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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Senegal	Tanzania	Senegal	Tanzania
1960	3,340,907	9,901,419	-	-
1961	3,436,375	10,187,886	2.86%	2.89%
1962	3,534,686	10,487,756	2.86%	2.94%
1963	3,635,876	10,799,528	2.86%	2.97%
1964	3,740,535	11,127,826	2.88%	3.04%
1965	3,849,788	11,470,728	2.92%	3.08%
1966	3,964,299	11,827,459	2.97%	3.11%
1967	4,083,870	12,200,109	3.02%	3.15%
1968	4,207,587	12,602,076	3.03%	3.29%
1969	4,334,974	13,036,700	3.03%	3.45%
1970	4,466,328	13,492,677	3.03%	3.5%
1971	4,601,864	13,971,451	3.03%	3.55%
1972	4,741,631	14,479,308	3.04%	3.63%
1973	4,885,181	15,010,101	3.03%	3.67%
1974	5,029,437	15,561,630	2.95%	3.67%
1975	5,170,810	16,138,361	2.81%	3.71%
1976	5,308,564	16,736,211	2.66%	3.7%
1977	5,439,549	17,352,929	2.47%	3.68%
1978	5,568,096	17,976,566	2.36%	3.59%
1979	5,702,895	18,592,038	2.42%	3.42%
1980	5,845,638	19,189,769	2.5%	3.21%
1981	5,997,160	19,784,703	2.59%	3.1%
1982	6,156,961	20,398,571	2.66%	3.1%
1983	6,324,504	21,079,874	2.72%	3.34%
1984	6,499,364	21,779,066	2.76%	3.32%
1985	6,683,287	22,501,693	2.83%	3.32%
1986	6,878,192	23,258,959	2.92%	3.37%
1987	7,081,530	24,030,378	2.96%	3.32%
1988	7,289,618	24,769,686	2.94%	3.08%
1989	7,502,207	25,438,759	2.92%	2.7%
1990	7,720,523	26,110,207	2.91%	2.64%
1991	7,943,085	26,780,436	2.88%	2.57%
1992	8,168,395	27,457,588	2.84%	2.53%
1993	8,396,288	28,332,692	2.79%	3.19%
1994	8,624,078	29,442,356	2.71%	3.92%
1995	8,848,101	30,383,497	2.6%	3.2%
1996	9,067,014	30,945,762	2.47%	1.85%
1997	9,283,495	31,578,089	2.39%	2.04%
1998	9,502,952	32,420,458	2.36%	2.67%
1999	9,730,887	33,300,330	2.4%	2.71%
2000	9,968,260	34,260,139	2.44%	2.88%
2001	10,212,942	35,198,299	2.45%	2.74%
2002	10,466,214	36,121,304	2.48%	2.62%
2003	10,721,176	37,089,555	2.44%	2.68%
2004	10,975,704	38,109,668	2.37%	2.75%
2005	11,235,472	39,182,076	2.37%	2.81%
2006	11,500,094	40,294,902	2.36%	2.84%
2007	11,770,344	41,435,512	2.35%	2.83%
2008	12,048,959	42,570,728	2.37%	2.74%
2009	12,337,389	43,633,982	2.39%	2.5%
2010	12,635,413	44,758,488	2.42%	2.58%
2011	12,958,897	46,029,367	2.56%	2.84%
2012	13,310,495	47,374,260	2.71%	2.92%
2013	13,710,849	48,824,128	3.01%	3.06%
2014	14,152,102	50,351,512	3.22%	3.13%
2015	14,593,331	52,020,962	3.12%	3.32%
2016	15,034,521	53,824,013	3.02%	3.47%
2017	15,475,002	55,652,890	2.93%	3.4%
2018	15,914,498	57,437,145	2.84%	3.21%
2019	16,352,922	59,174,891	2.75%	3.03%
2020	16,789,219	60,972,798	2.67%	3.04%
2021	17,220,867	62,830,412	2.57%	3.05%
2022	17,651,103	64,711,821	2.5%	2.99%
2023	18,077,573	66,617,606	2.42%	2.95%
2024	18,501,984	68,560,157	2.35%	2.92%
2025	18,931,964	70,545,858	2.32%	2.9%
2026	19,366,546	72,563,773	2.3%	2.86%
2027	19,807,242	74,604,804	2.28%	2.81%
2028	20,254,562	76,670,483	2.26%	2.77%
2029	20,706,628	78,773,192	2.23%	2.74%
2030	21,163,189	80,913,118	2.2%	2.72%
2031	21,623,709	83,087,927	2.18%	2.69%
2032	22,085,928	85,293,126	2.14%	2.65%
2033	22,548,831	87,520,491	2.1%	2.61%
2034	23,012,018	89,788,673	2.05%	2.59%
2035	23,476,591	92,091,418	2.02%	2.56%
2036	23,942,221	94,420,808	1.98%	2.53%
2037	24,407,574	96,775,766	1.94%	2.49%
2038	24,872,512	99,156,465	1.9%	2.46%
2039	25,335,991	101,567,525	1.86%	2.43%
2040	25,797,506	103,999,350	1.82%	2.39%
2041	26,257,464	106,448,475	1.78%	2.35%
2042	26,716,424	108,926,272	1.75%	2.33%
2043	27,174,896	111,433,788	1.72%	2.3%
2044	27,632,997	113,966,263	1.69%	2.27%
2045	28,089,695	116,525,463	1.65%	2.25%
2046	28,546,280	119,109,670	1.63%	2.22%
2047	29,002,001	121,721,018	1.6%	2.19%
2048	29,457,233	124,351,294	1.57%	2.16%
2049	29,911,840	126,981,394	1.54%	2.12%
2050	30,364,944	129,621,083	1.51%	2.08%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Senegal increased by 3,357,859 people (a 29.9% growth), while Tanzania gained 12,838,886 people (a 32.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Senegal gained 4,687,723 (a 32.1% growth), while Tanzania's population increased by 20,145,844 (a 38.7% growth).

Senegal was ranked 73rd most populous country in 2005 and is 68th in 2025. Tanzania was ranked 31st in 2005 and ranked 20th 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 Tanzania will increase by 79.6% to 129,621,083 people and rank change from 20th to 15th.