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Rural population share — all countries

Rural population share — Gambia

Rural population share in the Gambia in 2025 — 35%. Ranked 111 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 55.9 pp.

2025 35% −0.7 pp vs 2024
World rank 111of 217
Period maximum 91.2%1963
Period minimum 35%2025

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Rural population share — Gambia, 1960–20252040608010019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 90.9%1962: 91.2%1964: 91%1966: 90.1%1968: 88.7%1970: 86.8%1972: 84.9%1974: 82.7%1976: 79.7%1978: 76.2%1980: 72.8%1982: 70%1984: 68.2%1986: 66.9%1988: 65.9%1990: 64.8%1992: 63.5%1994: 61.7%1996: 59.1%1998: 56%2000: 53%2002: 50.4%2004: 48.5%2006: 46.8%2008: 45.4%2010: 44%2012: 42.7%2014: 41.4%2016: 40.1%2018: 38.9%2020: 37.8%2022: 36.7%2024: 35.7%2025: 35%
Change over the period: −55.9 pp Annual average: -0.86 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Gambia

Gambia 35%
World 42.2%
Sub-Saharan Africa 55.3%
Western Africa computed 45.8%
Low-income countries computed 64.4%
Rural population share — Gambia, by year Gambia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 35 −0.7 pp
2024 35.7 −0.5 pp
2023 36.2 −0.5 pp
2022 36.7 −0.5 pp
2021 37.2 −0.5 pp
2020 37.8 −0.6 pp
2019 38.4 −0.6 pp
2018 38.9 −0.6 pp
2017 39.5 −0.6 pp
2016 40.1 −0.6 pp
2015 40.8 −0.6 pp
2014 41.4 −0.6 pp
2013 42 −0.6 pp
2012 42.7 −0.7 pp
2011 43.3 −0.7 pp
2010 44 −0.7 pp
2009 44.7 −0.7 pp
2008 45.4 −0.7 pp
2007 46.1 −0.8 pp
2006 46.8 −0.8 pp
2005 47.6 −0.9 pp
2004 48.5 −0.9 pp
2003 49.4 −1 pp
2002 50.4 −1.2 pp
2001 51.7 −1.4 pp
2000 53 −1.5 pp
1999 54.5 −1.5 pp
1998 56 −1.5 pp
1997 57.6 −1.5 pp
1996 59.1 −1.4 pp
1995 60.4 −1.2 pp
1994 61.7 −1 pp
1993 62.7 −0.8 pp
1992 63.5 −0.7 pp
1991 64.2 −0.6 pp
1990 64.8 −0.6 pp
1989 65.4 −0.5 pp
1988 65.9 −0.5 pp
1987 66.4 −0.5 pp
1986 66.9 −0.6 pp
1985 67.5 −0.7 pp
1984 68.2 −0.8 pp
1983 69 −1 pp
1982 70 −1.3 pp
1981 71.3 −1.5 pp
1980 72.8 −1.7 pp
1979 74.4 −1.7 pp
1978 76.2 −1.8 pp
1977 78 −1.7 pp
1976 79.7 −1.6 pp
1975 81.3 −1.4 pp
1974 82.7 −1.2 pp
1973 83.9 −1 pp
1972 84.9 −1 pp
1971 85.9 −1 pp
1970 86.8 −0.9 pp
1969 87.8 −0.9 pp
1968 88.7 −0.8 pp
1967 89.5 −0.7 pp
1966 90.1 −0.5 pp
1965 90.7 −0.4 pp
1964 91 −0.2 pp
1963 91.2 +0 pp
1962 91.2 +0.1 pp
1961 91.1 +0.1 pp
1960 90.9 —

Western Africa, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

NE Niger 81.6 BF Burkina Faso 71.1 ML Mali 67.8 GN Guinea 61.5 TG Togo 55.6 SL Sierra Leone 54.1 GW Guinea-Bissau 53.3 BJ Benin 46.6 CI Côte d'Ivoire 45.5 SN Senegal 44.2 LR Liberia 43.9 GH Ghana 41.1 MR Mauritania 38.5 NG Nigeria 36.2 GM Gambia 35 CV Cabo Verde 22.4
Full table for all countries

About the indicator

The share of population living outside urban settlements, as a percent of the total. It is computed as the difference between total and urban population, and therefore inherits every particularity of national definitions of urban areas.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.

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