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Republic of the Gambia
President: Colonel Yahya A. J. J. Jammeh (1997)
Area: 4,093 sq. mi. (11,300 sq. km)
Population (1999 est.): 1,336,320 (average annual rate of natural increase: 3.02%); birth rate: 42.8/1000; infant mortality rate: 75.3/1000; density per sq. mi.: 326
Capital (1986): Banjul, 44,188
Monetary unit: Dalasi
Languages: Native tongues, English (official)
Ethnicity/race: African 99% (Mandinka 42%, Fula 18%, Wolof 16%, Jola 10%, Serahuli 9%, other 4%), non-Gambian 1%
Religions: Islam, 90%; Christian, 9%; traditional, 1%
Literacy rate: 27%
Economic summary: GDP/PPP (1998 est.): $1.3 billion; $1,000 per capita. Real growth rate: 3.8%. Inflation: 3%. Unemployment: n.a. Arable land: 18%. Agriculture: peanuts, millet, sorghum, rice, corn, cassava (tapioca), palm kernels; cattle, sheep, goats; forest and fishery resources not fully exploited. Labor force: n.a.; agriculture, 75%; industry, commerce and services, 19%; government, 6%. Industry: processing peanuts, fish, and hides; tourism; beverages; agricultural machinery assembly, woodworking, metalworking; clothing. Natural resources: fish. Exports: $120 million (f.o.b., 1997): peanuts and peanut products, fish, cotton lint, palm kernels. Imports: $207 million (f.o.b., 1997): foodstuffs, manufactures, raw materials, fuel, machinery and transport equipment. Major trading partners: Belgium, Japan, Senegal, Hong Kong, France, Switzerland, U.K., U.S., Côte d'Ivoire, Germany, the Netherlands.
Member of Commonwealth of Nations
