Fertility & birth rates in Senegal and United Kingdom

Fertility rate in Senegal vs United Kingdom chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Senegal was 3.82 children per woman in 2023, compared to 1.56 in the United Kingdom in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Senegal vs the United Kingdom population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Senegal	United Kingdom
1960	7	2.69
1961	7.04	2.78
1962	7.08	2.86
1963	7.12	2.88
1964	7.16	2.93
1965	7.19	2.86
1966	7.22	2.78
1967	7.24	2.68
1968	7.25	2.6
1969	7.26	2.51
1970	7.26	2.44
1971	7.26	2.41
1972	7.26	2.2
1973	7.26	2.04
1974	7.25	1.92
1975	7.25	1.81
1976	7.26	1.74
1977	7.27	1.69
1978	7.28	1.75
1979	7.29	1.86
1980	7.29	1.9
1981	7.28	1.82
1982	7.25	1.78
1983	7.19	1.77
1984	7.11	1.77
1985	7.01	1.79
1986	6.9	1.78
1987	6.79	1.81
1988	6.58	1.82
1989	6.48	1.79
1990	6.4	1.83
1991	6.27	1.82
1992	6.15	1.79
1993	6.05	1.76
1994	5.92	1.74
1995	5.82	1.71
1996	5.72	1.73
1997	5.64	1.72
1998	5.58	1.71
1999	5.57	1.68
2000	5.5	1.64
2001	5.4	1.63
2002	5.3	1.63
2003	5.25	1.7
2004	5.19	1.75
2005	5.13	1.76
2006	5.06	1.82
2007	5.02	1.86
2008	5.02	1.91
2009	5.03	1.89
2010	5.06	1.92
2011	5.1	1.91
2012	5.13	1.92
2013	5.05	1.83
2014	4.88	1.81
2015	4.75	1.8
2016	4.65	1.79
2017	4.49	1.74
2018	4.29	1.68
2019	4.1	1.63
2020	4	1.57
2021	3.94	1.58
2022	3.86	1.56
2023	3.82	1.56
2024	3.76	1.55
2025	3.71	1.54
2026	3.66	1.53
2027	3.61	1.53
2028	3.57	1.53
2029	3.53	1.52
2030	3.49	1.52
2031	3.44	1.52
2032	3.4	1.53
2033	3.35	1.53
2034	3.32	1.53
2035	3.28	1.53
2036	3.24	1.53
2037	3.22	1.53
2038	3.17	1.53
2039	3.15	1.53
2040	3.11	1.53
2041	3.08	1.54
2042	3.05	1.54
2043	3.02	1.54
2044	2.99	1.54
2045	2.96	1.54
2046	2.93	1.54
2047	2.9	1.54
2048	2.87	1.54
2049	2.85	1.55
2050	2.82	1.55

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Senegal	United Kingdom
1960	44.2%	23.3%
1961	44.3%	23.3%
1962	44.3%	23.2%
1963	44.3%	23.2%
1964	44.3%	23.3%
1965	44.3%	23.4%
1966	44.3%	23.5%
1967	44.3%	23.7%
1968	44.2%	23.9%
1969	44.2%	24%
1970	44.2%	24.1%
1971	44.2%	24.1%
1972	44.2%	24%
1973	44.3%	23.9%
1974	44.4%	23.6%
1975	44.6%	23.3%
1976	44.8%	22.9%
1977	45.2%	22.4%
1978	45.6%	21.9%
1979	46%	21.4%
1980	46.4%	21%
1981	46.7%	20.6%
1982	46.9%	20.2%
1983	47.1%	19.8%
1984	47.2%	19.5%
1985	47.3%	19.3%
1986	47.3%	19.1%
1987	47.2%	18.9%
1988	47%	18.9%
1989	46.9%	19.1%
1990	46.6%	19.1%
1991	46.4%	19.3%
1992	46.1%	19.4%
1993	45.8%	19.5%
1994	45.4%	19.6%
1995	45.1%	19.5%
1996	44.9%	19.4%
1997	44.6%	19.3%
1998	44.4%	19.3%
1999	44.2%	19.2%
2000	43.9%	18.9%
2001	43.7%	18.7%
2002	43.5%	18.5%
2003	43.2%	18.4%
2004	43.1%	18.3%
2005	42.9%	18.2%
2006	42.8%	18%
2007	42.7%	17.9%
2008	42.7%	17.8%
2009	42.7%	17.8%
2010	42.7%	17.8%
2011	42.7%	17.7%
2012	42.7%	17.8%
2013	42.7%	17.8%
2014	42.6%	17.8%
2015	42.4%	17.9%
2016	42.1%	18%
2017	41.8%	18%
2018	41.3%	18.1%
2019	40.9%	18%
2020	40.3%	18%
2021	39.8%	17.8%
2022	39.2%	17.6%
2023	38.6%	17.4%
2024	38.2%	17.2%
2025	37.7%	17%
2026	37.3%	16.7%
2027	36.9%	16.5%
2028	36.6%	16.2%
2029	36.2%	16%
2030	35.9%	15.7%
2031	35.6%	15.5%
2032	35.4%	15.3%
2033	35.1%	15.2%
2034	34.9%	15.1%
2035	34.6%	15%
2036	34.4%	14.9%
2037	34.1%	14.9%
2038	33.9%	14.8%
2039	33.5%	14.8%
2040	33.2%	14.8%
2041	32.9%	14.8%
2042	32.6%	14.8%
2043	32.2%	14.9%
2044	31.9%	14.9%
2045	31.5%	14.9%
2046	31.2%	15%
2047	30.8%	15%
2048	30.5%	15%
2049	30.2%	15%
2050	29.8%	15.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 38.2% of the population in Senegal and 17.2% in the United Kingdom in 2024, compared to 46.6% and 19.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Senegal and the United Kingdom compared.

