🇸🇳 Senegal Population 2026

As of 2026, the population of Senegal is 19,366,548, ranking #68 in the world (0.23% of the global population), based on UN World Population Prospects 2024. The population is growing at 2.26% per year. The biggest city is Dakar with 2,646,503 inhabitants.

Live estimate

19,376,813

Growth rate

2.26%

Density

101

people / km² (261 / mi²)

Median age

19.8

Fertility rate

3.66

births per woman

Life expectancy

69.4

years

Senegal population 1950–2100

Population of Senegal, 1950–2100 — solid: UN estimates, dashed: UN medium-variant projection.

By 2050, the population of Senegal is projected to reach 30,364,954, and 47,014,186 by 2100.

Senegal population by year

Year	Population	Growth	Density /km²	Median age
2026	19,366,548	2.26%	100.6	19.8
2025	18,931,966	2.28%	98.3	19.6
2024	18,501,984	2.31%	96.1	19.4
2023	18,077,573	2.33%	93.9	19.1
2022	17,651,103	2.45%	91.7	18.9
2021	17,220,866	2.49%	89.4	18.6
2020	16,789,219	2.59%	87.2	18.4
2019	16,352,922	2.68%	84.9	18.2
2018	15,914,498	2.76%	82.7	18.0
2017	15,475,002	2.84%	80.4	17.8
2016	15,034,520	2.93%	78.1	17.6
2015	14,593,330	3.02%	75.8	17.5
2014	14,152,102	3.12%	73.5	17.5
2013	13,710,849	3.22%	71.2	17.4
2012	13,310,494	2.70%	69.1	17.4
2011	12,958,896	2.65%	67.3	17.4
2010	12,635,412	2.40%	65.6	17.4
2009	12,337,389	2.38%	64.1	17.4
2008	12,048,959	2.36%	62.6	17.3
2007	11,770,344	2.32%	61.1	17.2
2006	11,500,094	2.32%	59.7	17.2
2005	11,235,472	2.33%	58.4	17.1
2004	10,975,704	2.35%	57.0	17.0
2003	10,721,176	2.35%	55.7	16.9
2002	10,466,214	2.47%	54.4	16.7
2001	10,212,942	2.43%	53.0	16.6
2000	9,968,260	2.42%	51.8	16.5
1999	9,730,887	2.40%	50.5	16.4
1998	9,502,952	2.34%	49.4	16.3
1997	9,283,495	2.33%	48.2	16.2
1996	9,067,014	2.38%	47.1	16.1
1995	8,848,101	2.50%	46.0	16.0
1994	8,624,078	2.63%	44.8	15.9
1993	8,396,288	2.73%	43.6	15.8
1992	8,168,395	2.77%	42.4	15.6
1991	7,943,085	2.82%	41.3	15.5
1990	7,720,523	2.87%	40.1	15.4
1989	7,502,206	2.87%	39.0	15.4
1988	7,289,618	2.88%	37.9	15.3
1987	7,081,530	2.92%	36.8	15.2
1986	6,878,192	2.91%	35.7	15.2
1985	6,683,286	2.84%	34.7	15.2
1984	6,499,364	2.74%	33.8	15.2
1983	6,324,504	2.71%	32.8	15.3
1982	6,156,961	2.66%	32.0	15.4
1981	5,997,160	2.60%	31.1	15.6
1980	5,845,638	2.52%	30.4	15.7
1979	5,702,894	2.43%	29.6	15.9
1978	5,568,096	2.36%	28.9	16.1
1977	5,439,549	2.31%	28.3	16.3
1976	5,308,564	2.56%	27.6	16.5
1975	5,170,810	2.70%	26.9	16.6
1974	5,029,437	2.85%	26.1	16.7
1973	4,885,181	2.97%	25.4	16.8
1972	4,741,630	2.99%	24.6	16.8
1971	4,601,864	2.99%	23.9	16.8
1970	4,466,328	2.99%	23.2	16.8
1969	4,334,974	2.98%	22.5	16.8
1968	4,207,587	2.98%	21.9	16.8
1967	4,083,870	2.99%	21.2	16.8
1966	3,964,299	2.96%	20.6	16.8
1965	3,849,788	2.90%	20.0	16.7
1964	3,740,536	2.85%	19.4	16.7
1963	3,635,876	2.82%	18.9	16.8
1962	3,534,686	2.82%	18.4	16.8
1961	3,436,375	2.82%	17.8	16.9
1960	3,340,907	2.82%	17.4	17.0
1959	3,248,318	2.81%	16.9	17.1
1958	3,158,756	2.79%	16.4	17.2
1957	3,072,364	2.76%	16.0	17.2
1956	2,988,932	2.75%	15.5	17.3
1955	2,908,504	2.71%	15.1	17.4
1954	2,831,390	2.67%	14.7	17.4
1953	2,757,566	2.62%	14.3	17.5
1952	2,686,999	2.57%	14.0	17.5
1951	2,619,642	2.51%	13.6	17.6
1950	2,555,369	2.46%	13.3	17.6

