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How many babies are born in Senegal?

554 thousand babies born in Senegal in 2026. That is 0.42% of all births worldwide, and the 51st largest of any country. UN projection

2024–2100 uses the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario, based on assumptions about fertility, mortality and migration. These are projections, not observed births or guaranteed outcomes. Uncertainty increases further into the future; this site does not display prediction intervals.

Births in Senegal: history and projections

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Annual births, logarithmic scale. Shading marks modelled years before 1800; the dashed line marks UN projections from 2024.
Every figure refers to the area inside Senegal’s present-day borders. Before 1800 the state did not exist in its current form. See how borders are handled.
Year Estimated births Population Per 1,000 Evidence
1 CE ~550 ~13K 42.3 Modelled estimate
1000 ~5.1K ~120K 42.3 Modelled estimate
1500 ~16K ~370K 42.3 Modelled estimate
1800 ~40.3K ~1.01M 39.9 Historical reconstruction
1900 ~54.9K ~1.38M 39.9 Historical reconstruction
1950 131K 2.56M 51.3 UN estimate
2000 392K 9.97M 39.3 UN estimate
2023 532K 18.1M 29.4 UN estimate
2026 554K 19.4M 28.6 UN projection
2050 639K 30.4M 21.1 UN projection
2075 662K 40.7M 16.3 UN projection
2100 618K 47M 13.2 UN projection

What the numbers show

The highest annual births in Senegal among estimates through 2023 were in 2023, at about 532K. That is roughly 963 times the estimated ~552 births a year in 1 CE.

At 3.66 children per woman, fertility in Senegal is above the level of about 2.1 that would hold a population steady over the long run without migration.

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How many babies are born in Senegal each year?

An estimated 554 thousand babies are born in Senegal in 2026, according to the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium projection. That is about 1,520 a day and 0.42% of all births worldwide.

What is the birth rate in Senegal?

Senegal has an estimated 28.6 births per 1,000 people in 2026, and a total fertility rate of 3.66 children per woman.

Where these numbers come from

2026 figures are the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario. UN estimates cover 1950–2023; projections cover 2024–2100. Earlier years come from Gapminder’s reconstructions (1800–1949) and a model applied to HYDE population estimates (before 1800). The full chain is set out in the methodology, and every source is listed on the sources page.