Senegal
Country on the coast of West Africa
Also known as Republic of Senegal
- Capital
- Population
- 16.9M(2021)
1
Sources- 1.data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL?locations=SNRetrieved 2022-12-30
- , 18.1M(2026)
- , 15.9M(2017)
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Sources- 1.Stated in World Bank Open Datadata.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTLRetrieved 2019-04-08
- +54 more
- 16.9M(2021)
- Area
- 196,722 km²
- GDP (nominal)
- $27.7B(2022)
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Sources- 1.data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.MKTP.CDRetrieved 2023-08-26
- , $27.6B(2021)
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Sources- 1.data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.MKTP.CDRetrieved 2023-08-26
- $27.7B(2022)
- Currency
- Head of state
- Bassirou Diomaye Faye(since 2024)
- , Macky Sall(2012–2024)
- Head of government
- Bassirou Diomaye Faye(since 2024)
- , Mahammed Dionne(2014–2019)
- , Macky Sall(2019–2024)
Overview
Economy & society
Over time
Dated values recorded in Wikidata, each with its own source
All data
609 statements · 34% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations
- Shares border with
- Mauritania statement is subject of: Mauritania–Senegal border
- Mali statement is subject of: Mali–Senegal border
- Guinea statement is subject of: Guinea–Senegal border
- Guinea-Bissau statement is subject of: Guinea-Bissau–Senegal border
- The Gambia statement is subject of: The Gambia–Senegal border
- Arab League
- Member of
- United Nations(since 1960)
- African Union
- World Trade Organization
- Organisation of Islamic Cooperation(since 1969)
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- International Bank for Reconstruction and Development(since 1962)
- International Development Association(since 1962)
- International Finance Corporation(since 1962)
- Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency(since 1988)
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- International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes(since 1967)
- African Development Bank
- United Nations–African Union Hybrid Operation in Darfur
- Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States
- OHADA
- Interpol(since 1961)
2
Sources- 1.interpol.int/Member-countries/WorldRetrieved 2017-12-07
- 2.interpol.int/Who-we-are/Member-countries/Africa/SENEGALRetrieved 2022-10-23
- Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons(since 1998)
2
Sources- 1.opcw.org/about-opcw/member-states/Retrieved 2017-12-07
- 2.opcw.org/about-us/member-states/senegalRetrieved 2022-10-29
- UNESCO(since 1960)
- Group on Earth Observations
- AFRISTAT(since 1993)
- Universal Postal Union(since 1961)
2
Sources- 1.upu.int/en/the-upu/member-countries.htmlRetrieved 2019-05-04
- 2.upu.int/en/Universal-Postal-Union/About-UPU/Member-Countries?csid=-1&cid=259Retrieved 2022-10-28
- International Telecommunication Union(since 1960)
1
- Organisation internationale de la Francophonie(since 1970)
- International Civil Defence Organisation(since 1975)
- World Meteorological Organization(since 1960)
1
- World Health Organization
1
- Economic Community of West African States
- African Groundnut Council
- World Customs Organization(since 1976)
- Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
- African Continental Free Trade Area
- Official name
- République du Sénégal
- Sénégal
- Senegaal
- ߛߣߍ߬ߞߊߟߌ߫
- la République du Sénégal
- Republic of Senegal
- Diplomatic relation
- Germany statement is subject of: Germany–Senegal relations
- Cape Verde
- Australia statement is subject of: Australia–Senegal relations
