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The Gambia
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- currency: Gambian dalasi
- capital city: Banjul
- region: Western Africa
- continent: Africa
- land area: 10,120 km²
- population: 2,773,168 people
- political leader: Adama Barrow (President)
Classified as: place
Location on a map: [13°46′N, -16°56′W]
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Summary
The Gambia is a country. The capital city is Banjul, located in the Western Africa region of Africa. It has a land area of 10,120 km², a population of 2,773,168 people and uses the currency Gambian dalasi. The President is Adama Barrow.
Environment
The Gambia is one of the countries in Africa, countries in Western Africa and 194 countries in our database.
- Agricultural land: 6,340.00 km²
- Carbon dioxide emissions (co2): 0.61 Mt of CO2 equivalent
- Fertility rate: 4.59 births per woman
- Forest area: 2,369 km²
- Fossil fuel energy consumption: 0.00 % of total
- Greenhouse gas emissions (co2, ch4, n2o, hfcs, pfcs, sf6): 2.34 Mt of CO2 equivalent
- Median age: 13.30
- Methane emissions: 1.46 Mt of CO2 equivalent
- Nitrous oxide emissions: 0.27 Mt of CO2 equivalent
- Female population: 1,393,072 people
- Male population: 1,380,095 people
- Renewable energy consumption: 47.70 % of total final energy consumption
- Rural land area: 10,197.84 km²
- Rural population: 985,251 people
- Urban land area: 338.75 km²
- Urban population: 1,787,917 people
- Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 1.93 % of total population
Geographical distribution of cities in The Gambia by population
Evolution of historical electricity production from oil sources in The Gambia
Evolution of historical electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric, in The Gambia
Evolution of historical net energy imports in The Gambia
Evolution of historical fertility rate in The Gambia
The Gambia relationship between life expectancy at birth and fertility rate over time
The Gambia relationship between median age and fertility rate over time
Evolution of historical forest area in The Gambia
The Gambia relationship between rural land area and forest area over time
Evolution of historical fossil fuel energy consumption in The Gambia
The Gambia relationship between renewable energy consumption and fossil fuel energy consumption over time
Evolution of historical other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in The Gambia
The Gambia relationship between urban land area and greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) over time
The Gambia relationship between urban land area and nitrous oxide emissions over time
The Gambia relationship between urban population and greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) over time
Evolution of historical internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence in The Gambia
Evolution of historical individuals using the Internet in The Gambia
Evolution of historical land area in The Gambia
Evolution of historical median age in The Gambia
Evolution of historical methane emissions in The Gambia
The Gambia relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and methane emissions over time
The Gambia relationship between population and methane emissions over time
The Gambia relationship between rural population and methane emissions over time
The Gambia relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and methane emissions over time
The Gambia relationship between urban land area and methane emissions over time
The Gambia relationship between urban population and methane emissions over time
Evolution of historical net migration in The Gambia
Evolution of historical nitrous oxide emissions in The Gambia
The Gambia relationship between population and nitrous oxide emissions over time
The Gambia relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and nitrous oxide emissions over time
The Gambia relationship between urban population and nitrous oxide emissions over time
Evolution of historical population in The Gambia
The Gambia relationship between urban land area and population over time
Evolution of historical female population in The Gambia
Evolution of historical male population in The Gambia
Evolution of historical renewable energy consumption in The Gambia
Evolution of historical rural land area in The Gambia
Evolution of historical rural population in The Gambia
The Gambia relationship between urban land area and rural population over time
Evolution of historical urban land area in The Gambia
The Gambia relationship between urban population and urban land area over time
Evolution of historical urban population in The Gambia
Evolution of historical urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters in The Gambia
The Gambia relationship between date and population over time
The Gambia relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time
Evolution of historical agricultural land in The Gambia
The Gambia relationship between methane emissions and agricultural land over time
The Gambia relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and agricultural land over time
Evolution of historical alternative and nuclear energy in The Gambia
Evolution of historical carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) in The Gambia
The Gambia relationship between GDP and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time
The Gambia relationship between methane emissions and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time
The Gambia relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time
The Gambia relationship between urban land area and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time
The Gambia relationship between urban population and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time
Evolution of historical access to electricity in The Gambia
The Gambia relationship between birth rate and access to electricity over time
The Gambia relationship between fertility rate and access to electricity over time
The Gambia relationship between life expectancy at birth and access to electricity over time
The Gambia relationship between renewable energy consumption and access to electricity over time
The Gambia relationship between self-employed workers and access to electricity over time
