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Population in Senegal compared to the United Kingdom: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Senegal was 18,501,984 in 2024 vs 69,226,000 people in the United Kingdom in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Senegal's population is 19,281,054 people compared to 69,945,462 in the United Kingdom.

Population statistics:

  • The United Kingdom's population is 3.63 times bigger than Senegal's.
  • Senegal is ranked the 68th most populous country in the world, while the United Kingdom is the 22nd.
  • The countries together account for 1.08% of the world: 0.23% for Senegal vs 0.85% for the United Kingdom.
  • For the last 10 years, Senegal has had an average growth rate of +2.76% per year vs +0.7% in the United Kingdom.
  • Since 2005, the population of Senegal has increased from 11.2M people to 19.3M (71.6% growth), while the United Kingdom has grown from 60.4M to 69.9M (15.8% growth).
  • Senegal is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 47M people compared to the peak of 76.2M people in 2072 for the United Kingdom.

Senegal vs United Kingdom: live population counter

Senegal United Kingdom
Current population
19281054
69945462
Population rank 68/197 22/197
Percent of world population 0.23% 0.85%
One net population change
1.24 minutes
43 seconds
One birth every
59.3 seconds
45.9 seconds
One death every
5.21 minutes
48.4 seconds
One migration net change every
51 minutes
1.26 minutes
Annual migration change -10,307 +417,114
Daily growth/decline +1,163 +2,011
Annual growth/decline +424,411 +734,000
Annual growth/decline rate +2.35% +1.07%
Population growth rate rank 37/197 99/197

