Botswana vs Gambia: Population

Botswana

2.48 million people

in 2023

Gambia

2.70 million people

in 2023

Botswana rank

146th

Gambia rank

144th

Population over time

Gambia currently reports 2.70 million people against 2.48 million people in Botswana, a difference of 217,610 people.

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

The two have swapped places 3 times across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Botswana ahead.

Botswana ranks 146th and Gambia ranks 144th of 238 countries.

Indicator: Population
Unit: people
Source: HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 239 places, 51,002 data points, 1000–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2023, based on data and estimates from different sources.