Editing Demographics of the Gambia (section)

== Population ==
{{Historical populations
|title       = Census population
|align       = left
|percentages =pagr
|source      = The Gambia Bureau of Statistics<ref name="gbos6">{{Harvnb|The Gambia Bureau of Statistics|2013|p=6}}</ref>
|1963 |315,486
|1973 |493,499
|1983 |687,817
|1993 |1,038,145
|2003 |1,360,681
|2013 |1,882,450
|2024 |2,422,712
}}

With a population of 1.88 million in 2013, The Gambia [[List of countries by population|ranks 149th in the world by population]].<ref name="gbos6" /> Its [[population density]] is {{convert|176.1|/km2|/mi2|disp=preunit|inhabitants&nbsp;|inhabitants&nbsp;|abbr=off|sp=us}}.<ref name="gbos10">{{Harvnb|The Gambia Bureau of Statistics|2013|p=10}}</ref> The overall [[List of countries by life expectancy|life expectancy in The Gambia]] is 64.1 years.<ref name="factbook">{{Cite web | url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/gambia-the/ | title=Africa :: Gambia, The | work=[[The World Factbook]] | publisher=[[Central Intelligence Agency]] | access-date=23 February 2014}}</ref> The [[total fertility rate]] of 3.98 is one of the highest in the world.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2127rank.html?countryname=Gambia,%20The&countrycode=ga&regionCode=afr&rank=41#ga | title=Country Comparison :: Total Fertility Rate | work=[[The World Factbook]] | publisher=[[Central Intelligence Agency]] | access-date=23 February 2014 | archive-date=26 February 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140226230331/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2127rank.html?countryname=Gambia,%20The&countrycode=ga&regionCode=afr&rank=41#ga | url-status=dead }}</ref> Since 1950, the [[United Nations]] (UN) estimated the [[birth rate]] exceeds the [[death rate]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/index.htm |title=World Population Prospects: The 2012 Revision |publisher=[[United Nations]] |access-date=February 24, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110506065230/http://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/index.htm |archive-date=May 6, 2011 }}</ref> The Gambia Bureau of Statistics (GBOS) estimates the population of The Gambia is expected to reach 3.6 million in 20 years.<ref name="gbos6" /> The population of The Gambia has increased each census, starting with 315 thousand in 1963 to 1.8 million in 2013.<ref name="gbos6" /> The GBOS predicted the reason for the increase from 2003 to 2013 was more coverage in the latter census compared to the former's.<ref name="gbos6-7">{{Harvnb|The Gambia Bureau of Statistics|2013|pp=6–7}}</ref>