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Senegal

Senegal's best placing is 59th of 194 for forest.

Best placing: #59Forest
Top 10 placings: 0 / 17
Population: 18.9 million
Land area: 192,530 km²

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Best placings first. The bar shows how far up the ranking Senegal is.

Forest

#59 of 194

79,482 km² of forest

19th in Africa · World Bank · 2023

Forest by area

#66 of 194

41.3 % of land area covered by forest

World Bank · 2023

Population

#68 of 195

18,931,966 people

25th in Africa · World Bank · 2025

Forest per person

#74 of 194

0.0042 km² of forest per person

World Bank · 2023

Land area

#85 of 194

192,530 km² of land

34th in Africa · World Bank · 2023

Population by area

#94 of 194

98.33 people per km²

World Bank · 2025

Land area per person

#101 of 194

0.010 km² of land per person

World Bank · 2023

GDP

#104 of 182

37,006,536,238 US$ (current prices)

19th in Africa · World Bank · 2025

Coastline

#93 of 151

531 km of coastline

22nd in Africa · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

Rainfall

#115 of 179

686 mm of precipitation per year

35th in Africa · World Bank · 2022

Railways by area

#89 of 133

4.71 km of railway per 1,000 km²

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2017

Airports

#130 of 193

20 airports

34th in Africa · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

Railways

#93 of 135

906 km of railway

20th in Africa · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2017

Railways per person

#104 of 134

47.86 km of railway per million people

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2017

GDP per person

#151 of 182

1,955 GDP per person (US$)

World Bank · 2025

Airports by area

#161 of 191

1.04 airports per 10,000 km²

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

Airports per person

#169 of 192

1.06 airports per million people

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

Senegal

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