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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]
Birth rate 38.36 births/1,000 population Time series [26th of 226]
Death rate 11.74 deaths/1,000 population Time series [42nd of 226]
Gender development 0.397 [132nd of 141]
Percentage living in urban areas 26% [176th of 199]
Population 1,735,464 Time series [147th of 242]
Population growth rate 2.724% Time series [27th of 235]
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]
Sex ratio > At birth 1.03 male(s)/female Time series [168th of 223]
Sex ratio > Total population 1 male(s)/female Time series [78th of 224]
Sex ratio > Under 15 years 1.01 male(s)/female Time series [187th of 224]
Total fertility rate 5.13 children born/woman Time series [30th of 225]
Total Population 1,641,564 [147th of 227]
Urban population 817,705.6 Time series [143rd of 195]
Urbanization 31 [171st of 204]
Women > Adult literacy rate females as a % of males 68 [116th of 144]

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SOURCES: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006 ; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; 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; World Development Indicators database and CIA World Factbook; 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; U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division, International Programs Center Spanish Statistical Institute; 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); UNICEF

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

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