Land use: arable land: 12.51% permanent crops: 0.24% other: 87.25% (2005)
Irrigated land:
1,200 sq km (2003)
Natural hazards:
lowlands seasonally flooded; periodic droughts
Environment - current issues: wildlife populations threatened by poaching; deforestation; overgrazing; soil erosion; desertification; overfishing
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:
11,987,121 (July 2006 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 40.8% (male 2,467,021/female 2,422,385)
15-64 years: 56.1% (male 3,346,756/female 3,378,518)
65 years and over: 3.1% (male 174,399/female 198,042) (2006 est.)
Median age:
total: 19.1 years
male: 18.9 years
female: 19.3 years (2006 est.)