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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Senegal	Zambia	Senegal	Zambia
1960	3,340,907	3,153,729	-	-
1961	3,436,375	3,254,086	2.86%	3.18%
1962	3,534,686	3,358,099	2.86%	3.2%
1963	3,635,876	3,465,907	2.86%	3.21%
1964	3,740,535	3,577,017	2.88%	3.21%
1965	3,849,788	3,692,086	2.92%	3.22%
1966	3,964,299	3,812,003	2.97%	3.25%
1967	4,083,870	3,936,343	3.02%	3.26%
1968	4,207,587	4,065,593	3.03%	3.28%
1969	4,334,974	4,197,116	3.03%	3.24%
1970	4,466,328	4,321,718	3.03%	2.97%
1971	4,601,864	4,442,525	3.03%	2.8%
1972	4,741,631	4,569,309	3.04%	2.85%
1973	4,885,181	4,702,693	3.03%	2.92%
1974	5,029,437	4,842,746	2.95%	2.98%
1975	5,170,810	4,990,086	2.81%	3.04%
1976	5,308,564	5,143,842	2.66%	3.08%
1977	5,439,549	5,302,480	2.47%	3.08%
1978	5,568,096	5,465,374	2.36%	3.07%
1979	5,702,895	5,631,728	2.42%	3.04%
1980	5,845,638	5,802,833	2.5%	3.04%
1981	5,997,160	5,983,289	2.59%	3.11%
1982	6,156,961	6,178,637	2.66%	3.26%
1983	6,324,504	6,381,038	2.72%	3.28%
1984	6,499,364	6,580,490	2.76%	3.13%
1985	6,683,287	6,780,953	2.83%	3.05%
1986	6,878,192	6,986,471	2.92%	3.03%
1987	7,081,530	7,191,282	2.96%	2.93%
1988	7,289,618	7,391,440	2.94%	2.78%
1989	7,502,207	7,589,216	2.92%	2.68%
1990	7,720,523	7,786,169	2.91%	2.6%
1991	7,943,085	7,981,650	2.88%	2.51%
1992	8,168,395	8,176,680	2.84%	2.44%
1993	8,396,288	8,373,921	2.79%	2.41%
1994	8,624,078	8,576,269	2.71%	2.42%
1995	8,848,101	8,785,763	2.6%	2.44%
1996	9,067,014	9,004,053	2.47%	2.48%
1997	9,283,495	9,237,063	2.39%	2.59%
1998	9,502,952	9,482,408	2.36%	2.66%
1999	9,730,887	9,740,005	2.4%	2.72%
2000	9,968,260	10,017,631	2.44%	2.85%
2001	10,212,942	10,325,185	2.45%	3.07%
2002	10,466,214	10,647,949	2.48%	3.13%
2003	10,721,176	10,983,595	2.44%	3.15%
2004	10,975,704	11,338,198	2.37%	3.23%
2005	11,235,472	11,718,819	2.37%	3.36%
2006	11,500,094	12,129,553	2.36%	3.5%
2007	11,770,344	12,565,085	2.35%	3.59%
2008	12,048,959	13,021,324	2.37%	3.63%
2009	12,337,389	13,490,389	2.39%	3.6%
2010	12,635,413	13,965,594	2.42%	3.52%
2011	12,958,897	14,437,796	2.56%	3.38%
2012	13,310,495	14,913,629	2.71%	3.3%
2013	13,710,849	15,398,997	3.01%	3.25%
2014	14,152,102	15,895,315	3.22%	3.22%
2015	14,593,331	16,399,089	3.12%	3.17%
2016	15,034,521	16,914,423	3.02%	3.14%
2017	15,475,002	17,441,320	2.93%	3.12%
2018	15,914,498	17,973,569	2.84%	3.05%
2019	16,352,922	18,513,839	2.75%	3.01%
2020	16,789,219	19,059,395	2.67%	2.95%
2021	17,220,867	19,603,607	2.57%	2.86%
2022	17,651,103	20,152,938	2.5%	2.8%
2023	18,077,573	20,723,965	2.42%	2.83%
2024	18,501,984	21,314,956	2.35%	2.85%
2025	18,931,964	21,913,869	2.32%	2.81%
2026	19,366,546	22,521,905	2.3%	2.77%
2027	19,807,242	23,138,716	2.28%	2.74%
2028	20,254,562	23,761,368	2.26%	2.69%
2029	20,706,628	24,389,681	2.23%	2.64%
2030	21,163,189	25,024,887	2.2%	2.6%
2031	21,623,709	25,666,496	2.18%	2.56%
2032	22,085,928	26,311,946	2.14%	2.51%
2033	22,548,831	26,960,073	2.1%	2.46%
2034	23,012,018	27,611,621	2.05%	2.42%
2035	23,476,591	28,266,887	2.02%	2.37%
2036	23,942,221	28,925,103	1.98%	2.33%
2037	24,407,574	29,583,482	1.94%	2.28%
2038	24,872,512	30,240,549	1.9%	2.22%
2039	25,335,991	30,895,586	1.86%	2.17%
2040	25,797,506	31,550,394	1.82%	2.12%
2041	26,257,464	32,204,340	1.78%	2.07%
2042	26,716,424	32,856,596	1.75%	2.03%
2043	27,174,896	33,510,500	1.72%	1.99%
2044	27,632,997	34,165,920	1.69%	1.96%
2045	28,089,695	34,821,101	1.65%	1.92%
2046	28,546,280	35,475,795	1.63%	1.88%
2047	29,002,001	36,129,270	1.6%	1.84%
2048	29,457,233	36,782,260	1.57%	1.81%
2049	29,911,840	37,434,667	1.54%	1.77%
2050	30,364,944	38,083,369	1.51%	1.73%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Senegal increased by 3,534,427 people (a 30.7% growth), while Zambia gained 4,784,870 people (a 39.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Senegal gained 4,336,841 (a 28.8% growth), while Zambia's population increased by 5,614,223 (a 33.2% growth).

Senegal was ranked 72nd most populous country in 2006 and is 68th in 2026. Zambia was ranked 71st in 2006 and ranked 62nd 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 Zambia will increase by 69% to 38,083,369 people and rank change from 62nd to 53rd.