Gambia vs Guinea-Bissau: Number of people living in urban and rural areas, annual growth rate
Gambia
3.35 % change on previous year
in 2025
Guinea-Bissau
3.38 % change on previous year
in 2025
Gambia rank
34th
Guinea-Bissau rank
33rd
Number of people living in urban and rural areas, annual growth rate over time
- Gambia
- Guinea-Bissau
How they compare
Guinea-Bissau currently reports 3.38 % change on previous year against 3.35 % change on previous year in Gambia, a difference of 0.03 % change on previous year.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 75 shared years of data; in 1951 it was Guinea-Bissau ahead.
Gambia ranks 34th and Guinea-Bissau ranks 33rd of 234 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Gambia averaged higher in 5 and Guinea-Bissau in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Gambia | Guinea-Bissau | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 1.21 % change on previous year | 3.78 % change on previous year | 2.57 % change on previous year | Guinea-Bissau |
| 1960s | 5.74 % change on previous year | 1.29 % change on previous year | 4.45 % change on previous year | Gambia |
| 1970s | 10.98 % change on previous year | 4.75 % change on previous year | 6.23 % change on previous year | Gambia |
| 1980s | 7.12 % change on previous year | 7.94 % change on previous year | 0.8263 % change on previous year | Guinea-Bissau |
| 1990s | 6.28 % change on previous year | 4.18 % change on previous year | 2.1 % change on previous year | Gambia |
| 2000s | 4.87 % change on previous year | 3.2 % change on previous year | 1.66 % change on previous year | Gambia |
| 2010s | 3.87 % change on previous year | 3.61 % change on previous year | 0.264 % change on previous year | Gambia |
| 2020s | 3.24 % change on previous year | 3.31 % change on previous year | 0.0647 % change on previous year | Guinea-Bissau |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher number of people living in urban and rural areas, annual growth rate, Gambia or Guinea-Bissau?
- Guinea-Bissau, at 3.38 % change on previous year against 3.35 % change on previous year in Gambia as of 2025.
- What is the difference in number of people living in urban and rural areas, annual growth rate between Gambia and Guinea-Bissau?
- 0.03 % change on previous year, with Guinea-Bissau ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Gambia and Guinea-Bissau?
- 75 years are reported by both, from 1951 to 2025.
- How do Gambia and Guinea-Bissau rank globally for number of people living in urban and rural areas, annual growth rate?
- Gambia ranks 34th and Guinea-Bissau ranks 33rd of 234 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Number of people living in urban and rural areas, annual growth rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The year-on-year percentage change in Number of people living in urban and rural areas. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.