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Table 1. Population of Local Government Areas between 1963 and 2003

	1963		1973		1983		1993		2003
LGA	Population	% Total	Population	% Total	Population	% Total	Population	% Total	Population	% Total
GBA	40017	3.9	78185	15.9	145612	21.2	270,240	26.1	357,796	26.3
W.D.	55,393	17.6	91,013	18.4	137,245	20	234,917	22.6	389,594	28.6
LRD	34,227	10.9	42,447	8.6	55,263	8	65,146	6.3	72,167	5.3
NBD	63,045	20	93,388	18.9	112,225	16.3	156,462	15.1	172,835	12.7
CRD	64,755	20.5	101901	20.7	126,004	18.4	156021	15	185,703	13.7
URD	58,049	18.4	86,167	17.5	111,388	16.2	155,059	14.9	182,587	13.4
Total	315,486	100	493,499	100	687,817	1	1,038,145	100	1,360,681	100

Source: Population and Housing Census, Central Statistics Department, Banjul, The Gambia

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