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Gambia

The Gambia's best placing is 32nd of 194 for population by area.

Best placing: #32Population by area
Top 10 placings: 0 / 14
Population: 2.8 million
Land area: 10,120 km²

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Best placings first. The bar shows how far up the ranking the Gambia is.

Population by area

#32 of 194

278.86 people per km²

World Bank · 2025

Rainfall

#103 of 179

836 mm of precipitation per year

31st in Africa · World Bank · 2022

Forest by area

#118 of 194

22.3 % of land area covered by forest

World Bank · 2023

Population

#139 of 195

2,822,093 people

42nd in Africa · World Bank · 2025

Forest per person

#148 of 194

0.0008 km² of forest per person

World Bank · 2023

Forest

#152 of 194

2,255 km² of forest

45th in Africa · World Bank · 2023

Land area

#160 of 194

10,120 km² of land

49th in Africa · World Bank · 2023

Land area per person

#163 of 194

0.004 km² of land per person

World Bank · 2023

Airports by area

#162 of 191

0.99 airports per 10,000 km²

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

GDP

#161 of 182

2,593,673,988 US$ (current prices)

47th in Africa · World Bank · 2025

Coastline

#141 of 151

80 km of coastline

36th in Africa · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

GDP per person

#172 of 182

919 GDP per person (US$)

World Bank · 2025

Airports per person

#186 of 192

0.35 airports per million people

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

Airports

#187 of 193

1 airports

54th in Africa · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

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