Editing Demographics of Senegal (section)

== Population ==
[[Image:Senegal population.svg|thumb|right|Demographics of Senegal, From UN estimates; Number of inhabitants in millions.]]
According to the 2018 revision of the World Population Review<ref name="WPR 2018">{{citation |url=http://worldpopulationreview.com/countries/senegal-population/ |title=World Population Review: Senegal Population 2018|date=14 June 2018 }}</ref> 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 years or older was 6.9%.<ref name="WPP 2010">[http://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/index.htm Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat, World Population Prospects: The 2010 Revision] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110506065230/http://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/index.htm |date=6 May 2011 }}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: right;"
|-
!
! width="80pt"|Total population
! width="80pt"|Population aged 0–14 (%)
! width="80pt"|Population aged 15–64 (%)
! width="80pt"|Population aged 65+ (%)
|-
| 1950
|2,416,000||41.6||55.0||3.4
|-
| 1955
|2,684,000||41.5||55.6||2.9
|-
| 1960
|3,048,000||41.9||55.5||2.6
|-
| 1965
|3,505,000||43.0||54.6||2.4
|-
| 1970
|4,096,000||44.3||53.5||2.3
|-
| 1975
|4,786,000||45.3||52.5||2.2
|-
| 1980
|5,414,000||47.2||50.5||2.2
|-
| 1985
|6,232,000||47.7||50.0||2.3
|-
| 1990
|7,242,000||47.2||50.4||2.4
|-
| 1995
|8,369,000||46.2||51.3||2.5
|-
| 2000
|9,506,000||45.4||52.1||2.5
|-
| 2005
|10,872,000||44.4||53.1||2.5
|-
| 2010
|12,434,000||43.7||53.9||2.4
|-
| 2017
|14,668,522||41.5||55.5||2.9
|}

Population Estimates by Sex and Age Group (Estimates 1.VII.2020) (Data refer to national projections.):<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic-social/products/dyb/dyb_2020/|title=UNSD — Demographic and Social Statistics}}</ref>
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! width="80pt"|Age Group
! width="80pt"|Male
! width="80pt"|Female
! width="80pt"|Total
! width="80pt"|%
|-
| align="right" | Total
| align="right" | 8 456 486
| align="right" | 8 504 040
| align="right" | 16 960 525
| align="right" | 100
|-
| align="right" | 0–4
| align="right" | 1 373 744
| align="right" | 1 294 257
| align="right" | 2 668 002
| align="right" | 15.73
|-
| align="right" | 5–9
| align="right" | 1 219 736
| align="right" | 1 146 769
| align="right" | 2 366 505
| align="right" | 13.95
|-
| align="right" | 10–14
| align="right" | 1 066 780
| align="right" | 1 005 257
| align="right" | 2 072 037
| align="right" | 12.22
|-
| align="right" | 15–19
| align="right" | 919 100
| align="right" | 893 599
| align="right" | 1 812 700
| align="right" | 10.69
|-
| align="right" | 20–24
| align="right" | 762 949
| align="right" | 805 877
| align="right" | 1 568 826
| align="right" | 9.25
|-
| align="right" | 25–29
| align="right" | 640 669
| align="right" | 694 125
| align="right" | 1 334 794
| align="right" | 7.87
|-
| align="right" | 30–34
| align="right" | 527 920
| align="right" | 562 852
| align="right" | 1 090 772
| align="right" | 6.43
|-
| align="right" | 35–39
| align="right" | 433 152
| align="right" | 466 088
| align="right" | 899 240
| align="right" | 5.30
|-
| align="right" | 40–44
| align="right" | 335 430
| align="right" | 374 282
| align="right" | 709 711
| align="right" | 4.18
|-
| align="right" | 45–49
| align="right" | 278 289
| align="right" | 309 644
| align="right" | 587 933
| align="right" | 3.47
|-
| align="right" | 50–54
| align="right" | 244 474
| align="right" | 259 784
| align="right" | 504 259
| align="right" | 2.97
|-
| align="right" | 55–59
| align="right" | 200 080
| align="right" | 208 825
| align="right" | 408 905
| align="right" | 3.41
|-
| align="right" | 60–64
| align="right" | 149 832
| align="right" | 154 155
| align="right" | 303 986
| align="right" | 1.79
|-
| align="right" | 65–69
| align="right" | 112 949
| align="right" | 116 334
| align="right" | 229 284
| align="right" | 1.35
|-
| align="right" | 70–74
| align="right" | 80 355
| align="right" | 84 366
| align="right" | 164 721
| align="right" | 0.97
|-
| align="right" | 75-79
| align="right" | 52 036
| align="right" | 58 255
| align="right" | 110 292
| align="right" | 0.65
|-
| align="right" | 80+
| align="right" | 58 988
| align="right" | 69 570
| align="right" | 128 558
| align="right" | 0.76
|-
! width="50"|Age group 
! width="80pt"|Male
! width="80"|Female
! width="80"|Total
! width="50"|Percent
|-
| align="right" | 0–14
| align="right" | 3 660 260
| align="right" | 3 446 283
| align="right" | 7 106 543
| align="right" | 41.90
|-
| align="right" | 15–64
| align="right" | 4 491 898
| align="right" | 4 729 232
| align="right" | 9 221 130
| align="right" | 54.37
|-
| align="right" | 65+
| align="right" | 304 328
| align="right" | 328 525
| align="right" | 632 853
| align="right" | 3.73
|-
|}