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Demographics of Senegal, From UN estimates; Number of inhabitants in millions. According to the 2018 revision of the World Population Review [1] the total population was 16,302,789 in May 2018, compared to only 2,416,000 in 1950. The proportion of children below the age of 15 in 2017 was 41.5%, between 15 and 54 years of age was 31.1%, while 55 ...
Senegal covers a land area of almost 197,000 square kilometres (76,000 sq mi) and has a population of around 18 million. [ 16 ] [ 17 ] The state is a unitary presidential republic ; since the country's foundation in 1960, it has been recognized as one of the most stable countries on the African continent. [ 18 ]
Dakar (/ d ɑː ˈ k ɑːr, d æ-/ UK also: / ˈ d æ k ɑːr /; [4] French:; Wolof: Ndakaaru) [5] is the capital and largest city of Senegal.The department of Dakar has a population of 1,278,469, and the population of the Dakar metropolitan area was at 4.0 million in 2023.
Map of Senegal. This is a list of cities in Senegal organised by population. It includes all cities with an estimated population of over 10,000 people. Cities
This is a list of the current 54 African countries sorted by population, also sorted by normalized demographic projections from the most recently available census or demographic data. Africa is the fastest growing continent, currently increasing by 2.35% per year as of 2021. [ 1 ]
Senegal covers a land area of almost 197,000 square kilometres (76,000 sq mi) and has a population of around 18 million.0 The state is a unitary presidential republic; since the country's foundation in 1960, it has been recognized as one of the most stable countries on the African continent.
Thiès (; Arabic: ثيس, romanized: Ṯyass; Noon: Chess) is the third largest city in Senegal with a population of 391,253 in 2023. It lies 72 km (45 mi) east of Dakar on the N2 road and at the junction of railway lines to Dakar, Bamako and St-Louis.
Several small ethnic groups in Senegal are related to the Mandinka, together constituting 4.9% of the population of the country. [1] These include the Malinké, the Sossé, the Bambara, the Dyula, the Yalunka, and the Jakhanke. The Soninke represent 2.4% of the population of Senegal. [1]