Gambia
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Elders in numbers
- of people are 65 or older
- 3.2%
- people aged 65 or older
- 89.9K
- will be 65 or older in 2050
- 5.4%
- is how long people live after 60, on average
- 17.1 years
- of people 65+ live alone
- 1.3%
- women 1%, men 1.7%
Sources: World Bank, 2025; World Bank projection for 2050; WHO, 2023; UN, 2020
Languages
18 languages, 6 of them endangered
- Bainouk-Gunyaamolo-GutoborDefinitely endangered
- BayotVulnerable
- KaronVulnerable
- KasaVulnerable
- MandjakVulnerable
- SuaVulnerable
- Gambian Wolof
- Guinea-Bissau Creole
- Jola-Fonyi
- Kassonke
- Krio
- Mandinka
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- Pulaar
- Serer
- Soninke
- Western Maninkakan
- Wolof
- Gambian Sign Language
Languages and their status: Glottolog v5.3, CC BY 4.0. Names: Wikidata.
UNESCO intangible heritage
List and years: ich.unesco.org
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