Demographics of Senegal | |
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Population | 17,923,036 (2022 est.) |
Growth rate | 2.57% (2022 est.) |
Birth rate | 31.51 births/1,000 population |
Death rate | 5.08 deaths/1,000 population |
Life expectancy | 69.96 years |
• male | 68.23 years |
• female | 71.77 years |
Fertility rate | 4.27 children |
Infant mortality rate | 32.44 deaths/1,000 live births |
Net migration rate | -0.71 migrant(s)/1,000 population |
Sex ratio | |
Total | 0.97 male(s)/female (2022 est.) |
At birth | 1.05 male(s)/female |
Nationality | |
Nationality | Senegalese |
Language | |
Official | French |
Demographic features of the population of Senegal include population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.
About 42% of Senegal's population is rural. In rural areas, population density varies from about 77 per square kilometer (200/mile²) in the west-central region to 2 per square kilometer (5/mile²) in the arid eastern section. The average population density for the country is 68 people per square kilometer (180 people/sq mi). [1] French is the official language but is used regularly only by the literate minority. Almost all Senegalese speak an indigenous language, of which Wolof has the largest usage. Many Senegalese live in Europe, particularly in France, Italy and Spain.
According to the 2018 revision of the World Population Review [1] 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%. [2]
Total population | Population aged 0–14 (%) | Population aged 15–64 (%) | 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.): [3]
Age Group | Male | Female | Total | % |
---|---|---|---|---|
Total | 8 456 486 | 8 504 040 | 16 960 525 | 100 |
0–4 | 1 373 744 | 1 294 257 | 2 668 002 | 15.73 |
5–9 | 1 219 736 | 1 146 769 | 2 366 505 | 13.95 |
10–14 | 1 066 780 | 1 005 257 | 2 072 037 | 12.22 |
15–19 | 919 100 | 893 599 | 1 812 700 | 10.69 |
20–24 | 762 949 | 805 877 | 1 568 826 | 9.25 |
25–29 | 640 669 | 694 125 | 1 334 794 | 7.87 |
30–34 | 527 920 | 562 852 | 1 090 772 | 6.43 |
35–39 | 433 152 | 466 088 | 899 240 | 5.30 |
40–44 | 335 430 | 374 282 | 709 711 | 4.18 |
45–49 | 278 289 | 309 644 | 587 933 | 3.47 |
50–54 | 244 474 | 259 784 | 504 259 | 2.97 |
55–59 | 200 080 | 208 825 | 408 905 | 3.41 |
60–64 | 149 832 | 154 155 | 303 986 | 1.79 |
65–69 | 112 949 | 116 334 | 229 284 | 1.35 |
70–74 | 80 355 | 84 366 | 164 721 | 0.97 |
75-79 | 52 036 | 58 255 | 110 292 | 0.65 |
80+ | 58 988 | 69 570 | 128 558 | 0.76 |
Age group | Male | Female | Total | Percent |
0–14 | 3 660 260 | 3 446 283 | 7 106 543 | 41.90 |
15–64 | 4 491 898 | 4 729 232 | 9 221 130 | 54.37 |
65+ | 304 328 | 328 525 | 632 853 | 3.73 |
