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GeographyLocation: Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Guinea-Bissau and Mauritania
Area: Land boundaries: total 2,640 km, The Gambia 740 km, Guinea 330 km, Guinea-Bissau 338km, Mali 419 km, Mauritania 813 km Coastline: 531 km
PeoplePopulation: 9,007,080 (July 1995 est.)
Age structure:
Population growth rate: 3.12% (1995 est.) Birth rate: 42.87 births/1,000 population Death rate: 11.64 deaths/1,000 population Net migration rate: NA migrant(s)/1,000 population Infant mortality rate: 73.6 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
Total fertility rate: 6.03 children born/woman Ethnic divisions: Wolof 36%, Fulani 17%, Serer 17%, Toucouleur 9%, Diola 9%, Mandingo9%, European and Lebanese 1%, other 2% Religions: Muslim 92%, indigenous beliefs 6%, Christian 2% (mostly Roman Catholic) Languages: French (official), Wolof, Pulaar, Diola, Mandingo
Literacy:
age 15 and over can read and write (1988)
Government
Names:
Type: republic under multiparty democratic rule Capital: Dakar Independence: 20 August 1960 (from France; 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 September 1989) Constitution: 3 March 1963, revised 1991
EconomyNational product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $12.3 billion National product real growth rate: -2% National product per capita: $1,450 Inflation rate (consumer prices): -1.8% Unemployment rate:
Electricity:
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