Gambia  
   
Geography
Location: Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean and Senegal.
Area: total: 11,295 sq km
country comparison to the world: 166
land: 10,000 sq km
water: 1,295 sq km
Natural Resources: fish, titanium (rutile and ilmenite), tin, zircon, silica sand, clay, petroleum
Population and Health
Population:  1,8935389 (2013 Census)
Age structure:

0-14 years: 42.7.7% (male 393568/female 391231)
15-24 years: 20.6% (male 184563/female 207978)
25-54 years: 32.8% (male 290717/female 309489)
55-64 years: 3.4% (male 29995/female 26253)
65 years and over: 3.2% (male 28168/female 29559) (2013 Census)

Population growth rate: 3.3% (2013 Census)
Birth rate: 31.75 births/1,000 population (2014 est.) NA
Death rate:  7.26 deaths/1,000 population (2014 est.) NA
Sex ratio: 

at birth: 1.04 male(s)/female
0-14 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
15-24 years: 0.88 male(s)/female
25-54 years: 0.92 male(s)/female
55-64 years: 1.14 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.8 male(s)/female
total population: 0.98 male(s)/female (2014 est.)

Infant mortality rate:

total: 65.74 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 71.21 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 60.11 deaths/1,000 live births (2014 est.) NA

Life expectancy at birth: 

total population: 64.36 years
male: 62.04 years
female: 66.74 years (2014 est.) NA

Total fertility rate: 5.6 children born/woman DHS 2013
Current contraceptive use among married women 15-49 years old (any method):  9% (8% Modern and 1% Traditional) 2013 DHS
Unmet need of contraceptive : 20 % dhs 2013
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:  infection rate for women age 15-49 is 2.1% and 1.7% for men within the same age group (DHS 2013)
HIV/AIDS - deaths:  500 (2012) NA
Literacy:

definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 51.1%
male: 60.9%
female: 41.9% (2011 est.) NA

Economy
GDP (purchasing power parity):  $3.678 billion (2013 est.)
GDP (official exchange rate):  $896 million (2013 est.)
GDP - real growth rate:  6.4% (2013 est.)
GDP - per capita (PPP):  $2,000 (2013 est.)
GDP - composition by sector:

agriculture: 19.7%
industry: 12.6%
services: 67.7% (2013 est.)

Labor force - by occupation: 

agriculture: 75%
industry: 19%
services: 6%

Inflation rate (consumer prices): 6% (2013 est.)
Agriculture - products: rice, millet, sorghum, peanuts, corn, sesame, cassava (manioc), palm kernels; cattle, sheep, goats
Industries: processing peanuts, fish, and hides; tourism, beverages, agricultural machinery assembly, woodworking, metalworking, clothing
Industrial production growth rate: 3.4% (2013 est.)
Exports - commodities: peanut products, fish, cotton lint, palm kernels, re-exports
Currency (code): Dalasi (GMD)
Fiscal year:  calendar year
Others
Nationality: noun: Gambian(s)
adjective: Gambian

Religions: 

 Muslim 90%, Christian 8%, indigenous beliefs 2%

Languages: 

 English (official), Mandinka, Wolof, Fula, other indigenous vernaculars
Country name: conventional long form: Republic of The Gambia
conventional short form: The Gambia
Government type:  Republic
Capital: name: Banjul
geographic coordinates: 12 28 N, 16 39 W
time difference: UTC 0 (5 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)
Administrative divisions: 5 Regions and 2 Municipalities Central River, Lower River, North Bank, Upper River, Western Coast, KMC and BCC
Independence:  18 February 1965 (from UK)
Legal system: based on a composite of English common law, Islamic law, and customary law; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations
 
 

 
 

Source :

UN_Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS), Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS) and other national surveys; United Nations Population Division
Census
CIA The World Factbook

Update date: August 2014