MigrantoMigration trends in Senegal
Africa
741.4K people from Senegal have built lives abroad. That's 4.0% of the country population, spread across 53 different countries
18.5M
Population
236.4K
Immigrants
741.4K
Emigrants
−505K
Outflow
1 in every 26 people born in Senegal now lives abroad
The #83 largest source of emigrants worldwide
Top corridors
The largest migration routes 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 abroad passed 500K people
Today
- Since 1990: roughly the same number of foreign-born residents and 416.1K more citizens living abroad
Data source: International Migrant Stock 2024 (UN DESA, Population Division)
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