| Source | UN (World Population Prospects 2022) |
| Date | 24 May 2024 |
There are 8.96 million males and 9.26 million females in Senegal. The percentage of the male population is 49.2%, compared to 50.8% of the female population. Senegal has 293k more females than males. The sex ratio in Senegal in 2024 will be 96.840 males per 100 females. Senegal is in the 67th position in terms of the female-to-male ratio.
| Year | Population | Growth (%) |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 2,496,065 | 2.56 |
| 1955 | 2,847,262 | 2.73 |
| 1960 | 3,273,177 | 2.83 |
| 1965 | 3,770,874 | 2.88 |
| 1970 | 4,367,744 | 2.95 |
| 1975 | 5,047,922 | 2.67 |
| 1980 | 5,703,869 | 2.52 |
| 1985 | 6,520,705 | 2.83 |
| 1990 | 7,536,001 | 2.88 |
| 1995 | 8,632,681 | 2.47 |
| 2000 | 9,704,287 | 2.36 |
| 2005 | 10,974,057 | 2.57 |
| 2010 | 12,530,121 | 2.71 |
| 2015 | 14,356,181 | 2.71 |
| 2020 | 16,436,120 | 2.69 |
| 2021 | 16,876,720 | 2.61 |
| 2022 | 17,316,449 | 2.54 |
| 2023 | 17,763,163 | 2.56 |
| 2024 | 18,221,567 | 2.54 |
| Year | Total | Crude(per 1000) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Death | Birth | Crude death | Crude birth | |
| 1950 | 70,149 | 128,935 | 28.101 | 51.650 |
| 1955 | 75,134 | 144,935 | 26.420 | 50.964 |
| 1960 | 81,546 | 164,735 | 24.944 | 50.391 |
| 1965 | 92,996 | 187,663 | 24.702 | 49.849 |
| 1970 | 103,029 | 215,753 | 23.627 | 49.478 |
| 1975 | 105,209 | 247,687 | 20.821 | 49.018 |
| 1980 | 97,249 | 273,843 | 16.998 | 47.865 |
| 1985 | 93,381 | 296,683 | 14.298 | 45.427 |
| 1990 | 86,250 | 316,620 | 11.433 | 41.969 |
| 1995 | 97,963 | 342,324 | 11.326 | 39.576 |
| 2000 | 108,766 | 381,017 | 11.181 | 39.169 |
| 2005 | 98,881 | 422,547 | 8.990 | 38.418 |
| 2010 | 90,265 | 473,819 | 7.190 | 37.740 |
| 2015 | 87,797 | 508,147 | 6.109 | 35.357 |
| 2020 | 91,832 | 543,219 | 5.584 | 33.034 |
| 2021 | 99,995 | 549,984 | 5.922 | 32.573 |
| 2022 | 96,140 | 555,696 | 5.548 | 32.067 |
| 2023 | 88,621 | 562,482 | 4.985 | 31.642 |
| 2024 | 85,421 | 568,369 | 4.685 | 31.171 |
| Year | Population | Urban (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urban | Rural | ||
| 1950 | 428,444 | 2,058,191 | 17.230 |
| 1955 | 560,479 | 2,247,746 | 19.958 |
| 1960 | 737,552 | 2,469,197 | 23.000 |
| 1965 | 970,457 | 2,712,419 | 26.351 |
| 1970 | 1,277,252 | 2,980,253 | 30.000 |
| 1975 | 1,663,175 | 3,273,034 | 33.693 |
| 1980 | 2,000,428 | 3,592,218 | 35.769 |
| 1985 | 2,434,961 | 4,049,777 | 37.549 |
| 1990 | 2,938,830 | 4,616,787 | 38.896 |
| 1995 | 3,464,168 | 5,282,438 | 39.606 |
| 2000 | 3,985,284 | 5,898,768 | 40.320 |
| 2005 | 4,693,370 | 6,557,896 | 41.714 |
| 2010 | 5,653,812 | 7,262,417 | 43.773 |
| 2015 | 6,868,710 | 8,108,284 | 45.862 |
| 2020 | 8,277,123 | 8,923,031 | 48.122 |
| 2021 | 8,584,195 | 9,078,791 | 48.600 |
| 2022 | 8,900,124 | 9,231,740 | 49.086 |
| 2023 | 9,225,165 | 9,381,797 | 49.579 |
| 2024 | 9,559,605 | 9,528,916 | 50.080 |
| Age group | Male | Female | Total | M per 100 F | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Persons | Share (%) | ||||
| 00-04 | 1,360,686 | 1,327,992 | 2,688,678 | 14.76 | 102.462 |
| 05-09 | 1,248,438 | 1,220,057 | 2,468,495 | 13.55 | 102.326 |
| 10-14 | 1,150,693 | 1,123,926 | 2,274,619 | 12.48 | 102.382 |
| 15-19 | 998,848 | 979,442 | 1,978,290 | 10.86 | 101.981 |
| 20-24 | 840,515 | 831,994 | 1,672,509 | 9.18 | 101.024 |
| 25-29 | 698,649 | 704,303 | 1,402,953 | 7.70 | 99.197 |
| 30-34 | 598,907 | 619,888 | 1,218,794 | 6.69 | 96.615 |
| 35-39 | 509,914 | 546,567 | 1,056,482 | 5.80 | 93.294 |
| 40-44 | 419,541 | 465,773 | 885,314 | 4.86 | 90.074 |
| 45-49 | 330,823 | 381,781 | 712,604 | 3.91 | 86.653 |
| 50-54 | 249,351 | 297,907 | 547,258 | 3.00 | 83.701 |
| 55-59 | 187,452 | 232,879 | 420,330 | 2.31 | 80.493 |
| 60-64 | 138,343 | 182,638 | 320,981 | 1.76 | 75.747 |
| 65-69 | 98,955 | 138,905 | 237,859 | 1.31 | 71.239 |
| 70-74 | 68,503 | 99,025 | 167,529 | 0.92 | 69.177 |
| 75-79 | 39,769 | 60,969 | 100,737 | 0.55 | 65.228 |
| 80-84 | 18,939 | 31,030 | 49,969 | 0.27 | 61.034 |
| 85-89 | 5,431 | 10,142 | 15,572 | 0.09 | 53.550 |
| 90-94 | 717 | 1,723 | 2,440 | 0.01 | 41.613 |
| 95-99 | 32 | 120 | 151 | 0.00 | 26.667 |
| 100+ | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.00 | 0.000 |
| Total | 8,964,506 | 9,257,063 | 18,221,566 | 96.840 | |