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Deaths in Gambia

Deaths in the Gambia was 16,975 in 2023, according to the United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. That is down 3% from 2022. That is the 144th highest of 236 countries in 2023.

2023, count16,975 Estimated
Change on 2022-3%
Rank144th of 236Countries ranked
Series high18,0572021
Series low9,9911950
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Deaths in Gambia, 1950 to 2023

8,00010K12K14K16K18K20K19501961197219831994200520231950: 9,991 count1951: 10,048 count1952: 10,236 count1953: 10,465 count1954: 10,683 count1955: 10,914 count1956: 11,100 count1957: 11,278 count1958: 11,401 count1959: 11,531 count1960: 11,655 count1961: 11,776 count1962: 11,877 count1963: 11,994 count1964: 12,103 count1965: 12,182 count1966: 12,294 count1967: 12,377 count1968: 12,485 count1969: 12,602 count1970: 12,699 count1971: 12,825 count1972: 12,969 count1973: 13,102 count1974: 13,208 count1975: 13,434 count1976: 13,599 count1977: 13,885 count1978: 14,337 count1979: 14,450 count1980: 14,839 count1981: 15,655 count1982: 15,445 count1983: 15,759 count1984: 16,120 count1985: 16,302 count1986: 16,477 count1987: 16,665 count1988: 16,751 count1989: 16,949 count1990: 17,169 count1991: 17,349 count1992: 17,476 count1993: 17,498 count1994: 17,441 count1995: 17,342 count1996: 17,163 count1997: 17,092 count1998: 16,737 count1999: 16,617 count2000: 16,489 count2001: 16,420 count2002: 16,313 count2003: 16,203 count2004: 16,104 count2005: 16,149 count2006: 16,077 count2007: 16,160 count2008: 16,138 count2009: 16,300 count2010: 16,339 count2011: 16,417 count2012: 16,556 count2013: 16,639 count2014: 16,702 count2015: 16,687 count2016: 16,644 count2017: 16,683 count2018: 16,711 count2019: 16,725 count2020: 17,100 count2021: 18,057 count2022: 17,492 count2023: 16,975 count7,50010K12.5K15K17.5K20K19501975200020231950: 9,991 count1951: 10,048 count1952: 10,236 count1953: 10,465 count1954: 10,683 count1955: 10,914 count1956: 11,100 count1957: 11,278 count1958: 11,401 count1959: 11,531 count1960: 11,655 count1961: 11,776 count1962: 11,877 count1963: 11,994 count1964: 12,103 count1965: 12,182 count1966: 12,294 count1967: 12,377 count1968: 12,485 count1969: 12,602 count1970: 12,699 count1971: 12,825 count1972: 12,969 count1973: 13,102 count1974: 13,208 count1975: 13,434 count1976: 13,599 count1977: 13,885 count1978: 14,337 count1979: 14,450 count1980: 14,839 count1981: 15,655 count1982: 15,445 count1983: 15,759 count1984: 16,120 count1985: 16,302 count1986: 16,477 count1987: 16,665 count1988: 16,751 count1989: 16,949 count1990: 17,169 count1991: 17,349 count1992: 17,476 count1993: 17,498 count1994: 17,441 count1995: 17,342 count1996: 17,163 count1997: 17,092 count1998: 16,737 count1999: 16,617 count2000: 16,489 count2001: 16,420 count2002: 16,313 count2003: 16,203 count2004: 16,104 count2005: 16,149 count2006: 16,077 count2007: 16,160 count2008: 16,138 count2009: 16,300 count2010: 16,339 count2011: 16,417 count2012: 16,556 count2013: 16,639 count2014: 16,702 count2015: 16,687 count2016: 16,644 count2017: 16,683 count2018: 16,711 count2019: 16,725 count2020: 17,100 count2021: 18,057 count2022: 17,492 count2023: 16,975 count
count. Source: UN WPP, World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Total deaths during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Deaths). Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2024-12-13.
All 74 values
Periodcount
202316,975 Estimated
202217,492 Estimated
202118,057 Estimated
202017,100 Estimated
201916,725 Estimated
201816,711 Estimated
201716,683 Estimated
201616,644 Estimated
201516,687 Estimated
201416,702 Estimated
201316,639 Estimated
201216,556 Estimated
201116,417 Estimated
201016,339 Estimated
200916,300 Estimated
200816,138 Estimated
200716,160 Estimated
200616,077 Estimated
200516,149 Estimated
200416,104 Estimated
200316,203 Estimated
200216,313 Estimated
200116,420 Estimated
200016,489 Estimated
199916,617 Estimated
199816,737 Estimated
199717,092 Estimated
199617,163 Estimated
199517,342 Estimated
199417,441 Estimated
199317,498 Estimated
199217,476 Estimated
199117,349 Estimated
199017,169 Estimated
198916,949 Estimated
198816,751 Estimated
198716,665 Estimated
198616,477 Estimated
198516,302 Estimated
198416,120 Estimated
198315,759 Estimated
198215,445 Estimated
198115,655 Estimated
198014,839 Estimated
197914,450 Estimated
197814,337 Estimated
197713,885 Estimated
197613,599 Estimated
197513,434 Estimated
197413,208 Estimated
197313,102 Estimated
197212,969 Estimated
197112,825 Estimated
197012,699 Estimated
196912,602 Estimated
196812,485 Estimated
196712,377 Estimated
196612,294 Estimated
196512,182 Estimated
196412,103 Estimated
196311,994 Estimated
196211,877 Estimated
196111,776 Estimated
196011,655 Estimated
195911,531 Estimated
195811,401 Estimated
195711,278 Estimated
195611,100 Estimated
195510,914 Estimated
195410,683 Estimated
195310,465 Estimated
195210,236 Estimated
195110,048 Estimated
19509,991 Estimated

