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🇸🇳 Senegal

Overview

ISO 3166-1 alpha-3SEN
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2SN
UN M49 numeric686
IOC codeSEN
Official nameRepublic of Senegal
Native name(s)fra: official: République du Sénégal; common: Sénégal
Alt spellingsSN, Republic of Senegal, République du Sénégal
Statusofficially-assigned
IndependentYes
UN memberYes

Geography

RegionAfrica
SubregionWestern Africa
UN regional groupAfrican Group
CapitalDakar
Area (km²)196,722
Lat / Lng14.0000, -14.0000
LandlockedNo
Borders (ISO3)GMB, GIN, GNB, MLI, MRT
Top-level domain.sn
Calling coderoot: +2; suffixes: 21

Demographics

Population (World Bank)18,931,966 (2025)
Life expectancy (years, World Bank)68.924 (2024)
Languagesfra: French
Demonymseng: f: Senegalese; m: Senegalese; fra: f: Sénégalaise; m: Sénégalais
Population time-series (UN WPP)74

Economy

GDP (current USD)37,006,536,238.373 (2025)
GDP per capita (current USD)1,954.712 (2025)
Unemployment rate (%)2.735 (2025)
CurrenciesXOF: name: West African CFA franc; symbol: Fr

Population by year (UN WPP)

74 yearly data points — click to expand
YearPopulation
19502,555,369
19512,619,642
19522,686,999
19532,757,566
19542,831,390
19552,908,505
19562,988,932
19573,072,364
19583,158,756
19593,248,318
19603,340,907
19613,436,375
19623,534,686
19633,635,876
19643,740,535
19653,849,788
19663,964,299
19674,083,870
19684,207,587
19694,334,974
19704,466,328
19714,601,864
19724,741,631
19734,885,181
19745,029,437
19755,170,810
19765,308,564
19775,439,549
19785,568,096
19795,702,895
19805,845,638
19815,997,160
19826,156,961
19836,324,504
19846,499,364
19856,683,287
19866,878,192
19877,081,530
19887,289,618
19897,502,207
19907,720,523
19917,943,085
19928,168,395
19938,396,288
19948,624,078
19958,848,101
19969,067,014
19979,283,495
19989,502,952
19999,730,887
20009,968,260
200110,212,942
200210,466,214
200310,721,176
200410,975,704
200511,235,472
200611,500,094
200711,770,344
200812,048,959
200912,337,389
201012,635,413
201112,958,897
201213,310,495
201313,710,849
201414,152,102
201514,593,331
201615,034,521
201715,475,002
201815,914,498
201916,352,922
202016,789,219
202117,220,867
202217,651,103
202318,077,573

Full raw record (JSON)

JSON
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