- Capital: Banjul
- POPULATION: 1.642 Million
- LANGUAGES: English(official)
- Median age: 18
- Birth Rate per 1000 people: 39.37
- Death Rate per 1000 people: 12.25
- Life expectancy: 54.14
- Literacy(definition: age 15 and over can read and write)
  total population: 40.1%
  male: 47.8%
  female: 32.8% (2003 est.)
- Independence: 18 February 1965 from UK
- GDP per capita: $1,800

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