headcount.earth -6,544,849

Homo sapiens; growth slowing toward a projected peak

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Specimen · SEN

Senegal

Africa · Western Africa

Senegal is recorded at 18.50m people in 2024, with total annual change of +427,821 under the WPP medium variant.

PLATE 686 · SEN

Senegal

SEN · SN
HOLDING
population 18.50m
annual change +427,821
natural change +438,121
fertility 3.77
migrant share 1.5%

The Slowing · peak 2100 · generated 2026-06-26

IMS 2024 · foreign-born · stock 281.9k

parity_check POP/DB/WPP/Rev.2024/GEN/F01/Rev.1 · IMS 2024 Rev.2024 CC BY 3.0 IGO where matched · World Bank WDI CC BY 4.0

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population decomposition

2024

Population identity: births minus deaths plus net migration equals total change within the Record tolerance.

Population decomposition for Senegal in 2024
Births 539,970
Deaths -101,849
Natural change +438,121
Net migration -10,307
Total change +427,821
time anchors

+28,512,202

Change from 2024 to the WPP medium-variant 2100 endpoint.

Time anchors for Senegal
This year +427,821
Since peak -28,512,202 since 2100
Projected 2100 47.01m
Vanishing Point

not applicable

Current-rate extrapolation, not a forecast; WPP medium-variant projections remain the page baseline.

migrant share

1.5%

foreign-born; working-age share is not published in IMS 2024.

PROVISIONAL

Latest reported

No reviewed Layer 2 dispatch is attached to this country record.

population pyramid

Observed / 2050 / 2100

WPP single-age population by sex, rendered as 5-year pyramid bands from the 101-bin canonical arrays.

Observed 2023 18.08m

Senegal 2023 pyramid: male and female single-age arrays cover 101 age bins; ages 0-14 6.98m, ages 15-64 10.45m, ages 65+ 649.1k.

0-14
6.98m
15-64
10.45m
65+
649.1k
2050 2050 30.36m

Senegal 2050 pyramid: male and female single-age arrays cover 101 age bins; ages 0-14 9.06m, ages 15-64 19.49m, ages 65+ 1.81m.

0-14
9.06m
15-64
19.49m
65+
1.81m
2100 2100 47.01m

Senegal 2100 pyramid: male and female single-age arrays cover 101 age bins; ages 0-14 9.41m, ages 15-64 29.33m, ages 65+ 8.27m.

0-14
9.41m
15-64
29.33m
65+
8.27m
stage

The Slowing

Stage since 2024.

crossover

not reached

First year deaths exceed births, if reached in the series.

working-age support

16.09

Potential support ratio: ages 15-64 per person aged 65+. Working-age peak: 2100.

source

POP/DB/WPP/Rev.2024/GEN/F01/Rev.1

Generated 2026-06-26. Last observed year: 2023.

Selected annual series preview · WPP 2024 medium variant
Year Population Change Births Deaths TFR
2024 18.50m 427,821 540.0k 101.8k 3.77
2030 21.16m 459,261 582.4k 109.5k 3.49
2050 30.36m 453,712 639.1k 161.8k 2.82
2080 42.34m 301,723 656.1k 322.3k 2.26
2100 47.01m 162,880 618.1k 416.9k 2.05