The 2004 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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СКАЧАТЬ hazards:

       drought (rainfall has dropped by 30% in the last 30 years)

      Environment - current issues:

       deforestation; desertification; water-borne diseases prevalent

      Environment - international agreements:

       party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto

       Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law

       of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands

       signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements

      Geography - note:

       almost an enclave of Senegal; smallest country on the continent of

       Africa

      People Gambia, The

      Population:

       1,546,848 (July 2004 est.)

      Age structure:

       0–14 years: 44.7% (male 347,349; female 344,264)

       15–64 years: 52.6% (male 403,297; female 410,382)

       65 years and over: 2.7% (male 21,459; female 20,097) (2004 est.)

      Median age:

       total: 17.5 years

       male: 17.4 years

       female: 17.7 years (2004 est.)

      Population growth rate:

       2.98% (2004 est.)

      Birth rate:

       40.3 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)

      Death rate:

       12.08 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.)

      Net migration rate:

       1.57 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 est.)

      Sex ratio:

       at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female

       under 15 years: 1.01 male(s)/female

       15–64 years: 0.98 male(s)/female

       65 years and over: 1.07 male(s)/female

       total population: 1 male(s)/female (2004 est.)

      Infant mortality rate:

       total: 73.48 deaths/1,000 live births

       female: 66.62 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

       male: 80.14 deaths/1,000 live births

      Life expectancy at birth:

       total population: 54.79 years

       male: 52.76 years

       female: 56.87 years (2004 est.)

      Total fertility rate:

       5.46 children born/woman (2004 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.)

      Major infectious diseases: typhoid fever, dengue fever, malaria, yellow fever, Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever, schistosomiasis overall degree of risk: very high (2004)

      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.)

      Government Gambia, The

      Country name:

       conventional long form: Republic of The Gambia

       conventional short form: The Gambia

      Government type:

       republic under multiparty democratic rule

      Capital:

       Banjul

      Administrative divisions:

       5 divisions and 1 city*; Banjul*, Central River, Lower River, North

       Bank, Upper River, Western

      Independence:

       18 February 1965 (from UK)

      National holiday:

       Independence Day, 18 February (1965)

      Constitution:

       24 April 1970; suspended July 1994; rewritten and approved by

       national referendum 8 August 1996; reestablished January 1997

      Legal system:

       based on a composite of English common law, Koranic law, and

       customary law; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations

      Suffrage:

       18 years of age; universal

      Executive branch:

       chief of state: President Yahya A. J. J. JAMMEH (since 18 October

       1996; note - from 1994 to 1996 he was Chairman of the Junta); Vice

       President Isatou Njie SAIDY (since 20 March 1997); note - the

       president is both the chief СКАЧАТЬ