- Mauritania statement is subject of: Mauritania–Senegal relations
- Mexico statement is subject of: Mexico–Senegal relations
- Taiwan statement is subject of: Senegal–Taiwan relations
- United States statement is subject of: Senegal–United States relations
- Iran statement is subject of: Iran–Senegal relations
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- Russia statement is subject of: Russia–Senegal relations
- Bangladesh statement is subject of: Bangladesh–Senegal relations
- People's Republic of China statement is subject of: China–Senegal relations
- India statement is subject of: India–Senegal relations
- European Union
- North Korea(since 1972) statement is subject of: North Korea–Senegal relations
- Kosovo(since 2014)
- Poland statement is subject of: Poland–Senegal relations
- Highest point
- Népin Cliff elevation: 531 m
- Lowest point
- Atlantic Ocean elevation: 0 m
- Demonym
- szenegáli
- Senegalese
- Senegalano
- Senegalänan
- سنغالي applies to part: masculine
- سنغالية applies to part: feminine
- سنغاليون applies to part: plural
- סנגלי applies to part: masculine
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- סנגלית applies to part: feminine
- senegalezi applies to part: plural
- senegalez applies to part: masculine
- senegaleză applies to part: feminine
- সেনেগালীয়
- senegalese applies to part: masculine singular, feminine singular
- senegalesi applies to part: masculine plural, feminine plural
- senegalés applies to part: masculine singular
- senegalesa applies to part: feminine singular
- senegaleses applies to part: masculine plural
- senegalesas applies to part: feminine plural
- senegales
- senegalés applies to part: masculine singular
- senegalesa applies to part: feminine singular
- Senegalano
- senegaleso applies to part: neuter
- Sénégalais applies to part: masculine singular
- Sénégalaise applies to part: feminine singular
- Sénégalien applies to part: masculine singular
- Sénégalienne applies to part: feminine singular
- senegałezo applies to part: masculine singular
- senegałezi applies to part: masculine plural
- senegałeza applies to part: feminine singular
- senegałeze applies to part: feminine plural
- سينيڭالي applies to part: masculine singular, feminine plural
- سينيڭالية applies to part: feminine singular
- سينيڭاليين applies to part: masculine plural
- سينيڭاليات applies to part: feminine plural
- Senegalese applies to part: masculine singular
- Senegalesin applies to part: feminine singular
- Seineagálach
1
- Unemployment rate
- 10%(2014)
- Electrical plug type
- Europlug
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Sources- 1.“World Plugs”iec.ch/worldplugs/list_bylocation.htmRetrieved 2016-06-10
- AC power plugs and sockets: British and related types
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Sources- 1.“World Plugs”iec.ch/worldplugs/list_bylocation.htmRetrieved 2016-06-10
- Type E
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Sources- 1.“World Plugs”iec.ch/worldplugs/list_bylocation.htmRetrieved 2016-06-10
- Type K
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Sources- 1.“World Plugs”iec.ch/worldplugs/list_bylocation.htmRetrieved 2016-06-10
- Europlug
- Mains voltage
- 230 V frequency: 50 Hz
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Sources- 1.“World Plugs”iec.ch/worldplugs/list_bylocation.htmRetrieved 2016-06-10
- 230 V frequency: 50 Hz
- Emergency phone number
- 17 has use: police
1
Sources- 1.“International Numbering Resources Database”itu.int/net/itu-t/inrdb/e129_important_numbers.aspxRetrieved 2016-07-08
- 18 has use: fire department
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Sources- 1.“International Numbering Resources Database”itu.int/net/itu-t/inrdb/e129_important_numbers.aspxRetrieved 2016-07-08