Registration of vital events in Senegal is not complete. The Population Department of the United Nations prepared the following estimates. [4]
Mid-year population | Live births | Deaths | Natural change | Crude birth rate (per 1000) | Crude death rate (per 1000) | Natural change (per 1000) | Total fertility rate (TFR) | Infant mortality (per 1000 births) | Life expectancy (in years) | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1950 | 2,496,065 | 128,935 | 70,149 | 58,786 | 51.7 | 28.1 | 23.5 | 6.79 | 148.6 | 36.43 |
1951 | 2,561,152 | 131,813 | 71,373 | 60,440 | 51.5 | 27.9 | 23.6 | 6.79 | 146.4 | 36.92 |
1952 | 2,628,508 | 134,812 | 72,658 | 62,154 | 51.3 | 27.7 | 23.7 | 6.79 | 144.4 | 37.36 |
1953 | 2,698,414 | 137,960 | 73,519 | 64,441 | 51.2 | 27.3 | 23.9 | 6.80 | 142.3 | 37.81 |
1954 | 2,771,247 | 141,384 | 74,406 | 66,978 | 51.1 | 26.9 | 24.2 | 6.82 | 140.3 | 38.20 |
1955 | 2,847,262 | 144,935 | 75,134 | 69,801 | 51.0 | 26.4 | 24.5 | 6.83 | 138.4 | 38.63 |
1956 | 2,926,572 | 148,593 | 75,940 | 72,653 | 50.8 | 26.0 | 24.9 | 6.86 | 136.7 | 39.04 |
1957 | 3,008,862 | 151,951 | 76,951 | 75,000 | 50.6 | 25.6 | 25.0 | 6.89 | 135.3 | 39.36 |
1958 | 3,093,941 | 155,903 | 78,330 | 77,573 | 50.5 | 25.3 | 25.1 | 6.92 | 134.3 | 39.55 |
1959 | 3,182,056 | 160,368 | 79,820 | 80,548 | 50.5 | 25.1 | 25.3 | 6.96 | 133.7 | 39.74 |
1960 | 3,273,177 | 164,735 | 81,546 | 83,189 | 50.4 | 24.9 | 25.4 | 7.00 | 133.3 | 39.88 |
1961 | 3,367,082 | 169,342 | 83,613 | 85,729 | 50.4 | 24.9 | 25.5 | 7.04 | 133.3 | 39.92 |
1962 | 3,463,524 | 173,826 | 86,017 | 87,809 | 50.3 | 24.9 | 25.4 | 7.08 | 133.4 | 39.86 |
1963 | 3,562,469 | 178,101 | 88,190 | 89,911 | 50.1 | 24.8 | 25.3 | 7.12 | 133.7 | 39.88 |
1964 | 3,664,599 | 182,552 | 90,465 | 92,087 | 49.9 | 24.7 | 25.2 | 7.16 | 133.9 | 39.89 |
1965 | 3,770,874 | 187,663 | 92,996 | 94,667 | 49.8 | 24.7 | 25.1 | 7.19 | 134.0 | 39.84 |
1966 | 3,881,994 | 192,917 | 95,105 | 97,812 | 49.8 | 24.5 | 25.2 | 7.22 | 133.9 | 39.96 |
1967 | 3,997,869 | 198,287 | 97,316 | 100,971 | 49.7 | 24.4 | 25.3 | 7.24 | 133.5 | 40.08 |
1968 | 4,117,659 | 203,618 | 99,372 | 104,246 | 49.5 | 24.2 | 25.4 | 7.25 | 132.9 | 40.27 |
1969 | 4,240,859 | 209,482 | 101,478 | 108,004 | 49.5 | 24.0 | 25.5 | 7.26 | 132.0 | 40.46 |
1970 | 4,367,744 | 215,753 | 103,029 | 112,724 | 49.5 | 23.6 | 25.9 | 7.26 | 130.7 | 40.83 |
1971 | 4,498,616 | 222,237 | 104,511 | 117,726 | 49.5 | 23.3 | 26.2 | 7.26 | 128.9 | 41.22 |
1972 | 4,633,452 | 228,423 | 105,472 | 122,951 | 49.4 | 22.8 | 26.6 | 7.26 | 126.6 | 41.75 |
1973 | 4,772,039 | 234,397 | 105,414 | 128,983 | 49.2 | 22.1 | 27.1 | 7.26 | 124.0 | 42.56 |
1974 | 4,911,421 | 240,854 | 105,802 | 135,052 | 49.0 | 21.5 | 27.5 | 7.25 | 121.0 | 43.21 |
