Senegal

    Religious Affiliation
    Chart source: Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures Project, 2010
    Total Population
    16,294,270 1
    Urban
    47.2% 1
    Rural
    52.8% 1
    Immigrants as % of Population
    1.6% 2
    Level of Public Corruption
    43 (100 is very clean, 0 is highly corrupt) 4
    Fertility Rate
    4.40 live births per woman 5
    Under-Five Mortality Rate
    39.00 deaths per 1,000 live births 5
    Life Expectancy at Birth
    67 years 5
    Adult Literacy Rate
    52.05% 6
    Internet Users
    58% 6
    GDP per Capita
    US$1,447 5
    Population Living Below US$2.15 per Day
    9.9% 7
    Gender Gap Ranking based on economy, health, education, and politics
    104 (146 is the lowest ranked country; 1 is the highest ranked country) 8
    Religious Freedom: Government Restrictions Index (GRI)
    0.7 - Low
    Religious Freedom: Social Hostilities Index (SHI)
    1.2 - Low

    These statistics are derived from the Vatican's official publication, Statistical Yearbook of the Church 2020 (Vatican City: Librera Editrice Vaticana, 2022). The numbers may differ from data reported by other sources on this site.

    Baptized Catholics
    865,000
    Baptized Catholics as % of Total Population
    5.10
    Baptisms per Year (Under age 7)
    5,716
    Baptisms per Year (Over age 7)
    2,567
    First Communions per Year
    5,700
    Confirmations per Year
    4,648
    Students Enrolled in Catholic Primary Schools
    71,726
    Students Enrolled in Catholic Secondary Schools
    37,168
    Students Enrolled in Catholic Higher Education
    9,983
    Church Marriages per Year
    733
    Church Marriages in Which Both Spouses are Catholics
    676
    Priests
    561
    Women Religious (Nuns & Sisters)
    858
    Catholics per Priest
    1,542
    Parishes
    163
    Mission Stations (no resident priests)
    343
    Catholic Hospitals
    2
    Homes for Aged, Handicapped, Invalids
    1