Population growth in Senegal
From 1960 to 2020 the population of Senegal increased from 3.21 m to 16.74 m people. This is a growth by 422.1 percent in 60 years. The highest increase in Senegal was recorded in 1972 with 3.11%. The smallest increase in 1979 with 2.33%.In the same period, the total population of all countries worldwide increased by 155.5 percent.
The average age in Senegal rose by 0.09 years from 2012 to 2013 from 18.01 to 18.10 years (median value).
Around 48% of the inhabitants live in the country's larger cities. This growing trend of urbanization is increasing by 3.7% annually.
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Population development in Senegal since 1960
(Data in millions of inhabitants)| Year | Population Senegal | Change | Birthrate | Deathrate | Population World | Change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3.30 M | 2.76 % | 3,075 M | 1.35 % | |||
| 1962 | 3.39 M | 2.78 % | 3,128 M | 1.72 % | |||
| 1963 | 3.48 M | 2.80 % | 3,193 M | 2.07 % | |||
| 1964 | 3.58 M | 2.83 % | 3,258 M | 2.05 % | |||
| 1965 | 3.68 M | 2.86 % | 3,325 M | 2.05 % | |||
| 1966 | 3.79 M | 2.89 % | 3,395 M | 2.10 % | |||
| 1967 | 3.90 M | 2.90 % | 3,464 M | 2.05 % | |||
| 1968 | 4.01 M | 2.93 % | 3,535 M | 2.03 % | |||
| 1969 | 4.13 M | 2.97 % | 3,609 M | 2.11 % | |||
| 1970 | 4.26 M | 3.02 % | 3,685 M | 2.09 % | |||
| 1971 | 4.39 M | 3.08 % | 3,762 M | 2.10 % | |||
| 1972 | 4.53 M | 3.11 % | 3,839 M | 2.04 % | |||
| 1973 | 4.66 M | 3.08 % | 3,915 M | 1.98 % | |||
| 1974 | 4.80 M | 2.96 % | 3,991 M | 1.96 % | |||
| 1975 | 4.94 M | 2.79 % | 4,066 M | 1.87 % | |||
| 1976 | 5.06 M | 2.60 % | 4,139 M | 1.79 % | |||
| 1977 | 5.19 M | 2.47 % | 4,212 M | 1.75 % | |||
| 1978 | 5.32 M | 2.42 % | 4,286 M | 1.75 % | |||
| 1979 | 5.44 M | 2.33 % | 48.6 ‰ | 17.6 ‰ | 4,358 M | 1.68 % | |
| 1980 | 5.58 M | 2.65 % | 48.4 ‰ | 16.9 ‰ | 4,434 M | 1.75 % | |
| 1981 | 5.74 M | 2.82 % | 48.1 ‰ | 16.2 ‰ | 4,512 M | 1.76 % | |
| 1982 | 5.91 M | 2.95 % | 47.8 ‰ | 15.5 ‰ | 4,593 M | 1.80 % | |
| 1983 | 6.09 M | 3.04 % | 47.3 ‰ | 14.9 ‰ | 4,675 M | 1.78 % | |
| 1984 | 6.28 M | 3.08 % | 46.7 ‰ | 14.2 ‰ | 4,757 M | 1.75 % | |
| 1985 | 6.47 M | 3.09 % | 46.1 ‰ | 13.5 ‰ | 4,840 M | 1.75 % | |
| 1986 | 6.67 M | 3.08 % | 45.5 ‰ | 13.0 ‰ | 4,926 M | 1.77 % | |
| 1987 | 6.88 M | 3.07 % | 44.8 ‰ | 12.4 ‰ | 5,014 M | 1.78 % | |
| 1988 | 7.09 M | 3.07 % | 44.2 ‰ | 12.0 ‰ | 5,102 M | 1.77 % | |
| 1989 | 7.30 M | 3.06 % | 43.6 ‰ | 11.6 ‰ | 5,191 M | 1.74 % | |
| 1990 | 7.53 M | 3.05 % | 43.1 ‰ | 11.4 ‰ | 5,281 M | 1.74 % | |
| 1991 | 7.76 M | 3.05 % | 42.6 ‰ | 11.2 ‰ | 5,369 M | 1.66 % | |