Natural population change in Senegal vs United Kingdom by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.55% in Senegal and +0.16% in the United Kingdom. The chart below illustrates the comparison of the absolute yearly changes resulting from births and deaths.

Table

Year	Population change due to births and deaths
	Senegal	United Kingdom
1960	84,735	314,400
1961	87,322	311,519
1962	89,937	340,800
1963	92,264	337,995
1964	94,797	405,000
1965	97,912	364,132
1966	101,359	333,356
1967	104,824	346,145
1968	108,240	292,622
1969	112,393	260,577
1970	117,264	244,918
1971	122,511	257,123
1972	128,024	162,650
1973	133,834	112,389
1974	139,974	67,476
1975	147,311	33,735
1976	154,776	-5,621
1977	161,636	0
1978	167,744	16,859
1979	173,425	61,872
1980	179,707	95,734
1981	185,917	73,234
1982	191,309	56,314
1983	197,673	61,966
1984	203,125	84,633
1985	208,218	79,170
1986	212,887	90,690
1987	218,522	136,325
1988	221,772	136,628
1989	227,797	119,861
1990	234,155	154,569
1991	237,713	143,562
1992	241,482	149,709
1993	245,742	103,893
1994	249,115	127,304
1995	252,552	87,028
1996	255,418	98,884
1997	261,200	99,138
1998	267,404	87,730
1999	277,944	64,551
2000	283,946	70,671
2001	289,690	65,032
2002	298,842	65,308
2003	308,856	89,471
2004	317,286	131,974
2005	323,908	144,963
2006	331,364	176,455
2007	339,963	196,232
2008	351,661	216,325
2009	362,238	230,422
2010	372,934	251,066
2011	387,290	259,361
2012	402,243	248,473
2013	406,582	198,830
2014	405,019	206,784
2015	407,008	175,738
2016	411,480	177,139
2017	410,366	145,125
2018	405,454	119,321
2019	399,436	108,342
2020	400,910	-4,272
2021	403,019	30,612
2022	415,507	39,751
2023	431,006	34,589

Maternal mortality chart: Senegal vs United Kingdom

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 237 deaths per 100,000 live births in Senegal, compared to 8 deaths in the United Kingdom.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Senegal	United Kingdom
1985	899	2
1986	820	2
1987	760	3
1988	709	4
1989	662	5
1990	640	6
1991	616	7
1992	598	7
1993	589	8
1994	579	9
1995	586	9
1996	601	8
1997	599	9
1998	605	10
1999	602	11
2000	581	12
2001	560	13
2002	531	13
2003	520	14
2004	501	13
2005	488	12
2006	462	12
2007	457	11
2008	463	11
2009	441	11
2010	436	10
2011	415	10
2012	405	9
2013	385	9
2014	373	9
2015	357	9
2016	345	9
2017	325	9
2018	305	9
2019	286	9
2020	252	14
2021	263	13
2022	228	15
2023	237	8

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 3.85% in Senegal and 0.45% in the United Kingdom. Below is the historical data on under-five mortality rates.

Table

Year	Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
	Senegal	United Kingdom
1960	29.3%	2.66%
1961	29.4%	2.61%
1962	29.5%	2.56%
1963	29.6%	2.49%
1964	29.7%	2.42%
1965	29.7%	2.34%
1966	29.7%	2.28%
1967	29.6%	2.22%
1968	29.4%	2.18%
1969	29.2%	2.14%
1970	28.8%	2.1%
1971	28.4%	2.06%
1972	27.8%	2%
1973	27%	1.94%
1974	26.2%	1.87%
1975	25.3%	1.8%
1976	24.2%	1.72%
1977	23.1%	1.64%
1978	22.1%	1.57%
1979	21.2%	1.49%
1980	20.4%	1.41%
1981	19.7%	1.34%
1982	19.1%	1.27%
1983	18.5%	1.22%
1984	17.9%	1.17%
1985	17.1%	1.14%
1986	16.3%	1.11%
1987	15.4%	1.08%
1988	14.7%	1.04%
1989	14.1%	0.99%
1990	13.7%	0.93%
1991	13.6%	0.87%
1992	13.5%	0.82%
1993	13.6%	0.77%
1994	13.7%	0.74%
1995	13.8%	0.72%
1996	13.8%	0.7%
1997	13.9%	0.69%
1998	13.7%	0.68%
1999	13.4%	0.67%
2000	12.9%	0.65%
2001	12.2%	0.64%
2002	11.4%	0.63%
2003	10.5%	0.63%
2004	9.59%	0.61%
2005	8.8%	0.6%
2006	8.11%	0.59%
2007	7.52%	0.58%
2008	7.03%	0.56%
2009	6.63%	0.54%
2010	6.3%	0.52%
2011	6.01%	0.5%
2012	5.77%	0.48%
2013	5.57%	0.46%
2014	5.39%	0.45%
2015	5.24%	0.45%
2016	5.11%	0.44%
2017	4.97%	0.44%
2018	4.82%	0.44%
2019	4.65%	0.44%
2020	4.46%	0.44%
2021	4.25%	0.44%
2022	4.04%	0.45%
2023	3.85%	0.45%