MigrantoMigration trends in Senegal
Africa
Senegal loses more people than it takes in: 741.4K emigrants against 236.4K immigrants. Net balance −505K — 3% of the country's population
18.5M
Population
236.4K
Immigrants
741.4K
Emigrants
−505K
Outflow
1 in 78 residents of Senegal was born abroad — and 1 in 26 people born in Senegal lives abroad
#83 in the world by net migration loss
Top corridors
The largest migration flows in Senegal
Key moments
How migration has changed since 1990
1990
234.4K immigrants · 325.3K emigrants
1995
- Gambia replaced Mauritania as the main destination for those leaving
2000
- Immigration contracted — the foreign-born population fell 21%
- The outflow deepened — net losses doubled to 167.6K
2010
- France replaced Gambia as the main destination for those leaving
2015
- Guinea overtook Mauritania as the largest source of new arrivals
- The diaspora passed 500K people
Today
- Since 1990: roughly the same number of foreign-born residents and 416.1K more emigrants
Data source: International Migrant Stock 2024 (UN DESA, Population Division)
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