COUNTRY / INDICATOR
Gambia, The Fertility Rate
Gambia, The fertility rate: latest available value for 2024, historical series from 2016, ranking context and source documentation.
Series overview
SP.DYN.TFRT.IN| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3,91 | -0,10 |
| 2023 | 4,01 | -0,07 |
| 2022 | 4,08 | -0,09 |
| 2021 | 4,17 | -0,08 |
| 2020 | 4,25 | -0,08 |
| 2019 | 4,33 | -0,09 |
| 2018 | 4,42 | -0,19 |
| 2017 | 4,61 | -0,20 |
| 2016 | 4,81 | — |
Source methodology
World Development IndicatorsIndicator note: Total fertility rate represents the number of children that would be born to a woman if she were to live to the end of her childbearing years and bear children in accordance with age-specific fertility rates of the specified year.
Source organization: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division; Statistical databases and publications from national statistical offices, National Statistical Offices (NSOs); Demographic Statistics, Eurostat (ESTAT)
Metadata fetched: 2026-08-01 01:29:07. Open original metadata response.
Country-specific interpretation
Automatically derived from the displayed seriesGambia, The recorded 3,91 births per woman in 2024, the latest year available in this series.
Compared with 2023, the fertility rate decreased by 0,10.
Across the latest five-year comparison window, the series shows an downward direction.
Across 9 observations from 2016 to 2024, the average was 4,29; the minimum was 3,91 in 2024 and the maximum was 4,81 in 2016.
Gambia, The ranks 28 out of 217 countries with a current value in the portal ranking.
The latest value is below the available average for Sub-Saharan Africa.
It is also below the available average for the Low income group.
Long-term demographic replacement and growth.