- 17 has use: police
- Coordinates of northernmost point
- 16.6912°N, 14.9863°W
- Age of majority
- 18 years old
- Trunk prefix
- none
- Office held by the head of government
- President of Senegal(since 2019)
- Prime Minister of Senegal(1991–2019)
- Vehicle registration plate code
- SN(since 1962)
- Office held by head of state
- President of Senegal(since 2012)
- Number of out-of-school children
- 1,921,575(2013)
- 1,899,179(2006)
- 1,885,599(2005)
- 1,955,454(2004)
- Has characteristic
- free country statement supported by: Freedom in the World
- Total fertility rate
- 5.09(2014)
- 5.134(2013)
- 5.161(2012)
- 5.173(2011)
- 5.174(2010)
- 5.171(2009)
- 5.169(2008)
- 5.177(2007)
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- 5.198(2006)
- 5.232(2005)
- 5.28(2004)
- 5.338(2003)
- 5.403(2002)
- 5.474(2001)
- 5.552(2000)
- 5.638(1999)
- Motto text
- Un Peuple, Un But, Une Foi
- One People, One Goal, One Faith
- Един народ, една цел, една вяра
- Un pueblo, un objetivo, una fe
- ߡߌ߬ߙߌ߲߬ߘߌ߬ ߞߋߟߋ߲߫ ߸ ߟߊ߬ߢߌߣߌ߲߫ ߞߋߟߋ߲߫ ߸ ߘߍ߲߬ߞߣߍ߬ߦߊ߬ ߞߋߟߋ߲߫
- Un poble, un objectiu, una fe
- Un bobl, un nod, un ffydd
- Geoshape
- Data:Senegal.map
- Life expectancy
- 67.146 years(2016)
- 66.784 years(2015)
- 66.376 years(2014)
- 65.914 years(2013)
- 65.393 years(2012)
- 64.814 years(2011)
- 64.177 years(2010)
- 63.485 years(2009)
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- 62.755 years(2008)
- 62.008 years(2007)
- 61.263 years(2006)
- 60.541 years(2005)
- 59.859 years(2004)
- 59.23 years(2003)
- 58.665 years(2002)
- 58.18 years(2001)
- 57.796 years(2000)
- 57.533 years(1999)
- Replaces
- Mali Federation(August 20, 1960)
- French Community(June 20, 1960)
- French West Africa(October 4, 1958)
- Native label
- Senegaal
- Coordinates of westernmost point
- 14.7415°N, 17.5443°W located in/on physical feature: Dakar
- VAT rate
- 18%
- BTI Status Index
- 5.97(2022)
- 6.05(2020)
- 6.18(2018)
- 6.11(2016)
- 6(2014)
- 5.73(2012)
- 5.53(2010)
- 6.07(2008)
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- 6.64(2006)
- BTI Governance Index
- 6.71(2022)
- 6.68(2020)
- 6.7(2018)
- 6.65(2016)
- 6.25(2014)
- 5.57(2012)
- 5.66(2010)
- 6.19(2008)
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- 6.76(2006)
- Democracy Index
- 5.67(2020)
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- 5.67(2020)
- Coordinates of easternmost point
- 12.4658°N, 11.3509°W
- Coordinates of southernmost point
- 12.3395°N, 16.7173°W
- Human Development Index
- 0.511(2021)
- 0.513(2020)
- 0.513(2019)
- 0.512(2018)
- 0.509(2017)
- 0.507(2016)
- 0.505(2015)
- 0.502(2014)
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- 0.496(2013)
- 0.49(2012)
- 0.482(2011)
- 0.468(2010)
- 0.459(2009)
- 0.451(2008)
- 0.439(2007)
- 0.427(2006)
- 0.419(2005)
- 0.412(2004)
- 0.405(2003)
- 0.398(2002)
- 0.394(2001)
- 0.388(2000)
- 0.382(1999)
- 0.379(1998)
- 0.377(1997)
- 0.376(1996)
- 0.375(1995)
- 0.374(1994)
- 0.374(1993)
- 0.375(1992)
- 0.374(1991)
- 0.373(1990)
- Hashtag
- Senegal
- Happy Planet Index score
- 51.2(2019)
- Gini coefficient
- 38.1(2018)
- Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index
- 0.354(2021)
- 0.354(2020)
- 0.354(2019)
- 0.353(2018)
- 0.347(2017)
- 0.343(2016)
- 0.343(2015)
- 0.341(2014)
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- 0.336(2013)
- 0.33(2012)
- 0.323(2011)
- 0.313(2010)
- Social media followers
- 13,217(May 24, 2023) subreddit: senegal
- Birth rate
- 32.067(2022)
- 32.573(2021)
- 33.034(2020)
- 33.47(2019)
- Male population
- 8,516,043(2022)
- 8,297,057(2021)
- 8,076,926(2020)
- 7,860,618(2019)
- Death rate
- 5.548(2022)
- 5.922(2021)
- 5.584(2020)
- 5.409(2019)
- Rural population
