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GeographyLocation: Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean and Senegal
Area: Land boundaries: total 740 km, Senegal 740 km Coastline: 80 km
PeoplePopulation: 989,273 (July 1995 est.)
Age structure:
Population growth rate: 3.08% (1995 est.) Birth rate: 45.97 births/1,000 population Death rate: 15.19 deaths/1,000 population Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population Infant mortality rate: 120.8 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
Total fertility rate: 6.23 children born/woman Ethnic divisions: African 99% (Mandinka 42%, Fula 18%, Wolof 16%, Jola 10%, Serahuli9%, other 4%), non-Gambian 1% Religions: Muslim 90%, Christian 9%, indigenous beliefs 1% Languages: English (official), Mandinka, Wolof, Fula, other indigenous vernaculars
Literacy:
age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
Government
Names:
Type: republic under multiparty democratic rule Capital: Banjul Independence: 18 February 1965 (from UK; The Gambia and Senegal signed an agreementon 12 December 1981 that called for the creation of a loose confederationto be known as Senegambia, but the agreement was dissolved on 30 September1989) Constitution: 24 April 1970
EconomyNational product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $1 billion National product real growth rate: National product per capita: $1,050 Inflation rate (consumer prices): 6.5% Unemployment rate:
Electricity:
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