Population density rose 2.96% to 71.3 km per capita in Senegal in 2015, according to Faostat.
Historically, population density in Senegal reached an all time high of 73.4 km per capita in 2013 and an all time low of 17.0 km per capita in 1961. When compared to Senegal's main peers, population density in Gambia amounted to 177 km per capita, 46.6 km per capita in Guinea, 12.2 km per capita in Mali and 3.68 km per capita in Mauritania in 2015.
Senegal has been ranked 95th within the group of 177 countries we follow in terms of population density, 6 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Population Density | Unit | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
| Algeria | km per capita | 15.3 | 15.6 | 15.9 | 16.2 | 16.5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Burkina Faso | km per capita | 55.2 | 56.8 | 58.5 | 60.2 | 61.9 | ||||||||||||||||
| Gambia | km per capita | 161 | 166 | 171 | 177 | 183 | ||||||||||||||||
| Guinea | km per capita | 43.1 | 44.3 | 45.4 | 46.6 | 47.8 | ||||||||||||||||
| Guinea Bissau | km per capita | 55.2 | 56.4 | 57.8 | 59.2 | 60.6 | ||||||||||||||||
| Liberia | km per capita | 39.7 | 41.1 | 42.4 | 43.5 | 44.6 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mali | km per capita | 11.1 | 11.5 | 11.8 | 12.2 | 12.5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mauritania | km per capita | 3.41 | 3.50 | 3.59 | 3.68 | 3.77 | ||||||||||||||||
| Morocco | km per capita | 70.1 | 70.9 | 71.8 | 72.9 | 74.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Niger | km per capita | 12.1 | 12.5 | 13.0 | 13.5 | 14.1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Senegal | km per capita | 65.4 | 67.3 | 69.2 | 71.3 | 73.4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Sierra Leone | km per capita | 78.2 | 79.7 | 81.3 | 82.8 | 84.4 |
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