_#_Note: almost an enclave of Senegal; smallest country on the continent of Africa
_*People #_Population: 874,553 (July 1991), growth rate 3.1% (1991)
_#_Birth rate: 48 births/1,000 population (1991)
_#_Death rate: 17 deaths/1,000 population (1991)
_#_Net migration rate: 0 migrants/1,000 population (1991)
_#_Infant mortality rate: 138 deaths/1,000 live births (1991)
_#_Life expectancy at birth: 47 years male, 51 years female (1991)
_#_Total fertility rate: 6.5 children born/woman (1991)
_#_Nationality: noun—Gambian(s); adjective—Gambian
_#_Ethnic divisions: African 99% (Mandinka 42%, Fula 18%, Wolof 16%, Jola 10%, Serahuli 9%, other 4%); non-Gambian 1%