Gambia: flag, capital & map
Get to know Gambia, then put your memory to work.
Country facts
- Capital
- Banjul
- Region
- Africa
- Subregion
- Western Africa
- Population (2025, World Bank)
- 2,822,093
- Area
- 10,689 km²
- Languages (REST Countries)
- English
- Currency (CLDR, October 2026)
- Gambian Dalasi (GMD)
- Land neighbours
- Senegal
The Gambia is a country in Western Africa. Its capital is Banjul.
Dated population: World Bank; geographic facts: REST Countries; currencies: Unicode CLDR. Sources and dates →
Flag of Gambia
The flag of Gambia is composed of three equal horizontal bands of red, blue with white top and bottom edges, and green.
Where it is
Gambia is grouped in Western Africa, within Roam’s Africa region. Its land-border list includes 1 country in this atlas: Senegal. The source classifies it as not landlocked.
Gambia has a recorded area of 10,689 square kilometres. Among the 16 countries assigned to Western Africa in this dataset, it ranks 15 by area, from largest to smallest. Guinea-Bissau is immediately above it in that ordering, at 36,125 km². Cabo Verde is immediately below it, at 4,033 km². This comparison uses the source’s area figures and subregions, not a ranking of all territories.
The marker shows the atlas location. Small countries may be too small for an outline at this scale. Map boundaries are illustrative.
People, languages and currency
The World Bank records 2,822,093 people for Gambia in 2025. This is the latest non-empty annual observation in Roam’s committed 2020–2025 download, rather than a live population counter. Dividing that population by the source area gives approximately 264 people per square kilometre. This calculated average does not describe how evenly people are distributed.
The language entries in the source are English. They describe the dataset’s listed languages, not every language spoken by residents. The currency listed for this date is Gambian Dalasi (GMD). Currency assignments are selected from Unicode CLDR’s date ranges for 23 October 2026; the three-letter codes identify currencies, not countries.
Test yourself
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What is the capital of Gambia?
Reveal answer
Banjul. The Gambia is a country in Western Africa. Its capital is Banjul.
Without looking at the image, how would you describe the flag of Gambia?
Reveal answer
The flag of Gambia is composed of three equal horizontal bands of red, blue with white top and bottom edges, and green.
Which land neighbours of Gambia are included in this atlas?
Reveal answer
Senegal. The source classifies Gambia as not landlocked.
Which languages does the source list for Gambia?
Reveal answer
English. These are the source’s language entries, not a complete inventory of every language spoken in Gambia.
Which currency codes are listed for Gambia?
Reveal answer
Gambian Dalasi (GMD). These assignments use Unicode CLDR’s legal-tender date ranges for 23 October 2026.
Try it from memory
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