Senegal
Africa · Western Africa
Key facts
- Capital
- Dakar
- Region
- Africa
- Subregion
- Western Africa
- Population (2025)
- 18.9 million (18,931,966) · rank 68 of 193
- Area (2023)
- 196,710 km² · rank 86 of 193
- People per km²
- 96 (calculated from the two figures above)
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (2025, 2023), CC BY 4.0. data.worldbank.org
Test yourself
The first question is always Senegal, then four more countries of the same region.
Unfolding the map…
Neighbours on the map
Countries whose outline shares a border with Senegal in the map data: 5.
- Gambia capitals 160 km apart
- Guinea capitals 700 km apart
- Guinea-Bissau capitals 370 km apart
- Mali capitals 1,040 km apart
- Mauritania capitals 410 km apart
Based on the Natural Earth 1:110m outlines. The 29 states drawn as dots are not counted as neighbours.
The flag
Flags with a similar colour layout, used as wrong options on Hard: Mali, Chad, Romania, Moldova.
In the quizzes
The levels on which Senegal is asked in each selection:
In four languages
| Country | Capital | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Senegal | Dakar |
| Italiano | Senegal | Dakar |
| Magyar | Szenegál | Dakar |
| Suomi | Senegal | Dakar |