1975 | 5,047,922 | 247,687 | 105,209 | 142,478 | 49.0 | 20.8 | 28.2 | 7.25 | 117.5 | 44.10 |
1976 | 5,181,195 | 254,743 | 104,054 | 150,689 | 49.1 | 20.0 | 29.0 | 7.26 | 113.7 | 45.10 |
1977 | 5,308,297 | 260,572 | 102,502 | 158,070 | 48.9 | 19.2 | 29.7 | 7.27 | 109.7 | 46.15 |
1978 | 5,433,225 | 264,864 | 100,615 | 164,249 | 48.6 | 18.5 | 30.1 | 7.28 | 105.9 | 47.20 |
1979 | 5,564,474 | 268,813 | 98,791 | 170,022 | 48.2 | 17.7 | 30.5 | 7.29 | 102.3 | 48.20 |
1980 | 5,703,869 | 273,843 | 97,249 | 176,594 | 47.9 | 17.0 | 30.9 | 7.29 | 99.3 | 49.14 |
1981 | 5,852,029 | 279,093 | 96,624 | 182,469 | 47.6 | 16.5 | 31.1 | 7.28 | 96.7 | 49.85 |
1982 | 6,008,392 | 284,059 | 96,003 | 188,056 | 47.2 | 15.9 | 31.2 | 7.25 | 94.4 | 50.56 |
1983 | 6,171,874 | 288,732 | 95,783 | 192,949 | 46.7 | 15.5 | 31.2 | 7.19 | 92.1 | 51.15 |
1984 | 6,341,801 | 292,559 | 94,444 | 198,115 | 46.0 | 14.9 | 31.2 | 7.11 | 89.5 | 52.02 |
1985 | 6,520,705 | 296,683 | 93,381 | 203,302 | 45.4 | 14.3 | 31.1 | 7.01 | 86.7 | 52.76 |
1986 | 6,710,885 | 299,038 | 90,601 | 208,437 | 44.5 | 13.5 | 31.0 | 6.90 | 83.1 | 53.93 |
1987 | 6,909,837 | 303,194 | 88,930 | 214,264 | 43.8 | 12.9 | 31.0 | 6.79 | 79.8 | 54.82 |
1988 | 7,113,636 | 304,428 | 86,919 | 217,509 | 42.8 | 12.2 | 30.5 | 6.58 | 76.8 | 55.77 |
1989 | 7,321,832 | 309,505 | 86,161 | 223,344 | 42.2 | 11.8 | 30.5 | 6.48 | 74.5 | 56.44 |
1990 | 7,536,001 | 316,620 | 86,250 | 230,370 | 42.0 | 11.4 | 30.5 | 6.40 | 72.9 | 56.95 |
1991 | 7,754,289 | 320,601 | 87,599 | 233,002 | 41.3 | 11.3 | 30.0 | 6.27 | 72.1 | 57.14 |
1992 | 7,974,514 | 325,946 | 89,871 | 236,075 | 40.8 | 11.3 | 29.6 | 6.15 | 71.9 | 57.11 |
1993 | 8,196,551 | 332,147 | 92,654 | 239,493 | 40.5 | 11.3 | 29.2 | 6.05 | 72.1 | 57.00 |
1994 | 8,416,997 | 335,891 | 95,143 | 240,748 | 39.8 | 11.3 | 28.6 | 5.92 | 72.5 | 56.96 |
1995 | 8,632,681 | 342,324 | 97,963 | 244,361 | 39.6 | 11.3 | 28.3 | 5.82 | 73.0 | 56.84 |
1996 | 8,843,423 | 348,436 | 101,013 | 247,423 | 39.3 | 11.4 | 27.9 | 5.72 | 73.4 | 56.67 |
1997 | 9,051,539 | 356,266 | 103,620 | 252,646 | 39.3 | 11.4 | 27.8 | 5.64 | 73.2 | 56.59 |
1998 | 9,261,526 | 363,901 | 106,679 | 257,222 | 39.2 | 11.5 | 27.7 | 5.58 | 72.6 | 56.42 |
1999 | 9,478,564 | 374,758 | 108,241 | 266,517 | 39.4 | 11.4 | 28.0 | 5.57 | 71.4 | 56.61 |
2000 | 9,704,287 | 381,017 | 108,766 | 272,251 | 39.2 | 11.2 | 28.0 | 5.50 | 69.2 | 56.94 |
2001 | 9,938,027 | 387,416 | 107,728 | 279,688 | 38.9 | 10.8 | 28.1 | 5.41 | 66.4 | 57.56 |
2002 | 10,180,950 | 394,576 | 106,349 | 288,227 | 38.7 | 10.4 | 28.2 | 5.31 | 63.1 | 58.23 |
2003 | 10,434,504 | 403,780 | 103,869 | 299,911 | 38.6 | 9.9 | 28.7 | 5.25 | 59.5 | 59.12 |
