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Africa > Gambia, The > People

GAMBIAN PEOPLE STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Age structure > 0-14 years 44.5 [21st of 226]
Age structure > 15-64 years 52.8 [208th of 226]
Age structure > 65 years and over 2.7 % [203rd of 225]
Gender development 0.397 [132nd of 141]
Percentage living in urban areas 26% [176th of 199]
Persons per room 1.5 [12th of 60]
Population in 2015 1,889 [144th of 225]
Projected population growth 195.18% [9th of 141]
Sex ratio > 15-64 years 0.98 [154th of 223]
Urban population 817,705.6 ... [143rd of 195]
Urban population growth > annual % 4.43 annual % ... [17th of 195]
Urbanization 31 [171st of 204]
Urbanization in 1975 17% [136th of 164]
Urbanization in 2015 40.5% [129th of 164]
Women > Adult literacy rate females as a % of males 68 [116th of 144]
Women > Antenatal care coverage % 91 [58th of 133]
Women > Contraceptive prevalence % 10 [157th of 170]
Women > Life expectancy females as a % of males 104 [143rd of 173]
Women > Maternal mortality ratio adjusted 540 [43rd of 166]
Women > Skilled attendant at delivery % 55 [136th of 172]

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SOURCES: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006 ; Human Development Reports, United Nations 2002; Population Division of the United Nations Secretariat, World Urbanization Prospects: The 2003 Revision, Data Tables and Highlights. Estimates and projections of urban and rural populations are made by the Population Division of the United Nations Secretariat and published every two years. These estimates and projections are based on national census or survey data that have been evaluated and, whenever necessary, adjusted for deficiencies and inconsistencies; United Nations Secretariat and United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (Habitat), Compendium of Human Settlement Statistics 2001 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.01.XVII.5), Compendium of Human Settlement Statistics 1995 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.95.XVII.11) and United Nations, Compendium of Human Settlements Statistics 1983 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E/F.84.XVII.5); Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat, World Population Prospects: The 2004 Revision and World Urbanization Prospects: http://esa.un.org/unpp; Population Reference Bureau, 2001 World Population Data Sheet, Washington, DC: PRB, 2001. via ciesin.org; World Development Indicators database; Population Division of the United Nations Secretariat, World Urbanization Prospects: The 2001 Revision, Data Tables and Highlights (ESA/P/WP.173, 20 March 2002); UN (United Nations). 2002. World Urbanization Prospects: The 2001 Revision. Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. New York; UNICEF

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Gambia, The, Republic of The Gambia, The Gambia, gambia

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