Senegal - Urban population

Urban population

The value for Urban population in Senegal was 8,057,514 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 8,057,514 in 2020 and a minimum value of 737,554 in 1960.

Definition: Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated using World Bank population estimates and urban ratios from the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on the United Nations Population Division's World Urbanization Prospects: 2018 Revision.

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Year Value
1960 737,554
1961 779,169
1962 823,095
1963 869,473
1964 918,582
1965 970,475
1966 1,025,293
1967 1,083,166
1968 1,144,301
1969 1,208,873
1970 1,277,252
1971 1,347,850
1972 1,422,493
1973 1,500,241
1974 1,580,050
1975 1,661,013
1976 1,738,321
1977 1,798,915
1978 1,860,895
1979 1,926,355
1980 1,997,039
1981 2,073,562
1982 2,155,635
1983 2,242,909
1984 2,334,635
1985 2,429,919
1986 2,528,782
1987 2,631,417
1988 2,736,358
1989 2,830,476
1990 2,927,432
1991 3,027,593
1992 3,130,517
1993 3,234,840
1994 3,339,075
1995 3,441,823
1996 3,542,777
1997 3,642,398
1998 3,742,289
1999 3,844,423
2000 3,950,445
2001 4,061,008
2002 4,175,900
2003 4,311,250
2004 4,465,214
2005 4,626,134
2006 4,794,668
2007 4,971,099
2008 5,155,659
2009 5,348,373
2010 5,549,604
2011 5,759,382
2012 5,977,690
2013 6,204,712
2014 6,440,435
2015 6,685,969
2016 6,941,397
2017 7,207,006
2018 7,481,973
2019 7,765,705
2020 8,057,514

Urban population (% of total population)

Urban population (% of total population) in Senegal was 48.12 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 48.12 in 2020, while its lowest value was 23.00 in 1960.

Definition: Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. The data are collected and smoothed by United Nations Population Division.

Source: United Nations Population Division. World Urbanization Prospects: 2018 Revision.

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Year Value
1960 23.00
1961 23.65
1962 24.30
1963 24.97
1964 25.66
1965 26.35
1966 27.06
1967 27.78
1968 28.51
1969 29.25
1970 30.00
1971 30.72
1972 31.45
1973 32.19
1974 32.94
1975 33.69
1976 34.37
1977 34.72
1978 35.07
1979 35.42
1980 35.77
1981 36.12
1982 36.48
1983 36.83
1984 37.19
1985 37.55
1986 37.91
1987 38.27
1988 38.61
1989 38.76
1990 38.90
1991 39.04
1992 39.18
1993 39.32
1994 39.46
1995 39.61
1996 39.75
1997 39.89
1998 40.03
1999 40.18
2000 40.32
2001 40.46
2002 40.61
2003 40.90
2004 41.31
2005 41.71
2006 42.12
2007 42.54
2008 42.95
2009 43.36
2010 43.77
2011 44.19
2012 44.60
2013 45.02
2014 45.44
2015 45.86
2016 46.30
2017 46.74
2018 47.19
2019 47.65
2020 48.12

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization