Official Languages

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Languages spoken here

Bambara (secondary) · Hausa (secondary) · Igbo (secondary) · Krio (secondary) · Yoruba (secondary)

“Secondary” means a community here speaks it alongside another language. It is not a statement of official or minority-language status.

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Gambia

Peoples

Largest first.

People	Population	Language	Religion
Mandinka	1183000	Mandinka	Islam
Fuuta Torro	477000	Pulaar	Islam
Wolof	397000	Wolof, Gambian	Islam
Soninke	164000	Soninke	Islam
Jola-Fonyi	148000	Jola-Fonyi	Islam
Jola-Karon	83000	Karon	Ethnic Religions
Serer-Sine	66000	Serer-Sine	Islam
Mandyak, Manjago	48000	Mandjak	Ethnic Religions
Moor, general	40000	Hassaniyya	Islam
Bainouk, Gunyaamolo	36000	Bainouk-Gunyaamolo	Islam
Crioulo, Upper Guinea	29000	Guinea-Bissau Creole	Christianity
Bambara	28000	Bamanankan	Islam
Maninka, Eastern	27000	Maninkakan, Eastern	Islam
Krio, Aku	22000	Krio	Christianity
Deaf	20000	Language unknown	Unknown
Hausa	14000	Hausa	Islam
Yoruba	13000	Yoruba	Islam
Igbo	8000	Igbo	Christianity
Jahanka	6500	Jahanka	Islam
Maninka, Western	5700	Maninkakan, Western	Islam
Susu	5400	Susu	Islam
Balanta, Kentohe	3600	Balanta	Ethnic Religions
Maswanka, Kunante	2900	Mansoanka	Islam
Khasonke	2900	Xaasongaxango	Islam
Mankanya	2600	Mankanya	Ethnic Religions
Jola-Bayote	1300	Bayot	Ethnic Religions

Languages

26 languages recorded here.

