Demographics of Senegal

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date	04 Nov 2021

As of 2021, the population of Senegal is projected at 17.20 million, up by 1.51% compared with 16.74 million in 2020. Senegal is ranked 69th in terms of population and 20th in terms of population growth rate.

There are 0.57 million births in Senegal in 2021. That is 1,553 per day, which is ranked 52nd. The crude birth rate is 32.92 per 1000 people. There are 92.5 thousand deaths in Senegal in 2021. That is 253 per day, which is ranked 84th. The crude death rate is 5.37 per 1000 people.

8.58 million people are living in urban areas, which is 48.6% of Senegal population. Senegal is ranked 162nd in terms of urbanization.

The Sex Ratio in Senegal in 2021 is 95.43 males per 100 females. There are 8.40 million males and 8.80 million females in Senegal. The percentage of female population is 51.17% compare to 48.83% male population. Senegal has 0.40 million more females than males. Senegal is at 46th position out of 201 countries/territories in terms of female to male ratio.

Senegal population

Year	Population	Growth (%)
1950	2,486,642	-
1955	2,808,239	2.7
1960	3,206,757	3.04
1965	3,682,879	3.56
1970	4,257,508	4.22
1975	4,929,846	5.17
1980	5,583,157	6.06
1985	6,471,329	5.64
1990	7,526,306	3.62
1995	8,690,155	2.33
2000	9,797,731	2.32
2005	11,090,123	2.95
2010	12,678,143	2.97
2015	14,578,450	2.59
2016	14,993,514	2.29
2017	15,419,354	2.03
2018	15,854,324	1.82
2019	16,296,362	1.68
2020	16,743,930	1.59
2021	17,196,308	1.51

Total
Crude

Senegal death and birth rate

Year	Total		Crude(per 1000)
Year	Death	Birth	Crude death	Crude birth
1950	76,893	129,834	30.46	51.46
1955	78,749	142,789	27.96	50.73
1960	83,622	161,712	26.02	50.33
1965	94,820	185,477	25.61	50.21
1970	105,529	213,187	24.69	49.91
1975	103,116	241,571	21.00	49.16
1980	95,211	271,922	16.90	48.34
1985	87,686	297,473	13.53	45.90
1990	85,654	321,985	11.34	42.68
1995	96,641	353,627	11.11	40.78
2000	105,678	385,371	10.75	39.25
2005	101,603	429,474	9.14	38.58
2010	92,913	487,304	7.30	38.31
2015	89,881	530,235	6.14	36.32
2020	91,909	560,077	5.48	33.42
2021	92,500	566,729	5.37	32.92

Population
Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Senegal

Year	Population		Urbanization
Year	Urban	Rural	growth rate (%)	Urban (%)
1950	428,444	2,058,191	-	17.230
1955	560,479	2,247,746	5.59	19.958
1960	737,552	2,469,197	5.66	23.000
1965	970,457	2,712,419	5.65	26.351
1970	1,277,252	2,980,253	5.67	30.000
1975	1,663,175	3,273,034	5.15	33.693
1980	2,000,428	3,592,218	3.67	35.769
1985	2,434,961	4,049,777	4.10	37.549
1990	2,938,830	4,616,787	3.47	38.896
1995	3,464,168	5,282,438	3.12	39.606
2000	3,985,284	5,898,768	2.83	40.320
2005	4,693,370	6,557,896	3.71	41.714
2010	5,653,812	7,262,417	3.89	43.773
2015	6,868,710	8,108,284	3.93	45.862
2020	8,277,123	8,923,031	3.74	48.122
2021	8,584,195	9,078,791	3.71	48.600

Population pyramid
Gender ratio

Senegal population by Age Group (2011)

Age group	Male	Female	Total		M per 100 F
Age group	Male	Female	Persons	Share (%)	M per 100 F
00-04	1,338,128	1,300,216	2,638,344	15.34	102.916
05-09	1,250,496	1,217,110	2,467,606	14.35	102.743
10-14	1,095,958	1,069,797	2,165,755	12.59	102.445
15-19	919,101	902,639	1,821,740	10.59	101.824
20-24	780,296	778,316	1,558,612	9.06	100.254
25-29	660,253	680,109	1,340,362	7.79	97.080
30-34	548,805	593,648	1,142,453	6.64	92.446
35-39	454,449	518,302	972,751	5.66	87.680
40-44	351,160	424,515	775,675	4.51	82.720
45-49	271,195	342,383	613,578	3.57	79.208
50-54	212,835	272,776	485,611	2.82	78.026
55-59	165,247	215,710	380,957	2.22	76.606
60-64	125,688	169,024	294,712	1.71	74.361
65-69	95,775	130,452	226,227	1.32	73.418
70-74	62,544	88,338	150,882	0.88	70.801
75-79	39,007	55,880	94,887	0.55	69.805
80-84	19,162	28,303	47,465	0.28	67.703
85-89	5,998	9,579	15,577	0.09	62.616
90-94	1,004	1,855	2,859	0.02	54.124
95-99	77	171	248	0.00	45.029
100+	1	6	7	0.00	16.667
Total	8,397,179	8,799,129	17,196,308		95.432