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Population in Senegal compared to South Korea: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Senegal was 18,501,984 in 2024 vs 51,751,065 people in South Korea in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Senegal's population is 19,281,054 people compared to 51,700,480 in South Korea.

Population statistics:

  • South Korea's population is 2.68 times bigger than Senegal's.
  • Senegal is ranked the 68th most populous country in the world, while South Korea is the 31st.
  • The countries together account for 0.86% of the world: 0.23% for Senegal vs 0.63% for South Korea.
  • For the last 10 years, Senegal has had an average growth rate of +2.76% per year vs +0.24% in South Korea.
  • Since 2005, the population of Senegal has increased from 11.2M people to 19.3M (71.6% growth), while South Korea has grown from 48.2M to 51.7M (7.3% growth).
  • Senegal is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 47M people, while South Korea's population already peaked in 2020 at 51.8M people and is projected to decrease to 21.9M people by 2100.

Senegal vs South Korea: live population counter

Senegal South Korea
Current population
19281054
51700480
Population rank 68/197 31/197
Percent of world population 0.23% 0.63%
One net population change
1.24 minutes
13.7 minutes
One birth every
59.3 seconds
2.26 minutes
One death every
5.21 minutes
1.69 minutes
One migration net change every
51 minutes
6.92 minutes
Annual migration change -10,307 +75,963
Daily growth/decline +1,163 +105
Annual growth/decline +424,411 +38,446
Annual growth/decline rate +2.35% +0.07%
Population growth rate rank 37/197 159/197

