Health · Senegal
Yearly data from 1960 to 2025, from the World Bank.
Senegal's population ages 65-69, female (% of female population) was 1.61% in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 0.13 percentage points from 1.48% in 2015.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 1.61% | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 1.53% | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 1.48% | 2015 |
| Highest | 1.61% | 2025 |
| Lowest | 1.4% | 1974 |
| Average since 2016 | 1.54% | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 1.42% | 1960 |
Over five years it is up 0.07 percentage points from 1.53% in 2020. Since 1960 it is up 0.18 percentage points from 1.42% in 1960.
In 2025, Senegal's population ages 65-69, female (% of female population) rose 0 percentage points on 2024 (from 1.6% to 1.61%).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +0 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.01 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 0.03 percentage points in 2021 and the biggest yearly fall was 0.02 percentage points in 2014. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2016 to 2025 the straight-line trend is upward, about 0.02 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 97% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
In 2025, Senegal had the 179th highest value of the 217 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Senegal | 1.61% | 2025 |
| World | 3.79% | 2025 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 1.48% | 2025 |
| Lower middle income | 2.55% | 2025 |
Female population between the ages 65 to 69 as a percentage of the total female population.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
| Year | Population ages 65-69, female (% of female population) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.61 |
| 2024 | 1.6 |
| 2023 | 1.6 |
| 2022 | 1.58 |
| 2021 | 1.56 |
| 2020 | 1.53 |
| 2019 | 1.51 |
| 2018 | 1.49 |
| 2017 | 1.48 |
| 2016 | 1.47 |
| 2015 | 1.48 |
| 2014 | 1.49 |
| 2013 | 1.51 |
| 2012 | 1.51 |
| 2011 | 1.5 |
| 2010 | 1.5 |
| 2009 | 1.49 |
| 2008 | 1.49 |
| 2007 | 1.49 |
| 2006 | 1.49 |
| 2005 | 1.5 |
| 2004 | 1.5 |
| 2003 | 1.5 |
| 2002 | 1.49 |
| 2001 | 1.49 |
| 2000 | 1.49 |
| 1999 | 1.5 |
| 1998 | 1.5 |
| 1997 | 1.5 |
| 1996 | 1.5 |
| 1995 | 1.49 |
| 1994 | 1.49 |
| 1993 | 1.48 |
| 1992 | 1.47 |
| 1991 | 1.47 |
| 1990 | 1.46 |
| 1989 | 1.45 |
| 1988 | 1.45 |
| 1987 | 1.44 |
| 1986 | 1.44 |
| 1985 | 1.43 |
| 1984 | 1.43 |
| 1983 | 1.43 |
| 1982 | 1.42 |
| 1981 | 1.42 |
| 1980 | 1.42 |
| 1979 | 1.41 |
| 1978 | 1.41 |
| 1977 | 1.41 |
| 1976 | 1.41 |
| 1975 | 1.4 |
| 1974 | 1.4 |
| 1973 | 1.4 |
| 1972 | 1.41 |
| 1971 | 1.41 |
| 1970 | 1.41 |
| 1969 | 1.41 |
| 1968 | 1.41 |
| 1967 | 1.41 |
| 1966 | 1.41 |
| 1965 | 1.42 |
| 1964 | 1.42 |
| 1963 | 1.42 |
| 1962 | 1.41 |
| 1961 | 1.42 |
| 1960 | 1.42 |
Every indicator for Senegal is on the Senegal data page.
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SP.POP.6569.FE.5Y, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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