Which has higher number of births, Gambia or Greece?

Gambia, at 82,092 births against 73,661 births in Greece as of 2023.

What is the difference in number of births between Gambia and Greece?

8,431 births, with Gambia ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Gambia and Greece?

74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of births. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Gambia vs Greece: Number of births

Gambia

82,092 births

in 2023

Greece

73,661 births

in 2023

Gambia rank

115th

Greece rank

118th

Number of births over time

Gambia
Greece

How they compare

Gambia currently reports 82,092 births against 73,661 births in Greece, a difference of 8,431 births.

That makes Gambia's figure about 1.1 times Greece's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Greece ahead.

Gambia ranks 115th and Greece ranks 118th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Gambia averaged higher in 1 and Greece in 7.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Gambia	Greece	Difference	Ahead
1950s	17,467 births	159,954 births	142,487 births	Greece
1960s	22,130 births	162,765 births	140,635 births	Greece
1970s	28,561 births	148,312 births	119,751 births	Greece
1980s	41,322 births	128,756 births	87,434 births	Greece
1990s	55,681 births	107,478 births	51,796 births	Greece
2000s	65,727 births	110,470 births	44,744 births	Greece
2010s	78,407 births	95,282 births	16,875 births	Greece
2020s	80,706 births	79,684 births	1,022 births	Gambia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of births, Gambia or Greece?: Gambia, at 82,092 births against 73,661 births in Greece as of 2023.
What is the difference in number of births between Gambia and Greece?: 8,431 births, with Gambia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Gambia and Greece?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Gambia and Greece rank globally for number of births?: Gambia ranks 115th and Greece ranks 118th of 236 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of births. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Number of births
Unit: births
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Number of live births in a calendar year.