Senegal and South Korea: population history and growth rate by year chart

Senegal
Population

Growth rate
South Korea
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Senegal South Korea Senegal South Korea
1960 3,340,907 25,012,374 - -
1961 3,436,375 25,765,673 2.86% 3.01%
1962 3,534,686 26,513,030 2.86% 2.9%
1963 3,635,876 27,261,747 2.86% 2.82%
1964 3,740,535 27,984,155 2.88% 2.65%
1965 3,849,788 28,704,674 2.92% 2.57%
1966 3,964,299 29,435,571 2.97% 2.55%
1967 4,083,870 30,130,983 3.02% 2.36%
1968 4,207,587 30,838,302 3.03% 2.35%
1969 4,334,974 31,544,266 3.03% 2.29%
1970 4,466,328 32,240,827 3.03% 2.21%
1971 4,601,864 32,882,704 3.03% 1.99%
1972 4,741,631 33,505,406 3.04% 1.89%
1973 4,885,181 34,103,149 3.03% 1.78%
1974 5,029,437 34,692,266 2.95% 1.73%
1975 5,170,810 35,280,725 2.81% 1.7%
1976 5,308,564 35,848,523 2.66% 1.61%
1977 5,439,549 36,411,795 2.47% 1.57%
1978 5,568,096 36,969,185 2.36% 1.53%
1979 5,702,895 37,534,236 2.42% 1.53%
1980 5,845,638 38,123,775 2.5% 1.57%
1981 5,997,160 38,723,248 2.59% 1.57%
1982 6,156,961 39,326,352 2.66% 1.56%
1983 6,324,504 39,910,403 2.72% 1.49%
1984 6,499,364 40,405,956 2.76% 1.24%
1985 6,683,287 40,805,744 2.83% 0.99%
1986 6,878,192 41,213,674 2.92% 1%
1987 7,081,530 41,621,690 2.96% 0.99%
1988 7,289,618 42,031,247 2.94% 0.98%
1989 7,502,207 42,449,038 2.92% 0.99%
1990 7,720,523 42,869,283 2.91% 0.99%
1991 7,943,085 43,295,704 2.88% 0.99%
1992 8,168,395 43,747,962 2.84% 1.04%
1993 8,396,288 44,194,628 2.79% 1.02%
1994 8,624,078 44,641,540 2.71% 1.01%
1995 8,848,101 45,092,991 2.6% 1.01%
1996 9,067,014 45,524,681 2.47% 0.96%
1997 9,283,495 45,953,580 2.39% 0.94%
1998 9,502,952 46,286,503 2.36% 0.72%
1999 9,730,887 46,616,677 2.4% 0.71%
2000 9,968,260 47,008,111 2.44% 0.84%
2001 10,212,942 47,370,164 2.45% 0.77%
2002 10,466,214 47,644,736 2.48% 0.58%
2003 10,721,176 47,892,330 2.44% 0.52%
2004 10,975,704 48,082,519 2.37% 0.4%
2005 11,235,472 48,184,561 2.37% 0.21%
2006 11,500,094 48,438,292 2.36% 0.53%
2007 11,770,344 48,683,638 2.35% 0.51%
2008 12,048,959 49,054,708 2.37% 0.76%
2009 12,337,389 49,307,835 2.39% 0.52%
2010 12,635,413 49,554,112 2.42% 0.5%
2011 12,958,897 49,936,638 2.56% 0.77%
2012 13,310,495 50,199,853 2.71% 0.53%
2013 13,710,849 50,428,893 3.01% 0.46%
2014 14,152,102 50,746,659 3.22% 0.63%
2015 14,593,331 51,014,947 3.12% 0.53%
2016 15,034,521 51,217,803 3.02% 0.4%
2017 15,475,002 51,361,911 2.93% 0.28%
2018 15,914,498 51,585,058 2.84% 0.43%
2019 16,352,922 51,764,822 2.75% 0.35%
2020 16,789,219 51,836,239 2.67% 0.14%
2021 17,220,867 51,769,539 2.57% -0.13%
2022 17,651,103 51,672,569 2.5% -0.19%
2023 18,077,573 51,712,619 2.42% 0.08%
2024 18,501,984 51,751,065 2.35% 0.07%
2025 18,931,964 51,700,480 2.32% -0.1%
2026 19,366,546 51,633,793 2.3% -0.13%
2027 19,807,242 51,552,198 2.28% -0.16%
2028 20,254,562 51,456,707 2.26% -0.19%
2029 20,706,628 51,347,230 2.23% -0.21%
2030 21,163,189 51,221,713 2.2% -0.24%
2031 21,623,709 51,081,220 2.18% -0.27%
2032 22,085,928 50,924,233 2.14% -0.31%
2033 22,548,831 50,747,132 2.1% -0.35%
2034 23,012,018 50,549,508 2.05% -0.39%
2035 23,476,591 50,333,286 2.02% -0.43%
2036 23,942,221 50,098,951 1.98% -0.47%
2037 24,407,574 49,845,669 1.94% -0.51%
2038 24,872,512 49,573,234 1.9% -0.55%
2039 25,335,991 49,283,770 1.86% -0.58%
2040 25,797,506 48,980,369 1.82% -0.62%
2041 26,257,464 48,661,905 1.78% -0.65%
2042 26,716,424 48,331,004 1.75% -0.68%
2043 27,174,896 47,990,085 1.72% -0.71%
2044 27,632,997 47,634,183 1.69% -0.74%
2045 28,089,695 47,263,526 1.65% -0.78%
2046 28,546,280 46,881,228 1.63% -0.81%
2047 29,002,001 46,482,133 1.6% -0.85%
2048 29,457,233 46,063,595 1.57% -0.9%
2049 29,911,840 45,626,805 1.54% -0.95%
2050 30,364,944 45,172,356 1.51% -1%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Senegal increased by 3,357,859 people (a 29.9% growth), while South Korea gained 2,830,386 people (a 5.87% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Senegal gained 4,687,723 (a 32.1% growth), while South Korea's population increased by 685,533 (a 1.34% growth).

Senegal was ranked 73rd most populous country in 2005 and is 68th in 2025. South Korea was ranked 25th in 2005 and ranked 31st now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Senegal's population will grow by 57.5% to 30,364,944 people with a rank change from 68th to 63rd. The population of South Korea will decrease by 12.6% to 45,172,356 people and rank change from 31st to 48th.

Biggest cities by population

South Korea
City Population
Seoul 9.67M
Busan 3.45M
Incheon 2.94M
Daegu 2.38M
Gwangju 1.49M
Daejeon 1.48M
Suwon 1.23M
Ulsan 1.13M
Yongin 1.08M
Goyang 1.06M

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