Gambia compared with nearby places

United Arab Emirates: 9,916 countAfghanistan: 240,296 countAntigua and Barbuda: 643 countAlbania: 23,428 countArmenia: 27,579 countAngola: 254,482 countArgentina: 349,195 countAustria: 93,223 countAustralia: 183,924 countAzerbaijan: 67,842 countBosnia and Herzegovina: 42,861 countBangladesh: 859,075 countBelgium: 113,791 countBurkina Faso: 183,375 countBulgaria: 102,980 countBurundi: 91,963 countBenin: 124,132 countBrunei: 2,400 countBolivia: 87,812 countBrazil: 1,494,154 countBahamas: 3,480 countBhutan: 4,805 countBotswana: 14,197 countBelarus: 121,587 countBelize: 2,025 countCanada: 311,824 countDemocratic Republic of the Congo: 901,851 countCentral African Republic: 48,529 countRepublic of the Congo: 38,880 countSwitzerland: 73,788 countCôte d’Ivoire: 238,741 countChile: 127,691 countCameroon: 202,882 countChina: 11,684,177 countColombia: 282,433 countCosta Rica: 27,861 countCuba: 111,819 countCape Verde: 2,642 countCyprus: 9,499 countCzechia: 113,525 countGermany: 1,034,140 countDjibouti: 8,596 countDenmark: 57,275 countDominican Republic: 70,823 countAlgeria: 214,259 countEcuador: 92,204 countEstonia: 16,693 countEgypt: 625,449 countWestern Sahara: 3,678 countEritrea: 20,984 countSpain: 447,463 countEthiopia: 767,018 countFinland: 59,984 countFiji: 8,553 countFalkland Islands: 27 countFaroe Islands: 564 countFrance: 616,095 countGabon: 15,577 countUnited Kingdom: 653,747 countGeorgia: 45,077 countGhana: 237,869 countGreenland: 551 countGambia: 16,975 countGuinea: 131,455 countEquatorial Guinea: 14,556 countGreece: 127,018 countGuatemala: 87,523 countGuinea-Bissau: 15,181 countGuyana: 6,049 countHong Kong: 57,190 countHonduras: 47,670 countCroatia: 55,029 countHaiti: 90,966 countHungary: 128,063 countIndonesia: 2,117,706 countIreland: 35,550 countIsrael: 51,294 countIsle of Man: 882 countIndia: 9,507,008 countIraq: 186,266 countIran: 423,367 countIceland: 2,612 countItaly: 663,448 countJamaica: 22,933 countJordan: 34,873 countJapan: 1,524,430 countKenya: 399,024 countKyrgyzstan: 42,200 countCambodia: 111,340 countKiribati: 934 countNorth Korea: 255,826 countSouth Korea: 345,502 countKuwait: 8,624 countCayman Islands: 351 countKazakhstan: 136,388 countLaos: 47,682 countLebanon: 34,419 countSri Lanka: 162,453 countLiberia: 44,333 countLesotho: 24,612 countLithuania: 40,940 countLuxembourg: 4,642 countLatvia: 27,614 countLibya: 48,610 countMorocco: 212,624 countMoldova: 41,730 countMontenegro: 7,209 countMadagascar: 234,841 countNorth Macedonia: 19,863 countMali: 205,047 countMyanmar: 495,470 countMongolia: 20,340 countMauritania: 27,725 countMauritius: 11,124 countMalawi: 113,181 countMexico: 799,366 countMalaysia: 181,166 countMozambique: 235,520 countNamibia: 18,279 countNew Caledonia: 1,818 countNiger: 231,746 countNigeria: 2,675,442 countNicaragua: 31,294 countNetherlands: 166,338 countNorway: 44,143 countNepal: 205,841 countNew Zealand: 37,686 countOman: 9,597 countPanama: 21,272 countPeru: 185,861 countFrench Polynesia: 1,026 countPapua New Guinea: 67,700 countPhilippines: 716,490 countPakistan: 1,600,313 countPoland: 412,310 countPuerto Rico: 34,664 countPalestine: 38,937 countPortugal: 115,917 countPalau: 204 countParaguay: 39,034 countQatar: 2,771 countRomania: 257,119 countSerbia: 93,928 countRussia: 1,794,857 countRwanda: 82,826 countSaudi Arabia: 77,837 countSolomon Islands: 4,113 countSudan: 320,491 countSweden: 93,944 countSingapore: 27,728 countSlovenia: 21,581 countSlovakia: 54,167 countSierra Leone: 70,116 countSenegal: 100,882 countSomalia: 180,554 countSuriname: 4,182 countSouth Sudan: 110,339 countEl Salvador: 47,443 countSyria: 118,900 countEswatini: 9,475 countChad: 213,123 countTogo: 71,661 countThailand: 637,306 countTajikistan: 47,595 countTimor-Leste: 10,065 countTurkmenistan: 42,575 countTunisia: 74,071 countTürkiye: 551,598 countTrinidad and Tobago: 12,577 countTaiwan: 205,339 countTanzania: 385,799 countUkraine: 495,421 countUganda: 235,583 countUnited States: 2,975,658 countUruguay: 33,145 countUzbekistan: 221,249 countVenezuela: 213,955 countVietnam: 659,980 countVanuatu: 1,629 countSamoa: 1,334 countYemen: 188,764 countSouth Africa: 584,015 countZambia: 107,917 countZimbabwe: 124,412 count
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Deaths, 2023, count. Gambia is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

