The population of Senegal is expected to grow by 488,000 in 2025 and reach 20,072,000 in 2026. Migration (including immigration and emigration) decreases population by 19,999 people yearly. On average there are 606,495 births and 95,438 deaths in Senegal per year. Rate of natural increase is approximately 2.61 percent per year. The population density of Senegal has changed from 29.0 in 1980 to 96.6 in 2023.
| Current population | 19,825,178 people at present (Wednesday 2nd of July 2025) | |
| Median Age | 23.6 years |
| Life expectancy | 69.6 years | |
| Population density | 101.7 per km2 |
| Year | Population | Year change | Migrants | Median age | Fertility rate | Density (Ppl/km2) | Urban population |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19,577,000 | 488,000 (2.5%) | -19,999 | 23.6 | 4.19 | 102 | 9,360,000 (47.8%) |
| 2024 | 19,089,000 | 482,000 (2.5%) | -19,999 | 23.4 | 99 | 9,037,000 (47.3%) | |
| 2023 | 18,607,000 | 475,000 (2.6%) | -19,999 | 23.3 | 97 | 8,724,000 (46.9%) | |
| 2022 | 18,132,000 | 469,000 (2.6%) | -19,999 | 23.2 | 94 | 8,420,000 (46.4%) | |
| 2021 | 17,663,000 | 463,000 (2.6%) | -19,999 | 23.0 | 92 | 8,126,000 (46.0%) | |
| 2020 | 17,200,000 | 456,000 (2.7%) | -19,999 | 22.9 | 4.49 | 89 | 7,841,000 (45.6%) |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 (0.0%) | -19,999 | 22.8 | 4.56 | 87 | 7,566,000 (45.2%) |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 (0.0%) | -19,999 | 22.7 | 4.63 | 85 | 7,300,000 (44.8%) |
| 2017 | 0 | 0 (0.0%) | -19,999 | 22.6 | 4.70 | 82 | 7,041,000 (44.4%) |
| 2016 | 0 | 0 (0.0%) | -19,999 | 22.5 | 4.77 | 80 | 6,791,128 (44.1%) |
| 2015 | 14,976,994 | 430,883 (2.9%) | -19,999 | 22.5 | 4.84 | 78 | 6,548,092 (43.7%) |
| 2010 | 12,916,229 | 365,312 (2.8%) | -19,999 | 22.2 | 5.06 | 67 | 5,454,524 (42.2%) |
| 2005 | 11,251,266 | 295,322 (2.6%) | -33,210 | 22.1 | 5.16 | 58 | 4,626,408 (41.1%) |
| 2000 | 9,884,052 | 238,095 (2.4%) | -30,226 | 21.9 | 5.47 | 51 | 3,987,721 (40.3%) |
| 1995 | 8,746,606 | 234,433 (2.7%) | -41,973 | 21.7 | 6.00 | 45 | 3,465,405 (39.6%) |
| 1990 | 7,555,617 | 227,017 (3.0%) | -14,002 | 21.6 | 6.53 | 39 | 2,939,135 (38.9%) |
| 1985 | 6,484,738 | 195,411 (3.0%) | -12,058 | 21.5 | 7.06 | 34 | 2,434,954 (37.5%) |
| 1980 | 5,592,646 | 144,536 (2.6%) | -17,022 | 21.8 | 7.31 | 29 | 2,000,434 (35.8%) |
| 1975 | 4,936,209 | 133,861 (2.7%) | -26,957 | 22.2 | 7.29 | 26 | 1,663,157 (33.7%) |
| 1970 | 4,257,505 | 124,661 (2.9%) | 13,117 | 22.3 | 7.29 | 22 | 1,277,252 (30.0%) |
| 1965 | 3,682,876 | 102,564 (2.8%) | 17,304 | 22.4 | 7.19 | 19 | 970,475 (26.4%) |
| 1960 | 3,206,749 | 88,544 (2.7%) | 10,000 | 22.5 | 7.00 | 17 | 737,552 (23.0%) |
In 2024 the population of Senegal was 19,089,000 and the average age increased from 22.5 in 1960 to 23.4. Urban population has increased from 3,987,721 (40.3%) in 2000 to 9,360,000 (47.8%) in the current year. The population density of Senegal has changed from 29.0 in 1980 to 96.6 in 2023.
| Year | Population | Year change | Migrants | Median age | Fertility rate | Density (Ppl/km2) | Urban population |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 0 | 0 (0.0%) | -19,999 | 22.9 | 4.49 | 89 | 7,841,000 (45.6%) |
| 2025 | 19,577,000 | 488,000 (2.5%) | -19,999 | 23.6 | 4.19 | 102 | 9,360,000 (47.8%) |
| 2030 | 22,123,000 | 524,000 (2.4%) | -19,999 | 24.3 | 3.92 | 115 | 11,133,000 (50.3%) |
| 2035 | 24,861,000 | 563,000 (2.3%) | -19,999 | 25.1 | 3.69 | 129 | 13,149,000 (52.9%) |
| 2040 | 27,785,000 | 598,000 (2.2%) | -19,999 | 26.0 | 3.49 | 144 | 15,405,000 (55.4%) |
| 2045 | 30,859,000 | 624,000 (2.0%) | -19,999 | 26.8 | 3.31 | 160 | 17,889,000 (58.0%) |
| 2050 | 34,031,000 | 640,000 (1.9%) | -19,999 | 27.7 | 3.15 | 177 | 20,574,000 (60.5%) |
The life expectancy at birth should reach 74.4 (71.9 years for male and 77.0 years for females). Population density will go up to 176.8 people per square kilometer.
The demographics of Senegal constitutes of 9,928,000 women and 9,649,000 men, which means there are 972 men per 1000 women. As far as age distribution goes, 51.5% of population (10,084,113) is 19 or younger, 45.4% of population (8,878,170) is between age 20 and 64 and 3.1% of population (614,718) is over 65.