The Gambia 
Facts
Population: 1,688,359 (July 2007 est.).
Age structure: 0-14 years: 44.1% (male 373,831/female 370,397)
15-64 years: 53.2% (male 445,365/female 452,311)
65 years and over: 2.8% (male 23,582/female 22,873) (2007 est.).
Population growth rate: 2.781% (2007 est.).
Birth rate: 38.86 births/1,000 population (2007 est.).
Death rate: 11.99 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.).
Net migration rate: 0.94 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.).
Sex ratio: at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.009 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.985 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 1.031 male(s)/female
total population: 0.997 male(s)/female (2007 est.).
Infant mortality rate: total: 70.14 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 76.55 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 63.54 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.).
Life expectancy at birth: total population: 54.54 years
male: 52.68 years
female: 56.46 years (2007 est.).
Total fertility rate: 5.21 children born/woman (2007 est.).
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 1.2% (2003 est.).
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: 6,800 (2003 est.).
HIV/AIDS - deaths: 600 (2003 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: 40.1%
male: 47.8%
female: 32.8% (2003 est.).
GDP (purchasing power parity): $3.284 billion (2006 est.).
GDP - real growth rate: 5.3% (2006 est.).
GDP - per capita (PPP): $2,000 (2006 est.).
GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 30.5%
industry: 13.9%
services: 55.6% (2006 est.).
Labor force: 400,000 (1996).
Labor force - by occupation: agriculture: 75%
industry: 19%
services: 6%.
Population below poverty line: NA%.
Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%.
Inflation rate (consumer prices): 14% (2006 est.).
Unemployment rate: NA%.
Budget: revenues: $112.7 million
expenditures: $155.1 million; including capital expenditures of $4.1 million (2006 est.).
Agriculture - products: rice, millet, sorghum, peanuts, corn, sesame, cassava (tapioca), palm kernels; cattle, sheep, goats.
Industries: processing peanuts, fish, and hides; tourism, beverages, agricultural machinery assembly, woodworking, metalworking, clothing.
Industrial production growth rate: NA%.
Electricity - production: 145 million kWh (2004).
Electricity - consumption: 134.9 million kWh (2004).
Electricity - exports: 0 kWh (2004).
Electricity - imports: 0 kWh (2004).
Exports: $130.5 million f.o.b. (2006 est.).
Exports - commodities: peanut products, fish, cotton lint, palm kernels, re-exports.
Exports - partners: India 41.1%, UK 18.5%, Indonesia 8.4%, Senegal 4.7%, Belgium 4.3% (2005).
Imports: $212.2 million f.o.b. (2006 est.).
Imports - commodities: foodstuffs, manufactures, fuel, machinery and transport equipment.
Imports - partners: China 21.5%, Senegal 11.4%, Cote d'Ivoire 8.5%, Brazil 5.6%, US 5.3%, UK 5.2%, Netherlands 4.1% (2005).
Debt - external: $628.8 million (2003 est.).
Economic aid - recipient: $59.8 million (2003).
Currency (code): dalasi (GMD).
Exchange rates: dalasi per US dollar - 28.3 (2006), 30.38 (2005), 30.03 (2004), 27.306 (2004), 19.918 (2003), 15.687 (2002), 15.687 (2001).
Fiscal year: calendar year.
Statistics: C.I.A. World Factbook. Updated: July 20, 2007.
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