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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Senegal	Syria	Senegal	Syria
1960	3,340,907	4,673,500	-	-
1961	3,436,375	4,815,466	2.86%	3.04%
1962	3,534,686	4,959,340	2.86%	2.99%
1963	3,635,876	5,110,467	2.86%	3.05%
1964	3,740,535	5,269,087	2.88%	3.1%
1965	3,849,788	5,435,267	2.92%	3.15%
1966	3,964,299	5,609,047	2.97%	3.2%
1967	4,083,870	5,790,198	3.02%	3.23%
1968	4,207,587	5,978,742	3.03%	3.26%
1969	4,334,974	6,175,166	3.03%	3.29%
1970	4,466,328	6,380,609	3.03%	3.33%
1971	4,601,864	6,598,094	3.03%	3.41%
1972	4,741,631	6,826,024	3.04%	3.45%
1973	4,885,181	7,060,321	3.03%	3.43%
1974	5,029,437	7,302,160	2.95%	3.43%
1975	5,170,810	7,554,364	2.81%	3.45%
1976	5,308,564	7,817,320	2.66%	3.48%
1977	5,439,549	8,090,501	2.47%	3.49%
1978	5,568,096	8,372,759	2.36%	3.49%
1979	5,702,895	8,661,909	2.42%	3.45%
1980	5,845,638	8,957,663	2.5%	3.41%
1981	5,997,160	9,260,189	2.59%	3.38%
1982	6,156,961	9,572,511	2.66%	3.37%
1983	6,324,504	9,904,809	2.72%	3.47%
1984	6,499,364	10,258,398	2.76%	3.57%
1985	6,683,287	10,625,672	2.83%	3.58%
1986	6,878,192	11,002,844	2.92%	3.55%
1987	7,081,530	11,388,923	2.96%	3.51%
1988	7,289,618	11,782,264	2.94%	3.45%
1989	7,502,207	12,179,060	2.92%	3.37%
1990	7,720,523	12,579,208	2.91%	3.29%
1991	7,943,085	12,980,821	2.88%	3.19%
1992	8,168,395	13,385,571	2.84%	3.12%
1993	8,396,288	13,795,686	2.79%	3.06%
1994	8,624,078	14,208,583	2.71%	2.99%
1995	8,848,101	14,616,801	2.6%	2.87%
1996	9,067,014	15,018,104	2.47%	2.75%
1997	9,283,495	15,417,542	2.39%	2.66%
1998	9,502,952	15,820,413	2.36%	2.61%
1999	9,730,887	16,228,061	2.4%	2.58%
2000	9,968,260	16,637,888	2.44%	2.53%
2001	10,212,942	17,051,338	2.45%	2.48%
2002	10,466,214	17,468,332	2.48%	2.45%
2003	10,721,176	17,889,296	2.44%	2.41%
2004	10,975,704	18,336,875	2.37%	2.5%
2005	11,235,472	18,814,091	2.37%	2.6%
2006	11,500,094	19,637,022	2.36%	4.37%
2007	11,770,344	20,884,125	2.35%	6.35%
2008	12,048,959	21,636,564	2.37%	3.6%
2009	12,337,389	21,976,969	2.39%	1.57%
2010	12,635,413	22,482,421	2.42%	2.3%
2011	12,958,897	22,878,098	2.56%	1.76%
2012	13,310,495	22,759,763	2.71%	-0.52%
2013	13,710,849	21,666,917	3.01%	-4.8%
2014	14,152,102	20,273,659	3.22%	-6.43%
2015	14,593,331	19,424,618	3.12%	-4.19%
2016	15,034,521	19,193,834	3.02%	-1.19%
2017	15,475,002	19,224,668	2.93%	0.16%
2018	15,914,498	19,577,845	2.84%	1.84%
2019	16,352,922	20,353,534	2.75%	3.96%
2020	16,789,219	21,049,429	2.67%	3.42%
2021	17,220,867	21,628,839	2.57%	2.75%
2022	17,651,103	22,462,173	2.5%	3.85%
2023	18,077,573	23,594,623	2.42%	5.04%
2024	18,501,984	24,672,760	2.35%	4.57%
2025	18,931,964	25,620,422	2.32%	3.84%
2026	19,366,546	26,472,499	2.3%	3.33%
2027	19,807,242	27,261,544	2.28%	2.98%
2028	20,254,562	28,006,558	2.26%	2.73%
2029	20,706,628	28,719,309	2.23%	2.54%
2030	21,163,189	29,395,545	2.2%	2.35%
2031	21,623,709	30,029,824	2.18%	2.16%
2032	22,085,928	30,633,661	2.14%	2.01%
2033	22,548,831	31,212,478	2.1%	1.89%
2034	23,012,018	31,768,138	2.05%	1.78%
2035	23,476,591	32,294,792	2.02%	1.66%
2036	23,942,221	32,788,153	1.98%	1.53%
2037	24,407,574	33,258,407	1.94%	1.43%
2038	24,872,512	33,710,718	1.9%	1.36%
2039	25,335,991	34,131,238	1.86%	1.25%
2040	25,797,506	34,533,185	1.82%	1.18%
2041	26,257,464	34,916,936	1.78%	1.11%
2042	26,716,424	35,279,863	1.75%	1.04%
2043	27,174,896	35,623,325	1.72%	0.97%
2044	27,632,997	35,944,394	1.69%	0.9%
2045	28,089,695	36,265,295	1.65%	0.89%
2046	28,546,280	36,583,260	1.63%	0.88%
2047	29,002,001	36,878,640	1.6%	0.81%
2048	29,457,233	37,171,029	1.57%	0.79%
2049	29,911,840	37,477,690	1.54%	0.83%
2050	30,364,944	37,793,378	1.51%	0.84%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Senegal increased by 3,534,427 people (a 30.7% growth), while Syria lost 443,188 people (a 2.26% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Senegal gained 4,336,841 (a 28.8% growth), while Syria's population increased by 7,287,288 (a 38% growth).

Senegal was ranked 72nd most populous country in 2006 and is 68th in 2026. Syria was ranked 58th in 2006 and ranked 57th 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 Syria will increase by 42.7% to 37,793,378 people and rank change from 57th to 54th.