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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Senegal was 18,501,984 in 2024 vs 50,015,092 people in Uganda in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Senegal's population is 19,281,054 people compared to 52,490,669 in Uganda.

Population statistics:

  • Uganda's population is 2.72 times bigger than Senegal's.
  • Senegal is ranked the 68th most populous country in the world, while Uganda is the 30th.
  • The countries together account for 0.87% of the world: 0.23% for Senegal vs 0.63% for Uganda.
  • For the last 10 years, Senegal has had an average growth rate of +2.76% per year vs +3.21% in Uganda.
  • Since 2005, the population of Senegal has increased from 11.2M people to 19.3M (71.6% growth), while Uganda has grown from 28M to 52.5M (87.7% growth).
  • Senegal is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 47M people compared to the peak of 121M people in 2100 for Uganda.

Senegal vs Uganda: live population counter

Senegal Uganda
Current population
19281054
52490669
Population rank 68/197 30/197
Percent of world population 0.23% 0.63%
One net population change
1.24 minutes
23.2 seconds
One birth every
59.3 seconds
18.4 seconds
One death every
5.21 minutes
2.23 minutes
One migration net change every
51 minutes
4.46 minutes
Annual migration change -10,307 -117,924
Daily growth/decline +1,163 +3,722
Annual growth/decline +424,411 +1,358,491
Annual growth/decline rate +2.35% +2.79%
Population growth rate rank 37/197 23/197

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

Senegal
Population

Growth rate
Uganda
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Senegal Uganda Senegal Uganda
1960 3,340,907 7,640,973 - -
1961 3,436,375 7,862,217 2.86% 2.9%
1962 3,534,686 8,092,231 2.86% 2.93%
1963 3,635,876 8,333,663 2.86% 2.98%
1964 3,740,535 8,586,363 2.88% 3.03%
1965 3,849,788 8,849,203 2.92% 3.06%
1966 3,964,299 9,122,864 2.97% 3.09%
1967 4,083,870 9,408,924 3.02% 3.14%
1968 4,207,587 9,708,632 3.03% 3.19%
1969 4,334,974 10,014,858 3.03% 3.15%
1970 4,466,328 10,321,603 3.03% 3.06%
1971 4,601,864 10,618,206 3.03% 2.87%
1972 4,741,631 10,885,796 3.04% 2.52%
1973 4,885,181 11,144,236 3.03% 2.37%
1974 5,029,437 11,424,846 2.95% 2.52%
1975 5,170,810 11,725,240 2.81% 2.63%
1976 5,308,564 12,037,294 2.66% 2.66%
1977 5,439,549 12,359,669 2.47% 2.68%
1978 5,568,096 12,692,113 2.36% 2.69%
1979 5,702,895 13,002,163 2.42% 2.44%
1980 5,845,638 13,275,741 2.5% 2.1%
1981 5,997,160 13,556,452 2.59% 2.11%
1982 6,156,961 13,873,631 2.66% 2.34%
1983 6,324,504 14,221,881 2.72% 2.51%
1984 6,499,364 14,607,677 2.76% 2.71%
1985 6,683,287 15,023,681 2.83% 2.85%
1986 6,878,192 15,467,579 2.92% 2.95%
1987 7,081,530 15,954,170 2.96% 3.15%
1988 7,289,618 16,470,483 2.94% 3.24%
1989 7,502,207 17,010,698 2.92% 3.28%
1990 7,720,523 17,569,897 2.91% 3.29%
1991 7,943,085 18,155,901 2.88% 3.34%
1992 8,168,395 18,785,032 2.84% 3.47%
1993 8,396,288 19,445,161 2.79% 3.51%
1994 8,624,078 20,108,801 2.71% 3.41%
1995 8,848,101 20,665,667 2.6% 2.77%
1996 9,067,014 21,231,550 2.47% 2.74%
1997 9,283,495 21,856,046 2.39% 2.94%
1998 9,502,952 22,515,806 2.36% 3.02%
1999 9,730,887 23,257,281 2.4% 3.29%
2000 9,968,260 24,000,150 2.44% 3.19%
2001 10,212,942 24,745,676 2.45% 3.11%
2002 10,466,214 25,532,870 2.48% 3.18%
2003 10,721,176 26,352,124 2.44% 3.21%
2004 10,975,704 27,154,515 2.37% 3.04%
2005 11,235,472 27,963,289 2.37% 2.98%
2006 11,500,094 28,794,003 2.36% 2.97%
2007 11,770,344 29,653,430 2.35% 2.98%
2008 12,048,959 30,539,553 2.37% 2.99%
2009 12,337,389 31,451,151 2.39% 2.98%
2010 12,635,413 32,390,802 2.42% 2.99%
2011 12,958,897 33,354,543 2.56% 2.98%
2012 13,310,495 34,337,438 2.71% 2.95%
2013 13,710,849 35,337,042 3.01% 2.91%
2014 14,152,102 36,395,539 3.22% 3%
2015 14,593,331 37,531,446 3.12% 3.12%
2016 15,034,521 38,799,152 3.02% 3.38%
2017 15,475,002 40,177,388 2.93% 3.55%
2018 15,914,498 41,565,831 2.84% 3.46%
2019 16,352,922 42,999,637 2.75% 3.45%
2020 16,789,219 44,457,152 2.67% 3.39%
2021 17,220,867 45,910,930 2.57% 3.27%
2022 17,651,103 47,312,719 2.5% 3.05%
2023 18,077,573 48,656,601 2.42% 2.84%
2024 18,501,984 50,015,092 2.35% 2.79%
2025 18,931,964 51,384,895 2.32% 2.74%
2026 19,366,546 52,761,471 2.3% 2.68%
2027 19,807,242 54,144,274 2.28% 2.62%
2028 20,254,562 55,532,564 2.26% 2.56%
2029 20,706,628 56,922,797 2.23% 2.5%
2030 21,163,189 58,312,944 2.2% 2.44%
2031 21,623,709 59,703,537 2.18% 2.38%
2032 22,085,928 61,089,060 2.14% 2.32%
2033 22,548,831 62,464,116 2.1% 2.25%
2034 23,012,018 63,833,872 2.05% 2.19%
2035 23,476,591 65,205,570 2.02% 2.15%
2036 23,942,221 66,573,737 1.98% 2.1%
2037 24,407,574 67,942,634 1.94% 2.06%
2038 24,872,512 69,312,210 1.9% 2.02%
2039 25,335,991 70,669,875 1.86% 1.96%
2040 25,797,506 72,020,414 1.82% 1.91%
2041 26,257,464 73,372,658 1.78% 1.88%
2042 26,716,424 74,730,004 1.75% 1.85%
2043 27,174,896 76,090,991 1.72% 1.82%
2044 27,632,997 77,449,517 1.69% 1.79%
2045 28,089,695 78,797,995 1.65% 1.74%
2046 28,546,280 80,139,174 1.63% 1.7%
2047 29,002,001 81,478,503 1.6% 1.67%
2048 29,457,233 82,812,102 1.57% 1.64%
2049 29,911,840 84,130,056 1.54% 1.59%
2050 30,364,944 85,431,202 1.51% 1.55%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Senegal increased by 3,357,859 people (a 29.9% growth), while Uganda gained 9,568,157 people (a 34.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Senegal gained 4,687,723 (a 32.1% growth), while Uganda's population increased by 14,959,223 (a 39.9% growth).

Senegal was ranked 73rd most populous country in 2005 and is 68th in 2025. Uganda was ranked 40th in 2005 and ranked 30th 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 Uganda will increase by 62.8% to 85,431,202 people and rank change from 30th to 20th.

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