Population : Senegal
has an estimated 8,786,765 inhabitants
(in 1988, 38,6% of the population lived in
urban areas,
61,4% in rural areas).
The density of the population is 44.6
inhabitants per square km
.
Rate of the population growth: 2.8
% per year.
Life expectancy : 56 years for women,
54 years for men
In 1990, 38,3% of the adult population
could read and write.
Languages other than French : Wolof
(spoken by over 80 %
of the population), Sérère,
Pulaar, Diola, Mandingo and Socé.
Religions :
Islam
(90%), Christianity
(5%), Animism
(5%).
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