Senegal
Flag, capital, map and facts, with World Bank figures ranked against the world and Africa.
Senegal is wrapped around the Gambia, whose thin strip along its river cuts into Senegal’s outline.
- Capital
- Dakar
- Continent
- Africa
More Africa quizzes - Land neighbours
- Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Mauritania
- Population
- 18,931,966 (2025)
- Total area
- 196,710 km² (2023)
- Centre of main landmass
- 14.4° N, 14.5° W
Senegal at a glance
Senegal is a country in Africa. Its capital is Dakar. It shares land borders with 5 countries: the Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mali and Mauritania.
Flag of Senegal
Senegal’s flag is drawn in the proportions 2:3 (height to width), the most common shape among the 197 flags in our quizzes (87 of them).
Mali and Senegal: the same green, yellow and red vertical bands; Senegal adds a green star in the centre.
Cameroon and Senegal: each has a star on a green, red or yellow tricolour; Cameroon’s yellow star sits on a red centre band, Senegal’s green star on a yellow one.
When it is the question in Guess the Flag, the wrong answers include one or two of the flags most like it in layout and colour: Mali, Mexico, Portugal and Italy.
Senegal in numbers
| Measure | Value | World rank | Rank in Africa |
|---|---|---|---|
| Populationpeople · 2025 | 18,931,966 | 68thof 195 | 25thof 54 |
| Total areakm² · 2023 | 196,710 km² | 86thof 194 | 34thof 54 |
| GDPUS dollars · 2025 | $37.01B | 104thof 182 | 19thof 52 |
| GDP per capitaUS dollars per person · 2025 | $1,955 | 151stof 182 | 26thof 52 |
| Life expectancyyears at birth · 2024 | 68.9 years | 139thof 195 | 11thof 54 |
| Fertility ratebirths per woman · 2024 | 3.77 | 33rdof 195 | 30thof 54 |
| Health spendingUS dollars per person · 2023 | $73 | 157thof 191 | 28thof 54 |
| Urban population% of people · 2025 | 55.8% | 121stof 195 | 19thof 54 |
| Internet users% of people · 2024 | 60.1% | 134thof 180 | 16thof 51 |
| Forest cover% of land area · 2023 | 41.3% | 66thof 191 | 15thof 54 |
| CO₂ per persontonnes per person · 2024 | 0.77 t | 135thof 181 | 17thof 53 |
Each measure links to its higher-or-lower game. How these figures are compiled.
Senegal compared with its neighbours
| Country | Population2025 | Area2023 | GDP per person2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senegal | 18,931,966 | 196,710 km² | $1,955 |
| Gambia | 2,822,093 | 11,300 km² | $919 |
| Guinea | 15,099,727 | 245,860 km² | $1,877 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 2,249,515 | 36,130 km² | $1,124 |
| Mali | 25,198,821 | 1,240,190 km² | $1,193 |
| Mauritania | 5,315,065 | 1,030,700 km² | $2,198 |
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Sources
- World Bank Open Data: Senegal · Indicators as listed in the table, each with its own data year; collected 2026-10-01.
- Flag: Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
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