gambia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 28.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Gambia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Population — Total Population - Both sexes. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per caput supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it. Data on per capita food supplies are expressed in terms of quantity and - by applying appropriate food composition factors for all primary and processed products - also in terms of caloric value and protein and fat content.