Senegal and the United Kingdom: population history and growth rate by year chart

Senegal
Population

Growth rate
United Kingdom
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Senegal United Kingdom Senegal United Kingdom
1960 3,340,907 52,400,000 - -
1961 3,436,375 52,800,000 2.86% 0.76%
1962 3,534,686 53,250,000 2.86% 0.85%
1963 3,635,876 53,650,000 2.86% 0.75%
1964 3,740,535 54,000,000 2.88% 0.65%
1965 3,849,788 54,348,050 2.92% 0.64%
1966 3,964,299 54,648,500 2.97% 0.55%
1967 4,083,870 54,943,600 3.02% 0.54%
1968 4,207,587 55,211,700 3.03% 0.49%
1969 4,334,974 55,441,750 3.03% 0.42%
1970 4,466,328 55,663,250 3.03% 0.4%
1971 4,601,864 55,896,223 3.03% 0.42%
1972 4,741,631 56,086,065 3.04% 0.34%
1973 4,885,181 56,194,527 3.03% 0.19%
1974 5,029,437 56,229,974 2.95% 0.06%
1975 5,170,810 56,225,800 2.81% -0.007%
1976 5,308,564 56,211,968 2.66% -0.02%
1977 5,439,549 56,193,492 2.47% -0.03%
1978 5,568,096 56,196,504 2.36% 0.005%
1979 5,702,895 56,246,951 2.42% 0.09%
1980 5,845,638 56,314,216 2.5% 0.12%
1981 5,997,160 56,333,829 2.59% 0.03%
1982 6,156,961 56,313,641 2.66% -0.04%
1983 6,324,504 56,332,848 2.72% 0.03%
1984 6,499,364 56,422,072 2.76% 0.16%
1985 6,683,287 56,550,268 2.83% 0.23%
1986 6,878,192 56,681,396 2.92% 0.23%
1987 7,081,530 56,802,050 2.96% 0.21%
1988 7,289,618 56,928,327 2.94% 0.22%
1989 7,502,207 57,076,711 2.92% 0.26%
1990 7,720,523 57,247,586 2.91% 0.3%
1991 7,943,085 57,424,897 2.88% 0.31%
1992 8,168,395 57,580,402 2.84% 0.27%
1993 8,396,288 57,718,614 2.79% 0.24%
1994 8,624,078 57,865,745 2.71% 0.25%
1995 8,848,101 58,019,030 2.6% 0.26%
1996 9,067,014 58,166,950 2.47% 0.25%
1997 9,283,495 58,316,954 2.39% 0.26%
1998 9,502,952 58,487,141 2.36% 0.29%
1999 9,730,887 58,682,466 2.4% 0.33%
2000 9,968,260 58,892,514 2.44% 0.36%
2001 10,212,942 59,119,673 2.45% 0.39%
2002 10,466,214 59,370,479 2.48% 0.42%
2003 10,721,176 59,647,577 2.44% 0.47%
2004 10,975,704 59,987,905 2.37% 0.57%
2005 11,235,472 60,401,206 2.37% 0.69%
2006 11,500,094 60,846,820 2.36% 0.74%
2007 11,770,344 61,322,463 2.35% 0.78%
2008 12,048,959 61,806,995 2.37% 0.79%
2009 12,337,389 62,276,270 2.39% 0.76%
2010 12,635,413 62,766,365 2.42% 0.79%
2011 12,958,897 63,258,810 2.56% 0.78%
2012 13,310,495 63,711,000 2.71% 0.71%
2013 13,710,849 64,139,000 3.01% 0.67%
2014 14,152,102 64,620,000 3.22% 0.75%
2015 14,593,331 65,088,000 3.12% 0.72%
2016 15,034,521 65,607,000 3.02% 0.8%
2017 15,475,002 65,966,000 2.93% 0.55%
2018 15,914,498 66,289,000 2.84% 0.49%
2019 16,352,922 66,631,000 2.75% 0.52%
2020 16,789,219 66,744,000 2.67% 0.17%
2021 17,220,867 66,984,000 2.57% 0.36%
2022 17,651,103 67,604,000 2.5% 0.93%
2023 18,077,573 68,492,000 2.42% 1.31%
2024 18,501,984 69,226,000 2.35% 1.07%
2025 18,931,964 69,639,673 2.32% 0.6%
2026 19,366,546 70,020,350 2.3% 0.55%
2027 19,807,242 70,382,853 2.28% 0.52%
2028 20,254,562 70,732,699 2.26% 0.5%
2029 20,706,628 71,061,482 2.23% 0.46%
2030 21,163,189 71,377,535 2.2% 0.44%
2031 21,623,709 71,678,351 2.18% 0.42%
2032 22,085,928 71,959,934 2.14% 0.39%
2033 22,548,831 72,234,509 2.1% 0.38%
2034 23,012,018 72,497,650 2.05% 0.36%
2035 23,476,591 72,749,096 2.02% 0.35%
2036 23,942,221 72,990,847 1.98% 0.33%
2037 24,407,574 73,218,850 1.94% 0.31%
2038 24,872,512 73,441,349 1.9% 0.3%
2039 25,335,991 73,658,392 1.86% 0.3%
2040 25,797,506 73,868,334 1.82% 0.29%
2041 26,257,464 74,074,316 1.78% 0.28%
2042 26,716,424 74,275,779 1.75% 0.27%
2043 27,174,896 74,475,035 1.72% 0.27%
2044 27,632,997 74,667,284 1.69% 0.26%
2045 28,089,695 74,848,605 1.65% 0.24%
2046 28,546,280 75,020,949 1.63% 0.23%
2047 29,002,001 75,184,478 1.6% 0.22%
2048 29,457,233 75,337,543 1.57% 0.2%
2049 29,911,840 75,476,141 1.54% 0.18%
2050 30,364,944 75,600,588 1.51% 0.16%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Senegal increased by 3,357,859 people (a 29.9% growth), while the United Kingdom gained 4,686,794 people (a 7.76% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Senegal gained 4,687,723 (a 32.1% growth), while the United Kingdom's population increased by 4,857,462 (a 7.46% growth).

Senegal was ranked 73rd most populous country in 2005 and is 68th in 2025. The United Kingdom was ranked 21st in 2005 and ranked 22nd 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 the United Kingdom will increase by 8.09% to 75,600,588 people and rank change from 22nd to 26th.

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