Environment - current issues: wildlife populations threatened by poaching; deforestation; overgrazing; soil erosion; desertification; overfishing
Environment - international agreements: party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Life Conservation, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands, Whaling signed, but not ratified: Marine Dumping
Geography - note:
westernmost country on the African continent; The Gambia is almost
an enclave of Senegal
People Senegal
Population:
10,580,307 (July 2003 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 43.7% (male 2,330,395; female 2,289,706)
15-64 years: 53.3% (male 2,707,195; female 2,929,998)
65 years and over: 3% (male 156,514; female 166,499) (2003 est.)
Median age:
total: 17.8 years
male: 17.2 years
female: 18.4 years (2002)
Population growth rate:
2.56% (2003 est.)
Birth rate:
36.23 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Death rate:
10.88 deaths/1,000 population (2003 est.)