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Gambia: map and facts

The Gambia is in Western Africa. It has about 2.82 million people (2025), the 139th largest population. It covers 11,295 km², the 159th largest by area. That is about 250 people per km². The longest river on its map is the Gambia, 1,130 km from source to mouth.

The Gambia and the land around it, with its rivers. The circle marks its capital, Banjul. Boundaries follow India’s official position.

Facts

Population: 2,822,093 (2025, World Bank)
Area: 11,295 km² (2024, World Bank). This figure covers a different area from the one this map shows: as drawn, about 10,500 km².
Capital: Banjul
Forest: 21.3% of the land (2024, World Bank)

Rivers

The longest rivers on the map of the Gambia, with the length of each whole river (Wikidata):

Gambia: 1,130 km

Land

Land cover seen from satellites (NASA MODIS, 2024): grassland 48.9%, farmland 42.7%, wetland 5.2%, water 1.7%.

Landforms, worked out from the height of the land (USGS GMTED2010): plains 100%.

Forests covered 21.3% of its land in 2024, down from 41% in 1990 (World Bank).

Neighbours

The Gambia shares land borders with Senegal on this map.

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Sources

India’s boundaries are drawn according to India’s official position, simplified for small-scale maps (data: Natural Earth, India view). Each figure shows its year and source; some are rounded. Data release 2026.2.

Natural Earth (naturalearthdata.com), public domain. Boundaries follow India's official position (Natural Earth's India point of view). Terms
GMTED2010 courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey (Danielson and Gesch 2011, USGS Open-File Report 2011-1073). Terms
Friedl, M., Sulla-Menashe, D. (2022). MODIS/Terra+Aqua Land Cover Type Yearly L3 Global 500m SIN Grid V061. NASA EOSDIS Land Processes DAAC. doi:10.5067/MODIS/MCD12Q1.061. Terms
The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL): UN Population Division, national statistical offices (2025 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Surface area (AG.SRF.TOTL.K2): FAO (2024 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Terms
The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Forest area (% of land area) (AG.LND.FRST.ZS): FAO, FAOSTAT (2024 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
Wikidata (CC0): names, capitals, peak heights and river lengths, checked by Make Me Smarter. Terms
Landforms worked out by Make Me Smarter from GMTED2010.

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