The Gambia Youthful Population Flashcards
4 reasons why population youthful in Gambia
- High IMR = high BR
- Religion and sign of virility
- Children to work land
- low LE
IMR in The Gambia
79 per 1000
Percentage of population Muslim
95%
3 things farmed in Gambia
Rice, Maize, Cattle
Why is LE low? (3)
Poor sanitation
Poor healthcare
Poor food
LE for men
53
2 negative economic implications
- Unemployment and Underemployment
- Huge international debt as must import food for growing pop
4 problems in terms of unemployment
- Too many people searching for jobs
- Low wages - £30 per month above average
- Can’t feed families and afford protein = malnutrition
- 1/3 of 14 year olds must work
What was Gambia’s international debt in 2014?
$520 billion
1 political negative implication
High dependency ratio
What is the dependency ratio figure?
92 dependants : 100 economically active
3 social negative implications
- Infrastructure
- Pressure on education
- pressure on healthcare
4 feature of infrastructure as a problem
- Towns expand rapidly = can’t build decent housing
- Lack of basic housing - No sanitation, toilets, running water, electricity
- Overcrowding = low standard of living
- Growth of slums
How much of urban population lived in slums 2005?
45%
How many students and classrooms does the main school in Serekunda have?
3000 students
26 classrooms
5 problems with schools
- Not enough money to build new schools
- 2 shift system
- Teachers badly paid and work 12 hour shifts
- lack of books
- Lack of toilets
How many toilets for students?
1 toilet per 250 students
2 problems in terms of healthcare
- Poor maternal and child healthcare = high IMR
- High doctor and patient ratio
What is the doctor to patient ratio?
15,000 patients to 1 doctor
4 environmental issues
- Deforestation
- Over grazing and over cultivation
- Water, land and air pollution
- Depletion of natural resources
3 problems in terms of deforestation
- Trees chopped down for firewood for growing urban population
- Causes desertification = can’t farm = food shortages
- Within 50 years, nearly all rainforest in Gambia gone
How is water polluted?
Due to deforestation and livestock bathing in water
2 resources depleted
Forests and fisheries (200km area overfished)
BR in The Gambia
40 per 1000 in 2000 = high natural increase
