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How many babies are born in Gambia?

82.6 thousand babies born in Gambia in 2026. That is 0.06% of all births worldwide, and the 114th largest of any country. UN projection

2024–2100 uses the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario, based on assumptions about fertility, mortality and migration. These are projections, not observed births or guaranteed outcomes. Uncertainty increases further into the future; this site does not display prediction intervals.

Births in Gambia: history and projections

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Annual births, logarithmic scale. Shading marks modelled years before 1800; the dashed line marks UN projections from 2024.
Every figure refers to the area inside Gambia’s present-day borders. Before 1800 the state did not exist in its current form. See how borders are handled.
Year Estimated births Population Per 1,000 Evidence
1 CE ~20 ~470 41.4 Modelled estimate
1000 ~74 ~1.8K 41.4 Modelled estimate
1500 ~150 ~3.5K 41.4 Modelled estimate
1800 ~4.65K ~103K 45.0 Historical reconstruction
1900 ~7.52K ~167K 45.0 Historical reconstruction
1950 15.2K 307K 49.7 UN estimate
2000 59.7K 1.46M 41.1 UN estimate
2023 82.1K 2.7M 30.4 UN estimate
2026 82.6K 2.88M 28.7 UN projection
2050 84.1K 4.3M 19.6 UN projection
2075 76.9K 5.36M 14.3 UN projection
2100 66.9K 5.7M 11.7 UN projection

What the numbers show

The highest annual births in Gambia among estimates through 2023 were in 2023, at about 82.1K. That is roughly 4,194 times the estimated ~20 births a year in 1 CE.

At 3.70 children per woman, fertility in Gambia is above the level of about 2.1 that would hold a population steady over the long run without migration.

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How many babies are born in Gambia each year?

An estimated 82.6 thousand babies are born in Gambia in 2026, according to the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium projection. That is about 226 a day and 0.06% of all births worldwide.

What is the birth rate in Gambia?

Gambia has an estimated 28.7 births per 1,000 people in 2026, and a total fertility rate of 3.70 children per woman.

Where these numbers come from

2026 figures are the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario. UN estimates cover 1950–2023; projections cover 2024–2100. Earlier years come from Gapminder’s reconstructions (1800–1949) and a model applied to HYDE population estimates (before 1800). The full chain is set out in the methodology, and every source is listed on the sources page.