🇬🇲 Gambiavs🇨🇮 Côte d'Ivoire

Total Population
2,884,086
33,494,339
Côte d'Ivoire is 12× Gambia
Median age
19.8 years
19.5 years
0.3 years apart
Elderly Population Percentage
3.30%
2.70%
0.6 percentage points apart
Growth Rate
2.20%
2.39%
0.19 percentage points apart

Age composition in 2026:

🇬🇲 Gambia 🇨🇮 Côte d'Ivoire
Gambia Côte d'Ivoire
Young Population 39.16%1,129,292 40.05%13,413,091
Working Age Population 57.55%1,659,684 57.25%19,176,936
Elderly Population 3.30%95,110 2.70%904,312

In 2026, the median age is 19.8 years in Gambia and 19.5 years in Côte d'Ivoire.Gambia already reached Côte d'Ivoire’s current median age in 1962, about 64 years ahead in population aging.

The total population of Gambia is projected to keep growing until 2100, reaching 5,703,045.The total population of Côte d'Ivoire is projected to keep growing until 2100, reaching 104,042,818.

By 2050, the dependency ratio of Gambia will be 51.1%, and 5.39% of the population will be elderly.By 2050, the dependency ratio of Côte d'Ivoire will be 62.5%, and 4.72% of the population will be elderly.

Gambia Côte d'Ivoire
Demographic dividend (dependency ratio below 50%) 2054–2077 None between 1950 and 2100
Aging society (65+ reaches 7%) 2059 2078 19 years later
Aged society (65+ reaches 14%) 2084 Not reached by 2100
Super-aged society (65+ reaches 20%) Not reached by 2100 Not reached by 2100