The latest officially reported population of Senegal was 18,501,984 in 2024 vs 6,036,860 people in Singapore in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Senegal's population is 19,371,362 people compared to 6,113,174 in Singapore.
Population statistics:
- Senegal's population is 3.17 times bigger than Singapore's.
- Senegal is ranked the 68th most populous country in the world, while Singapore is the 113th.
- The countries together account for 0.31% of the world: 0.23% for Senegal vs 0.07% for Singapore.
- For the last 10 years, Senegal has had an average growth rate of +2.76% per year vs +1.04% in Singapore.
- Since 2006, the population of Senegal has increased from 11.5M people to 19.4M (68.4% growth), while Singapore has grown from 4.4M to 6.11M (38.9% growth).
- Senegal is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 47M people compared to the peak of 6.41M people in 2040 for Singapore.
Senegal vs Singapore: live population counter
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| Current population |
19371362
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6113174
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| Population rank | 68/197 | 113/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.23% | 0.07% |
| One net population change |
1.24 minutes
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4.41 minutes
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| One birth every |
59.3 seconds
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12 minutes
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| One death every |
5.21 minutes
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14.3 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
51 minutes
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26.3 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -10,307 | +20,011 |
| Daily growth/decline | +1,163 | +327 |
| Annual growth/decline | +424,411 | +119,212 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +2.35% | +2.01% |
| Population growth rate rank | 35/197 | 50/197 |
Senegal and Singapore: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 3,340,907 | 1,646,400 | - | - |
| 1961 | 3,436,375 | 1,702,400 | 2.86% | 3.4% |
| 1962 | 3,534,686 | 1,750,200 | 2.86% | 2.81% |
| 1963 | 3,635,876 | 1,795,000 | 2.86% | 2.56% |
| 1964 | 3,740,535 | 1,841,600 | 2.88% | 2.6% |
| 1965 | 3,849,788 | 1,886,900 | 2.92% | 2.46% |
| 1966 | 3,964,299 | 1,934,400 | 2.97% | 2.52% |
| 1967 | 4,083,870 | 1,977,600 | 3.02% | 2.23% |
| 1968 | 4,207,587 | 2,012,000 | 3.03% | 1.74% |
| 1969 | 4,334,974 | 2,042,500 | 3.03% | 1.52% |
| 1970 | 4,466,328 | 2,074,507 | 3.03% | 1.57% |
| 1971 | 4,601,864 | 2,112,900 | 3.03% | 1.85% |
| 1972 | 4,741,631 | 2,152,400 | 3.04% | 1.87% |
| 1973 | 4,885,181 | 2,193,000 | 3.03% | 1.89% |
| 1974 | 5,029,437 | 2,229,800 | 2.95% | 1.68% |
| 1975 | 5,170,810 | 2,262,600 | 2.81% | 1.47% |
| 1976 | 5,308,564 | 2,293,300 | 2.66% | 1.36% |
| 1977 | 5,439,549 | 2,325,300 | 2.47% | 1.4% |
| 1978 | 5,568,096 | 2,353,600 | 2.36% | 1.22% |
| 1979 | 5,702,895 | 2,383,500 | 2.42% | 1.27% |
| 1980 | 5,845,638 | 2,413,945 | 2.5% | 1.28% |
| 1981 | 5,997,160 | 2,532,835 | 2.59% | 4.93% |
| 1982 | 6,156,961 | 2,646,466 | 2.66% | 4.49% |
| 1983 | 6,324,504 | 2,681,061 | 2.72% | 1.31% |
| 1984 | 6,499,364 | 2,732,221 | 2.76% | 1.91% |
| 1985 | 6,683,287 | 2,735,957 | 2.83% | 0.14% |
| 1986 | 6,878,192 | 2,733,373 | 2.92% | -0.09% |
| 1987 | 7,081,530 | 2,774,789 | 2.96% | 1.52% |
| 1988 | 7,289,618 | 2,846,108 | 2.94% | 2.57% |
| 1989 | 7,502,207 | 2,930,901 | 2.92% | 2.98% |
| 1990 | 7,720,523 | 3,047,132 | 2.91% | 3.97% |
| 1991 | 7,943,085 | 3,135,083 | 2.88% | 2.89% |
| 1992 | 8,168,395 | 3,230,698 | 2.84% | 3.05% |
| 1993 | 8,396,288 | 3,313,471 | 2.79% | 2.56% |
| 1994 | 8,624,078 | 3,419,048 | 2.71% | 3.19% |
| 1995 | 8,848,101 | 3,524,506 | 2.6% | 3.08% |
| 1996 | 9,067,014 | 3,670,704 | 2.47% | 4.15% |
| 1997 | 9,283,495 | 3,796,038 | 2.39% | 3.41% |
| 1998 | 9,502,952 | 3,927,213 | 2.36% | 3.46% |
| 1999 | 9,730,887 | 3,958,723 | 2.4% | 0.8% |
