Fertility rate, total in Senegal
Senegal: Fertility rate, total was 3.77 births per woman in 2024. ▼ Falling
Fertility rate, total in Senegal, 1960–2024
Source: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division. Measured in births per woman.
Analysis
In 2024, fertility rate, total in Senegal stood at 3.77 births per woman. That is the lowest value across all 65 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.4% on the previous year and down 22.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fertility rate, total in Senegal peaked at 7.29 births per woman in 1980 and was at its lowest, 3.77 births per woman, in 2024.
Senegal ranks 33rd of 215 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 65 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7.15 births per woman | 7 births per woman | 7.26 births per woman | 10 |
| 1970s | 7.26 births per woman | 7.25 births per woman | 7.29 births per woman | 10 |
| 1980s | 6.99 births per woman | 6.48 births per woman | 7.29 births per woman | 10 |
| 1990s | 5.91 births per woman | 5.57 births per woman | 6.4 births per woman | 10 |
| 2000s | 5.19 births per woman | 5.02 births per woman | 5.5 births per woman | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.75 births per woman | 4.1 births per woman | 5.13 births per woman | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.88 births per woman | 3.77 births per woman | 4 births per woman | 5 |
Countries ranked near Senegal
- 30 Comoros 3.82 births per woman compare
- 31 Samoa 3.8 births per woman compare
- 32 South Sudan 3.79 births per woman compare
- 34 Guinea-Bissau 3.76 births per woman compare
- 35 Sierra Leone 3.7 births per woman compare
- 36 Eritrea 3.68 births per woman compare
More health data for Senegal
- Age population, age 08, male, interpolated 242,897 (2025)
- Population, male 50.8% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, female 5.51 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, total 7.15 million (2025)
- Age population, age 06, female, interpolated 226,685 (2025)
- Age population, age 06, male, interpolated 246,484 (2025)
- Age population, age 07, female, interpolated 223,719 (2025)
- Age population, age 07, male, interpolated 244,678 (2025)
- Age population, age 08, female, interpolated 221,258 (2025)
- Age population, age 11, male, interpolated 238,050 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fertility rate, total in Senegal?
- Fertility rate, total in Senegal was 3.77 births per woman in 2024, according to World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division.
- What is the highest fertility rate, total recorded in Senegal?
- The highest recorded value was 7.29 births per woman in 1980.
- What is the lowest fertility rate, total recorded in Senegal?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.77 births per woman in 2024.
- How does Senegal rank for fertility rate, total?
- Senegal ranks 33rd out of 215 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fertility rate, total rising or falling in Senegal?
- Over the last ten years it is down 22.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Senegal data come from?
- The figures come from World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division, published as part of Fertility rate, total (births per woman). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Total fertility rate represents the number of children that would be born to a woman if she were to live to the end of her childbearing years and bear children in accordance with age-specific fertility rates of the specified year.