Senegal
Life expectancy in Senegal
Life expectancy in Senegal: 36.5 years in 1950 and 68.7 years in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 68.7 years
- Since 1950
- +32.2 years
- Rank, 2023
- 172 of 229
- counting from the highest
- World, 2023
- 73.2 years
- Projected, 2100
- 80.9 years
- UN projection (medium variant)
years · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 80.9 years in 2100, between 69.8 years and 88.8 years (95% prediction interval).
- Older estimates from Our World in Data reach back to 1927: 23.9 years.
Every year
years · UN
| Year | Senegal | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 68.7 | 73.2 |
| 2022 | 67.8 | 72.6 |
| 2021 | 66.9 | 70.9 |
| 2020 | 67.5 | 71.9 |
| 2019 | 67.7 | 72.6 |
| 2018 | 67.4 | 72.4 |
| 2017 | 67.1 | 72.1 |
| 2016 | 66.7 | 71.9 |
| 2015 | 66.5 | 71.6 |
| 2014 | 66 | 71.4 |
| 2013 | 65.6 | 71.1 |
| 2012 | 65.2 | 70.8 |
| 2011 | 64.8 | 70.4 |
| 2010 | 64.2 | 70.1 |
| 2009 | 63.8 | 69.7 |
| 2008 | 63.2 | 69.3 |
| 2007 | 62.7 | 69 |
| 2006 | 61.8 | 68.6 |
| 2005 | 61 | 68.1 |
| 2004 | 60.3 | 67.7 |
| 2003 | 59.5 | 67.4 |
| 2002 | 58.9 | 67.1 |
| 2001 | 58.2 | 66.8 |
| 2000 | 57.6 | 66.4 |
| 1999 | 57.3 | 66 |
| 1998 | 57.1 | 65.7 |
| 1997 | 57.1 | 65.5 |
| 1996 | 57.1 | 65.2 |
| 1995 | 57.3 | 64.9 |
| 1994 | 57.5 | 64.3 |
| 1993 | 57.4 | 64.4 |
| 1992 | 57.3 | 64.3 |
| 1991 | 57 | 64.1 |
| 1990 | 56.7 | 64 |
| 1989 | 56.2 | 63.8 |
| 1988 | 55.6 | 63.4 |
| 1987 | 54.6 | 63.2 |
| 1986 | 53.7 | 62.7 |
| 1985 | 52.6 | 62.2 |
| 1984 | 51.7 | 61.9 |
| 1983 | 50.8 | 61.5 |
| 1982 | 49.9 | 61.3 |
| 1981 | 49.1 | 60.9 |
| 1980 | 48.3 | 60.5 |
| 1979 | 47.5 | 60.2 |
| 1978 | 46.6 | 59.5 |
| 1977 | 45.7 | 59.2 |
| 1976 | 44.8 | 58.6 |
| 1975 | 43.9 | 58.3 |
| 1974 | 43.1 | 58.1 |
| 1973 | 42.4 | 57.7 |
| 1972 | 41.8 | 57.2 |
| 1971 | 41.2 | 56 |
| 1970 | 40.8 | 56.3 |
| 1969 | 40.4 | 56 |
| 1968 | 40.2 | 55.6 |
| 1967 | 40 | 55.1 |
| 1966 | 39.9 | 54.6 |
| 1965 | 39.8 | 54 |
| 1964 | 39.8 | 54.3 |
| 1963 | 39.7 | 53.7 |
| 1962 | 39.7 | 53.2 |
| 1961 | 39.7 | 50.4 |
| 1960 | 39.7 | 47.8 |
| 1959 | 39.5 | 49.6 |
| 1958 | 39.4 | 51.6 |
| 1957 | 39.1 | 51.1 |
| 1956 | 38.9 | 50.7 |
| 1955 | 38.5 | 50.2 |
| 1954 | 38.2 | 49.7 |
| 1953 | 37.8 | 48.8 |
| 1952 | 37.4 | 48.2 |
| 1951 | 36.9 | 47.1 |
| 1950 | 36.5 | 46.4 |
| 1945 | 28.8 | – |
| 1937 | 26.4 | – |
| 1927 | 23.9 | – |
- 12.3Estimates, Our World in Data
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Senegal | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 68.967.6–70.4 | 73.3 |
| 2025 | 69.267.1–71.2 | 73.5 |
| 2026 | 69.466.9–71.8 | 73.8 |
| 2027 | 69.666.8–72.4 | 73.9 |
| 2028 | 69.866.7–72.8 | 74.1 |
| 2029 | 70.166.7–73.3 | 74.2 |
| 2030 | 70.366.7–73.8 | 74.4 |
| 2031 | 70.566.5–74.1 | 74.5 |
| 2032 | 70.766.6–74.6 | 74.7 |
| 2033 | 70.966.6–75 | 74.8 |
| 2034 | 71.166.5–75.4 | 75 |
| 2035 | 71.366.6–75.7 | 75.1 |
| 2036 | 71.466.6–76 | 75.3 |
| 2037 | 71.666.6–76.4 | 75.4 |