2004 | 10,698,691 | 411,222 | 101,255 | 309,967 | 38.4 | 9.4 | 28.9 | 5.18 | 55.9 | 60.03 |
2005 | 10,974,057 | 422,547 | 98,881 | 323,666 | 38.4 | 9.0 | 29.4 | 5.19 | 52.7 | 60.92 |
2006 | 11,263,387 | 436,406 | 96,823 | 339,583 | 38.7 | 8.6 | 30.1 | 5.20 | 49.5 | 61.75 |
2007 | 11,563,869 | 442,235 | 94,763 | 347,472 | 38.2 | 8.2 | 30.0 | 5.11 | 46.8 | 62.54 |
2008 | 11,872,929 | 450,758 | 93,168 | 357,590 | 37.9 | 7.8 | 30.1 | 5.05 | 44.3 | 63.24 |
2009 | 12,195,029 | 465,658 | 91,835 | 373,823 | 38.1 | 7.5 | 30.6 | 5.08 | 42.1 | 63.92 |
2010 | 12,530,121 | 473,819 | 90,265 | 383,554 | 37.7 | 7.2 | 30.6 | 5.06 | 40.0 | 64.62 |
2011 | 12,875,880 | 483,824 | 88,945 | 394,879 | 37.5 | 6.9 | 30.6 | 5.04 | 38.2 | 65.26 |
2012 | 13,231,833 | 493,250 | 89,885 | 403,365 | 37.2 | 6.8 | 30.4 | 5.01 | 36.4 | 65.46 |
2013 | 13,595,566 | 501,507 | 88,577 | 412,930 | 36.8 | 6.5 | 30.3 | 4.96 | 34.7 | 66.07 |
2014 | 13,970,308 | 508,203 | 88,400 | 419,803 | 36.3 | 6.3 | 30.0 | 4.91 | 33.1 | 66.45 |
2015 | 14,356,181 | 508,147 | 87,797 | 420,350 | 35.4 | 6.1 | 29.2 | 4.78 | 31.5 | 66.88 |
2016 | 14,751,356 | 511,960 | 86,228 | 425,732 | 34.7 | 5.8 | 28.8 | 4.68 | 29.9 | 67.50 |
2017 | 15,157,793 | 519,212 | 86,790 | 432,422 | 34.2 | 5.7 | 28.5 | 4.62 | 28.5 | 67.75 |
2018 | 15,574,909 | 529,314 | 86,967 | 442,347 | 34.0 | 5.6 | 28.4 | 4.58 | 27.2 | 68.10 |
2019 | 16,353,000 | 497,000 | 98,000 | 399,000 | 30.4 | 6.0 | 24.4 | 4.10 | 27.1 | 67.7 |
2020 | 16,789,000 | 503,000 | 102,000 | 401,000 | 29.9 | 6.1 | 23.9 | 4.00 | 26.0 | 67.5 |
2021 | 17,221,000 | 512,000 | 109,000 | 403,000 | 29.7 | 6.1 | 23.4 | 3.94 | 25.1 | 66.9 |
2022 | 17,651,000 | 520,000 | 104,000 | 416,000 | 29.5 | 5.9 | 26.7 | 3.86 | 25.1 | 67.8 |
2023 | 18,078,000 | 532,000 | 101,000 | 431,000 | 29.4 | 5.6 | 23.8 | 3.82 | 24.1 | 68.7 |
Total Fertility Rate (TFR) (Wanted Fertility Rate) and Crude Birth Rate (CBR): [5] [6]
Year | Total | Urban | Rural | |||
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CBR | TFR | CBR | TFR | CBR | TFR | |
1980-82 | — | 7.4 | — | 6.3 | — | 7.9 |
1983-85 | — | 6.6 | — | 5.4 | — | 7.1 |
1992-93 | 40.8 | 6.03 (5.1) | 37.4 | 5.06 (3.8) | 42.9 | 6.74 (5.9) |
1997 | 37 | 5.67 (4.6) | 31 | 4.29 (3.2) | 42 | 6.74 (5.6) |
1999 | 36 | 5.2 | 30 | 3.9 | 40 | 6.1 |
2005 | 39.3 | 5.3 (4.5) | 33.4 | 4.1 (3.3) | 44.0 | 6.4 (5.7) |
2008–2009 | 37.3 | 4.9 | 33.4 | 4.0 | 40.1 | 5.8 |
2010–2011 | 37.4 | 5.0 (3.2) | 32.3 | 3.9 (2.6) | 41.6 | 6.0 (3.8) |
2012–2013 | 38.6 | 5.3 | 32.9 | 4.1 | 42.7 | 6.3 |
2014 | 37.6 | 5.0 (3.7) | 33.4 | 4.0 (3.1) | 41.6 | 6.3 (4.4) |
2015 | 35.7 | 4.9 (4.3) | 28.1 | 3.5 (3.1) | 41.5 | 6.1 (5.4) |
2016 | 34.6 | 4.7 (4.2) | 27.2 | 3.5 (3.1) | 40.8 | 5.9 (5.2) |
