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- The Gambia: People
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- <article><hdr>The World Factbook 1993: The Gambia
- People</hdr><body>
- <p>Population: 930,249 (July 1993 est.)
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- <p>Population growth rate: 3.07% (1993 est.)
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- <p>Birth rate: 46.85 births/1,000 population (1993 est.)
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- <p>Death rate: 16.1 deaths/1,000 population (1993 est.)
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- <p>Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1993 est.)
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- <p>Infant mortality rate: 126.3 deaths/1,000 live births (1993 est.)
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- <l>Life expectancy at birth:</l>
- <l> total population: 49.61 years</l>
- <l> male: 47.41 years</l>
- <l> female: 51.87 years (1993 est.)</l>
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- <p>Total fertility rate: 6.35 children born/woman (1993 est.)
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- <l>Nationality:</l>
- <l> noun: Gambian(s)</l>
- <l> adjective: Gambian</l>
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- <p>Ethnic divisions: African 99% (Mandinka 42%, Fula 18%, Wolof 16%,
- Jola 10%, Serahuli 9%, other 4%), non-Gambian 1%
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- <p>Religions: Muslim 90%, Christian 9%, indigenous beliefs 1%
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- <p>Languages: English (official), Mandinka, Wolof, Fula, other
- indigenous vernaculars
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- <l>Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1990)</l>
- <l> total population: 27%</l>
- <l> male: 39%</l>
- <l> female: 16%</l>
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- <p>Labor force: 400,000 (1986 est.)
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- <p> by occupation: agriculture 75.0%, industry, commerce, and
- services 18.9%, government 6.1%
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- <p>note: 55% population of working age (1983)
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