| 2038 | 71.866.9–76.6 | 75.5 |
| 2039 | 7266.8–77 | 75.7 |
| 2040 | 72.267–77.3 | 75.8 |
| 2041 | 72.366.9–77.7 | 75.9 |
| 2042 | 72.566.9–78.2 | 76.1 |
| 2043 | 72.767.1–78.1 | 76.2 |
| 2044 | 72.867.1–78.5 | 76.3 |
| 2045 | 7367–78.8 | 76.5 |
| 2046 | 73.267.3–79 | 76.6 |
| 2047 | 73.367.2–79.2 | 76.7 |
| 2048 | 73.567.3–79.6 | 76.8 |
| 2049 | 73.667.1–79.7 | 76.9 |
| 2050 | 73.867.3–79.9 | 77 |
| 2051 | 73.967.4–80.2 | 77.1 |
| 2052 | 74.167.3–80.5 | 77.2 |
| 2053 | 74.267.5–80.8 | 77.3 |
| 2054 | 74.467.4–80.9 | 77.4 |
| 2055 | 74.567.5–81.2 | 77.6 |
| 2056 | 74.767.5–81.5 | 77.7 |
| 2057 | 74.867.6–81.6 | 77.8 |
| 2058 | 7567.7–81.8 | 77.9 |
| 2059 | 75.167.6–81.9 | 78 |
| 2060 | 75.367.6–82.1 | 78.1 |
| 2061 | 75.467.6–82.3 | 78.2 |
| 2062 | 75.667.8–82.7 | 78.3 |
| 2063 | 75.767.7–82.8 | 78.4 |
| 2064 | 75.967.6–83 | 78.5 |
| 2065 | 7667.9–83.4 | 78.6 |
| 2066 | 76.267.9–83.4 | 78.7 |
| 2067 | 76.368.1–83.8 | 78.8 |
| 2068 | 76.568.1–83.9 | 78.9 |
| 2069 | 76.668.2–84.2 | 79 |
| 2070 | 76.768.4–84.5 | 79.1 |
| 2071 | 76.968.6–84.9 | 79.2 |
| 2072 | 7768.7–84.9 | 79.3 |
| 2073 | 77.268.8–85.3 | 79.4 |
| 2074 | 77.368.6–85 | 79.4 |
| 2075 | 77.468.8–85.2 | 79.5 |
| 2076 | 77.668.7–85.3 | 79.6 |
| 2077 | 77.768.8–85.7 | 79.7 |
| 2078 | 77.968.9–85.7 | 79.8 |
| 2079 | 7868.9–85.7 | 79.9 |
| 2080 | 78.269.1–86.1 | 80 |
| 2081 | 78.369.2–86.2 | 80.1 |
| 2082 | 78.469.2–86.3 | 80.2 |
| 2083 | 78.669.1–86.5 | 80.3 |
| 2084 | 78.769–86.6 | 80.3 |
| 2085 | 78.869.1–86.9 | 80.4 |
| 2086 | 7969.2–87 | 80.5 |
| 2087 | 79.169.5–87 | 80.6 |
| 2088 | 79.369.3–87.2 | 80.7 |
| 2089 | 79.469.5–87.2 | 80.8 |
| 2090 | 79.569.5–87.5 | 80.9 |
| 2091 | 79.769.5–87.7 | 81 |
| 2092 | 79.869.5–87.5 | 81 |
| 2093 | 79.969.5–87.8 | 81.1 |
| 2094 | 80.169.6–88 | 81.2 |
| 2095 | 80.269.8–88.1 | 81.3 |
| 2096 | 80.369.7–88.2 | 81.4 |
| 2097 | 80.569.8–88.5 | 81.5 |
| 2098 | 80.669.9–88.5 | 81.6 |
| 2099 | 80.870.1–88.8 | 81.7 |
| 2100 | 80.969.8–88.8 | 81.7 |
Good to know
- How long a newborn would live on average if the year’s death rates held all its life.
- Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
- Before 1950: Our World in Data, long-run life expectancy.
- The dashed line is the UN projection (medium variant), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its 95% prediction interval.
- Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2023, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
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- Military spending1.56% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$533M in 2025
- Military spending per person$30 in 2025
- Military share of state spending5.2% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel19,000 people in 2020
- National power0.1% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.37% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports79 million TIV in 2024
- Arms exports3 million TIV in 1976