Gambia
Net migration rate in Gambia
Net migration rate in Gambia: 7.4 per 1,000 people in 1950 and -1.1 per 1,000 people in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- -1.1 per 1,000 people
- Since 1950
- −8.5 per 1,000 people
- Rank, 2023
- 154 of 229
- counting from the highest
- Projected, 2100
- -0.2 per 1,000 people
- UN projection (medium variant)
per 1,000 people · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at -0.2 per 1,000 people in 2100, between -12 per 1,000 people and 8.4 per 1,000 people (95% prediction interval).
- The highest was 10.7 per 1,000 people in 1990, the lowest -2.6 per 1,000 people in 2002.
Every year
per 1,000 people · UN
| Year | Gambia |
|---|---|
| 2023 | -1.1 |
| 2022 | -1.1 |
| 2021 | -0.8 |
| 2020 | -0.8 |
| 2019 | -1.7 |
| 2018 | -1.6 |
| 2017 | -1.6 |
| 2016 | -1.5 |
| 2015 | -1.4 |
| 2014 | -1.3 |
| 2013 | -1.2 |
| 2012 | -1.1 |
| 2011 | -1.2 |
| 2010 | -1.3 |
| 2009 | -1.2 |
| 2008 | -1.2 |
| 2007 | -1.3 |
| 2006 | -1.6 |
| 2005 | -1.9 |
| 2004 | -2.2 |
| 2003 | -2.4 |
| 2002 | -2.6 |
| 2001 | -2.6 |
| 2000 | -2.5 |
| 1999 | -2.5 |
| 1998 | -2.4 |
| 1997 | -2.3 |
| 1996 | -2.3 |
| 1995 | -2.2 |
| 1994 | -1.3 |
| 1993 | 2.6 |
| 1992 | 8 |
| 1991 | 10.5 |
| 1990 | 10.7 |
| 1989 | 10.6 |
| 1988 | 10.5 |
| 1987 | 10.3 |
| 1986 | 10 |
| 1985 | 9.7 |
| 1984 | 9.4 |
| 1983 | 8.4 |
| 1982 | 7.5 |
| 1981 | 7.4 |
| 1980 | 7.4 |
| 1979 | 7.1 |
| 1978 | 6.7 |
| 1977 | 6.1 |
| 1976 | 5.5 |
| 1975 | 4.9 |
| 1974 | 4.4 |
| 1973 | 5.1 |
| 1972 | 5.2 |
| 1971 | 5.2 |
| 1970 | 5.3 |
| 1969 | 5.4 |
| 1968 | 5.5 |
| 1967 | 5.4 |
| 1966 | 4.8 |
| 1965 | 5 |
| 1964 | 5.1 |
| 1963 | 5.3 |
| 1962 | 5.4 |
| 1961 | 5.6 |
| 1960 | 5.7 |
| 1959 | 5.9 |
| 1958 | 6 |
| 1957 | 6.2 |
| 1956 | 6.3 |
| 1955 | 6.5 |
| 1954 | 6.7 |
| 1953 | 6.9 |
| 1952 | 7 |
| 1951 | 7.2 |
| 1950 | 7.4 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Gambia |
|---|---|
| 2024 | -1.1-3.1–0.6 |
| 2025 | -1.1-3.7–1.4 |
| 2026 | -1-4.1–1.9 |
| 2027 | -1-4.5–2.3 |
| 2028 | -0.9-4.7–2.8 |
| 2029 | -0.9-5–3.1 |
| 2030 | -0.9-5.3–3.2 |
| 2031 | -0.9-5.6–3.6 |
| 2032 | -0.8-5.8–4.1 |
| 2033 | -0.8-6.5–4.2 |
| 2034 | -0.8-6.7–4.3 |
| 2035 | -0.7-6.7–4.7 |
| 2036 | -0.7-6.9–5 |
| 2037 | -0.7-7.2–5 |
| 2038 | -0.6-6.9–5.4 |
| 2039 | -0.6-7.4–5.6 |
| 2040 | -0.6-7.3–5.8 |
| 2041 | -0.7-7.7–5.6 |
| 2042 | -0.5-8–5.9 |
| 2043 | -0.6-7.9–5.8 |
| 2044 | -0.6-8–5.8 |
| 2045 | -0.6-8.4–6.1 |
| 2046 | -0.6-8–6.2 |
| 2047 | -0.5-8.1–6.4 |
| 2048 | -0.5-8–6.6 |
| 2049 | -0.5-8.2–6.5 |
| 2050 | -0.5-8.4–6.8 |
| 2051 | -0.5-8.4–6.7 |
| 2052 | -0.5-8.6–6.6 |
| 2053 | -0.5-8.6–6.3 |
| 2054 | -0.4-8.7–6.7 |
| 2055 | -0.5-8.7–6.8 |
| 2056 | -0.4-9.1–6.7 |
| 2057 | -0.4-8.8–7 |
| 2058 | -0.4-9.2–7 |
| 2059 | -0.4-9.3–7.2 |
| 2060 | -0.3-8.8–7.3 |
| 2061 | -0.2-9.7–7.8 |
| 2062 | -0.3-9.7–7.6 |
| 2063 | -0.3-9.8–7.2 |
| 2064 | -0.3-9.7–7.2 |
| 2065 | -0.2-9.6–7.4 |
| 2066 | -0.3-9.8–7.4 |
| 2067 | -0.4-9.6–7.7 |
| 2068 | -0.3-10.2–7.9 |
| 2069 | -0.3-10.7–7.7 |
| 2070 | -0.3-10.6–7.8 |
| 2071 | -0.4-10.6–7.8 |
| 2072 | -0.4-10.7–7.7 |
| 2073 | -0.3-10.7–7.3 |
| 2074 | -0.3-10.7–7.7 |
| 2075 | -0.3-10.2–7.6 |
| 2076 | -0.3-11–8 |
| 2077 | -0.3-10.7–7.8 |
| 2078 | -0.3-10.9–8.3 |
| 2079 | -0.3-10.8–8 |
| 2080 | -0.3-11–7.8 |
| 2081 | -0.3-11–8 |
| 2082 | -0.3-11.2–8 |
| 2083 | -0.3-11.2–7.8 |
| 2084 | -0.3-10.9–8.4 |
| 2085 | -0.2-10.8–8.3 |
| 2086 | -0.3-10.7–8.2 |
| 2087 | -0.2-11–8.3 |
| 2088 | -0.2-11.3–8.2 |
| 2089 | -0.2-11.2–8.2 |
| 2090 | -0.3-11.2–8.4 |
| 2091 | -0.3-11.4–8.2 |
| 2092 | -0.2-11.7–8.5 |
| 2093 | -0.2-11.2–8.2 |
| 2094 | -0.3-11.6–8.5 |
| 2095 | -0.3-11.8–8.6 |
| 2096 | -0.2-11.7–8.4 |
| 2097 | -0.2-11.3–8.4 |
| 2098 | -0.2-12.1–8.1 |
| 2099 | -0.1-12–8.3 |
| 2100 | -0.2-12–8.4 |
Good to know
- People moving in minus people moving out in a year, per 1,000 residents; below zero, more left than arrived.
- Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
- The dashed line is the UN projection (medium variant), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its 95% prediction interval.
- Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2023, highest first.
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- Military spending0.57% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$14.7M in 2025
- Military spending per person$5 in 2025
- Military share of state spending2.2% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel4,000 people in 2020
- National power0.02% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.58% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports1 million TIV in 2025