Population in Algeria compared to Senegal: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Algeria and Senegal: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Algeria	Senegal	Algeria	Senegal
1960	11,424,922	3,340,907	-	-
1961	11,628,883	3,436,375	1.79%	2.86%
1962	11,800,771	3,534,686	1.48%	2.86%
1963	11,982,118	3,635,876	1.54%	2.86%
1964	12,179,813	3,740,535	1.65%	2.88%
1965	12,365,976	3,849,788	1.53%	2.92%
1966	12,590,069	3,964,299	1.81%	2.97%
1967	12,876,118	4,083,870	2.27%	3.02%
1968	13,172,614	4,207,587	2.3%	3.03%
1969	13,475,960	4,334,974	2.3%	3.03%
1970	13,783,719	4,466,328	2.28%	3.03%
1971	14,098,936	4,601,864	2.29%	3.03%
1972	14,427,072	4,741,631	2.33%	3.04%
1973	14,771,147	4,885,181	2.38%	3.03%
1974	15,133,502	5,029,437	2.45%	2.95%
1975	15,678,596	5,170,810	3.6%	2.81%
1976	16,409,170	5,308,564	4.66%	2.66%
1977	17,015,994	5,439,549	3.7%	2.47%
1978	17,506,974	5,568,096	2.89%	2.36%
1979	18,036,655	5,702,895	3.03%	2.42%
1980	18,607,174	5,845,638	3.16%	2.5%
1981	19,220,704	5,997,160	3.3%	2.59%
1982	19,872,348	6,156,961	3.39%	2.66%
1983	20,558,115	6,324,504	3.45%	2.72%
1984	21,271,969	6,499,364	3.47%	2.76%
1985	22,008,544	6,683,287	3.46%	2.83%
1986	22,745,499	6,878,192	3.35%	2.92%
1987	23,443,624	7,081,530	3.07%	2.96%
1988	24,109,536	7,289,618	2.84%	2.94%
1989	24,754,485	7,502,207	2.68%	2.92%
1990	25,375,810	7,720,523	2.51%	2.91%
1991	25,987,928	7,943,085	2.41%	2.88%
1992	26,628,568	8,168,395	2.47%	2.84%
1993	27,277,048	8,396,288	2.44%	2.79%
1994	27,887,279	8,624,078	2.24%	2.71%
1995	28,470,191	8,848,101	2.09%	2.6%
1996	29,033,044	9,067,014	1.98%	2.47%
1997	29,579,301	9,283,495	1.88%	2.39%
1998	30,054,133	9,502,952	1.61%	2.36%
1999	30,474,354	9,730,887	1.4%	2.4%
2000	30,903,893	9,968,260	1.41%	2.44%
2001	31,331,221	10,212,942	1.38%	2.45%
2002	31,750,835	10,466,214	1.34%	2.48%
2003	32,175,818	10,721,176	1.34%	2.44%
2004	32,628,286	10,975,704	1.41%	2.37%
2005	33,109,249	11,235,472	1.47%	2.37%
2006	33,623,506	11,500,094	1.55%	2.36%
2007	34,189,416	11,770,344	1.68%	2.35%
2008	34,816,961	12,048,959	1.84%	2.37%
2009	35,490,445	12,337,389	1.93%	2.39%
2010	36,188,236	12,635,413	1.97%	2.42%
2011	36,903,376	12,958,897	1.98%	2.56%
2012	37,646,166	13,310,495	2.01%	2.71%
2013	38,414,171	13,710,849	2.04%	3.01%
2014	39,205,031	14,152,102	2.06%	3.22%
2015	40,019,529	14,593,331	2.08%	3.12%
2016	40,850,721	15,034,521	2.08%	3.02%
2017	41,689,299	15,475,002	2.05%	2.93%
2018	42,505,035	15,914,498	1.96%	2.84%
2019	43,294,546	16,352,922	1.86%	2.75%
2020	44,042,091	16,789,219	1.73%	2.67%
2021	44,761,099	17,220,867	1.63%	2.57%
2022	45,477,389	17,651,103	1.6%	2.5%
2023	46,164,219	18,077,573	1.51%	2.42%
2024	46,814,308	18,501,984	1.41%	2.35%
2025	47,435,316	18,931,964	1.33%	2.32%
2026	48,028,344	19,366,546	1.25%	2.3%
2027	48,593,419	19,807,242	1.18%	2.28%
2028	49,135,532	20,254,562	1.12%	2.26%
2029	49,655,386	20,706,628	1.06%	2.23%
2030	50,154,168	21,163,189	1%	2.2%
2031	50,637,369	21,623,709	0.96%	2.18%
2032	51,113,505	22,085,928	0.94%	2.14%
2033	51,584,249	22,548,831	0.92%	2.1%
2034	52,048,009	23,012,018	0.9%	2.05%
2035	52,516,794	23,476,591	0.9%	2.02%
2036	52,986,277	23,942,221	0.89%	1.98%
2037	53,452,788	24,407,574	0.88%	1.94%
2038	53,921,847	24,872,512	0.88%	1.9%
2039	54,396,263	25,335,991	0.88%	1.86%
2040	54,873,482	25,797,506	0.88%	1.82%
2041	55,351,998	26,257,464	0.87%	1.78%
2042	55,834,554	26,716,424	0.87%	1.75%
2043	56,319,606	27,174,896	0.87%	1.72%
2044	56,806,185	27,632,997	0.86%	1.69%
2045	57,290,162	28,089,695	0.85%	1.65%
2046	57,767,681	28,546,280	0.83%	1.63%
2047	58,234,183	29,002,001	0.81%	1.6%
2048	58,690,893	29,457,233	0.78%	1.57%
2049	59,136,165	29,911,840	0.76%	1.54%
2050	59,565,558	30,364,944	0.73%	1.51%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Algeria increased by 7,227,215 people (a 21.5% growth), while Senegal gained 3,534,427 people (a 30.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Algeria gained 7,183,798 (a 17.6% growth), while Senegal's population increased by 4,336,841 (a 28.8% growth).

Algeria was ranked 34th most populous country in 2006 and is 33rd in 2026. Senegal was ranked 72nd in 2006 and ranked 68th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Algeria's population will grow by 24% to 59,565,558 people and will still be ranked 33rd. The population of Senegal will increase by 56.8% to 30,364,944 people and rank change from 68th to 63rd.