Year	Population	Growth	Density /km²	Median age
2027	19,807,247	2.24%	102.9	20.1
2028	20,254,562	2.22%	105.2	20.3
2029	20,706,625	2.19%	107.6	20.6
2030	21,163,192	2.17%	109.9	20.8
2031	21,623,713	2.14%	112.3	21.0
2032	22,085,926	2.10%	114.7	21.3
2033	22,548,839	2.05%	117.1	21.5
2034	23,012,027	2.01%	119.5	21.8
2035	23,476,596	1.99%	121.9	22.0
2036	23,942,226	1.94%	124.4	22.3
2037	24,407,572	1.91%	126.8	22.5
2038	24,872,522	1.87%	129.2	22.8
2039	25,335,986	1.82%	131.6	23.0
2040	25,797,510	1.79%	134.0	23.2
2041	26,257,474	1.75%	136.4	23.5
2042	26,716,433	1.72%	138.8	23.7
2043	27,174,899	1.69%	141.1	23.9
2044	27,632,998	1.66%	143.5	24.2
2045	28,089,699	1.62%	145.9	24.4
2046	28,546,284	1.60%	148.3	24.6
2047	29,002,003	1.56%	150.6	24.9
2048	29,457,240	1.55%	153.0	25.1
2049	29,911,843	1.51%	155.4	25.3
2050	30,364,954	1.49%	157.7	25.6
2051	30,817,068	1.46%	160.1	25.9
2052	31,266,520	1.43%	162.4	26.1
2053	31,715,368	1.42%	164.7	26.4
2054	32,163,471	1.39%	167.1	26.6
2055	32,611,132	1.38%	169.4	26.9
2056	33,059,738	1.36%	171.7	27.2
2057	33,506,164	1.32%	174.0	27.4
2058	33,950,082	1.31%	176.3	27.7
2059	34,388,716	1.26%	178.6	27.9
2060	34,822,200	1.25%	180.9	28.2
2061	35,254,385	1.22%	183.1	28.5
2062	35,683,980	1.20%	185.3	28.7
2063	36,108,794	1.17%	187.5	29.0
2064	36,528,694	1.15%	189.7	29.2
2065	36,943,862	1.11%	191.9	29.5
2066	37,353,741	1.09%	194.0	29.7
2067	37,755,946	1.05%	196.1	30.0
2068	38,150,501	1.03%	198.2	30.2
2069	38,540,718	1.01%	200.2	30.4
2070	38,922,604	0.97%	202.2	30.7
2071	39,295,916	0.94%	204.1	30.9
2072	39,663,959	0.92%	206.0	31.2
2073	40,025,539	0.89%	207.9	31.4
2074	40,380,144	0.87%	209.7	31.6
2075	40,728,580	0.85%	211.5	31.8
2076	41,067,913	0.81%	213.3	32.1
2077	41,396,628	0.78%	215.0	32.3
2078	41,717,856	0.76%	216.7	32.5
2079	42,031,581	0.74%	218.3	32.7
2080	42,337,038	0.71%	219.9	32.9
2081	42,636,508	0.70%	221.5	33.2
2082	42,930,175	0.68%	223.0	33.4
2083	43,219,712	0.67%	224.5	33.6
2084	43,502,150	0.63%	225.9	33.8
2085	43,775,826	0.62%	227.4	34.0
2086	44,043,716	0.60%	228.8	34.2
2087	44,302,685	0.57%	230.1	34.4
2088	44,552,208	0.55%	231.4	34.6
2089	44,795,888	0.54%	232.7	34.8
2090	45,032,516	0.51%	233.9	35.1
2091	45,260,649	0.50%	235.1	35.3
2092	45,482,105	0.48%	236.2	35.5
2093	45,697,070	0.46%	237.4	35.7
2094	45,906,692	0.45%	238.4	35.9
2095	46,109,590	0.43%	239.5	36.1
2096	46,304,466	0.41%	240.5	36.4
2097	46,493,350	0.40%	241.5	36.6
2098	46,674,418	0.38%	242.4	36.8
2099	46,847,493	0.36%	243.3	37.0
2100	47,014,186	0.35%	244.2	37.3

States & provinces of Senegal by population

#	State / province	Population	Share
1	Dakar	4,004,427	20.7%
2	Thiès	2,467,523	12.7%
3	Diourbel	2,080,811	10.7%
4	Kaolack	1,338,671	6.9%
5	Saint-Louis	1,204,863	6.2%
6	Louga	1,127,119	5.8%
7	Tambacounda	988,193	5.1%
8	Kolda	916,513	4.7%
9	Matam	833,657	4.3%
10	Kaffrine	821,287	4.2%
11	Ziguinchor	612,343	3.2%
12	Sédhiou	590,784	3.1%
13	Kédougou	245,288	1.3%
14	Fatick	39,361	0.2%

State populations: GeoNames (latest official figures, reference dates vary by country).

Biggest cities in Senegal

#	City	Region	Population
1	Dakar capital	Dakar	2,646,503
2	Pikine	Dakar	1,170,791
3	Touba	Diourbel Region	1,120,824
4	Guédiawaye	Dakar	329,659
5	Thiès	Thies	317,763
6	Kaolack	Kaolack	298,904
7	Rufisque	Dakar	295,459
8	Mbour	Thies	284,189
9	Saint-Louis	Saint-Louis	254,171
10	Thiès Nones	Thies	252,320
11	Ziguinchor	Ziguinchor	214,874
12	Diourbel	Diourbel Region	157,554
13	Tambacounda	Tambacounda	149,071
14	Louga	Louga	113,365
15	Kolda	Kolda	103,574

FAQ

What is the population of Senegal in 2026?

The population of Senegal is 19,366,548 in 2026, according to UN World Population Prospects 2024 (medium variant).

What is the biggest city in Senegal?

Dakar is the biggest city in Senegal with 2,646,503 inhabitants and it is also the capital.

Is the population of Senegal growing or shrinking?

The population of Senegal is growing at 2.26% per year.

Neighboring countries

Sources

Country data: United Nations World Population Prospects 2024, medium variant (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Retrieved 2026-07-07.
City and state data: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Retrieved 2026-07-07.

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