Gambia 
Facts
Population:
1,411,205 (July 2001 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years:
45.22% (male 320,458; female 317,647)
15-64 years:
52.13% (male 364,900; female 370,717)
65 years and over:
2.65% (male 19,660; female 17,823) (2001 est.)
Population growth rate:
3.14% (2001 est.)
Birth rate:
41.76 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Death rate:
12.92 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Net migration rate:
2.59 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Sex ratio:
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:
1.1 male(s)/female
total population:
1 male(s)/female (2001 est.)
Infant mortality rate:
77.84 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population:
53.59 years
male:
51.65 years
female:
55.58 years (2001 est.)
Total fertility rate:
5.68 children born/woman (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
1.95% (1999 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
13,000 (1999 est.)
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
1,400 (1999 est.)
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:
47.5%
male:
58.4%
female:
37.1% (2001 est.)
GDP:
purchasing power parity - $1.5 billion (2000 est.)
GDP - real growth rate:
4.9% (2000 est.)
GDP - per capita:
purchasing power parity - $1,100 (2000 est.)
GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture:
21%
industry:
12%
services:
67% (1998 est.)
Population below poverty line:
NA%
Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%:
NA%
highest 10%:
NA%
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
3.4% (2000 est.)
Labor force:
400,000
Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture 75%, industry, commerce, and services 19%, government 6%
Unemployment rate:
NA%
Budget:
revenues:
$90.5 million
expenditures:
$80.9 million, including capital expenditures of $4.1 million (2001 est.)
Industries:
processing peanuts, fish, and hides; tourism; beverages; agricultural machinery assembly, woodworking, metalworking; clothing
Industrial production growth rate:
NA%
Electricity - production:
75 million kWh (1999)
Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel:
100%
hydro:
0%
nuclear:
0%
other:
0% (1999)
Electricity - consumption:
69.8 million kWh (1999)
Electricity - exports:
0 kWh (1999)
Electricity - imports:
0 kWh (1999)
Agriculture - products:
peanuts, millet, sorghum, rice, corn, sesame, cassava (tapioca), palm kernels; cattle, sheep, goats; forest and fishery resources not fully exploited
Exports:
$125.8 million (f.o.b., 1999)
Exports - commodities:
peanuts and peanut products, fish, cotton lint, palm kernels
Exports - partners:
Benelux 59%, Japan 20%, UK 7%, Spain 2% (1999)
Imports:
$202.5 million (f.o.b., 1999)
Imports - commodities:
foodstuffs, manufactures, fuel, machinery and transport equipment
Imports - partners:
China (including Hong Kong) 49%, UK 15%, Netherlands 11.6%, Brazil 10%, Senegal 10% (1997)
Debt - external:
$440 million (2001 est.)
Economic aid - recipient:
$45.4 million (1995)
Currency:
dalasi (GMD)
Currency code:
GMD
Exchange rates:
dalasi per US dollar - 15.000 (January 2001), 12.729 (3d quarter 1999), 11.395 (1999), 10.643 (1998), 10.200 (1997), 9.789 (1996)
Fiscal year:
calendar year
Statistics: CIA World Factbook.
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