2017 | 33.7 | 4.6 (4.0) | 27.1 | 3.4 (3.0) | 39.2 | 5.9 (5.1) |
2018 | 32.7 | 4.4 (4.0) | 27.2 | 3.2 (3.0) | 37.0 | 5.5 (5.0) |
2019 | 34.0 | 4.7 | 29.2 | 3.8 | 37.8 | 5.6 |
2020–2021 | 28.7 | 3.9 | 24.7 | 3.1 | 31.8 | 4.7 |
2023 | 29.6 | 4.0 (3.6) | 26.0 | 3.3 (2.9) | 32.7 | 4.7 (4.2) |
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Fertility data by region (DHS Program): [7]
Region | Total fertility rate (2005) | Total fertility rate (2010/11) | Total fertility rate (2017) |
---|---|---|---|
Dakar | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.0 |
Thiès | 5.4 | 4.8 | 4.6 |
Diourbel | 6.2 | 5.2 | 5.8 |
Kaolack | 5.9 | 6.0 | 5.2 |
Kaffrine | 6.5 | 6.2 | |
Louga | 5.6 | 4.8 | 5.1 |
Fatick | 6.8 | 6.3 | 5.2 |
Ziguinchor | 5.0 | 4.8 | 4.6 |
Sédhiou | 6.9 | 6.4 | |
Kolda | 6.3 | 6.8 | 5.5 |
Matam | 3.7 | 5.4 | 5.3 |
Saint-Louis | 5.3 | 5.0 | 4.7 |
Kédougou | 6.1 | 6.4 | |
Tambacounda | 6.2 | 6.0 | 5.8 |
Period | Life expectancy in Years [8] |
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1950–1955 | 35.47 |
1955–1960 | 37.49 |
1960–1965 | 38.62 |
1965–1970 | 38.41 |
1970–1975 | 40.91 |
1975–1980 | 46.50 |
1980–1985 | 51.27 |
1985–1990 | 56.05 |
1990–1995 | 57.59 |
1995–2000 | 57.25 |
2000–2005 | 58.93 |
2005–2010 | 62.41 |
2010–2015 | 65.71 |
Ethnic group | census 1976 [10] | census 1988 [11] | ||
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Number | % | Number | % | |
Wolof | 2,001,416 | 2,890,402 | ||
Serer | 716,919 | 1,009,921 | ||
Peul | 605,584 | 978,366 | ||
Toucouleur | 528,490 | 631,892 | ||
Diola | 265,353 | 357,672 | ||
Mandingue | 179,050 | 245,651 | ||
Soce | 42,751 | |||
Sarakhole | 84,102 | 113,184 | ||
Bambara | 65,096 | 91,071 | ||
Maure | 59,784 | 67,726 | ||
Mandjaag | 41,628 | 66,605 | ||
Lebou | 94,837 | 56,758 | ||
Balant | 33,915 | 54,398 | ||
Malinke | 202,472 | 28,643 | ||
Mancagne | 23,180 | |||
Laobe | 18,250 | |||
Bassari | 6,195 | |||
Khassonke | 1,752 | |||
Coniagui | 1,119 | |||
Fula | 108 | |||
Other | 87,773 | |||
Total | 4,879,103 | 6,773,417 |
French (official), Wolof, Pulaar, Hassaniya Arabic, Serer, Jola, Mandinka, Soninke, Arabic [lower-alpha 1]
The religious beliefs of the 2016 population of Senegal are: Muslim 96.1% (mostly Sunni), Christian 3.6% (mostly Roman Catholic), animist 0.3%. [9]
The following demographic statistics of Senegal are from the World Population Review. [13]
The following demographic are from the CIA World Factbook [14] unless otherwise indicated.
Muslim 97.2% (most adhere to one of the four main Sufi brotherhoods), Christian 2.7% (mostly Roman Catholic) (2019 est.)
total: 19.4 years. Country comparison to the world: 203rd male: 18.5 years female: 20.3 years (2020 est.)