Bainouk-Gunyaamolo

Balanta

Bamanankan

Bayot

Guinea-Bissau Creole

Hassaniyya

Hausa

Igbo

Jahanka

Jola-Fonyi

Karon

Krio

Language unknown

Mandinka

Mandjak

Maninkakan, Eastern

Maninkakan, Western

Mankanya

Mansoanka

Pulaar

Serer-Sine

Soninke

Susu

Wolof, Gambian

Xaasongaxango

Yoruba

All catalogue fields

151 fields recorded

rog3: GA
iso3: GMB
iso2: GM
ctry: Gambia
poplpeoples: 2833000
cntpeoples: 26
cntpeopleslr: 14
poplpeopleslr: 2406000
jpscalectry: 1
rol3officiallanguage: eng
officiallang: English
rlg3primary: 6
religionprimary: Islam
percentchristianity: 3.475569867336
percentevangelical: 0.89067389772067
c_10_40window: Y
rog2: AFR
continent: Africa
regioncode: 8
regionname: Africa, West and Central
workersneeded: 55
harvest_rog3: GA
harvest_iso3: GMB
harvest_iso2: GM
harvest_owcountrycode: GAMB
harvest_ethnologuecountrycode: GM
harvest_countrynumber: 79
harvest_ctry: Gambia
harvest_ctryshort: Gambia
harvest_countrynamechinese: 冈比亚
harvest_countrynamechineseshort: 冈比亚
harvest_countrynamedutch: Gambia
harvest_countrynamefrench: Gambie
harvest_countrynamefrenchshort: Gambie
harvest_countrynamegerman: Gambia
harvest_countrynamegermanshort: Gambia
harvest_countrynameindonesian: Gambia
harvest_countrynameindonesianshort: Gambia
harvest_countrynameitalian: Gambia
harvest_countrynameitalianshort: Gambia
harvest_countrynamekorean: 감비아
harvest_countrynamekoreanshort: 감비아
harvest_countrynamenorwegian: Gambia
harvest_countrynamenorwegianshort: Gambia
harvest_countrynameportuguese: Gâmbia
harvest_countrynameportugueseshort: Gâmbia
harvest_countrynamerussian: Гамбия
harvest_countrynamerussianshort: Гамбия
harvest_countrynamespanish: Gambia
harvest_countrynamespanishshort: Gambia
harvest_countrynamevietnamese: Gambia
harvest_countrynamevietnameseshort: Gambia
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harvest_frenchconcatenationprefix: de
harvest_germanconcatenationprefix: in
harvest_indonesianconcatenationprefix: di
harvest_italianconcatenationprefix: -
harvest_koreanconcatenationprefix: 의
harvest_norwegianconcatenationprefix: i
harvest_portugueseconcatenationprefix: em
harvest_russianconcatenationprefix: B
harvest_spanishconcatenationprefix: en
harvest_vietnameseconcatenationprefix: ở
harvest_ethnologuemapexists: Y
harvest_rog2: AFR
harvest_regioncode2414: 4
harvest_regioncode: 8
harvest_unsr: 011
harvest_worldabc: A
harvest_maniregioncode: AW
harvest_capital: Banjul
harvest_population: 2822000
harvest_populationsource: UN Country Population (2025)
harvest_prayercastvideo: https://prayercast.com/gambia.html
harvest_prayercastvimeourl: 44042156
harvest_waldnerguide: prayer-guide-ga+cv.pdf
harvest_unmap: https://un.org/geospatial/content/gambia
harvest_jpscale: 1
harvest_c_10_40window: Y
harvest_c_10_40windoworiginal: Y
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harvest_owcountrypage: gambia-the
harvest_literacyrate: 56
harvest_literacysource: Ethnologue
harvest_percenturbanized: 61
harvest_rol3officiallanguage: eng
harvest_rlg3primary: 6
harvest_pctanimist: 5.6
harvest_pctbahai: 0.35
harvest_pctbuddhism: 0.01
harvest_pctchinese: 0
harvest_pcthindu: 0
harvest_pctislam: 89.48999999999999
harvest_pctsikh: 0
harvest_pctjudaism: 0
harvest_pctnonreligious: 0.07000000000000001
harvest_pctother: 0
harvest_pctchristian: 4.48
harvest_pctchristianprotestant: 0.58
harvest_pctchristianindependent: 0.5
harvest_pctchristiananglican: 0.13
harvest_pctchristianromancatholic: 2.77
harvest_pctchristianorthodoxcatholic: 0
harvest_pctchristianmarginal: 0.04
harvest_pctchristianunaffiliated: 0.19
harvest_pctchristiandoublyprofessing: 0
harvest_pctchristianother: 0
harvest_pctchristianextra: 0
harvest_rop1: A013
harvest_hdiyear: 2015
harvest_hdivalue: 0.452
harvest_hdirank: 173
harvest_internetusers: 18.5
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harvest_flashmapzoomy: -620
harvest_googlemapzoom: 7
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harvest_googlemaplng: -15.7
harvest_ctrylatitude: 13.443182
harvest_ctrylongitude: -15.310139
harvest_securitylevel: 1
harvest_statedeptreligiousfreedom: https://www.state.gov/reports/2023-report-on-international-religious-freedom/gambia/
harvest_provincesdisplayable: Y
harvest_adm1label: Provinces
harvest_wcdsubregioncode: 105
harvest_poplgrowthrate: 3.16301703163017
harvest_v59country: Y
harvest_godreportsurl: http://blog.godreports.com/country/?countrycode=gm&joshua=ga
harvest_datareportalurl: https://datareportal.com/reports/digital-2024-gambia
harvest_internetusage: 20
harvest_internetusagesourceyear: 2017
harvest_areasquaremiles: 4363
harvest_areasquarekilometers: 10689
harvest_populationpersquaremile: 335
harvest_countryphonecode: 220
harvest_wincountryprofile: http://win1040.com/page.php?id=539
harvest_owpctchristian1986: 2.9
harvest_owpctevangelical1986: 0.12
harvest_owpctchristian1993: 2.5
harvest_owpctevangelical1993: 0.2
harvest_owpctchristian2001: 4.1
harvest_owpctevangelical2001: 0.3
harvest_religiondatayear: 2010
harvest_internetctrycode: .gm
harvest_worldfactbookurl: https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/gambia-the
harvest_source: PJ
harvest_editname: BM
harvest_editdate: 09/12/02 00:00:00