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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Senegal was 18,501,984 in 2024 vs 634,431 people in Suriname in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Senegal's population is 19,281,054 people compared to 644,193 in Suriname.

Population statistics:

  • Senegal's population is 29.9 times bigger than Suriname's.
  • Senegal is ranked the 68th most populous country in the world, while Suriname is the 165th.
  • The countries together account for 0.24% of the world: 0.23% for Senegal vs 0.008% for Suriname.
  • For the last 10 years, Senegal has had an average growth rate of +2.76% per year vs +0.99% in Suriname.
  • Since 2005, the population of Senegal has increased from 11.2M people to 19.3M (71.6% growth), while Suriname has grown from 519K to 644K (24% growth).
  • Senegal is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 47M people compared to the peak of 753K people in 2071 for Suriname.

Senegal vs Suriname: live population counter

Senegal Suriname
Current population
19281054
644193
Population rank 68/197 165/197
Percent of world population 0.23% 0.008%
One net population change
1.24 minutes
1.58 hours
One birth every
59.3 seconds
48.3 minutes
One death every
5.21 minutes
2.1 hours
One migration net change every
51 minutes
7.51 hours
Annual migration change -10,307 -1,166
Daily growth/decline +1,163 +15
Annual growth/decline +424,411 +5,545
Annual growth/decline rate +2.35% +0.88%
Population growth rate rank 37/197 110/197

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

Senegal
Population

Growth rate
Suriname
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Senegal Suriname Senegal Suriname
1960 3,340,907 263,918 - -
1961 3,436,375 272,791 2.86% 3.36%
1962 3,534,686 283,912 2.86% 4.08%
1963 3,635,876 297,034 2.86% 4.62%
1964 3,740,535 309,041 2.88% 4.04%
1965 3,849,788 320,000 2.92% 3.55%
1966 3,964,299 331,135 2.97% 3.48%
1967 4,083,870 342,679 3.02% 3.49%
1968 4,207,587 354,616 3.03% 3.48%
1969 4,334,974 366,906 3.03% 3.47%
1970 4,466,328 379,442 3.03% 3.42%
1971 4,601,864 391,932 3.03% 3.29%
1972 4,741,631 397,413 3.04% 1.4%
1973 4,885,181 395,772 3.03% -0.41%
1974 5,029,437 393,676 2.95% -0.53%
1975 5,170,810 391,170 2.81% -0.64%
1976 5,308,564 388,289 2.66% -0.74%
1977 5,439,549 385,067 2.47% -0.83%
1978 5,568,096 381,502 2.36% -0.93%
1979 5,702,895 377,602 2.42% -1.02%
1980 5,845,638 375,377 2.5% -0.59%
1981 5,997,160 375,459 2.59% 0.02%
1982 6,156,961 376,555 2.66% 0.29%
1983 6,324,504 378,746 2.72% 0.58%
1984 6,499,364 382,193 2.76% 0.91%
1985 6,683,287 386,972 2.83% 1.25%
1986 6,878,192 392,330 2.92% 1.38%
1987 7,081,530 396,911 2.96% 1.17%
1988 7,289,618 402,227 2.94% 1.34%
1989 7,502,207 408,409 2.92% 1.54%
1990 7,720,523 412,493 2.91% 1%
1991 7,943,085 415,013 2.88% 0.61%
1992 8,168,395 417,589 2.84% 0.62%
1993 8,396,288 419,352 2.79% 0.42%
1994 8,624,078 422,375 2.71% 0.72%
1995 8,848,101 429,606 2.6% 1.71%
1996 9,067,014 438,830 2.47% 2.15%
1997 9,283,495 448,067 2.39% 2.1%
1998 9,502,952 457,406 2.36% 2.08%
1999 9,730,887 466,916 2.4% 2.08%
2000 9,968,260 476,643 2.44% 2.08%
2001 10,212,942 486,560 2.45% 2.08%
2002 10,466,214 496,551 2.48% 2.05%
2003 10,721,176 506,414 2.44% 1.99%
2004 10,975,704 513,923 2.37% 1.48%
2005 11,235,472 519,313 2.37% 1.05%
2006 11,500,094 524,997 2.36% 1.09%
2007 11,770,344 531,016 2.35% 1.15%
2008 12,048,959 537,245 2.37% 1.17%
2009 12,337,389 543,568 2.39% 1.18%
2010 12,635,413 549,923 2.42% 1.17%
2011 12,958,897 556,269 2.56% 1.15%
2012 13,310,495 562,633 2.71% 1.14%
2013 13,710,849 569,020 3.01% 1.14%
2014 14,152,102 575,373 3.22% 1.12%
2015 14,593,331 581,627 3.12% 1.09%
2016 15,034,521 587,757 3.02% 1.05%
2017 15,475,002 593,713 2.93% 1.01%
2018 15,914,498 599,513 2.84% 0.98%
2019 16,352,922 605,768 2.75% 1.04%
2020 16,789,219 612,317 2.67% 1.08%
2021 17,220,867 617,896 2.57% 0.91%
2022 17,651,103 623,164 2.5% 0.85%
2023 18,077,573 628,886 2.42% 0.92%
2024 18,501,984 634,431 2.35% 0.88%
2025 18,931,964 639,852 2.32% 0.85%
2026 19,366,546 645,257 2.3% 0.84%
2027 19,807,242 650,564 2.28% 0.82%
2028 20,254,562 655,783 2.26% 0.8%
2029 20,706,628 660,793 2.23% 0.76%
2030 21,163,189 665,650 2.2% 0.74%
2031 21,623,709 670,421 2.18% 0.72%
2032 22,085,928 675,070 2.14% 0.69%
2033 22,548,831 679,573 2.1% 0.67%
2034 23,012,018 683,911 2.05% 0.64%
2035 23,476,591 688,189 2.02% 0.63%
2036 23,942,221 692,343 1.98% 0.6%
2037 24,407,574 696,213 1.94% 0.56%
2038 24,872,512 699,908 1.9% 0.53%
2039 25,335,991 703,569 1.86% 0.52%
2040 25,797,506 707,156 1.82% 0.51%
2041 26,257,464 710,619 1.78% 0.49%
2042 26,716,424 713,900 1.75% 0.46%
2043 27,174,896 716,999 1.72% 0.43%
2044 27,632,997 719,920 1.69% 0.41%
2045 28,089,695 722,759 1.65% 0.39%
2046 28,546,280 725,322 1.63% 0.35%
2047 29,002,001 727,726 1.6% 0.33%
2048 29,457,233 730,038 1.57% 0.32%
2049 29,911,840 732,021 1.54% 0.27%
2050 30,364,944 733,898 1.51% 0.26%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Senegal increased by 3,357,859 people (a 29.9% growth), while Suriname gained 62,314 people (a 12% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Senegal gained 4,687,723 (a 32.1% growth), while Suriname's population increased by 62,566 (a 10.8% growth).

Senegal was ranked 73rd most populous country in 2005 and is 68th in 2025. Suriname was ranked 164th in 2005 and ranked 165th 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 Suriname will increase by 13.9% to 733,898 people and will still be ranked 165th.

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