| People | The Gambia |
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Population:
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1,797,860 (July 2011 est.) |
Population density:
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180 people per sq km land area |
Urbanization:
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urban population: 58% of total population (2010)
rate of urbanization: 3.7% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) |
Major cities - population:
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BANJUL (capital) 436,000 (2009) |
Age structure:
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0-14 years: 40% (male 360,732/female 358,440)
15-64 years: 56.9% (male 501,946/female 520,826)
65 years and over: 3.1% (male 26,645/female 29,271) (2011 est.) |
Median age:
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total: 19.4 years
male: 19.2 years
female: 19.7 years (2011 est.) |
Population growth rate:
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2.396% (2011 est.) |
Birth rate:
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34.19 births/1,000 population (2011 est.) |
Death rate:
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7.65 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.) |
Net migration rate:
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-2.58 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.) |
Sex ratio:
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at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.98 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.98 male(s)/female
total population: 1 male(s)/female (2011 est.) |
Maternal mortality rate:
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400 deaths/100,000 live births (2008) |
Infant mortality rate:
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total: 71.67 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 77.3 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 65.87 deaths/1,000 live births (2011 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth:
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total population: 63.51 years
male: 61.23 years
female: 65.86 years (2011 est.) |
Total fertility rate:
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4.23 children born/woman (2011 est.) |
Health expenditures:
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10.1% of GDP (2009) |
Physicians density:
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0.038 physicians/1,000 population (2008) |
Hospital bed density:
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1.13 beds/1,000 population (2009) |
Drinking water source:
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improved:
urban: 96% of population
rural: 86% of population
total: 92% of population
unimproved:
urban: 4% of population
rural: 14% of population
total: 8% of population (2008) |
Sanitation facility access:
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improved:
urban: 68% of population
rural: 65% of population
total: 67% of population
unimproved:
urban: 32% of population
rural: 35% of population
total: 33% of population (2008) |
Major infectious diseases:
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degree of risk: very high
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
vectorborne diseases: malaria
water contact disease: schistosomiasis
respiratory disease: meningococcal meningitis
animal contact disease: rabies (2009) |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
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2% (2009 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
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18,000 (2009 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
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fewer than 1,000 (2009 est.) |
Children under the age of 5 years underweight:
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15.8% (2006) |
Obesity - adult prevalence rate:
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void |
Nationality:
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noun: Gambian(s)
adjective: Gambian |
Ethnic groups:
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African 99% (Mandinka 42%, Fula 18%, Wolof 16%, Jola 10%, Serahuli 9%, other 4%), non-African 1% (2003 census) |
Religions:
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Muslim 90%, Christian 8%, indigenous beliefs 2% |
Languages:
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English (official), Mandinka, Wolof, Fula, other indigenous vernaculars |
Literacy:
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definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 40.1%
male: 47.8%
female: 32.8% (2003 est.) |
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
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total: 9 years
male: 9 years
female: 9 years (2008) |
Education expenditures - percent of GDP:
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2% of GDP (2004) |
People - note:
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void |
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