| 2000 | 9,968,260 | 4,027,887 | 2.44% | 1.75% |
| 2001 | 10,212,942 | 4,138,012 | 2.45% | 2.73% |
| 2002 | 10,466,214 | 4,175,950 | 2.48% | 0.92% |
| 2003 | 10,721,176 | 4,114,826 | 2.44% | -1.46% |
| 2004 | 10,975,704 | 4,166,664 | 2.37% | 1.26% |
| 2005 | 11,235,472 | 4,265,762 | 2.37% | 2.38% |
| 2006 | 11,500,094 | 4,401,365 | 2.36% | 3.18% |
| 2007 | 11,770,344 | 4,588,599 | 2.35% | 4.25% |
| 2008 | 12,048,959 | 4,839,396 | 2.37% | 5.47% |
| 2009 | 12,337,389 | 4,987,573 | 2.39% | 3.06% |
| 2010 | 12,635,413 | 5,076,732 | 2.42% | 1.79% |
| 2011 | 12,958,897 | 5,183,688 | 2.56% | 2.11% |
| 2012 | 13,310,495 | 5,312,437 | 2.71% | 2.48% |
| 2013 | 13,710,849 | 5,399,162 | 3.01% | 1.63% |
| 2014 | 14,152,102 | 5,469,724 | 3.22% | 1.31% |
| 2015 | 14,593,331 | 5,535,002 | 3.12% | 1.19% |
| 2016 | 15,034,521 | 5,607,283 | 3.02% | 1.31% |
| 2017 | 15,475,002 | 5,612,253 | 2.93% | 0.09% |
| 2018 | 15,914,498 | 5,638,676 | 2.84% | 0.47% |
| 2019 | 16,352,922 | 5,703,569 | 2.75% | 1.15% |
| 2020 | 16,789,219 | 5,685,807 | 2.67% | -0.31% |
| 2021 | 17,220,867 | 5,453,566 | 2.57% | -4.08% |
| 2022 | 17,651,103 | 5,637,022 | 2.5% | 3.36% |
| 2023 | 18,077,573 | 5,917,648 | 2.42% | 4.98% |
| 2024 | 18,501,984 | 6,036,860 | 2.35% | 2.01% |
| 2025 | 18,931,964 | 6,076,565 | 2.32% | 0.66% |
| 2026 | 19,366,546 | 6,112,792 | 2.3% | 0.6% |
| 2027 | 19,807,242 | 6,147,775 | 2.28% | 0.57% |
| 2028 | 20,254,562 | 6,182,764 | 2.26% | 0.57% |
| 2029 | 20,706,628 | 6,214,576 | 2.23% | 0.51% |
| 2030 | 21,163,189 | 6,242,825 | 2.2% | 0.45% |
| 2031 | 21,623,709 | 6,270,800 | 2.18% | 0.45% |
| 2032 | 22,085,928 | 6,298,559 | 2.14% | 0.44% |
| 2033 | 22,548,831 | 6,325,401 | 2.1% | 0.43% |
| 2034 | 23,012,018 | 6,349,852 | 2.05% | 0.39% |
| 2035 | 23,476,591 | 6,368,948 | 2.02% | 0.3% |
| 2036 | 23,942,221 | 6,383,048 | 1.98% | 0.22% |
| 2037 | 24,407,574 | 6,394,813 | 1.94% | 0.18% |
| 2038 | 24,872,512 | 6,404,994 | 1.9% | 0.16% |
| 2039 | 25,335,991 | 6,411,057 | 1.86% | 0.09% |
| 2040 | 25,797,506 | 6,411,962 | 1.82% | 0.01% |
| 2041 | 26,257,464 | 6,408,383 | 1.78% | -0.06% |
| 2042 | 26,716,424 | 6,402,235 | 1.75% | -0.1% |
| 2043 | 27,174,896 | 6,394,872 | 1.72% | -0.12% |
| 2044 | 27,632,997 | 6,384,418 | 1.69% | -0.16% |
| 2045 | 28,089,695 | 6,372,013 | 1.65% | -0.19% |
| 2046 | 28,546,280 | 6,358,982 | 1.63% | -0.2% |
| 2047 | 29,002,001 | 6,343,000 | 1.6% | -0.25% |
| 2048 | 29,457,233 | 6,327,523 | 1.57% | -0.24% |
| 2049 | 29,911,840 | 6,312,515 | 1.54% | -0.24% |
| 2050 | 30,364,944 | 6,294,905 | 1.51% | -0.28% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Senegal increased by 3,534,427 people (a 30.7% growth), while Singapore gained 1,205,918 people (a 27.4% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Senegal gained 4,336,841 (a 28.8% growth), while Singapore's population increased by 505,891 (a 9.02% growth).
Senegal was ranked 72nd most populous country in 2006 and is 68th in 2026. Singapore was ranked 117th in 2006 and ranked 113th now.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Senegal's population will grow by 56.8% to 30,364,944 people with a rank change from 68th to 63rd. The population of Singapore will increase by 2.97% to 6,294,905 people and rank change from 113th to 118th.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Dakar | 1.44M |
| Thies | 391K |
| Rufisque | 295K |
| Saint-Louis | 259K |
| Ziguinchor | 205K |
| Kaolack | 172K |
| Louga | 113K |
| Kolda | 62.3K |
| Fatick | 39.4K |
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| City | Population |
| Singapore | 5.87M |
| Bukit Merah | 152K |
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Population differences between Senegal and Singapore
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| Life expectancy | 69.4 years | 84.1 years |
| Average age | 24.5 years | 39.3 years |
| Median age | 20.4 years | 36.8 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50.8:49.2 | 51.7:48.3 |
| Fertility rate | 3.82 births per woman | 0.97 births per woman |
| Population density | 248.9 ppl/mi² | 21,776 ppl/mi² |
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