note: median age at first birth among women 25-29
total population: 69.96 years. Country comparison to the world: 171st male: 68.23 years female: 71.77 years (2022 est.)
note: on 21 March 2022, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a Travel Alert for polio in Africa; Senegal is currently considered a high risk to travelers for circulating vaccine-derived polioviruses (cVDPV); vaccine-derived poliovirus (VDPV) is a strain of the weakened poliovirus that was initially included in oral polio vaccine (OPV) and that has changed over time and behaves more like the wild or naturally occurring virus; this means it can be spread more easily to people who are unvaccinated against polio and who come in contact with the stool or respiratory secretions, such as from a sneeze, of an “infected” person who received oral polio vaccine; the CDC recommends that before any international travel, anyone unvaccinated, incompletely vaccinated, or with an unknown polio vaccination status should complete the routine polio vaccine series; before travel to any high-risk destination, CDC recommends that adults who previously completed the full, routine polio vaccine series receive a single, lifetime booster dose of polio vaccine
definition: age 15 and over can read and write (2017 est.) total population: 51.9% male: 64.8% female: 39.8% (2017 est.)
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Demographic features of the population of Uganda include population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and others.
The demographic characteristics of the population of The Gambia are known through national censuses, conducted in ten-year intervals and analyzed by The Gambian Bureau of Statistics (GBOS) since 1963. The latest census was conducted in 2013. The population of The Gambia at the 2013 census was 1.8 million. The population density is 176.1 per square kilometer, and the overall life expectancy in The Gambia is 64.1 years. Since the first census of 1963, the population of The Gambia has increased every ten years by an average of 43.2 percent. Since 1950s, the birth rate has constantly exceeded the death rate; the natural growth rate is positive. The Gambia is in the second stage of demographic transition. In terms of age structure, The Gambia is dominated by 15- to 24-year-old segment (57.6%). The median age of the population is 19.9 years, and the gender ratio of the total population is 0.98 males per female.
Demographic features of Somalia's inhabitants include ethnicity, language, population density, education level, health, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population. Somalia is believed to be one of the most homogeneous countries in Africa.