Population
2.6M
Unitary Presidential republic
GDP per capita, PPP
$5,072
in 2031
Passport power
#130
43 visa-free destinations
Cities rated
12
Top: Kotu
Country overview
- Official name
- Republic of the Gambia
- Capital
- Banjul
- Continent
- Africa / Western Africa
- Area
- 10,689 km²
- Population
- 2.6M
- Density
- 247.0/km²
- Government
- Unitary Presidential republic
- UN member
- Yes
- Independent
- Yes
- Driving side
- Right
- TLD
- .gm
- Calling code
- +220
- Timezone
- UTC+00:00
Visa and travel
- Passport power rank
- #130 of 199
- Visa-free destinations
- 43
- Total accessible
- 65
Culture and society
- Languages
- English
- Religions
- Islam 95.7%, Christianity 4.2%, Others 0.1%
- Currencies
- D GMD — dalasi
Key figures
- HDI
- 0.524
- GDP per capita (2031)
- $5,072
- Life expectancy (2024)
- 66.1 yrs
- Internet users (2024)
- 49.5%
- Gini index (2015)
- 35.9
- Inflation (2031)
- 5.0%
- Unemployment (2025)
- 6.5%
- Urban population (2025)
- 65.0%
- Life satisfaction (2025)
- 4.3/10
- PM2.5 (2024)
- 35.7 µg/m³
- Political stability (2023)
- 46th pct
- Human capital (2020)
- 0.42