People Stats: compare key data on Gambia & United States
Definitions
- Age distribution > Median age: The median age of the country's residents. This is the age most people are in the country.
- Age distribution > Population aged 0-14: Percentage of total population aged 0-14.
- Age distribution > Population aged 0-14 > Total: Number of people aged 0-14.
- Age distribution > Population aged 0-4 > Total: Number of people aged 0-4.
- Age distribution > Population aged 15-24 > Percent: Percentage of total population aged 15-24.
- Age distribution > Population aged 15-24 > Total: Number of people aged 15-24.
- Age distribution > Population aged 15-59: Percentage of total pouplation aged 15-59.
- Age distribution > Population aged 15-64 > Total: Number of people aged 15-64.
- Age distribution > Population aged 60 or over > Percent: Percentage of total population aged 60 and older.
- Age distribution > Total dependency ratio: Percentage of dependant persons out of total population aged 15-64. A dependant person is a person aged 0-14 and those over 65 years old.
- Gender > Female population: Total female population.
- Population > Population growth, past and future: Population growth rate (percentage).
- Population growth: Percentage by which country's population either has increased or is estimated to increase. Countries with a decrease in population are signified by a negative percentage. Future estimates are from the UN Population Division.
- Population growth rate: The average annual percent change in the population, resulting from a surplus (or deficit) of births over deaths and the balance of migrants entering and leaving a country. The rate may be positive or negative. The growth rate is a factor in determining how great a burden would be imposed on a country by the changing needs of its people for infrastructure (e.g., schools, hospitals, housing, roads), resources (e.g., food, water, electricity), and jobs. Rapid population growth can be seen as threatening by neighboring countries.
- Urban and rural > Population living in cities proper: Each city population by sex, city and city type.
- Age distribution > Population aged 65 or over > Percent: Percentage of total population aged 65 and older.
- Gender > Male population: Total male population.
- Age distribution > Population aged 60 or over > Total: Number of people aged 60 and older.
- Age distribution > Population aged 15-64: Percentage of total population aged 15-64.
- Age distribution > Elderly dependency ratio: Percentage of dependant adults out of total population aged 15-64. A dependant adult is an adult aged 65 and older.
- Age distribution > Population aged 0-4 > Percent: Percentage of total population aged 0-4.
- Age distribution > Population aged 65 or over > Total: Number of people 65 years old and older.
- Age distribution > Population aged 15-59 > Total: Number of people aged 15-59.
- Age distribution > Population aged 80 or over > Total: Number of people aged 80 years and older.
- Cities > Urban population: Total population living in urban areas. The defition of an urban area differs for each country. Future estimates are from the UN Population Division.
- Age distribution > Population aged 5-14 > Percent: Percentage of total population aged 5-14.
- Age distribution > Population aged 80 or over > Percent: Percentage of total population aged 80 and older.
- Gender > Sex ratio at birth: Number of males born for every female born. Countries with a number less than one have more females born than males.
- Age distribution > Population aged 5-14 > Total: Number of people aged 5-14.
- Future population change: Total change in population by country. Future estimates are from the UN Population Division.
- Urban and rural > Urban population: Total population living in urban areas by country.
- Marriage > Years being single before marriage > Women: Average age of women at their first marriage.
- Marriage > Years being single before marriage > Men: Average age of men at their first marriage.
- Age distribution > Child dependency ratio: Percentage of dependant children out of total population aged 15 and older. A dependant child is a child aged 0-14.
- Gender > Women aged 15-49: Country's total population of women aged 15-49. Future estimates are from the UN Population Division.
- Urban and rural > Rural population: Total population living in rural areas by country.
- Gender > Gender inequality index: Gender Inequality Index.
- Marriage, divorce and children > Contraception use among married women > Any method: Current contraceptive use among married women 15-49 years old, any method, percentage.
- Marriage, divorce and children > Women denied family planning: Percentage of sexually active women who are able to but do not want to reproduce without access to family planning services.
- Urban and rural > Females living in cities proper: Total number of females living in cities proper. The UN definition for city proper varies for each country but usually refers to a locality with legal boundaries, some form of local government and does not include its outlying suburbs and districts. Numbers only include cities proper with a population over 100,000.
- Urban and rural > Males living in cities proper: Total number of males living in cities proper. The UN definition for city proper varies for each country but usually refers to a locality with legal boundaries, some form of local government and does not include its outlying suburbs and districts. Numbers only include cities proper with a population over 100,000.
- Urban and rural > Female rural population: Total number of females living in rural areas by country.
- Immigration > Cultural Diversity Index: The probability that two individuals selected at random from a country speak a very different language. A high score of close to 1 indicates that many unrelated languages are spoken. A score of close to 0 means that few languages are spoken, and / or that the spoken languages are similar to one another. For more information, please refer to Fearon (see citation).
- Marriage, divorce and children > Teen marriage rate > Women: Percentage of female population aged 15-19 who has been married at least once. Percentage is out of total number of females in the same age group.
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Immigration > Refugees and asylum seekers > Natives per Refugee:
Natives per Refugee.
No date was available from the Wikipedia article, so we used the date of retrieval.
- Cities > Urban areas over 1,000,000: Urban areas with a population of over a million people.
- Urban and rural > Male urban population: Total number of males living in urban areas by country.
- Urban and rural > Male rural population: Total number of males living in rural areas by country.
- Urban and rural > Female urban population: Total number of females living in urban areas by country.
- Cities > Urban areas over 2,000,000: Urban Areas Over 2,000,000.
- Immigration > Ethnic Fractionalization Index: The probability that two individuals selected at random from a country will be from different ethnic groups, 0 meaning that each individual in this country is from the same ethnic group. For a discussion of what constitutes an ethnic group, please refer to Fearon (see citation).
- Immigration > Visa overstay rate > Australia: Modified Non-Return Rate.
- Marriage, divorce and children > Contraception use among married women > Condom: Current contraceptive use among married women 15-49 years old, condom, percentage.
- Marriage, divorce and children > Contraception use among married women > Any method > Percentage: Percentage of all married women aged 15-49 who report using any type of contraceptive.
- Marriage, divorce and children > Teen marriage rate > Men: Percentage of male population aged 15-19 who has been married at least once. Percentage is out of total number of males in the same age group.
- Cities > Rate of urbanization: Urbanization rate.
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Immigration > Visas > Visa requirements for > British citizens:
Visa requirement.
No date was available from the Wikipedia article, so we used the date of retrieval.
- Immigration > Nationality compositions of > Norway: Country of origin of Norway’s population who was either foreign born or born in Norway to foreign residents (number of people by country of origin).
- Fertility > Maternity leave > Weeks of leave given: Maternity leave benefits.
- Marriage, divorce and children > Contraception use among married women > Modern methods > Percentage: Percentage of all married women aged 15-49 who report using modern methods of contraception.
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