- 8,816,497(2022)
- 8,674,634(2021)
- 8,526,730(2020)
- 8,375,929(2019)
- Female population
- 8,800,406(2022)
- 8,579,664(2021)
- 8,359,194(2020)
- 8,140,163(2019)
- Urban population
- 8,499,952(2022)
- 8,202,086(2021)
- 7,909,390(2020)
- 7,624,852(2019)
- Coordinates of geographic center
- 14.4974°N, 14.4524°W
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On other databases
169 identifiers linking Senegal across the web's reference databases
- AGROVOC IDc_6970
- Analysis & Policy Observatory term ID92216
- AniDB tag ID2337
- ArchINFORM location ID4831
- ASC Leiden Thesaurus ID294936823
- Atlante Geopolitico IDsenegal_res-c2c999d8-00a2-11e2-b986-d5ce3506d72e
- BabelNet ID00067226n
- BBC News topic IDcnx753jej07t
- BBC Things ID847a9a4c-008c-4c3f-8a50-9d24327d3f0d
- Bibliothèque nationale de France ID152904005
- Biblissima authority IDQ26973
- Booru tagsenegal
- British Museum person or institution ID185171
- British Museum place IDx56048
- Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online IDsenegal-20
- CAB ID6311
- CIVICUS Monitor country entrysenegal
- Comic Vine ID4020-61175
- Curlie IDRegional/Africa/Senegal/
- Data Commons IDcountry/SEN
- DBNL country IDseneg01
- De Agostini IDSénegal+(Stato)
- Dewey Decimal Classification2--663
- DR topic IDsenegal
- Edition humboldt digital IDH0010198
- El Moudjahid topic IDsenegal
- El Watan topic IDsenegal
- Enciclopedia Galega Universal ID185146
- Encyclopædia Britannica Online IDplace/Senegal
- Encyclopædia Universalis IDsenegal
- Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026)3x8c4u
- Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) old ID (2021)451090
- Encyclopedia of Korean Culture IDE0029779
- Encyclopedia of Seventh-day Adventists IDAG7J
- EU Knowledge Graph item IDQ462
- European Education Thesaurus ID3061
- EuroVoc ID4092
- FactGrid item IDQ511789
- FAST ID1204328
- FIPS 10-4 (countries and regions)SG
- France 24 topic ID (French)sénégal
- Freebase ID/m/06srk
- GACS ID769
- GamesIndustry.biz tag IDtopics/senegal
- GCMD keyword ID80e7a4da-82a2-449e-87d3-603d857058c5
- GENC 3-character codeSEN
- GeoNames ID2245662
- GeoNLP ID (obsolete)sKE50n
- Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID1000189
- GitHub topicsenegal
- GND ID4054529-5
- Google News topics IDCAAqIQgKIhtDQkFTRGdvSUwyMHZNRFp6Y21zU0FtWnlLQUFQAQ
- Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana IDsenegal
- Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)0061795
- Great Norwegian Encyclopedia IDSenegal
- Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)3548336
- Grove Art Online IDT077563
- Gynopedia IDSenegal
- Harper's tagsenegal
- HDS ID003463
- Historical Gazetteer (GOV) IDobject_1286108
- IAB code1399
- ICPSR Geographic Names Thesaurus ID30911
- IDAI.gazetteer ID2353209
- IdRef ID026400758
- INaturalist place ID6845
- INSEE countries and foreign territories code99341
- Interlingual Index IDi83956
- Invasive Species Compendium Datasheet ID108564
- IOC country codeSEN
- ISNI0000000404582116
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 codeSN
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 codeSEN
- ISO 3166-1 numeric code686
- ITU letter codeSEN
- ITU/ISO/IEC object ID2.16.686
- J9U entity ID987007552529205171
- Joconde location IDT84-163
- KBpedia IDSenegal
- Klexikon article IDSenegal
- Krugosvet article (archived)strany_mira/SENEGAL.html
- KulturNav-ID04fa0a97-b23b-4983-be8b-47ff745a5c23
- L'Humanité topic IDsenegal
- LC and MARC vocabularies IDcountries/sg
- Le Figaro tag IDSénégal
- Le Monde diplomatique subject IDpays/senegal
- Lex IDSenegal
- Libération topic IDsenegal
- Library of Congress Authorities IDn79007506
- Libris-URI0xbddmtj2fgkp1w