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Senegal — Population growth
Population Growth (Annual %) for Senegal, 1961–2025.
Latest value · 2025
2.30%
Population Growth (Annual %) · annual % · -18.5% since 1961
Population growth for Senegal was 2.30% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 65 years, from 1961 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 3.17% in 2014. Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.32% per year.
Senegal ranks 35 of 217 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 16%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 2.30%, so Senegal sits level with it. It peaked in 2014 and has fallen 27% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 25%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
2.30%
First (1961)
2.82%
Change
-18.5%
Highest
3.17%
in 2014
Lowest
2.30%
in 2025
Average
2.67%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.32%
Years of data
65
Recent years
| Year | annual % |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.3% |
| 2024 | 2.32% |
| 2023 | 2.39% |
| 2022 | 2.47% |
| 2021 | 2.54% |
| 2020 | 2.63% |
| 2019 | 2.72% |
| 2018 | 2.8% |
| 2017 | 2.89% |
| 2016 | 2.98% |
| 2015 | 3.07% |
| 2014 | 3.17% |
Reading this correctly. Annual population growth rate. A negative value means the population shrank, usually through emigration or low birth rates. Figures are in annual %. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SP.POP.GROW — Population Growth (Annual %). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.