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Gambia
Republic of the Gambia
Gambia is a country in Western Africa. Its capital city is Banjul. About 2.3 million people live there, in an area of 10 689 square kilometres.
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Where is Gambia?
Gambia lies in Western Africa, on the continent of Africa.
It sits in the northern half of the world, roughly 1 499 km from the equator.
Its coastline is about 80 km long.
It shares a border with 1 country: Senegal.
How big is Gambia?
Gambia covers 10 689 square kilometres.
That is about 4.1 times the size of Luxembourg.
Among the world's countries that makes it the 160th largest.
If everybody spread out evenly, there would be about 213.3 people on every square kilometre.
Who lives in Gambia?
About 2.3 million people live in Gambia.
That is the 140th biggest population in the world.
People here speak English.
They pay with the dalasi (D).
On average, people born here can expect to live about 53 years.
The land of Gambia
The land in Gambia sits on average 34 metres above sea level, which makes it one of the flatter countries on Earth.
Its coast runs for about 80 km. Walking it end to end, at twenty kilometres a day, would take roughly 4 days.
It lies inside the tropics, which is the single biggest reason its weather is the way it is.
What makes Gambia different?
Websites from here often end in .gm.
Gambia and the rest of the world
Out of every thousand people alive on Earth, about 0.3 live in Gambia.
It takes up about 0.01 % of all the land that countries stand on.
Within Africa it is the 49th largest of 54 countries, and the 42nd most populated.
That is busier than the world average of roughly 60 people per square kilometre.
Gambia and its neighbours
Senegal, its largest neighbour, is about 18.4 times bigger.
Senegal has more people: 15.9 million against 2.3 million.
Questions children ask
What is the capital of Gambia?
The capital of Gambia is Banjul. It is the city where the country's government works from.
How many people live in Gambia?
About 2.3 million people live in Gambia, which makes it the 140th most populated country in the world. (Source: World Bank, 2018.)
Which countries border Gambia?
Gambia borders Senegal — 1 neighbour in total.
How big is Gambia?
Gambia covers 10 689 square kilometres, making it the 160th largest country in the world. That is about 4.1 times the size of Luxembourg.
Which continent is Gambia in?
Gambia is in Africa, in the part called Western Africa.
Where these numbers come from
Borders and outlines: Natural Earth. Names, capitals, areas, languages and currencies: ISO 3166 data (world-countries). Population: World Bank, 2018. Every derived figure on this page (ranks, density, distance from the equator) is calculated from those values.
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