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United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2024). World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Total deaths during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Deaths). Modelled estimate. https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel%20Files/1_Indicator%20(Standard)/CSV_FILES/WPP2024_Demographic_Indicators_Medium.csv.gz. Retrieved 2026-10-12. CC BY 3.0 IGO.

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United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. (2024). World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Total deaths during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Deaths) (Deaths, Gambia, 1950 to 2023) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel%20Files/1_Indicator%20(Standard)/CSV_FILES/WPP2024_Demographic_Indicators_Medium.csv.gz

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World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Total deaths during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Deaths), Deaths, Gambia, 1950 to 2023. United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division, 13 Dec. 2024, https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel%20Files/1_Indicator%20(Standard)/CSV_FILES/WPP2024_Demographic_Indicators_Medium.csv.gz. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/deaths/gambia. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. 2024. World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Total deaths during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Deaths). Deaths, Gambia, 1950 to 2023. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel%20Files/1_Indicator%20(Standard)/CSV_FILES/WPP2024_Demographic_Indicators_Medium.csv.gz. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/deaths/gambia.

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United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2024) World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Total deaths during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Deaths), Deaths, Gambia, 1950 to 2023 [Dataset]. Available at: https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel%20Files/1_Indicator%20(Standard)/CSV_FILES/WPP2024_Demographic_Indicators_Medium.csv.gz, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/deaths/gambia (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/deaths/gambia. Publisher attribution: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2024). World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Total deaths during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Deaths). Modelled estimate. https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel\%20Files/1\_Indicator\%20(Standard)/CSV\_FILES/WPP2024\_Demographic\_Indicators\_Medium.csv.gz. Retrieved 2026-10-12. CC BY 3.0 IGO.},
}
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What is the deaths in Gambia?

Deaths in the Gambia was 16,975 in 2023, according to the United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. That is down 3% from 2022. That is the 144th highest of 236 countries in 2023.

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United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Total deaths during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Deaths). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest deaths in Gambia?

18,057 in 2021, the highest value since 1950 in this series.

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