Senegal · Population

On this page you can find past, current and future population statistics for Senegal (from 1950-2100), population map, demographics, live population counter etc. . Question: What is the population of Senegal? Answer: Current population of Senegal is: 20 172 506*^[1], area 196190 km², population density 102.82 p/km². Capital of Senegal is Dakar. Continent: Africa.

Senegal · Population 1950-2100

Senegal · historical and predicted populations (both sexes) for the period 1950-2100 (millions) De facto population in Senegal as of 1 July of the year indicated. Source United Nations Population Division [1].

What was the Senegal population at your birthday?*

Enter your birth date to find out. [1]

year:***	month:	day:

Current Senegal population

20 172 506

Today	This year
Population growth Today xx Changes every 68.713 sec.	Population growth This year xx
Births Today xx Changes every 57.35 sec.	Births This year xx [x]
Deaths Today xx Changes every 346.824 sec.	Deaths This year xx [x]

Sources: [1]
Today's statistic since midnight 00:00.
This year, statistic changes since 1st January
Population = Births** - Deaths

Senegal population map

City density ^[2] • population density ^[3] • Legend (Click on marker to hide it)

• Population Growth rate: 1257 / day = 52.39 / hour = 0.873 / minute = 0.0146 / seconds
• Births Growth rate**: 1506 / day = 62.78 / hour = 1.043 / minute = 0.0179 / seconds
• Deaths Growth rate: 249 / day = 10.38 / hour = 0.173 / minute = 0.0029 / seconds.

Current Senegal population by age and sex for 2026-06-23*

	Male	%	Female
0-4	1 747 210	⇐+3%	1 696 602
5-9	1 501 804	⇐+3.1%	1 457 041
10-14	1 237 863	⇐+2.7%	1 205 676
15-19	1 017 926	⇐+1.5%	1 002 843
20-24	851 151	⇐+0.9%	843 811
25-29	774 667	⇐+0.7%	769 223
30-34	679 645	+0.9%⇒	686 046
35-39	559 530	+5.8%⇒	591 926
40-44	453 303	+12.5%⇒	509 742
45-49	334 960	+19%⇒	398 513
50-54	239 363	+24.8%⇒	298 655
55-59	180 535	+31%⇒	236 469
60-64	138 381	+35.6%⇒	187 663
65-69	94 871	+39.3%⇒	132 129
70-74	55 422	+50.8%⇒	83 601
75-79	45 145	+37.5%⇒	62 067
80-84	26 930	+35.5%⇒	36 498
85-89	11 429	+44.9%⇒	16 565
90-94	2 596	+68.9%⇒	4 384
95-99	64	+295.3%⇒	253
100+	1	+300%⇒	4

Sources: [1]

Sources, Notices

* Value is calculated with linear interpolation from 2 nearest estimated (date->population) data (unofficial).
** Net migration is included in Births with this calculation: Births = Population[1] + Deaths[1].
*** For years before 1950 we dont have population data. Value is approximate calculation using function: 1900 population = 70% of 1950 population.
[1] United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2015). World Population Prospects: The 2015 Revision. Data are estimates and projections according to a medium-fertility variant. Reused with the permission of the United Nations. Downloaded: 2015-11-15 (un.org)
[2] City density map, generated by population.city using data provided to us by 1km.net website. Every circle is city with population over 5000. Link
[3] Population density map generated by instructions from daysleeperrr on reddig. Link1. Used data source is the Gridded Population of the World (GPW), v3 online at the the Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC) at Columbia University. Link2. Additional urban land cover: Extracted from Global Land Cover Characteristics Data Base Version 2.0 and Binary MOD12Q1 data on shadedrelief.com. Link3 (PNG,0.5Mb).