Demographics of Senegal

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2022)
Date	24 May 2024

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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.

Senegal population
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

Population
Growth

Senegal death and birth rate
Year	Total		Crude(per 1000)
Year	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

Total
Crude

Urban and rural population of Senegal
Year	Population		Urban (%)
Year	Urban	Rural	Urban (%)
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

Population
Urbanization

Senegal population by Age Group (2024)
Age group	Male	Female	Total		M per 100 F
Age group	Male	Female	Persons	Share (%)	M per 100 F
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

Population pyramid
Gender ratio