| 1992 | 7.99 M | 3.02 % | 42.2 ‰ | 11.1 ‰ | 5,453 M | 1.57 % | |
| 1993 | 8.23 M | 2.96 % | 41.8 ‰ | 11.1 ‰ | 5,538 M | 1.56 % | |
| 1994 | 8.46 M | 2.85 % | 41.4 ‰ | 11.1 ‰ | 5,623 M | 1.52 % | |
| 1995 | 8.69 M | 2.71 % | 41.0 ‰ | 11.1 ‰ | 5,708 M | 1.51 % | |
| 1996 | 8.91 M | 2.56 % | 40.6 ‰ | 11.1 ‰ | 5,790 M | 1.45 % | |
| 1997 | 9.13 M | 2.45 % | 40.2 ‰ | 11.1 ‰ | 5,873 M | 1.43 % | |
| 1998 | 9.35 M | 2.38 % | 39.9 ‰ | 11.0 ‰ | 5,955 M | 1.39 % | |
| 1999 | 9.57 M | 2.36 % | 39.6 ‰ | 10.9 ‰ | 6,035 M | 1.35 % | |
| 2000 | 9.80 M | 2.39 % | 39.3 ‰ | 10.7 ‰ | 6,115 M | 1.32 % | |
| 2001 | 10.04 M | 2.43 % | 39.1 ‰ | 10.5 ‰ | 6,194 M | 1.30 % | |
| 2002 | 10.28 M | 2.47 % | 38.9 ‰ | 10.2 ‰ | 6,274 M | 1.28 % | |
| 2003 | 10.54 M | 2.51 % | 38.8 ‰ | 9.9 ‰ | 6,353 M | 1.26 % | |
| 2004 | 10.81 M | 2.55 % | 38.7 ‰ | 9.5 ‰ | 6,432 M | 1.25 % | |
| 2005 | 11.09 M | 2.59 % | 38.6 ‰ | 9.1 ‰ | 6,513 M | 1.25 % | |
| 2006 | 11.38 M | 2.63 % | 38.6 ‰ | 8.8 ‰ | 6,594 M | 1.24 % | |
| 2007 | 11.69 M | 2.68 % | 38.5 ‰ | 8.4 ‰ | 6,675 M | 1.24 % | |
| 2008 | 12.00 M | 2.72 % | 38.5 ‰ | 8.0 ‰ | 6,758 M | 1.24 % | |
| 2009 | 12.34 M | 2.75 % | 38.4 ‰ | 7.6 ‰ | 6,841 M | 1.22 % | |
| 2010 | 12.68 M | 2.78 % | 38.3 ‰ | 7.3 ‰ | 6,922 M | 1.19 % | |
| 2011 | 13.03 M | 2.81 % | 38.1 ‰ | 7.0 ‰ | 7,003 M | 1.17 % | |
| 2012 | 13.40 M | 2.82 % | 37.8 ‰ | 6.8 ‰ | 7,086 M | 1.18 % | |
| 2013 | 13.78 M | 2.84 % | 37.4 ‰ | 6.5 ‰ | 7,170 M | 1.18 % | |
| 2014 | 14.17 M | 2.85 % | 36.9 ‰ | 6.3 ‰ | 7,254 M | 1.18 % | |
| 2015 | 14.58 M | 2.85 % | 36.3 ‰ | 6.1 ‰ | 7,339 M | 1.17 % | |
| 2016 | 14.99 M | 2.85 % | 35.7 ‰ | 6.0 ‰ | 7,424 M | 1.16 % | |
| 2017 | 15.42 M | 2.84 % | 35.1 ‰ | 5.8 ‰ | 7,509 M | 1.14 % | |
| 2018 | 15.85 M | 2.82 % | 34.5 ‰ | 5.7 ‰ | 7,592 M | 1.11 % | |
| 2019 | 16.30 M | 2.79 % | 34.0 ‰ | 5.6 ‰ | 7,673 M | 1.07 % | |
| 2020 | 16.74 M | 2.75 % | 7,753 M | 1.04 % |
Birth- and deathrate in Senegal
Population growth is the result of the birth rate, the mortality rate and the migration rate. The example of the year 2019 in the graph: The population in Senegal increased by about 442,000 inhabitants. In the same year, the death rate was 5.6 per 1000 people (~ 88,700 deaths) and the birth rate was 34.0 per 1000 people (~ 538,000 births). As a result, around 7,300 inhabitants have migrated to other countries.Over the past 10 years, the number of average deaths per year was 90,519 in Senegal. The number of births was 523,263 annually.
The development of births and deaths is displayed in the following graph. All data refer to births or deaths per 1000 inhabitants.
Birthrate Deathrate