Gambia

Urban population in Gambia

Urban population in Gambia: 10.5% in 1950 and 65% in 2025, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2025
65%
Since 1950
+54.5 percentage points
Rank, 2025
114 of 229
counting from the highest
Projected, 2050
78.1%
UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)
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% of people · UN

Urban population in GambiaUrban population in Gambia: 10.5% in 1950 and 65% in 2025, by UN estimates. The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts it at 78.1% in 2050.
Estimates, UNUN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)

What the numbers say

  • The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts it at 78.1% in 2050.
  • The highest was 65% in 2025, the lowest 8.8% in 1963.

Every year

% of people · UN

YearGambia
202565
202464.3
202363.8
202263.3
202162.8
202062.2
201961.6
201861.1
201760.5
201659.9
201559.3
201458.6
201358
201257.3
201156.7
201056
200955.3
200854.6
200753.9
200653.2
200552.4
200451.5
200350.6
200249.6
200148.4
200047
199945.5
199844
199742.4
199641
199539.6
199438.3
199337.3
199236.5
199135.8
199035.2
198934.6
198834.1
198733.6
198633.1
198532.5
198431.8
198331
198230
198128.7
198027.2
197925.6
197823.8
197722
197620.3
197518.7
197417.3
197316.1
197215.1
197114.1
197013.2
196912.2
196811.3
196710.5
19669.9
19659.3
19649
19638.8
19628.8
19618.9
19609.1
19599.2
19589.5
19579.7
19569.9
195510.1
195410.3
195310.4
195210.5
195110.5
195010.5
UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) · 2026–2050
YearGambia
202665.7
202766.4
202867.2
202967.9
203068.7
203169.5
203270.3
203371.1
203471.9
203572.7
203673.6
203774.5
203875.4
203976.3
204076.6
204176.9
204277.1
204377.4
204477.5
204577.7
204677.8
204777.9
204878
204978.1
205078.1

Good to know

  • The share of people living in places the country itself counts as urban.
  • Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025.
  • The dashed line is the UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025), a scenario rather than a forecast.
  • Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.

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