Senegal's population rose from 9.07M in 1996 to 18.9M in 2025.
Senegal · Population & demographics
Size, growth, ages, births, deaths, urbanisation and migration.
23 indicators · 23 with data
Senegal's population growth fell from 2.4 % in 1996 to 2.3 % in 2025.
Senegal's population density rose from 44.8 in 1994 to 93.9 in 2023.
Senegal's population, female (% of total) fell from 50.4 % in 1996 to 49.2 % in 2025.
Senegal's urbanisation rose from 40.0 % in 1996 to 55.8 % in 2025.
Senegal's urban population rose from 3.62M in 1996 to 10.6M in 2025.
Senegal's rural population rose from 5.44M in 1996 to 8.37M in 2025.
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- Fertilitydown −1.4 %33rd of 217
- Birth rate, crudedown −0.8 %35th of 217
- Death rate, crudedown −1.4 %179th of 217
- Adolescent fertility ratedown −1.8 %165th of 217
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- Median ageup +0.2 yrs182nd of 216
- Children (0–14)down −0.4 pts35th of 217
- Working age (15–64)up +0.4 pts179th of 217
- Seniors (65+)up +0.0 pts175th of 217
- Age dependency ratiodown −1.2 pts39th of 217
- Old-age dependency ratioup +0.0 pts174th of 217
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- Net migrationdown −22.6 %158th of 217
- Migrant stockdown −0.1 pts163rd of 216
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- Refugees hosteddown −0.2 %89th of 178
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- Life expectancyup +0.2 yrs161st of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, femaleup +0.3 yrs167th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, maleup +0.2 yrs154th of 217