Senegal 
Facts
Population:
10,284,929 (July 2001 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years:
44.07% (male 2,279,996; female 2,252,255)
15-64 years:
52.88% (male 2,603,829; female 2,834,328)
65 years and over:
3.05% (male 155,877; female 158,644) (2001 est.)
Population growth rate:
2.93% (2001 est.)
Birth rate:
37.46 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Death rate:
8.35 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Net migration rate:
0.21 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth:
1.03 male(s)/female
under 15 years:
1.01 male(s)/female
15-64 years:
0.92 male(s)/female
65 years and over:
0.98 male(s)/female
total population:
0.96 male(s)/female (2001 est.)
Infant mortality rate:
56.75 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population:
62.56 years
male:
60.94 years
female:
64.22 years (2001 est.)
Total fertility rate:
5.12 children born/woman (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
1.77% (1999 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
79,000 (1999 est.)
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
7,800 (1999 est.)
Nationality:
noun:
Senegalese (singular and plural)
adjective:
Senegalese
Ethnic groups:
Wolof 43.3%, Pular 23.8%, Serer 14.7%, Jola 3.7%, Mandinka 3%, Soninke 1.1%, European and Lebanese 1%, other 9.4%
Religions:
Muslim 92%, indigenous beliefs 6%, Christian 2% (mostly Roman Catholic)
Languages:
French (official), Wolof, Pulaar, Jola, Mandinka
Literacy:
definition:
age 15 and over can read and write
total population:
33.1%
male:
43%
female:
23.2% (1995 est.)
GDP:
purchasing power parity - $16 billion (2000 est.)
GDP - real growth rate:
5.7% (2000 est.)
GDP - per capita:
purchasing power parity - $1,600 (2000 est.)
GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture:
19%
industry:
20%
services:
61% (1997 est.)
Population below poverty line:
NA%
Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%:
1.4%
highest 10%:
42.8% (1991)
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
1.5% (2000 est.)
Labor force:
NA
Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture 60%
Unemployment rate:
NA%; urban youth 40%
Budget:
revenues:
$885 million
expenditures:
$885 million, including capital expenditures of $125 million (1996 est.)
Industries:
agricultural and fish processing, phosphate mining, fertilizer production, petroleum refining, construction materials
Industrial production growth rate:
7% (1998 est.)
Electricity - production:
1.27 billion kWh (1999)
Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel:
100%
hydro:
0%
nuclear:
0%
other:
0% (1999)
Electricity - consumption:
1.181 billion kWh (1999)
Electricity - exports:
0 kWh (1999)
Electricity - imports:
0 kWh (1999)
Agriculture - products:
peanuts, millet, corn, sorghum, rice, cotton, tomatoes, green vegetables; cattle, poultry, pigs; fish
Exports:
$959 million (f.o.b., 2000)
Exports - commodities:
fish, ground nuts (peanuts), petroleum products, phosphates, cotton
Exports - partners:
France 17%, India 17%, Italy 12%, Spain 6%, Mali 6%, Cote d'Ivoire 4% (1999)
Imports:
$1.3 billion (f.o.b., 2000)
Imports - commodities:
foods and beverages, consumer goods, capital goods, petroleum products
Imports - partners:
France 30%, Nigeria 7%, Italy 6%, Thailand 5%, Germany 4%, US 4% (1999)
Debt - external:
$4.1 billion (1998 est.)
Economic aid - recipient:
$647.5 million (1995)
Currency:
Communaute Financiere Africaine franc (XOF); note - responsible authority is the Central Bank of the West African States
Currency code:
XOF
Exchange rates:
Communaute Financiere Africaine francs (XOF) per US dollar - 699.21 (January 2001), 711.98 (2000), 615.70 (1999), 589.95 (1998), 583.67 (1997), 511.55 (1966); note - from 1 January 1999, the XOF is pegged to the euro at a rate of 655.957 XOF per euro
Fiscal year:
calendar year
Statistics: CIA World Factbook.
Press
Afrique Nouvelle
(Government-controlled weekly), Dakar
Dakar-Matin
(Independent), Dakar
(Pro-government), Dakar
http://www.lesoleil.sn/
Le Témoin
(Weekly), Dakar
Dakar
http://www.panapress.com
Sud Quotidien
(Independent), Dakar
Wal Fadjri
(Independent), Dakar
Senegal in the News
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By creating public awareness of important religious issues for women, the status quo in Senegal is being challenged.
The drug trade is fast turning large parts of West Africa into areas that are all but ungovernable, with major implications for international security.
It has been six years since such serious riots in Senegal, generally a beacon of stability in West Africa. And if nothing is done, said one participant, "Other big protests will follow."
While all signs point to more movement toward technology in African schools, some people both within and outside of Africa are questioning whether it is the right approach.
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