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Senegal: Population

Millions of people · 1800–2025 · 226 observations · forecasts to 2031 · pop

2025
18.9 millionpeople
Change on 2024
+2.3%year on year
Average growth, 2015–2025
+2.6%a year

Population

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Recent values

Millions of people

YearValue
203121.8Forecast
203021.2Forecast
202920.7Forecast
202820.3Forecast
202719.8Forecast
202619.4Forecast
202518.9
202418.5
202318.1
202217.7
202117.2
202016.8
201916.4
201815.9
201715.5
201615.0

Sources

  • Gapminder1800–2023
  • Albers, Jerven & Suesse1900–2015
  • Fouquin & Hugot (CEPII)1950–2014
  • Maddison Project Database1950–2022
  • WDI (archive)1960–1997
  • Penn World Table1960–2019
  • World Development Indicators1960–2025
  • Bordo1970–1997
  • United Nations1970–2024
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1980–2025
  • Gapminder (forecast)2023–2030
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2025–2031

Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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