Senegal 
Facts
Population: 12,521,851 (July 2007 est.).
Age structure: 0-14 years: 42% (male 2,656,122/female 2,608,423)
15-64 years: 55% (male 3,426,504/female 3,454,372)
65 years and over: 3% (male 176,877/female 199,553) (2007 est.).
Population growth rate: 2.645% (2007 est.).
Birth rate: 37.4 births/1,000 population (2007 est.).
Death rate: 10.96 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.).
Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.).
Sex ratio: at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.018 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.992 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.886 male(s)/female
total population: 1 male(s)/female (2007 est.).
Infant mortality rate: total: 60.15 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 64.06 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 56.12 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.).
Life expectancy at birth: total population: 56.69 years
male: 55.34 years
female: 58.09 years (2007 est.).
Total fertility rate: 5 children born/woman (2007 est.).
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 0.8% (2003 est.).
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: 44,000 (2003 est.).
HIV/AIDS - deaths: 3,500 (2003 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 94%, Christian 5% (mostly Roman Catholic), indigenous beliefs 1%.
Languages: French (official), Wolof, Pulaar, Jola, Mandinka.
Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 39.3%
male: 51.1%
female: 29.2% (2002 est.).
GDP (purchasing power parity): $21.54 billion (2006 est.).
GDP - real growth rate: 2% (2006 est.).
GDP - per capita (PPP): $1,800 (2006 est.).
GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 18.3%
industry: 19.2%
services: 62.5% (2006 est.).
Labor force: 4.749 million (2006 est.).
Labor force - by occupation: agriculture: 77%
industry and services: 23% (1990 est.).
Population below poverty line: 54% (2001 est.).
Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 2.6%
highest 10%: 33.5% (1995).
Inflation rate (consumer prices): 2% (2006 est.).
Unemployment rate: 48%; note - urban youth 40% (2001 est.).
Budget: revenues: $2.023 billion
expenditures: $2.377 billion; including capital expenditures of $357 million (2006 est.).
Agriculture - products: peanuts, millet, corn, sorghum, rice, cotton, tomatoes, green vegetables; cattle, poultry, pigs; fish.
Industries: agricultural and fish processing, phosphate mining, fertilizer production, petroleum refining, construction materials, ship construction and repair.
Industrial production growth rate: 3.2% (2006 est.).
Electricity - production: 1.453 billion kWh (2004).
Electricity - consumption: 1.351 billion kWh (2004).
Electricity - exports: 0 kWh (2004).
Electricity - imports: 0 kWh (2004).
Exports: $1.478 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.).
Exports - commodities: fish, groundnuts (peanuts), petroleum products, phosphates, cotton.
Exports - partners: Mali 16.9%, India 13.1%, France 9.5%, Spain 6.1%, Italy 5.5%, Gambia, The 4.6% (2005).
Imports: $2.98 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.).
Imports - commodities: food and beverages, capital goods, fuels.
Imports - partners: France 22.8%, Nigeria 11.4%, Brazil 4.5%, Thailand 4.3%, US 4.2%, UK 4% (2005).
Debt - external: $1.628 billion (2006 est.).
Economic aid - recipient: $449.6 million (2003 est.).
Currency (code): Communaute Financiere Africaine franc (XOF); note - responsible authority is the Central Bank of the West African States.
Exchange rates: Communaute Financiere Africaine francs (XOF) per US dollar - 522.89 (2006), 527.47 (2005), 528.29 (2004), 581.2 (2003), 696.99 (2002).
Fiscal year: calendar year.
Statistics: C.I.A. World Factbook. Updated: July 20, 2007.
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
1 2
Displaying 5 to 7 of 7 items.
When most African music icons are looking to the West for fame and glory, Senegalese rap musician Didier Awadi is concentrating his efforts on igniting Africa's visions and aspirations.
Ousseynu Gueye, of Dakar's Wal Fadjri newspaper, finds that wealthy countries' farming subsidies are killing African agriculture.
World Press Review - African News: Abdoulaye Wade's Senegalese Democratic Party has won the country's Parliamentary elections by a landslide.
Americas 