The Gambia relationship between vulnerable employment and access to electricity over time
Evolution of historical electricity production from coal sources in The Gambia
Evolution of historical electricity production from natural gas sources in The Gambia
Evolution of historical electricity production from hydroelectric sources in The Gambia
Evolution of historical electricity production from nuclear sources in The Gambia
Distribution of sites in The Gambia by inscription year
Geographical distribution of sites in The Gambia by area
Proportion of transboundary sites in The Gambia
Geographical distribution of wildfires in The Gambia by mean width
Relationship between width mean and length mean in The Gambia
Cities in The Gambia
Sites in The Gambia
Wildfires in The Gambia
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Health
- Birth rate: 32.70 per 1,000 people
- Death rate: 7.14 per 1,000 people
- Health expenditure per capita: 24.63 current US$
- Health expenditure: 3.19 % of GDP
- Incidence of hiv: 0.60 per 1,000 uninfected population
- Hospital beds: 1.15 per 1,000 people
- Life expectancy at birth: 63
- Suicide mortality rate: 4.80 per 100,000 population
Evolution of historical birth rate in The Gambia
The Gambia relationship between fertility rate and birth rate over time
The Gambia relationship between life expectancy at birth and birth rate over time
The Gambia relationship between self-employed workers and birth rate over time
The Gambia relationship between vulnerable employment and birth rate over time
The Gambia relationship between median age and birth rate over time
Evolution of historical death rate in The Gambia
The Gambia relationship between life expectancy at birth and death rate over time
Evolution of historical health expenditure per capita in The Gambia
Evolution of historical health expenditure in The Gambia
Evolution of historical incidence of HIV in The Gambia
Evolution of historical hospital beds in The Gambia
Evolution of historical life expectancy at birth in The Gambia
The Gambia relationship between self-employed workers and life expectancy at birth over time
The Gambia relationship between vulnerable employment and life expectancy at birth over time
Evolution of historical suicide mortality rate in The Gambia
Distribution of diseases by first founded year in The Gambia
Proportion of diseases in The Gambia by mortality rate
Distribution of diseases in The Gambia by start date
Evolution of historical cases in The Gambia
Evolution of historical deaths in The Gambia
Relationship between deaths and cases over time in The Gambia
Diseases in The Gambia
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Business
- Expense: 17.16 % of GDP
- Gdp: 2,339,904,156.79 current US$
- Inflation: 16.97 annual %
- Self-employed workers: 74.88 % of total employment
- Tax revenue: 10.82 % of GDP
- Unemployment: 6.48 % of total labor force
- Vulnerable employment: 73.44 % of total employment
Distribution of companies founded in The Gambia by year
Evolution of historical central government debt in The Gambia
Evolution of historical expense in The Gambia
Evolution of historical GDP in The Gambia
The Gambia relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and GDP over time
Evolution of historical median inflation in The Gambia
Evolution of historical proportion of self-employed workers in The Gambia
The Gambia relationship between vulnerable employment and self-employed workers over time
Evolution of historical tax revenue in The Gambia
Evolution of historical unemployment in The Gambia
Evolution of historical vulnerable employment in The Gambia
Proportion of shops per country in The Gambia
Companies from The Gambia
Exchanges in The Gambia
Shops in The Gambia
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Politics
- Armed forces personnel: 4,000 people
- Democracy score: 4.31
- Democracy type: Hybrid regime
- Military expenditure: 0.69 % of GDP
- Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 8.62 %
Evolution of historical armed forces personnel in The Gambia
The Gambia relationship between methane emissions and armed forces personnel over time
The Gambia relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and armed forces personnel over time
The Gambia relationship between population and armed forces personnel over time
The Gambia relationship between rural population and armed forces personnel over time
The Gambia relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and armed forces personnel over time
The Gambia relationship between urban land area and armed forces personnel over time
The Gambia relationship between urban population and armed forces personnel over time
Evolution of historical military expenditure in The Gambia
Evolution of the historical proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in The Gambia
Distribution of politicians from The Gambia by birth year
Proportion of politicians per gender in The Gambia
Political parties in The Gambia
Politicians from The Gambia
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Sports
Distribution of athletes from The Gambia by birth year
Proportion of athletes per gender in The Gambia
Proportion of competitions per city in The Gambia
Proportion of competitions per country in The Gambia
Distribution of competitions in The Gambia by start date
Proportion of medals won by The Gambia in the Olympics
Athletes from The Gambia
Competitions in The Gambia
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Culture
Distribution of artists from The Gambia by birth year
Proportion of artists per gender in The Gambia
Geographical distribution of museums in The Gambia by visitors
Artists from The Gambia
Museums in The Gambia
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Research
Geographical distribution of universities in The Gambia by total students
Distribution of universities in The Gambia per foundation year
Universities in The Gambia
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In literature
There is no book written about The Gambia in the database
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This dashboard is based on data from: SIPRI, World Bank, Reporters Without Borders
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