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Urban population share — Gambia

Urban population share in the Gambia in 2025 — 65%. Ranked 107 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 55.9 pp.

2025 65% +0.7 pp vs 2024
World rank 107of 217
Period maximum 65%2025
Period minimum 8.8%1963

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Urban population share — Gambia, 1960–202502040608019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 9.1%1962: 8.8%1964: 9%1966: 9.9%1968: 11.3%1970: 13.2%1972: 15.1%1974: 17.3%1976: 20.3%1978: 23.8%1980: 27.2%1982: 30%1984: 31.8%1986: 33.1%1988: 34.1%1990: 35.2%1992: 36.5%1994: 38.3%1996: 40.9%1998: 44%2000: 47%2002: 49.6%2004: 51.5%2006: 53.2%2008: 54.6%2010: 56%2012: 57.3%2014: 58.6%2016: 59.9%2018: 61.1%2020: 62.2%2022: 63.3%2024: 64.3%2025: 65%
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 65%
World 57.8%
Sub-Saharan Africa 44.7%
Western Africa computed 54.2%
Low-income countries computed 35.6%
Urban population share — Gambia, by year Gambia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 65 +0.7 pp
2024 64.3 +0.5 pp
2023 63.8 +0.5 pp
2022 63.3 +0.5 pp
2021 62.8 +0.5 pp
2020 62.2 +0.6 pp
2019 61.6 +0.6 pp
2018 61.1 +0.6 pp
2017 60.5 +0.6 pp
2016 59.9 +0.6 pp
2015 59.2 +0.6 pp
2014 58.6 +0.6 pp
2013 58 +0.6 pp
2012 57.3 +0.7 pp
2011 56.7 +0.7 pp
2010 56 +0.7 pp
2009 55.3 +0.7 pp
2008 54.6 +0.7 pp
2007 53.9 +0.8 pp
2006 53.2 +0.8 pp
2005 52.4 +0.9 pp
2004 51.5 +0.9 pp
2003 50.6 +1 pp
2002 49.6 +1.2 pp
2001 48.3 +1.4 pp
2000 47 +1.5 pp
1999 45.5 +1.5 pp
1998 44 +1.5 pp
1997 42.4 +1.5 pp
1996 40.9 +1.4 pp
1995 39.6 +1.2 pp
1994 38.3 +1 pp
1993 37.3 +0.8 pp
1992 36.5 +0.7 pp
1991 35.8 +0.6 pp
1990 35.2 +0.6 pp
1989 34.6 +0.5 pp
1988 34.1 +0.5 pp
1987 33.6 +0.5 pp
1986 33.1 +0.6 pp
1985 32.5 +0.7 pp
1984 31.8 +0.8 pp
1983 31 +1 pp
1982 30 +1.3 pp
1981 28.7 +1.5 pp
1980 27.2 +1.7 pp
1979 25.6 +1.7 pp
1978 23.8 +1.8 pp
1977 22 +1.7 pp
1976 20.3 +1.6 pp
1975 18.7 +1.4 pp
1974 17.3 +1.2 pp
1973 16.1 +1 pp
1972 15.1 +1 pp
1971 14.1 +1 pp
1970 13.2 +0.9 pp
1969 12.2 +0.9 pp
1968 11.3 +0.8 pp
1967 10.5 +0.7 pp
1966 9.9 +0.5 pp
1965 9.3 +0.4 pp
1964 9 +0.2 pp
1963 8.8 −0 pp
1962 8.8 −0.1 pp
1961 8.9 −0.1 pp
1960 9.1 —

Western Africa, 2025

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

CV Cabo Verde 77.6 GM Gambia 65 NG Nigeria 63.8 MR Mauritania 61.5 GH Ghana 58.9 LR Liberia 56.1 SN Senegal 55.8 CI Côte d'Ivoire 54.5 BJ Benin 53.4 GW Guinea-Bissau 46.7 SL Sierra Leone 45.9 TG Togo 44.4 GN Guinea 38.5 ML Mali 32.2 BF Burkina Faso 28.9 NE Niger 18.4
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About the indicator

The share of population living in urban settlements, as a percent of the total. One caveat is central: each country sets the criteria for a city itself — in some places it is a settlement of 2,000 residents or more, in others 20,000, in others administrative status. Cross-country comparisons of urbanization are therefore always approximate, while the trend within a single country is informative.

Important: Sharp jumps in individual years are usually explained not by people moving but by changes in the administrative boundaries of cities.

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

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