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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Senegal	Zimbabwe	Senegal	Zimbabwe
1960	3,340,907	3,809,389	-	-
1961	3,436,375	3,930,401	2.86%	3.18%
1962	3,534,686	4,055,959	2.86%	3.19%
1963	3,635,876	4,185,877	2.86%	3.2%
1964	3,740,535	4,320,006	2.88%	3.2%
1965	3,849,788	4,458,462	2.92%	3.2%
1966	3,964,299	4,601,217	2.97%	3.2%
1967	4,083,870	4,748,307	3.02%	3.2%
1968	4,207,587	4,900,440	3.03%	3.2%
1969	4,334,974	5,058,181	3.03%	3.22%
1970	4,466,328	5,215,918	3.03%	3.12%
1971	4,601,864	5,374,712	3.03%	3.04%
1972	4,741,631	5,542,445	3.04%	3.12%
1973	4,885,181	5,720,404	3.03%	3.21%
1974	5,029,437	5,908,328	2.95%	3.29%
1975	5,170,810	6,098,658	2.81%	3.22%
1976	5,308,564	6,287,105	2.66%	3.09%
1977	5,439,549	6,449,512	2.47%	2.58%
1978	5,568,096	6,543,575	2.36%	1.46%
1979	5,702,895	6,647,556	2.42%	1.59%
1980	5,845,638	7,041,303	2.5%	5.92%
1981	5,997,160	7,498,635	2.59%	6.49%
1982	6,156,961	7,796,496	2.66%	3.97%
1983	6,324,504	8,098,404	2.72%	3.87%
1984	6,499,364	8,391,488	2.76%	3.62%
1985	6,683,287	8,686,813	2.83%	3.52%
1986	6,878,192	8,982,578	2.92%	3.4%
1987	7,081,530	9,284,644	2.96%	3.36%
1988	7,289,618	9,583,094	2.94%	3.21%
1989	7,502,207	9,864,798	2.92%	2.94%
1990	7,720,523	10,137,281	2.91%	2.76%
1991	7,943,085	10,404,816	2.88%	2.64%
1992	8,168,395	10,702,700	2.84%	2.86%
1993	8,396,288	10,860,288	2.79%	1.47%
1994	8,624,078	10,873,148	2.71%	0.12%
1995	8,848,101	10,974,599	2.6%	0.93%
1996	9,067,014	11,158,360	2.47%	1.67%
1997	9,283,495	11,369,827	2.39%	1.9%
1998	9,502,952	11,594,297	2.36%	1.97%
1999	9,730,887	11,783,458	2.4%	1.63%
2000	9,968,260	11,892,055	2.44%	0.92%
2001	10,212,942	11,971,901	2.45%	0.67%
2002	10,466,214	12,087,653	2.48%	0.97%
2003	10,721,176	12,232,323	2.44%	1.2%
2004	10,975,704	12,365,896	2.37%	1.09%
2005	11,235,472	12,483,432	2.37%	0.95%
2006	11,500,094	12,636,445	2.36%	1.23%
2007	11,770,344	12,804,058	2.35%	1.33%
2008	12,048,959	12,959,149	2.37%	1.21%
2009	12,337,389	13,142,790	2.39%	1.42%
2010	12,635,413	13,356,548	2.42%	1.63%
2011	12,958,897	13,595,424	2.56%	1.79%
2012	13,310,495	13,817,887	2.71%	1.64%
2013	13,710,849	14,013,808	3.01%	1.42%
2014	14,152,102	14,207,359	3.22%	1.38%
2015	14,593,331	14,399,013	3.12%	1.35%
2016	15,034,521	14,600,294	3.02%	1.4%
2017	15,475,002	14,812,482	2.93%	1.45%
2018	15,914,498	15,034,452	2.84%	1.5%
2019	16,352,922	15,271,368	2.75%	1.58%
2020	16,789,219	15,526,888	2.67%	1.67%
2021	17,220,867	15,797,210	2.57%	1.74%
2022	17,651,103	16,069,056	2.5%	1.72%
2023	18,077,573	16,340,822	2.42%	1.69%
2024	18,501,984	16,634,373	2.35%	1.8%
2025	18,931,964	16,950,805	2.32%	1.9%
2026	19,366,546	17,273,591	2.3%	1.9%
2027	19,807,242	17,600,621	2.28%	1.89%
2028	20,254,562	17,932,015	2.26%	1.88%
2029	20,706,628	18,268,967	2.23%	1.88%
2030	21,163,189	18,610,356	2.2%	1.87%
2031	21,623,709	18,956,207	2.18%	1.86%
2032	22,085,928	19,311,368	2.14%	1.87%
2033	22,548,831	19,675,929	2.1%	1.89%
2034	23,012,018	20,041,125	2.05%	1.86%
2035	23,476,591	20,409,159	2.02%	1.84%
2036	23,942,221	20,778,662	1.98%	1.81%
2037	24,407,574	21,144,748	1.94%	1.76%
2038	24,872,512	21,512,919	1.9%	1.74%
2039	25,335,991	21,881,123	1.86%	1.71%
2040	25,797,506	22,250,123	1.82%	1.69%
2041	26,257,464	22,627,428	1.78%	1.7%
2042	26,716,424	23,000,906	1.75%	1.65%
2043	27,174,896	23,371,301	1.72%	1.61%
2044	27,632,997	23,740,630	1.69%	1.58%
2045	28,089,695	24,102,391	1.65%	1.52%
2046	28,546,280	24,462,491	1.63%	1.49%
2047	29,002,001	24,816,449	1.6%	1.45%
2048	29,457,233	25,168,419	1.57%	1.42%
2049	29,911,840	25,518,513	1.54%	1.39%
2050	30,364,944	25,866,397	1.51%	1.36%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Senegal increased by 3,534,427 people (a 30.7% growth), while Zimbabwe gained 1,963,849 people (a 15.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Senegal gained 4,336,841 (a 28.8% growth), while Zimbabwe's population increased by 2,676,871 (a 18.3% growth).

Senegal was ranked 72nd most populous country in 2006 and is 68th in 2026. Zimbabwe was ranked 70th in 2006 and ranked 74th 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 Zimbabwe will increase by 49.7% to 25,866,397 people and rank change from 74th to 65th.