page_title: Demographics of the Gambia
section_title: Fertility Rate (The Demographic Health Survey and Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys)
hierarchical_section_title: Demographics of the Gambia / Vital statistics / Fertility Rate (The Demographic Health Survey and Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys)
caption_attribution_description: العربية: فتاة من غامبيا. التُقطت الصورة خِلال شهر كانون الثاني (يناير) سنة 2008 في مدينة سيريكوندا، بغامبيا. English: January 2008 / Serekunda, The Gambia. Français&#160;: Sourire de Gambie. Photo prise en Janvier 2008 à Serrekunda, en Gambie.
context_page_description: The demographic characteristics of the population of The Gambia are known through national censuses, conducted in ten-year intervals and analyzed by The Gambian Bureau of Statistics since 1963. The latest census was conducted in 2013. The population of The Gambia at the 2013 census was 1.8 million. The population density is 176.1 per square kilometer, and the overall life expectancy in The Gambia is 64.1 years. Since the first census of 1963, the population of The Gambia has increased every ten years by an average of 43.2 percent. Since 1950s, the birth rate has constantly exceeded the death rate; the natural growth rate is positive. The Gambia is in the second stage of demographic transition. In terms of age structure, The Gambia is dominated by 15- to 64-year-old segment. The median age of the population is 19.9 years, and the gender ratio of the total population is 0.98 males per female.
context_section_description: Fertility Rate TFR (Wanted Fertility Rate) and CBR (Crude Birth Rate):
  Structure of the population (DHS 2013) (males 23,904, females 25,649, total 49,553) :
  Fertility data as of 2013 (DHS Program):
caption: Gambian girl
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