Senegal vs Zimbabwe: Has the population peaked?

Senegal
18.08 million people
in 2023
Zimbabwe
16.34 million people
in 2023
Senegal rank
71st
Zimbabwe rank
74th

Has the population peaked? over time

  • Senegal
  • Zimbabwe
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How they compare

Senegal currently reports 18.08 million people against 16.34 million people in Zimbabwe, a difference of 1.74 million people.

That makes Senegal's figure about 1.1 times Zimbabwe's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Zimbabwe ahead.

Senegal ranks 71st and Zimbabwe ranks 74th of 236 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Has the population peaked?
Unit
people
Source
UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
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The total population, measured on 1 July of the year shown.