Environment - international agreements: party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Life Conservation, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands, Whaling
Geography - note:
westernmost country on the African continent; The Gambia is almost
an enclave within Senegal
People Senegal
Population:
10,852,147 (July 2004 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 43.2% (male 2,368,011; female 2,325,298)
15-64 years: 53.7% (male 2,803,192; female 3,025,304)
65 years and over: 3% (male 158,881; female 171,461) (2004 est.)
Median age:
total: 18 years
male: 17.4 years
female: 18.5 years (2004 est.)
Population growth rate:
2.52% (2004 est.)
Birth rate:
35.72 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
Death rate:
10.74 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.)
Net migration rate:
0.2 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 est.)