👥 Senegalese Regions by Population

Population of each region at the 2023 census.

📅 2023📏 million people14 entries🇸🇳 See all of this country’s rankings →

Dakar22%

Thiès14%

Diourbel8.6%

Kaolack7.7%

Saint-Louis6.9%

Louga6.5%

Tambacounda5.7%

Kolda5.3%

Fatick5.2%

Matam4.8%

Kaffrine4.7%

Ziguinchor3.5%

Sédhiou3.4%

Kédougou

Each tile’s area is its share of the combined total of 17.45M (14 entries). Stronger colour means a higher rank.

DakarDakar

3.90M

ThièsThiès

2.47M

DiourbelDiourbel

1.50M

KaolackKaolack

1.34M

Saint-LouisSaint-Louis

1.20M

LougaLouga

1.13M

TambacoundaTambacounda

0.99M

KoldaKolda

0.92M

FatickFatick

0.91M

MatamMatam

0.83M

KaffrineKaffrine

0.82M

ZiguinchorZiguinchor

0.61M

SédhiouSédhiou

0.59M

KédougouKédougou

0.25M

Highlights

Within Senegal, Dakar ranks first in 2023 with 3.90M, followed by Thiès (2.47M) and Diourbel (1.50M).

Dakar is 1.6 times higher than Thiès, the runner-up.

Across 14 entries, values run from 3.90M (Dakar) to 0.25M (Kédougou), with a median of 0.95M.

Source: ANSD, 2023 census (via Wikipedia), 2023. Unit: million people.

Source: ANSD, 2023 census (via Wikipedia) · CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikipedia); underlying data © the cited publisher · fetched Oct 14, 2026