Population — Total Population - Both sexes in Senegal
Senegal: Population — Total Population - Both sexes was 18,078 1000 No in 2023. ▲ Rising
Population — Total Population - Both sexes in Senegal, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 No.
Analysis
In 2023, population — total population - both sexes in Senegal stood at 18,078 1000 No. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.4% on the previous year and up 31.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, population — total population - both sexes in Senegal peaked at 18,078 1000 No in 2023 and was at its lowest, 12,635 1000 No, in 2010.
That places Senegal 75th out of 194 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Population — Total Population - Both sexes in Senegal, year by year
| Year | 1000 No | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 12,635 1000 No | — |
| 2011 | 12,959 1000 No | +2.6% |
| 2012 | 13,310 1000 No | +2.7% |
| 2013 | 13,711 1000 No | +3.0% |
| 2014 | 14,152 1000 No | +3.2% |
| 2015 | 14,593 1000 No | +3.1% |
| 2016 | 15,034 1000 No | +3.0% |
| 2017 | 15,475 1000 No | +2.9% |
| 2018 | 15,914 1000 No | +2.8% |
| 2019 | 16,353 1000 No | +2.8% |
| 2020 | 16,789 1000 No | +2.7% |
| 2021 | 17,221 1000 No | +2.6% |
| 2022 | 17,651 1000 No | +2.5% |
| 2023 | 18,078 1000 No | +2.4% |
Senegal compared with similar countries
- Senegal's 18,078 1000 No is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 11,637 1000 No, 1.6× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Senegal's 18,078 1000 No is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 15,373 1000 No, 1.2× the median. (34 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 14,414 1000 No | 12,635 1000 No | 16,353 1000 No | 10 |
| 2020s | 17,435 1000 No | 16,789 1000 No | 18,078 1000 No | 4 |
Countries ranked near Senegal
More agriculture & rural data for Senegal
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 26.22 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1708 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 333.94 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.11 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4423 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 17.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 17.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.8% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is population — total population - both sexes in Senegal?
- Population — total population - both sexes in Senegal was 18,078 1000 No in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest population — total population - both sexes recorded in Senegal?
- The highest recorded value was 18,078 1000 No in 2023.
- What is the lowest population — total population - both sexes recorded in Senegal?
- The lowest recorded value was 12,635 1000 No in 2010.
- How does Senegal rank for population — total population - both sexes?
- Senegal ranks 75th out of 194 countries with data for 2023.
- Is population — total population - both sexes rising or falling in Senegal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 31.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Senegal data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Population — Total Population - Both sexes. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per caput supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it. Data on per capita food supplies are expressed in terms of quantity and - by applying appropriate food composition factors for all primary and processed products - also in terms of caloric value and protein and fat content.