The latest officially reported population of Senegal was 18,501,984 in 2024 vs 12,277,109 people in Tunisia in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Senegal's population is 19,371,362 people compared to 12,415,813 in Tunisia.
Population statistics:
- Senegal's population is 1.56 times bigger than Tunisia's.
- Senegal is ranked the 68th most populous country in the world, while Tunisia is the 81st.
- The countries together account for 0.38% of the world: 0.23% for Senegal vs 0.15% for Tunisia.
- For the last 10 years, Senegal has had an average growth rate of +2.76% per year vs +0.89% in Tunisia.
- Since 2006, the population of Senegal has increased from 11.5M people to 19.4M (68.4% growth), while Tunisia has grown from 10.3M to 12.4M (20% growth).
- Senegal is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 47M people compared to the peak of 13.1M people in 2051 for Tunisia.
Senegal vs Tunisia: live population counter
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| Current population |
19371362
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12415813
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| Population rank | 68/197 | 81/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.23% | 0.15% |
| One net population change |
1.24 minutes
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6.85 minutes
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| One birth every |
59.3 seconds
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3.13 minutes
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| One death every |
5.21 minutes
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7.1 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
51 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -10,307 | -15,221 |
| Daily growth/decline | +1,163 | +210 |
| Annual growth/decline | +424,411 | +76,678 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +2.35% | +0.63% |
| Population growth rate rank | 35/197 | 125/197 |
Senegal and Tunisia: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 3,340,907 | 4,267,288 | - | - |
| 1961 | 3,436,375 | 4,316,278 | 2.86% | 1.15% |
| 1962 | 3,534,686 | 4,369,136 | 2.86% | 1.22% |
| 1963 | 3,635,876 | 4,427,131 | 2.86% | 1.33% |
| 1964 | 3,740,535 | 4,489,869 | 2.88% | 1.42% |
| 1965 | 3,849,788 | 4,561,385 | 2.92% | 1.59% |
| 1966 | 3,964,299 | 4,652,287 | 2.97% | 1.99% |
| 1967 | 4,083,870 | 4,760,970 | 3.02% | 2.34% |
| 1968 | 4,207,587 | 4,879,899 | 3.03% | 2.5% |
| 1969 | 4,334,974 | 5,004,697 | 3.03% | 2.56% |
| 1970 | 4,466,328 | 5,131,396 | 3.03% | 2.53% |
| 1971 | 4,601,864 | 5,261,658 | 3.03% | 2.54% |
| 1972 | 4,741,631 | 5,396,557 | 3.04% | 2.56% |
| 1973 | 4,885,181 | 5,537,242 | 3.03% | 2.61% |
| 1974 | 5,029,437 | 5,684,674 | 2.95% | 2.66% |
| 1975 | 5,170,810 | 5,839,262 | 2.81% | 2.72% |
| 1976 | 5,308,564 | 5,996,994 | 2.66% | 2.7% |
| 1977 | 5,439,549 | 6,155,931 | 2.47% | 2.65% |
| 1978 | 5,568,096 | 6,309,390 | 2.36% | 2.49% |
| 1979 | 5,702,895 | 6,456,419 | 2.42% | 2.33% |
| 1980 | 5,845,638 | 6,606,195 | 2.5% | 2.32% |
| 1981 | 5,997,160 | 6,758,284 | 2.59% | 2.3% |
| 1982 | 6,156,961 | 6,908,642 | 2.66% | 2.22% |
| 1983 | 6,324,504 | 7,053,800 | 2.72% | 2.1% |
| 1984 | 6,499,364 | 7,220,044 | 2.76% | 2.36% |
| 1985 | 6,683,287 | 7,409,903 | 2.83% | 2.63% |
| 1986 | 6,878,192 | 7,600,301 | 2.92% | 2.57% |
| 1987 | 7,081,530 | 7,789,987 | 2.96% | 2.5% |
| 1988 | 7,289,618 | 7,974,440 | 2.94% | 2.37% |
| 1989 | 7,502,207 | 8,151,660 | 2.92% | 2.22% |
| 1990 | 7,720,523 | 8,324,509 | 2.91% | 2.12% |
| 1991 | 7,943,085 | 8,501,827 | 2.88% | 2.13% |
| 1992 | 8,168,395 | 8,682,512 | 2.84% | 2.13% |
| 1993 | 8,396,288 | 8,857,910 | 2.79% | 2.02% |
| 1994 | 8,624,078 | 9,018,448 | 2.71% | 1.81% |
| 1995 | 8,848,101 | 9,161,258 | 2.6% | 1.58% |
| 1996 | 9,067,014 | 9,294,432 | 2.47% | 1.45% |
