Country profile · Africa · GMB
Gambia: area, population and density
Gambia has 10,120 sq km of land and a 2025 population estimate of 2,822,093; calculated population density is 279 people/km².
Sources: World Bank — Land area · 2023 · World Bank — Population, total · 2025.
Gambia ranks 161st of 196 by land area, 140th by population and 34th by calculated population density among the the supported country set. Density uses the displayed population divided by land area converted to square kilometres.
- Land area
- 10,120 sq kmWorld Bank — Land area · 2023
- Population
- 2,822,093World Bank — Population, total · 2025
- Calculated density
- 279 people/km²Population ÷ land area in km²
Reading the figures
Gambia in the country comparison set
Gambia has 10,120 sq km of land area and a population value of 2,822,093 for 2025. In the 196-profile supported country set, it is 161st by land area, 140th by population, and 34th by calculated density.
Density is calculated from the two values above; it is not presented as an independent statistic. World Bank population and land-area series can refer to different years, so both years remain visible.
Country outline: Natural Earth Admin 0 at 1:10m. The drawing is fitted to this profile panel; use a comparison page for a shared-area scale.
Browse a separate Gambia first-level divisions map and list. It includes generalized reference boundaries and approximate outline-area comparisons, not official regional population or land-area statistics.
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