Senegal vs. Italy
Demographics
| Senegal | Italy | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 16,082,442 (July 2021 est.) | 62,390,364 (July 2021 est.) |
| Age structure | 0-14 years: 40.38% (male 3,194,454/female 3,160,111) 15-24 years: 20.35% (male 1,596,896/female 1,606,084) 25-54 years: 31.95% (male 2,327,424/female 2,700,698) 55-64 years: 4.21% (male 283,480/female 378,932) 65 years and over: 3.1% (male 212,332/female 275,957) (2020 est.) | 0-14 years: 13.45% (male 4,292,431/female 4,097,732) 15-24 years: 9.61% (male 3,005,402/female 2,989,764) 25-54 years: 40.86% (male 12,577,764/female 12,921,614) 55-64 years: 14% (male 4,243,735/female 4,493,581) 65 years and over: 22.08% (male 5,949,560/female 7,831,076) (2020 est.) |
| Median age | total: 19.4 years male: 18.5 years female: 20.3 years (2020 est.) | total: 46.5 years male: 45.4 years female: 47.5 years (2020 est.) |
| Population growth rate | 2.25% (2021 est.) | 0.09% (2021 est.) |
| Birth rate | 31.31 births/1,000 population (2021 est.) | 8.37 births/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| Death rate | 7.55 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.) | 10.7 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| Net migration rate | -1.24 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2021 est.) | 3.21 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| Sex ratio | at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female 0-14 years: 1.01 male(s)/female 15-24 years: 0.99 male(s)/female 25-54 years: 0.86 male(s)/female 55-64 years: 0.75 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.77 male(s)/female total population: 0.94 male(s)/female (2020 est.) | at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female 0-14 years: 1.05 male(s)/female 15-24 years: 1.01 male(s)/female 25-54 years: 0.97 male(s)/female 55-64 years: 0.94 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.76 male(s)/female total population: 0.93 male(s)/female (2020 est.) |
| Infant mortality rate | total: 47.72 deaths/1,000 live births male: 54.66 deaths/1,000 live births female: 40.58 deaths/1,000 live births (2021 est.) | total: 3.14 deaths/1,000 live births male: 3.4 deaths/1,000 live births female: 2.87 deaths/1,000 live births (2021 est.) |
| Life expectancy at birth | total population: 63.83 years male: 61.59 years female: 66.14 years (2021 est.) | total population: 82.67 years male: 80.01 years female: 85.49 years (2021 est.) |
| Total fertility rate | 3.97 children born/woman (2021 est.) | 1.47 children born/woman (2021 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate | 0.3% (2020 est.) | 0.2% (2020 est.) |
| Nationality | noun: Senegalese (singular and plural) adjective: Senegalese | noun: Italian(s) adjective: Italian |
| Ethnic groups | Wolof 37.1%, Pular 26.2%, Serer 17%, Mandinka 5.6%, Jola 4.5%, Soninke 1.4%, other 8.3% (includes Europeans and persons of Lebanese descent) (2017 est.) | Italian (includes small clusters of German-, French-, and Slovene-Italians in the north and Albanian-Italians and Greek-Italians in the south) |
| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS | 39,000 (2020 est.) | 140,000 (2020 est.) note: estimate does not include children |
| Religions | Muslim 95.9% (most adhere to one of the four main Sufi brotherhoods), Christian 4.1% (mostly Roman Catholic) (2017 est.) | Christian 80.8% (overwhelmingly Roman Catholic with very small groups of Jehovah's Witnesses and Protestants), Muslim 4.9%, unaffiliated 13.4%, other 0.9% (2020 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - deaths | 1,100 (2020 est.) | <1000 (2020 est.) |
| Languages | French (official), Wolof, Pular, Jola, Mandinka, Serer, Soninke | Italian (official), German (parts of Trentino-Alto Adige region are predominantly German speaking), French (small French-speaking minority in Valle d'Aosta region), Slovene (Slovene-speaking minority in the Trieste-Gorizia area) major-language sample(s): L'Almanacco dei fatti del mondo, l'indispensabile fonte per le informazioni di base. (Italian) The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information. |
| Literacy | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 51.9% male: 64.8% female: 39.8% (2017) | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99.2% male: 99.4% female: 99% (2018) |
| Major infectious diseases | degree of risk: very high (2020) food or waterborne diseases: bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever vectorborne diseases: malaria and dengue fever water contact diseases: schistosomiasis animal contact diseases: rabies respiratory diseases: meningococcal meningitis | respiratory diseases: Covid-19 (see note) (2020) note: a new coronavirus is causing respiratory illness (COVID-19) in Italy; illness with this virus has ranged from mild to severe with fatalities reported; as of 19 July 2021, Italy has reported a total of 4,289,528 cases of COVID-19 or 7,192.19 cumulative cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 population with 214.4 cumulative deaths per 100,000 population; as of 19 July 2021, 60.61% of the population has received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine; the US Department of Homeland Security has issued instructions requiring US passengers who have been in Italy to travel through select airports where the US Government has implemented enhanced screening procedures |
| School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) | total: 9 years male: 8 years female: 9 years (2019) | total: 16 years male: 16 years female: 17 years (2018) |
| Education expenditures | 4.8% of GDP (2018) | 4% of GDP (2017) |
| Urbanization | urban population: 48.6% of total population (2021) rate of urbanization: 3.59% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) | urban population: 71.3% of total population (2021) rate of urbanization: 0.27% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) |
| Drinking water source | improved: urban: 92.3% of population rural: 74.5% of population total: 83.3% of population unimproved: urban: 6.7% of population rural: 25.5% of population total: 16.7% of population (2017 est.) | improved: urban: 100% of population rural: 100% of population total: 100% of population unimproved: urban: 0% of population rural: 0% of population total: 0% of population (2017 est.) |
| Sanitation facility access | improved: urban: 91.2% of population rural: 48.5% of population total: 68.4% of population unimproved: urban: 8.8% of population rural: 51.5% of population total: 31.6% of population (2017 est.) | improved: urban: 98.8% of population rural: 98.6% of population total: 98.8% of population unimproved: urban: 1.2% of population rural: 1.4% of population total: 1.2% of population (2017 est.) |
| Major cities - population | 3.230 million DAKAR (capital) (2021) | 4.278 million ROME (capital), 3.144 million Milan, 2.183 million Naples, 1.795 million Turin, 900,000 Bergamo, 850,000 Palermo (2021) |
| Maternal mortality rate | 315 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.) | 2 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.) |
| Health expenditures | 4% (2018) | 8.7% (2018) |
| Physicians density | 0.07 physicians/1,000 population (2017) | 3.98 physicians/1,000 population (2018) |
| Hospital bed density | 0.3 beds/1,000 population (2008) | 3.2 beds/1,000 population (2017) |
| Obesity - adult prevalence rate | 8.8% (2016) | 19.9% (2016) |
| Mother's mean age at first birth | 21.9 years (2018 est.) note: median age at first birth among women 25-49 | 31.3 years (2019 est.) |
| Contraceptive prevalence rate | 26.9% (2019) | 65.1% (2013) note: percent of women aged 18-49 |
| Dependency ratios | total dependency ratio: 84.2 youth dependency ratio: 78.4 elderly dependency ratio: 5.7 potential support ratio: 17.5 (2020 est.) | total dependency ratio: 57 youth dependency ratio: 20.4 elderly dependency ratio: 36.6 potential support ratio: 2.7 (2020 est.) |
Source: CIA Factbook