| 1997 | 9,283,495 | 9,421,270 | 2.39% | 1.36% |
| 1998 | 9,502,952 | 9,541,667 | 2.36% | 1.28% |
| 1999 | 9,730,887 | 9,655,963 | 2.4% | 1.2% |
| 2000 | 9,968,260 | 9,764,935 | 2.44% | 1.13% |
| 2001 | 10,212,942 | 9,869,677 | 2.45% | 1.07% |
| 2002 | 10,466,214 | 9,971,515 | 2.48% | 1.03% |
| 2003 | 10,721,176 | 10,071,632 | 2.44% | 1% |
| 2004 | 10,975,704 | 10,166,163 | 2.37% | 0.94% |
| 2005 | 11,235,472 | 10,255,472 | 2.37% | 0.88% |
| 2006 | 11,500,094 | 10,346,410 | 2.36% | 0.89% |
| 2007 | 11,770,344 | 10,441,702 | 2.35% | 0.92% |
| 2008 | 12,048,959 | 10,542,635 | 2.37% | 0.97% |
| 2009 | 12,337,389 | 10,650,681 | 2.39% | 1.02% |
| 2010 | 12,635,413 | 10,765,980 | 2.42% | 1.08% |
| 2011 | 12,958,897 | 10,886,035 | 2.56% | 1.12% |
| 2012 | 13,310,495 | 11,009,647 | 2.71% | 1.14% |
| 2013 | 13,710,849 | 11,141,361 | 3.01% | 1.2% |
| 2014 | 14,152,102 | 11,274,288 | 3.22% | 1.19% |
| 2015 | 14,593,331 | 11,402,264 | 3.12% | 1.14% |
| 2016 | 15,034,521 | 11,528,674 | 3.02% | 1.11% |
| 2017 | 15,475,002 | 11,650,498 | 2.93% | 1.06% |
| 2018 | 15,914,498 | 11,765,514 | 2.84% | 0.99% |
| 2019 | 16,352,922 | 11,875,081 | 2.75% | 0.93% |
| 2020 | 16,789,219 | 11,974,057 | 2.67% | 0.83% |
| 2021 | 17,220,867 | 12,048,622 | 2.57% | 0.62% |
| 2022 | 17,651,103 | 12,119,334 | 2.5% | 0.59% |
| 2023 | 18,077,573 | 12,200,431 | 2.42% | 0.67% |
| 2024 | 18,501,984 | 12,277,109 | 2.35% | 0.63% |
| 2025 | 18,931,964 | 12,348,580 | 2.32% | 0.58% |
| 2026 | 19,366,546 | 12,415,147 | 2.3% | 0.54% |
| 2027 | 19,807,242 | 12,476,105 | 2.28% | 0.49% |
| 2028 | 20,254,562 | 12,531,994 | 2.26% | 0.45% |
| 2029 | 20,706,628 | 12,582,709 | 2.23% | 0.4% |
| 2030 | 21,163,189 | 12,628,154 | 2.2% | 0.36% |
| 2031 | 21,623,709 | 12,669,925 | 2.18% | 0.33% |
| 2032 | 22,085,928 | 12,709,155 | 2.14% | 0.31% |
| 2033 | 22,548,831 | 12,746,538 | 2.1% | 0.29% |
| 2034 | 23,012,018 | 12,781,017 | 2.05% | 0.27% |
| 2035 | 23,476,591 | 12,812,275 | 2.02% | 0.24% |
| 2036 | 23,942,221 | 12,842,495 | 1.98% | 0.24% |
| 2037 | 24,407,574 | 12,872,063 | 1.94% | 0.23% |
| 2038 | 24,872,512 | 12,900,190 | 1.9% | 0.22% |
| 2039 | 25,335,991 | 12,927,314 | 1.86% | 0.21% |
| 2040 | 25,797,506 | 12,953,871 | 1.82% | 0.21% |
| 2041 | 26,257,464 | 12,979,696 | 1.78% | 0.2% |
| 2042 | 26,716,424 | 13,005,242 | 1.75% | 0.2% |
| 2043 | 27,174,896 | 13,030,307 | 1.72% | 0.19% |
| 2044 | 27,632,997 | 13,054,103 | 1.69% | 0.18% |
| 2045 | 28,089,695 | 13,076,097 | 1.65% | 0.17% |
| 2046 | 28,546,280 | 13,095,748 | 1.63% | 0.15% |
| 2047 | 29,002,001 | 13,113,228 | 1.6% | 0.13% |
| 2048 | 29,457,233 | 13,127,662 | 1.57% | 0.11% |
| 2049 | 29,911,840 | 13,138,151 | 1.54% | 0.08% |
| 2050 | 30,364,944 | 13,145,144 | 1.51% | 0.05% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Senegal increased by 3,534,427 people (a 30.7% growth), while Tunisia gained 1,182,264 people (a 11.4% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Senegal gained 4,336,841 (a 28.8% growth), while Tunisia's population increased by 887,139 (a 7.7% growth).
Senegal was ranked 72nd most populous country in 2006 and is 68th in 2026. Tunisia was ranked 79th in 2006 and ranked 81st 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 Tunisia will increase by 5.87% to 13,145,144 people and rank change from 81st to 89th.
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Population differences between Senegal and Tunisia
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| Life expectancy | 69.4 years | 77.1 years |
| Average age | 24.5 years | 34.5 years |
| Median age | 20.4 years | 33.5 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50.8:49.2 | 49.4:50.6 |
| Fertility rate | 3.82 births per woman | 1.83 births per woman |
| Population density | 248.9 ppl/mi² | 204.7 ppl/mi² |
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