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Gambia:
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Other pages in this profile of the Gambia:
Geography, Government, Economy, Communications & Transportation, Military & Transnational Issues.
Geography, Government, Economy, Communications & Transportation, Military & Transnational Issues.
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Population |
1,688,359 (July 2007 est.) |
Age structure |
0-14 years: 44.1% (male 373,831/female 370,397) 15-64 years: 53.2% (male 445,365/female 452,311) 65 years and over: 2.8% (male 23,582/female 22,873) (2007 est.) |
Median Age |
total: 17.8 years male: 17.6 years female: 17.9 years (2007 est.) |
Population growth rate |
2.781% (2007 est.) |
Birth rate |
38.86 births/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
Death rate |
11.99 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
Net migration rate |
0.94 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
Sex ratio |
at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.009 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 0.985 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 1.031 male(s)/female total population: 0.997 male(s)/female (2007 est.) |
Infant mortality rate |
total: 70.14 deaths/1,000 live births male: 76.55 deaths/1,000 live births female: 63.54 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth |
total population: 54.54 years male: 52.68 years female: 56.46 years (2007 est.) |
Total fertility rate |
5.21 children born/woman (2007 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate |
1.2% (2003 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS |
6,800 (2003 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - deaths |
600 (2003 est.) |
Major infectious diseases |
degree of risk: very high food or waterborne diseases: bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever vectorborne diseases: dengue fever, malaria, Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever, yellow fever are high risks in some locations water contact disease: schistosomiasis respiratory disease: meningococcal meningitis (2007) |
Nationality |
noun: Gambian(s) adjective: Gambian |
Ethnic groups |
African 99% (Mandinka 42%, Fula 18%, Wolof 16%, Jola 10%, Serahuli 9%, other 4%), non-African 1% |
Religions |
Muslim 90%, Christian 9%, indigenous beliefs 1% |
Languages |
English (official), Mandinka, Wolof, Fula, other indigenous vernaculars |
Literacy |
definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 40.1% male: 47.8% female: 32.8% (2003 est.) |
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